OFF: (waaaaay OFF) Scene Report Alternarock USA 2001

[Ted Jackson]

On 10 Dec 2001, at 19:28, K Henderson wrote:

> >P.O.D. - OK, the guys from Flipper *already* parodied the naming
> >convention with their side project, "A3I" (Any 3 Initials - remember
> >the early-80s hardcore era of MDC, SOD, MOD, SSD, SWA, JFA,
>
> Hmmmm...I don't actually know who these be..."Masters of Destruction"
> seems vaguely familiar.  I saw a band once called Corrosion of
> Conformity (musta been one of those Danzig shows I saw) - I think they
> went by COC.  They were really nasty FWIR.  I think Slayer may have
> been on that bill too.
>
Corrision of Conformitiy have 'ifficially' changed their name to C.O.C.
 Maybe their fans can't mouth words liike Corrosion and Conformity?
 Doesn't exactly roll off the drug-addled tongue...

> So what does POD stand for?

Payable on Death.  They are sort of a Jesus Freak band.  They
claim to not be religious, but I think that just means they aren't
churchgoers.  Like Creed and Three Doors Down, they're the kind of
guys who thank 'god' prominently on their CD booklets...



>

  What's next?
>  Hawkwind opening for Monster Magnet?)  Do kids think that Tool
> invented prog?  :)

Yes...


theo