I accidentally joined an emo band and went to practise tonight

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My friend said that he was in a band looking for a singer. Style = post-hardcore. I was thinking Drive Like Jehu/Fugazi e.t.c. So i turn up to practise and this guy has a band called "senses fail" playing and another one called "thursday" gets put on next. Then they start playing the worst shit ever and the guy hands me the lyrics. The 2nd verse stuck in my mind (spellings and all):

"Wishing you were hear
whipe away my tear
drink another beer
you said you loved me
i guess i mistunderstood".

The guitarist at one point actually said "this song isn't emo enough at this bit". And when i said "what's the chorus?" he said "we don't have choruses or verses because we don't like generic song structure".

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

they didn't even have a drummer.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

MP3 NOW

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

"drums numb the evocations of humanity"

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

also they are called 'perfect demise'.

i will have pictures later.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Hahahahaha the classic goth-metal/emo bait-and-switch!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

I don't think we need pictures now. An MP3, though, is U&K.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Acting effeminate is all about being emo, since you're trying to find yourself while recovering from being dumped. And since most emo guys are actually straight, you shouldn't fret that you're acting all gay when you're really aren't. Remember, being emo is all about looking cool. And even if you don't score a babe, you'll still meet lots of girls who want to have you as their best friend, giving you the impression that you have lots of girlfriends when in reality they just tell you their problems because they think you're gay.

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

..that's the band's problem.

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

This actually sounds great sung backwords. Deep and moaningfool.

Demand quicktime clip. Now.

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Hari you have to at least stick it out until you're singing at the first show, at which point you must go into full on GG Allin mode without prior warning.

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

If you don't sing "HWipe away my tare" I will be saddened.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Remember, being emo is all about looking cool.

So THAT'S why y'all emus sing like you're getting strips of duct tape yanked off your balls!

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

I was about to ask.. is "whipe" supposed to be a clever one syllable shorthand for "white wipe"? Incidentally...

Damn Emo Kids
by FangzOfFire

It takes many shallow insults
Years of lousy social life
Slitting empty wrists with razorblades
And being rejected from cafeteria tables
Before you decide to drown yourself in your pint of luncheon milk.

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

Ooops, I Just Wrote an Emo Song

A being with no subtely or tact, let's call him a friend, said this to me recently: "You have no job, what do you do all day?" I said: "I drink coffee and walk in circles about the city. I read a little, and nurse nostalgia." He said: "That's the lamest thing I've ever heard. It sounds like you just wrote an emo song.

Later, I was sitting on a vinyl booth-seat in a pizza place ogling the petite pizza wench when I had the most wonderful epiphany. I had just written an emo song. It occurred to me then and occurs to me now that emo music is not about writing songs, but about realizing that emo songs are being written all the time. The only trick is writing them down.

But how does one identify emo-lyrical moments? One test is this: if it passes for "Gilmore Girls" dialogue then it is probably an emo song. Example:

"Please pass the mustard."
"There isn't any left."
"There's never any left."
"There's never any left."

Without asking your permission someone put an imaginary guitar lick behind your last statement. You've been emoed.

Let's try another situation. You are walking your dog and waiting for him to poop so you can scoop it up in a plastic bag and feel like a good citizen. While you are waiting for your animal friend to complete his business you might say to yourself: "Come on already, we're out in the cold, and you need to get it together so I can be warm." If this does happen, and you do say this to Fido, don't be surprised if Fido turns around and fixes you in an accusatory brown-eyed stare and pees on your shoe. Fido is trying to say two things at once: "You are my property, bitch." and "You just wrote an emo song."

In what other instances might you find yourself accidentally writing emo songs?

Traffic is a popular emo-composing situation. As in: "Everyone is always trying to cut me off, but they can't see that I'm going somewhere." Or, on the phone to parents you might say: "I'm broke but okay; come visit soon." And of course there are our worst moments which scream emo: usually drunken phone calls to ex-girlfriends who are inches away from filing for restraining orders.

Now that you know how to recognize an emo song you can amaze and astonish your friends. Point out to them whenever they accidentally write a tender emotional ballad. Better yet move to Omaha, start a band, and turn whiny self-oriented conversation into a lucrative art form.

-Kevin Peckham

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

OMG I completely missed "mistunderstood" the first time!!!!!

