Post by piesore on Dec 7, 2002 21:14:11 GMT -5
I posted this on the other ATDI board before I discovered this one, which I had been told it had been shut down. In any case, hopefully someone will actually be able to answer the question here since it averages more than a post per month like the other board:
Okay...these are all very newbie-type questions, because essentially that's what I am. I unfortunantly became a fan of ATDI after they broke up, so I never really gave the message board more than a glance. And when I finally decided to register, I found it had been shut down...so, here I am. In any case here they are:
ATDI has been a huge inspiration to me for what can be done with music, and I was wondering what the musical backgrounds of the various group members were. Does Omar have any official blues or other musical training? Because the chords and scales that he uses are much more complex than what you usually see in rock and they don't simply seem like he's hitting random notes. In any case, he seems extremely talented, and I'm just wondering if that's from huge amounts of practice, or if he's been musically schooled, which I doubt because I had thought he was kind of poor growing up in El Paso. And has it ever been disclosed to what degree each band member writes the music?
Has the band ever said what inspired them for ROC? Because while i enoy their other records, I think ROC is head and shoulders above those in every way. Did they say touring with Rage had anything to do with it? Because there seem to be a lot more RATM influences than on past records. What about Ross Robinson and the role he played? The only think I mentioned about him was the band actually saw a ball of energy while they were jamming with him. But he seemed to have a huge influence on their sound, both in the production and how the guitars interacted with each other.
Or did everything just click finally? The record seems like it was written pretty quickly, which is amazing especially considering how groundbreaking it is, didn't they tour with Rage, then release it less than a year later?
Also, I was wondering what Omar's rig consisted of. On some live videos, I've seen he has a whammy pedal, and he must have a delay, and I'm pretty sure a wah judging from the sounds on Catacombs. I'm actually more interested in how he gets the tone from his guitar, because it's not really that standard beefy distortion you get from an amp, is he doing something different?
And how does he get that wierd ethereal guitar noises like with the intro to arcarsenal, the background to Enfilade, Quarantined, and I'm sure other songs? It sounds like something with the whammy pedal to get that strage tone, but it doesn't sound like he's setting it an octave up or harmonzing...so I'm not sure what's going on there.
And how many units did the Relationship of Command go on to sell?
I was pretty sure I had some other questions, but that's all I can think of right now. Anyways, if anyone could point me to interviews or faq's that would answer these questions, or answer them themselves, that would be appreciated.
Something not in the original post I'd like to add is where can I find videos? I know there are a few floating around on the net, the One Armed Scissors video, Conan and Farmclub versions, Invalid Letter Dpt, Operations Manuel and Arcarsenal and Pattern Against User live being the ones I've been able to find. I remember there used to be a site that hosted old videos like a live performance of Napolean Solo and even full live cocerts, but I haven't been able to find it and I'm guessing it was shut down. So does anyone have a lot of good ATDI live videos I could get my hands on anywhere?
Okay...these are all very newbie-type questions, because essentially that's what I am. I unfortunantly became a fan of ATDI after they broke up, so I never really gave the message board more than a glance. And when I finally decided to register, I found it had been shut down...so, here I am. In any case here they are:
ATDI has been a huge inspiration to me for what can be done with music, and I was wondering what the musical backgrounds of the various group members were. Does Omar have any official blues or other musical training? Because the chords and scales that he uses are much more complex than what you usually see in rock and they don't simply seem like he's hitting random notes. In any case, he seems extremely talented, and I'm just wondering if that's from huge amounts of practice, or if he's been musically schooled, which I doubt because I had thought he was kind of poor growing up in El Paso. And has it ever been disclosed to what degree each band member writes the music?
Has the band ever said what inspired them for ROC? Because while i enoy their other records, I think ROC is head and shoulders above those in every way. Did they say touring with Rage had anything to do with it? Because there seem to be a lot more RATM influences than on past records. What about Ross Robinson and the role he played? The only think I mentioned about him was the band actually saw a ball of energy while they were jamming with him. But he seemed to have a huge influence on their sound, both in the production and how the guitars interacted with each other.
Or did everything just click finally? The record seems like it was written pretty quickly, which is amazing especially considering how groundbreaking it is, didn't they tour with Rage, then release it less than a year later?
Also, I was wondering what Omar's rig consisted of. On some live videos, I've seen he has a whammy pedal, and he must have a delay, and I'm pretty sure a wah judging from the sounds on Catacombs. I'm actually more interested in how he gets the tone from his guitar, because it's not really that standard beefy distortion you get from an amp, is he doing something different?
And how does he get that wierd ethereal guitar noises like with the intro to arcarsenal, the background to Enfilade, Quarantined, and I'm sure other songs? It sounds like something with the whammy pedal to get that strage tone, but it doesn't sound like he's setting it an octave up or harmonzing...so I'm not sure what's going on there.
And how many units did the Relationship of Command go on to sell?
I was pretty sure I had some other questions, but that's all I can think of right now. Anyways, if anyone could point me to interviews or faq's that would answer these questions, or answer them themselves, that would be appreciated.
Something not in the original post I'd like to add is where can I find videos? I know there are a few floating around on the net, the One Armed Scissors video, Conan and Farmclub versions, Invalid Letter Dpt, Operations Manuel and Arcarsenal and Pattern Against User live being the ones I've been able to find. I remember there used to be a site that hosted old videos like a live performance of Napolean Solo and even full live cocerts, but I haven't been able to find it and I'm guessing it was shut down. So does anyone have a lot of good ATDI live videos I could get my hands on anywhere?
