I need a ruling from the judges on this one...

May 09, 2009 09:36

Kip Winger made the claim that his band was the hair metal version of Dream Theater.

Laughable claim or is there merit to this?

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gloomchen May 9 2009, 15:47:09 UTC
Oh that's beyond laughable.

Yes, they had some progressive elements on their albums. They're actual musicians with actual talent. But lyrically and musically, there's absolutely nothing else that the two have in common. Not songwriting-wise, not material-wise, and not virtuoso-wise. It's cute that Kip would think otherwise though.

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buddhamike May 9 2009, 15:58:07 UTC
You'll love his quote:

"Our band was known to musicians, and a lot of musicians showed up to see me play - watching trying to figure out how I'm playing - we were like the 'hair band' [version of] Dream Theater -- That is why it's the great irony that we ended up on that geeky guy's shirt on Beavis & Butthead, because Metallica couldn't play what we play, they couldn't do it, they literally - technically couldn't do it. And I'll fucking challenge those chumps to that any day of the week, but we could play their music with our hands tied behind our back. And so, I was a little t'd off about that, but in the end, none of that shit matters..."

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sarcazm May 9 2009, 17:05:33 UTC
LOL i was about to say - why are you even posting this instead of just asking summer directly? dur.

SHE IS THE ULTIMATE FANGIRL OF ALL THINGS DREAM THEATER.

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grayjedi May 9 2009, 21:26:51 UTC
Lesse ...

A band that sings a song with the lyric "she's only seventeen ...", versus a band who did a concept album about Sarajevo.

Verdict: Kip Winger's a fucking tool. If anybody's getting the Dream Theater comparison, it's Queensryche.

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buddhamike May 9 2009, 22:03:52 UTC
Yes, but Queensryche wasn't a hair metal band.

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