Complete: this band is amazing

They come up with some decent stoner riffs!

then skip all the other steps

they should do a reunion tour with The Epsilon Rising opening for them.

ha i forgot about the Rising!

i forgot to post the uninterrupted interview portion of Complete's videography:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-3hVEy8Y8dg

Epsilon Rising dude's myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=164687321

I'm a musician who hasn't taken the time to write how I feel about things. Most of it is done in action, but reflection is a time honored tradition of those who embrace the elements that distiguish us from beast. I am very close to a wild animal. In fact, I am a man.

My band is The Epsilon Rising. I've mentioned music twice. It must be as important to me as beauty. I like cynicism. I love God. I love women. I love fully expressing myself without any fear of the consequences. I love poetry and risk.

And I wonder why I'm in Romania? It is a matter of choice, and I'm certain that time will tell me what I am searching for... (a great drummer and guitarist).

i'm still trying to find the original Epsilon Rising thread but no luck yet:-/ that manifesto/craigslist ad was one for the ages.

however i do think Complete's music is more interesting than ER's. i genuinely dig them.

That's why ER would open for them.
A sick part of me would still want to "audition" for him if he still lived in the US. He still hasn't found anyone. :(

ta da:
You should join this band! (best band ad ever!)

thanks man! i owe a wookie life debt to you now

We are in the process of recording our CD which we hope will bring war and racism to an end. :) I love my people... that means you.

compare/contrast with the lyrics from "Hoogie Boogie Land":

"There is no waaaaaarrrrr in Hoogie Bogie Land/There is no hate/Can y'all relate?"

http://www.myspace.com/theepsilonrising

oh snap they have a track I haven't heard on there now, "Drag."

hahah apparently "Drag" is a total ripoff of 4'33"

yeah I can't get it to play either. Cage, Page, what's the difference?

Jesus, the Epsilon Rising.

(Or is that Jesus = the Epsilon Rising)

I really should post those links over on that thread so we can get back to Complete.

Yes indeed. And besides, it's obviously time to revive that one.

the spoken intro to "Hoogie Boogie Land" is kind of next level:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ukjnrXTTvPY

am0n was all over this a month ago.

BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME

Complete dude vaguely reminds of Robert Pollard.

OMFG COWGIRL DANCER

^^^BEST

when they cut to her for the 2nd time and she's still dancing 6 minutes later, it really seals the deal.

This really IS like the Shaggs. Like you'd have to be The Magic Band or King Crimson to be able to duplicate this. What THE FUCK is the rhythm section doing.

The ever elusive next level, of course.

Curtis Brumbalon - vocals
Mark Swain - guitar
Peter Creech - bass
Todd Hamilton - drums

Just for future reference.

I'm going to start dropping Creech/Hamilton into conversations about awesome rhythm sections.

Creech Vs. Screech

are these videos old? :(

whistlindick (1 week ago) Marked as spam
What are you clowns out there snickering at. If "Wolfmother" could get signed, so could these choads.

ratebroomer said 10 years old.

whistlindick OTM

haha someone beat me to Pollard comparison:
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FUCK YEAH GBV RULE PLAY HOT FREAKS!!!!

SO WHEN YOU WALK ALONG
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AND YOU HEAR A CRACKLE IN THE WOODS
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/2.jpg
...A LITTLE NOISE
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ITS JUST THE MAN UPSTAIRS
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TAKING CARE OF ALL OF US:
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YOU, ME AND EVERYONE
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SO WE CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL
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SUNIRESES ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME
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BEAUTIFUL SUNRISES ALL THE TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME
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It does say 1997 at the end of that video btw

Curtis Brumbalon was wearing a Bret "The Hitman" Hart t-shirt when he first met Dave the Completely Unfunny Douchebag = Curtis is a total bro.

This band is amazing. I wanna hear studio stuff.

beautiful

sunrises

all

the

time

"'hot as hell'. hoo!"

Folks, forget "Hot as Hell" the song -- Hot as Hell, the band, is infinitely more ?!?!:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_G4q5A0WkgM

Just..watch.

I'm scared to click on the link for Dave's band. Just tell me who they sound like.

libcrypt, I really wanted to make a list like that from cmpt but assumed it was going to be too much trouble. I suppose there's a website that does it for you?

I'm scared to click on the link for Dave's band. Just tell me who they sound like.

uber-generic modern rock horsehit.

apparently the dave guy is no longer in that band...not like it matters.

Horsehit! That's way worse than horseshit. It's mean to hit horses. Unless they deserve it. Poor Dave, someone should send him a CD-R of stuff that makes these guys sound like Steely Dan.

libcrypt, I really wanted to make a list like that from cmpt but assumed it was going to be too much trouble. I suppose there's a website that does it for you?

On my Mac, I opened up Terminal and did

grep -i 'c.*m.*p.*t' /usr/share/dict/words

I'm having a tough time wrapping my head around the cmpt blog guy's weird mix of pride, smug condecension, and bitterness.