This is hypothetically the best band ever???

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

SHE PACKED BOLOGNA IN MY LUNCHBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOX!
I CAN'T EAT THIS SHIT AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINNNNNNNNNN!
I'LL TRADE YOU FOR YOUR HO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'S!
I'M FUCKING DIABETIC! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

i think it's sad you guys are mocking the tender souls of his friends. *sniff*

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

Who's mocking? That actually happened to me today. Sucked.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

This is utterly beautiful.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

You should sell those lyrics to Kittie, Daver.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ultrasecretwebsite.com/forums/uploads/post-25-1107467516.jpg

im on the left...in my drive like jehu t-shirt

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

THE USED, "Don't Be A Dick", RHCP!

can't... decide.... which.... joke.... to.... make.....

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

TAKING BACK SUNDAY AAAAAAARGGGGHHHH

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

It's a good bedroom!

I wanna reinvent myself as emo. Maybe.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

you said you loved me, ILX -
i guess i mistunderstood

― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

I like all the anime/manga posters and shit.

I think you should show up for the next practice in a suit and fedora and sing everything just like Sinatra.

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

"Dammit (Growing Up)" could totally go Copa.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:09 (twenty years ago)

or better yet, Tomoe Shinohara... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

http://home.earthlink.net/~scottpee/images/shnorer.jpg

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

David R. those lyrix rock!!

xpost holy shit

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

That guy on the right doesn't look emo enough!

― Mickey (modestmickey), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

He does in the nu-MTVemo sort of way.
The Used and Taking Back Sunday stuff clinches it.

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:37 (twenty years ago)

Hari you have to at least stick it out until you're singing at the first show, at which point you must go into full on GG Allin mode without prior warning.
-- Dr. Z Indahouse (aaronh...), February 3rd, 2005.

hari, you MUST heed aaron's suggestion up thread.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Do you know what the worst thing is? My friend just im-ed me and said "you're singing wasn't up to scratch tonight".

Jesus. Like you're fucking band wasn't up to life, ever.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

I think i will play a show with them and do something completely nuts like aarons suggestion.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha. It's terrible, Hari! You're going to have to go through life loving Disco Inferno instead of Jimmy Eat World. I...I weep for you.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

Oh my lord.

i'm going to learn the 'D.i go pop' (the song) lyrics and babble them psychotically at the next practise. I will record an mp3.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)

YES

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

Keep in mind, Hari, that the latest trend in emo singing is to sound like Janis Joplin. See the latest Mars Volta video for details. So, makes sure you dress accordingly.

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)

hahaha!

i didn't even know how to sing to this garbage today. Especially without a drum beat to organise the chaos. And the worst part is they kept asking why i wasn't screaming. I tried to work myself up into a passion so i could at least scream my head off but i just couldn't do it.

I felt like Louis Theroux at that swingers party.

(imagine emo swingers!)

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

I still think emo means Rites of Spring or Soulside or something. I've been wrong for years. But I also think "Hardcore" is like JFA or CroMags, but's actually sissies with lip rings and eyeliner that need a good solid beatdown in the pit.

― andy --, Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Clearly, andy, Hari is practicing in an MTVeemo band. Very different thing.

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Its essentially REO speedwagon in teen skater costumes.

― donut christ (donut), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

Hari, you have to bring them lyrics from this thread On this thread we shall write lyrics for Hari's emo band and see if they'll accept any of them! Oh my god that will be awesome.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

i will do it

i mean, its not like they are going to beat me up. They might cry though.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Oh here is another amusing exchange between me and the guitarist:

Him: Hey Jamie (bassist), listen to this dashboard confessional song! it's called jamie and its amazing.
(song plays for a couple of seconds)
Me: This isn't dashboard confessional this is a weezer song.
Him: no it's not
Me: Yes, it is. It's an old b-side turn it off this is the worst cover ever.

And then i looked through his 'cd collection' consisting of cd-r's. Only thing of note was Mezzanine. That's probably his 'chilling out' music. Maybe he had a cool girlfriend once or something.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

google image search for 'emo swingers':

http://www.wvjs.org/2003Dancers.jpg

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

is that Katheleen Hanna in the middle?

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

I thought it was Gary Busey.

