Buddyhead, the long running and often quite entertaining snarky music site, recently reviewed local band Death By Sexy's new album Curse the Curse. (See my interview and listening party with front man and BYT contributor Lord Jason here)
The entire review, by site founder Travis Keller, is below:
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Death By Sexy “Curse The Curse” |
I love coasters. Ummm… hey nerds, your band name is an Eagles of Death Metal record from like four years ago. That’s kinda like my new band I’m gonna call "In Through The Out Door". You’re gonna love it. You get a D-. Wait, this shit isn’t even in a jewel case so I can’t even sell it… fuck it, you get an F.
Then he got called out in the comments section regarding the fact that Death By Sexy had been around prior to said EoDM album and after some debate, Jason stepped in to clear things up:
Jason from Death By Sexy -- Apr 23rd, 2009 at 6:17 am
ok – here’s the story.
My drummer and I went to see EODM at a show at the Black Cat in DC when they were touring right after the release of their first album, Peace, Love, Death Metal. We had just started as a band and didn’t have a name yet. After the show, we were hanging out at the bar and I started talking to Jesse, who was also hanging out. I mentioned that we needed a name for our new band and asked him if he had any ideas. He said, “Death By Sexy”. I thought that was a pretty cool band name, so that’s what we used.
Then, after we had been a band for over a year, we found out that the next EODM album was going to be called Death By Sexy.
The next time EODM played DC, I ran into Jesse again and I told him that we actually had named our band that. He was totally cool(as always) with it.
so that’s that, then.
And Buddyhead replied with this in their gossip section:
So we reviewed a cd by some band called Death by Sexy and in said review pointed out that was the name of an Eagles Death of Metal record. In typical crybaby fashion the singer from that band, who we’re pretty sure is this actor, wrote a comment to tell us he didn’t steal the name from the Eagles of Death Metal album but rather got it straight from Jesse Hughes while “hanging out backstage” with him. He then said that he asked Jesse about it later and Jesse was cool with it. Guess what malorkus, that means Eagles of Death Metal still did the thinking for you and named your band. Other fun facts: in researching this clown’s band we saw his bassist looks like the “da plane boss, da plane” dude from Fantasy Island and that he’s involved with some poser DC blog called Brightest Young Things. It reads something like Pitchfork crossed with US Weekly and seems about as relevant to DC music as Black Tail magazine is to DC music. Do yourself a favor and don’t check it out.
Now, we're no stranger to criticism here at BYT by people who think we take ourselves more seriously than we actually do, and the Pitchfork mixed with US Weekly dig was pretty hilarious, but we gotta stand up for our hard working/underpaid contributors god dammit!
Let's break it down.
In typical crybaby fashion the singer from that band
What exactly was "typical crybaby fashion" about Jason's comment? In fact, I don't see how his tone could be any less crybaby after just having his record trashed. I mean, I'm being 10x more crybaby here than he was.
who we’re pretty sure is this actor,
C'mon, Jason is way more Guttenberg than Mark Boone Junior.
Guess what malorkus, that means Eagles of Death Metal still did the thinking for you and named your band.
What exactly is the point here? That having your band named by Eagles of Death Metal is not totally rad? You made fun of them for ripping off EoDM, and then when it turned out to not be the case instead of owning it, you tried to turn it around as being unoriginal?
his bassist looks like the “da plane boss, da plane” dude from Fantasy Island
But deep inside you knew that wasn't really logical, so you resorted to short jokes. Short jokes? Really? Typical crybaby fashion indeed.
So that's that, then.
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God loves a cheerful giver.
buddyhead was funnier when it was called Vice Magazine.
buddyhead>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>this website
the band does suck and that nerd does look like the fantasy island dude.
which is why mark has been reading and commenting approximately 20 times a day on byt.
theyre right about jason looking like scary method actor tho
props.
All press is good press. DxS rocks balls!
Not sure about the other two in the band, but the bassist is dreamy. XOXO, Christian.
Who still uses the word "poser?" Are they on the Warped Tour or something?
ha, the pigeons of shit metal ...
byt would be way sweeter if it WAS a cross between pitchfork and US weekly .. keep trying, you can do it!
i would take getting made fun of by buddyhead as a compliment theyre real funny & always have been
Svet, Dan is right- I do think a perfect hybrid of pitchfork and US Weekly should be our mission statement from here on out. I know Travis meant it pejoratively but that sounds sweet to me.
Also, buddyhead's recent second coming has done nothing but reveal the terrible sense of humor I must have had in high-school and my freshman year of college. Must be kind of a bummer to be over 30 and feeling it necessary to drudge up one's 15 minutes of fame (if we generously count spats with Courtney Love "fame") like all of the bands they rag on with colorful descriptors like "pussy" and "dick." Whatever makes them feel better about that warehouse of Your Enemies Friends and Shat they've got hauled up in a basement somewhere.
striving
I understand getting pissed about somebody shitting on the collective chest of BYT, but he's right about DbS. Not good. When your opening bands (ie. the whore moans, seventeen year old kids from seattle) made them look trite and stale they got problems.
@velvet
1. nobody is actually pissed
2. nobody is actually talking about the quality of DxS's music
Travis Keller was more relevant when his name was Henry Owings.
I could keep this going all day.
"X was better when it was called X-1" just called and it wants its 1990s back.
Travis is good guy. His band was amazing. His ability to teach small children is undeniable. His album reviews, scathing. You can't win them all.
Got my Travis mixed up. Fuck that guy.
Why doesn't anyone on here even talk about actual music sounds?
@bert., cuz it's not the fucking point of the original post.
Right. Or the original original post. Which was also my point.
you need a new name...you can't take perv-staches name, it just isn't right...
HEADBUDDY..
You crappy bopper trashbags. Save this post to your floppy disk & tell me in 3 years you still think that DxS band is worth a shit. That shit stinks like the bathroom in a slaughterhouse. Fight the power. Eat the dicks.
=dc=
Hey what about me and my band?
Vice Magazine sucks. Always has.
To the point, what's "crybaby" about his comment is that he felt the need to boringly expound upon the origin of his band's name as if "educating" people was going to miraculously change the quality of their music.
This isn't a catfight. This is Buddyhead being funny, the band having no sense of humor, and big surprise here... neither do you.
If Jimmy Page names your band, keep it. If Jessie Hughes names your band and then decides to name his album the same thing - DON'T USE IT POSERS.
Penises.
never heard death by sexy so i can't comment on them, but buddyhead has always been extremely funny and they've never catered to trends really (and they put out the final ink and dagger (r.i.p.) record when initial collapsed!). i remember when they used to give out d-bag celeb's cell numbers (e.g. fred durst) just for people to call and annoy them. had no idea the site was still around, but i would take any BH reviews with a grain of salt. they enjoy getting a response out of people and jump on the opportunity to keep it going...i wonder if this will turn into a byt vs buddyhead thing. now that would be funny. let the shit-talking commence!
this is like two retards fighting over a broken toy
1. the name is fine, there are way worse.
2. it's more than a little lame on the reviewer's part to make your living being a hater.
3. can't say much for the music, but the lead singer doesn't look like that actor and the bassist is kind of adorable.
Buddyhead's gossip is funny as shit, they bring you sweet tidbits of info, such as Fred Durst's cell phone number ( i called, he called back, it was him) among others...it is a treat that Buddyhead mentioned BYT....other cool facts about Buddyhead....Aaron North, co founder of Buddyhead is in NIN and was in a band call The Icarus Line, who are fucking amazing. Travis is a total cock and I've never heard Death by Sexy, but the story behind the name is pretty funny.