jtr7 on 28/2/2007 at 07:07
Yep.
She probably did the voice of Lily, Lily's mother, the pagan woman that pleads with Birch at the Gathering Place, and the child's voice that says the creepy "feed us," "we're hungry," "we need you," and "hear me?"
Fingernail on 22/3/2007 at 13:00
OK, well I know the video has been taken off youtube now, but this find did intrigue me sufficiently to seek out Tribe's debut (and according to various internet sources, better than the follow-up) album, Abort.
It's pretty hard to track down, either through second-hand or from the internet, but I'm sure it exists in some places.
But, well, it's really very good. A couple of the songs build to such an extent that they actually gave me goosebumps, which is quite unusual. It's quite varied in style as all the band members contributed songs in various combinations, but they certainly have quite a recognisable sound, which is somewhat distinct from anything I can easily compare them to; some of the guitar work is rather U2 in places, for instance, but these are not U2 songs and the sound of a female vocalist, and in some cases harmonised voices (and the whole band), combined with a rather darker musical influence create rather a different sound.
Occasionally the synth sounds Terri used sound a little "dated" but mostly it's fine; the conviction of the band manages to pull it off. And sometimes you wonder if the lyrics and subject matter aren't just a little too high-school poetry prize (domestic violence, abusive/alcoholic fathers, car crashes, failed/failing relationships, you name it), but again, by virtue of not being too self indulgent, and occasionally offering an interesting or unique take on these, the band do pull it off. Which is partly because the music is pretty interesting, and catchy without being cheesy.
So I recommend it, if you can get it somehow. I guarantee it's far better than the worst album you own (unless you literally burn the ones you don't like instead of letting them rot on the shelf like the rest of us).
I found one article on the net insisting it's as good as anything else released in 1991, which is quite a bold claim. I think, even if musically as "good" as any albums by bands which were or have gone on to find larger success, pop music is somewhat by definition reliant upon being "important" to an era or a generation, and because of woefully poor promotion, timing or some other factors, Tribe never achieved that status in pop culture, so it'll unfortunately, unless it suddenly becomes "discovered", never be a "great" album. Although is is pretty great.
jtr7 on 23/3/2007 at 19:16
I managed to nab Abort about two years ago from Amazon.:cool: Sleeper's in my shopping cart, along with scores of other music, books, and DVD's waiting to be purchased.:sweat: I downloaded the MP3's from Latham's site above, and I'm waiting to see what Dave Penzo's gonna be able to offer to the visitors of tribeonline--copyright and catalog ownership aside.;)
jtr7 on 9/5/2007 at 00:49
Just letting people know that Steve Latham sent out an update today.
The videos for
Joyride and
Supercollider are up on the site, as well as
Tribe's appearance on
Late Night with Conan O'Brian. I've just started downloading now.
You'll find them at the site mentioned above:
(
http://www.tribeonline.info/) http://www.tribeonline.info/
Click "Music/Mp3's" then have fun.
jtr7 on 9/5/2007 at 05:43
Downloaded! It's better than YouTube, any day!:cheeky:
jtr7 on 13/3/2008 at 04:14
Quote Posted by "Steve Latham"
I just recently created a channel on the website Veoh (which is similar to YouTube but with better quality video) a Tribe channel. I took all of the Tribe videos that people have sent me and uploaded them to Veoh. One of the videos is an entire show from Avalon in Boston. I believe the show was from late 1992 or early 1993. Dave Penzo is on drums in the video. I want to thank everyone who has sent me videos: Stephen, John, & Mike. I am really happy that I can make these videos available for everyone to see on Veoh. You can download the files from the site as well. For some unknown reason though they did not let me upload the Joyride video. I have e-mailed them and posted messages on their message boards about this. They sent an e-mail to me as soon as I uploaded the file saying that I was infringing on someone's copyright. I informed them that I have permission from the band to share this stuff. I have not heard back from them yet. Anyway I hope you all enjoy watching the videos. To view the full concert you will have to download and install their VeohTV program. It is a free program.
(
http://www.veoh.com/channels/tribe-boston) http://www.veoh.com/channels/tribe-boston
Beleg Cúthalion on 13/3/2008 at 08:27
Just have a look at "Supercollider" and Terri's silhouette at the end of it.