― Dr. Z Indahouse (AaronHz), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:27 (twenty years ago)

Urge Overkill Re-reunuin 2025

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

http://www.emoinn.com/nav/emoinn_logo.gif

― eman (eman), Friday, 4 February 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

xxxxxpost

"Please pass the mustard."
"There isn't any left."
"There's never any left."
"There's never any left."

Why did I hear Gilbert and Sullivan when I read this?

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Friday, 4 February 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

This thread is fucking spectacular! Hari, clearly they want you because you are hot and have fab emo hair, which will draw lots of emo girls to your shows. They can score your leftovers.

― quincie, Friday, 4 February 2005 14:22 (twenty years ago)

you are the george-plimpton-at-the-apollo of ilx. (apart from the apollo housing genius etc)

when go back bring drum machine.

― f--gg (gcannon), Friday, 4 February 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

My other 'proper' band is playing in plymouth this weekend with a band called 'penknife lovelife'. What the hell is wrong with these emo people?

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 4 February 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

when go back bring drum machine.

Fuck that - when go back, bring Speak-n-Spell!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 4 February 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

Or bring J0n W. & !an J.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 4 February 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

I don't think i can go back.

they emailed me wanting to know what evenings over the next 3 months i already had stuff planned for.

I basically said 'every single night'.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 4 February 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

You sang for us
and now you don't
you said you could
but now you won't
we want to show
this world of pain
the power of you
but you're too sane

oh why did we ever think we had the chance
etc. etc.

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 4 February 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

they emailed me wanting to know what evenings over the next 3 months i already had stuff planned for.

I basically said 'every single night'.

Watch as "Every Single Night" hits #1 on the charts!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 February 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

I want to see who plays Hari as the enemy to the protaginist on TRL!!

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 4 February 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Every single night
I got so tight
I felt so slight
Not very bright

To you it might
All seem so trite
If this song I write
Just out of spite

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 4 February 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

These guys sound like all of my sister's friends. Ugh.

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 5 February 2005 06:09 (twenty years ago)

emo bands get famous when they're, like, 18. the pain is over before 20. WHY WHY WHY. cease to exist.

― scout (scout), Saturday, 5 February 2005 08:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm liking the recent proliferation of "reality threads" like this.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 6 February 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

jeez - in the photo, is that a gun in the 'heroes' tub under the window.
....heavy shit........i wouldn't quit the band if i were you.

― marac (maracas), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:03 (twenty years ago)

its a toy gun

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

oh....right.
how dumb do i feel?!

― marac (maracas), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

If you can figure out the words to D.I go Parp you're a better person than me, Hari A$hur$t.

Also are you in ENGLAND? People don't exist like this in ENGLAND! Surely that's why Greg is going to Cannnada! What's the poster behind the other guy's left shoulder? And the little flier? I think I shall be your biggest fan, I shall need these stalking details for my MEMOIRS.

― Sarah C, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:18 (twenty years ago)

Yes! i am in England. The poster is some manga stuff which i don't really know much about.

And i don't think can figure the words out to d.i go pop :(

feel free to stalk though!

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

PERFECT DEMISE?! I've just read upthread. That isn't really the name, is it? IS IT? Surely not. SURELY. That's as mad as egg yolk in mash. And THAT'S MAD.

I'm not stalking someone who can't make up D.I lyrics convincingly.

― Sarah C, Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:45 (twenty years ago)

I quit the band, for all i know they could be called The Paris Hiltons.

see the 'D.I lyrics' thread on ILM for where i try to transcribe a couple of the songs! and see the 'i got a disco inferno tattoo' for the pictures of my DISCO INFERNO tattoo!! now thats dedication.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 17:49 (twenty years ago)

I accidently joined an emo band. They said they sounded "like interpol." They were called "The makeout room."

They had several thousand dollars worth of top of the line recording equipment in this kids basement. I played bass, and at the end actually asked if I could have my track erased from pro tools. Yeah, they were already using pro tools.

The only lyrics I remember were:

A)
Please hold my hand
please hold my heart
please say we'll never be apart

and

B)
A spoken word bit over it all where one guy goes "But if I got you and they can never fucking take that away!!" He really emphasised the "fucking."

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

"please hold my heart"

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

They also drew hearts all over their arms in marker.

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I had a bull dyke friend in high school who used to say, "The quickest way to a man's heart is right through his sternum."