It's not difficult once you realize how utterly and profoundly mediocre his band is/was. He's totally jealous.

otfm

complete will outlive us all

'into the night' = jesus lizard + cpt. beefheart

If I don't watch out I'm going to use the word minitials in real life (Complete interview, 0:40) :-/

http://cmpt.blogspot.com/2007/12/possible-complete-contact.html

haha the more i listen to complete, the better they get! 'beautiful sunrises' is a genuinely arresting piece of music. the others aren't bad either.

that documentary dude is a plumed wiener btw, as is almost every youtube commenter.

Steve Albini uses and endorses CoMPLeTe

yeah i saw that too. albini totally otm.

I really dislike the guy who made that documentary/blog but I can't wait to read his interview with the guitarist, if it comes to pass. I wonder how he (the guitarist) feels about being in Complete.

holy crap! (bulletin from the Complete myspace tribute page):

"This just in! I have been contacted by Curtis' stepson, Thomas. We have recent photos and possible access to Curtis' cd with his new band Barbed! The cd contains the hit Hoogie Boogie Land!
It's an early Christmas for all of us!

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/bluesairmenguitars/l_f20ba9067c380b8336bdfa2c110209fc.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/bluesairmenguitars/l_2922271bf18f4052635d02584731f429.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/bluesairmenguitars/l_7dddc44e8ad273f406e6a778e25329c0.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/bluesairmenguitars/l_7a774cfd446784286981b15adeadac00.jpg

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/bluesairmenguitars/l_a64a57b6aa4d27aebd680276f0a6cdf8.jpg

rad

This is amazing news. BARBED!

And somehow I'm not surprised by those pictures.

Barbed is a good name. So is Complete. I approve of this thread.

I love in Beautiful Sunrises how his vocals only have some super-reverb effect turned on at the end of his phrases, so the last 2 words sound like they're in a cave.

http://www.myspace.com/completebarbed

Now it just sounds like Captain Beefheart. :(

I'm digging the new stuff.

haha chaki and latebloomer in top friends.

fuck they need to hook up with the old drummer.

"Submit questions for video interview with Curt!

I am going to be doing a sit down interview with Curt, the lead singer of Barbed (the new complete) and ask any questions you all may have for him and let him tell his side of the story of that infamous night that was captured on video including news of a new version of Barbed featuring everyone from complete minus Peter, as he is no longer a friend of Curts!"

the pics of him and "Creech" have been taken down...:-(

The new stuff is flat out awesome. SWEET solo on Hoogie Boogie Land.

Utterly risible but oddly mesmerising. Is it supposed to be quite so rhythmically sloppy?

...including news of a new version of Barbed featuring everyone from complete minus Peter, as he is no longer a friend of Curts!

I wonder what happened:-/

Keep in mind that the Narrator Douchebag of the original YouTube said that if you could find a Complete CD in any store, he'd give you a hundred dollars.

Are these guys on their way to making a CD now? If so, may we encourage them just so I can ask for my $100 from Dbag?

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=301250986

interview up with curtis!

Complete Was Formed by Curt, Mark, Todd & Peter, Curt & Peter remade several songs and they are here on the page, the new Complete will feature Curt, Mark & A new drummer and will start recording and touring in 2008!

interview does not disappoint

happy new year

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=301250986&blogID=389333665

Finally...........................................

Sunday June 1st 2:00 PM - ??:??

2500 Club - 2500 East 4th Street Fort Worth, Texas

Presale Tickets are $10.00, & $15.00 @ The Door

If Purchasing Presale Tickets You Can pay thru paypal by messaging me and pick them up @ the door

Okay Everyone Complete is finally going on tour starting with Texas and the surrounding states, Come see Curt, Peter AkA Creecher & Their New Drummer John perform all of the old & new songs you know & love! This is an all day event with several other soon to be announced bands!

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33970766

bump, for the band complete

Holy shit

Some of it sounds like one of those shreds videos. Just... wow. In a good way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3hVEy8Y8dg

<3

they've released an album and it sounds like a single microphone capturing them practicing, complete (no pun intended) with what sounds like banter between the songs, "dreaming," "beautiful sunrise" [sic?], "into the night," "hoogie boogie land" included in versions that don't really sound like either the 1997 or the 2008 ones:

http://open.spotify.com/album/4mnLLsSo3aFWcn730bA6pE

it also sounds like listening to a band that still can't play in time (or has replaced a drummer who only played out of time fills with one who only does borderline incompetent straight rock drumming) after 17 years (with a 10+ year gap, obviously) from the vantage point of outside their practice space, and for that reason alone it is deeply weird and perhaps not as good an introduction to this band as that incredible TV performance

Gerard Cosloy (or rather "Can't Stop The Bleeding") is hosting a sxsw showcase today at Beerland with Complete kicking off the festivities. Anybody going?

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/march-19-in-austin-we-might-have-found-a-suitable-replacement-for-rusted-shut

I attend in spirit.

playing in new york.

union pool

lol no way

aren't they competent enough now to not be as interesting tho

Who knows? But yes, as Scott sez

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/07/texas_cult_band.html

im glad these dudes are still riding their meme status they are truly something magical and special and they deserve it.

that Brooklyn show is next Sat afternoon (free)

RIP Curtis

https://www.facebook.com/100063788496678/posts/515809220555357/