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

I imagined Crispin Glover saying the spoken bit for some reason.

― Un investigador del siglo XXI (AaronHz), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

How do you lot go to these rehersals and not piss your pants laughing?

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

On second thoughts, Hari started this thread.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Hey now, i don't live in an eternal state of pissy pants.

It was the ONE time!

;)

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 23:51 (twenty years ago)

I was going to send a workmate this link but first I thought I'd ask him if he knew what emo was.

Me: Have you heard of Emo?

Him: Have I heard of chemo?

Me: No, have you heard of Emo?

Him: Have I heard of of Elmo?

And it occured to me that this too could be an Emo lyric.

― thee music mole, Wednesday, 9 February 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

update?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 03:17 (nineteen years ago)

OMG! How on Earth did I miss this thread the first time around???

This is a true ILE classic. So hilarious. And yes, it would be nice to know what went on after the thread died. What happened with that emo band? What happened with Hari afterward? Is there more hilarity to speak of concerning this sort of situation? Etc.

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 06:55 (nineteen years ago)

Well, you'll be suprised to hear that this band has taken off quite well.

THEY EVEN HAVE A MYSPACE. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=8555276&Mytoken=20050705035739

THEY ARE SO LUCKY

The most ridiculous part of all this is that i've been written into the perfect demise folklore:

"It all started with Tom and Luca, who were writing emo songs together since early 2004. The addition of Phil on drums marked the beginning of formation of a full band and the name see.you.next.tuesday was decided upon. The arrival of Jay as bassist in late 2004, and the subsequent hiring of Hari for vocal duties early in 2005 completed the first line up. The music being written became heavier and elements of screamo emerged, prompting a name change to suit the style of music more. The beginning of Perfect Demise.

Hari left the band to concentrate on his other band 'The Tiny Girls' and Phil left the band due to the difficulty of travelling to practises. Mitch replaced Phil, and quickly added more heavy elements to the rhythm section. No subsequent singer was hired, and the band remained as the four piece that you see now."

Like, guys, i went to ONE PRACTISE.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

They are blurring this picture with their SHEER EMO POWER. The one on the right's special move is 'EMO DARTS' which he shoots from his heart.

ihttp://g.myspace.com/00053/34/66/53716643_l.jpg

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:04 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus that track on the myspace site is fucking tedious. And WTF is that dodgy vocal shit at the end??!

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:20 (nineteen years ago)

I only liked their stuff they did with Hari.

― moley, Tuesday, 5 July 2005 10:31 (nineteen years ago)

Argh I loaded up that page and it started whining at me.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

Yeh, I prefer their earlier work.

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 11:58 (nineteen years ago)

How are The Tiny Girls getting on (judging from the blowjob story, I'm assuming well, yes)?

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

Oh my God, that song is horrendous. I recently had to listen to a bunch of shitty emo bands for my job, and even compared to that crap, this is below par! That guy doing the screaming bit at the beginning of each line in the verses is trying WAY too hard.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

Oh my goodness. This is fucking hysterical. It makes me want to join an emo group and see if I can warp them into something like 154-era Wire or (like above) sampler-era Disco Inferno. And if not, I'll see how many silly girls get attracted to me. I'll surely be the best emo lyricist ever, though!

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

And you know, they're always advertising for emo groups on tallahasseeshows.com -- I've always thought I should just to be funny but now I REALLY want to. It's not like I'll ever get to be in a side-project of Mira like I ideally want to.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

EMO DARTS

EMO COVER OF "BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY" ASAPLZ

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 13:23 (nineteen years ago)

see.you.next.tuesday

!!!

did they use a random emo band name generator?!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

How are The Tiny Girls getting on (judging from the blowjob story, I'm assuming well, yes)?

-- Markelby (boyincorduro...), July 5th, 2005.

The blowjob story is a few years old, i wouldn't be that much of a dick these days.

The Tiny Girls get a lot less gigs than these guys and we don't really have any fans. We're supporting this band called The Exiles tommorow night.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

What would happen if Taking Back Sunday got fucked by Hondo Maclean in Senses Fail's bedroom, while Alexisonfire and Funeral For A Friend made screamo in the kitchen.

No. Just no. Can they be stopped for bad writing?

― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 5 July 2005 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

Ok so i just spoke to my friend in the band: the bassist. He says they played with Jarvis Cocker!!

I'm 100% sure this is a lie, because, surely I would have heard if Cocker was doing shows. But he says it was a Charity thing or something.

Somebody debunk this for me before I get really depressed.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 8 July 2005 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

He says they played with Jarvis Cocker

*snigger*

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Friday, 8 July 2005 10:11 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah that's my gut reaction but he is so resolute that they played with Jarvis Cocker.

Maybe Jarvis is embarking on an Emo career (This is now where we Amend Pulp lyrics and make this the thread that keeps on giving)

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 8 July 2005 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

No wonder you're looking thin
when all that you live on
is DXM and cigarettes
And cuts at the end of the day when
he's given the rest
to someone with long black hair
All those nights in, making such a mess of your arms
Oh you never ever want to go home
And he wants you so you may as well hang around for a while
call your Doc on the phone
He changed his mind last Monday
so you've got to leave by Sunday
yeah
You've lost your razor Honey
Oh yeah
Now nothing you do
can turn him on

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Friday, 8 July 2005 10:21 (nineteen years ago)

i just clicked on the page...hoo boy

― latebloomer: the Clonus Horror (latebloomer), Friday, 8 July 2005 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

I note the genre term above "screamo". I think yr well out of it, Hari.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 8 July 2005 11:05 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Bump.
How'd the band work out?

― js (honestengine), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

We regret to announce that after 3 years of making music Perfect Demise have finally decided to call it a day. We've had an awesome time gigging all the way across the UK and have played with some amazing bands. But in the end of the day we all wanted to be doing different music. Each member will be persuing other projects. For now there is no chance of PD ever reforming. Thank you all for your support over the years.

― The power of latebloomer will burn brighter than ever before (latebloomer), Saturday, 15 July 2006 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

RIP

― The power of latebloomer will burn brighter than ever before (latebloomer), Saturday, 15 July 2006 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

RIP Perfect Demise you were my favouritest band ever

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 15 July 2006 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

Let the grieving commence!

On this thread we shall write lyrics for Hari's emo band

― The power of latebloomer will burn brighter than ever before (latebloomer), Saturday, 15 July 2006 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

six months pass...

Hi Louis,

After talking it over with [band's reasonably talented drummer], I'm afraid to say we don't think you're right for the band. Your style of improvising is probably more suited to prog or jazz; although you can keep time, I don't think you have the technique suitable for our band. Sorry for taking a while to get back to you on this.

Sincerely,

[band's Semisonics-and-QOTSA-but-actually-pretty-emo-inspired singer]

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:12 (eighteen years ago)

[he also plays the guitar in a rudimentary sorta way]

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:12 (eighteen years ago)

Whatever happened to young Hari, anyway

― kingfishy (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:58 (eighteen years ago)

He is alive and well and living in Liverpool as far as I can gather.

― to scour or to pop? (Haberdager), Thursday, 1 February 2007 12:00 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

Hari apparently now makes chillwave and is tipped for success or something by lower league UK indie webzines

― Scilk Mahouthy (DJ Mencap), Friday, 7 January 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

haha, nice. sounds good!

― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, 7 January 2011 16:47 (fourteen years ago)

How have I never seen this thread before? So good.

― A brownish area with points (chap), Saturday, 8 January 2011 03:51 (fourteen years ago)

Hari lookin good now! Well, he always did, tbh.

― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Saturday, 8 January 2011 04:05 (fourteen years ago)

Love the song too.

― Ex Loin Tamer (Trayce), Saturday, 8 January 2011 04:09 (fourteen years ago)

eight months pass...

i miss hari tbh

― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago)

was Hari the one that peed himself?

― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago)

the very same

― the most astonishing writer on ilx (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago)

The thread where he went to get fish and chips is funny. Too bad the pictures are gone.

― Bryan, Thursday, 15 September 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago)

How do you lot go to these rehersals and not piss your pants laughing?

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, February 9, 2005 10:25 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
On second thoughts, Hari started this thread.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, February 9, 2005 10:40 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

LOL poor Hari.

― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Thursday, 15 September 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago)

That was a tops song though, I wonder how he's doing musically.

― Silent Hedgehogs (Trayce), Thursday, 15 September 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago)

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