Farmikos (Joe Holmes) New Tune

[Badronald]

I'm finding nothing positive here. Farmikos? really?
That singer? Really?

 

[TrueTone500]

Not impressed.

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Your all fuckin nuts! This is better than anything out today. Who cares if it s SG or ALice vibe...it rocks and my band well it doesn't and most certainly yours doesn't either

 

[Anonymous]

wow. i LOVE both songs.

i was pleasantly surprised by this too...wasn't expecting to like either.

GREAT fucking guitar tones....driving, well written tunes.

 

[Bob Savage]

Your all fuckin nuts! This is better than anything out today. Who cares if it s SG or ALice vibe...it rocks and my band well it doesn't and most certainly yours doesn't either

Jeff, that singer is copping more than a "vibe." He's good but when you emulate your idols to the tee it's not nearly as great as if you just kept some of their vibe and did your own thing.

I don't have a band nor do I want one, nor do I need one to give my opinion.

 

[mentoneman]

thats about as exciting as a filet o fish,

with free water from the lemonade spout.

 

[TrueTone500]

Even though I'm not into those tracks, they are solid compositions. I'm not sure where he's going with those punch-ins though?

 

[mentoneman]

sounds like someone trying to fit into what they think the 'world' now thinks/thought is cool or heavy,
instead of doing what comes naturally and running with what they were born to do.

 

[Chubtone]

sounds like someone trying to fit into what they think the 'world' now thinks/thought is cool or heavy,
instead of doing what comes naturally and running with what they were born to do.

FREAKING EXACTLY! Leave it to Pat to once again nail it with words. That's exactly how I feel about it and I scratch my head when someone is trying to fit into what the world thinks is hip now and is off by 20 years.

 

[Bob Savage]

FREAKING EXACTLY! Leave it to Pat to once again nail it with words. That's exactly how I feel about it and I scratch my head when someone is trying to fit into what the world thinks is hip now and is off by 20 years.

There is the possibility that Joe digs exactly what he's recording so I'm careful to judge the motive but nonetheless, I agree that the end product is very much a remake of something that occurred two decades ago whether intentionally or because it's just what Joe wants to do.

And yeah, Pat's got a way with words in fact, I need to find me a Vai video to post because I'm up for some Mentone-isms.

 

[metalmaniac93]

thats about as exciting as a filet o fish,

with free water from the lemonade spout.

 

[metalmaniac93]

FREAKING EXACTLY! Leave it to Pat to once again nail it with words. That's exactly how I feel about it and I scratch my head when someone is trying to fit into what the world thinks is hip now and is off by 20 years.

There is the possibility that Joe digs exactly what he's recording so I'm careful to judge the motive but nonetheless, I agree that the end product is very much a remake of something that occurred two decades ago whether intentionally or because it's just what Joe wants to do.

And yeah, Pat's got a way with words in fact, I need to find me a Vai video to post because I'm up for some Mentone-isms.

Remake? I am sure Joe digs what he is recording and this may be his intent to have a sound of the early to mid 90's, but it is a total exact copy of what was done 20 years ago and what AIC/Soundgarden is doing today. On that note, I do like it!!

 

[Bob Savage]

Remake? I am sure Joe digs what he is recording and this may be his intent to have a sound of the early to mid 90's, but it is a total exact copy of what was done 20 years ago and what AIC/Soundgarden is doing today. On that note, I do like it!!

I'm confused. Are you agreeing or disagreeing? Is the problem with the word "remake?" I can come up with better terms. Really, I can do it.

 

[metalmaniac93]

Remake? I am sure Joe digs what he is recording and this may be his intent to have a sound of the early to mid 90's, but it is a total exact copy of what was done 20 years ago and what AIC/Soundgarden is doing today. On that note, I do like it!!

I'm confused. Are you agreeing or disagreeing? Is the problem with the word "remake?" I can come up with better terms. Really, I can do it.

Bob, "remake" is actually appropriate!! I am agreeing!!! I do like this though and I am a huge fan of AIC, I like the older Soundgarden stuff and Chris Cornell is one of my fav singers for this style of music. I just wish it did not sound like an exact clone of these bands with slightly different guitar solos. Just my opinion since I think Joe Holmes is a bad ass guitarist.

 

[Chubtone]

There is the possibility that Joe digs exactly what he's recording so I'm careful to judge the motive but nonetheless, I agree that the end product is very much a remake of something that occurred two decades ago whether intentionally or because it's just what Joe wants to do.

The simple fact of the matter is that I am going to buy Joe's new release. This song they posted today has some cool things about it. But where I question motive is that the Seattle thing really didn't hit until Joe was about 30 years old. Everyone is different for sure and it is possible that finally at 30 years of age, he discovered a musical style that really, finally appealed to him and what he had based his guitar playing life on beforehand was something he was never really into. Doubtful and unlikely, but possible. Most people's musical loves are formed from junior high through college age. And you don't get as good as Joe is by not being deeply into what you are playing and dedicating your life to practicing to achieve it.

Part of my disappointment with this is that for YEARS I have been looking forward to this album, because I was told it had a heavy Deep Purple influence but sounded modern. That it sounded like Deep Purple with a heavier guitar tone and more crazy guitar playing. Now I imagine that sound in my head....... and in my head I get very excited at the prospect of what this could sound like. I didn't realize that:

Deep Purple + heavier tone + crazier guitar playing = Soundgarden/Alice In Chains.

Because in my mind it doesn't. Soundgarden/Alice In Chains = Soundgarden/Alice In Chains.

Why try and hide what the band sounds like by describing it as this cool Deep Purple throwback thing when it's just a throwback to Seattle 1993? It reminds me of Yngwie making this big deal about how into Hendrix/Blackmore he was as if he was trying to get us to not pull back the curtain to find his collection of Uli Roth era Scorpions records and Uli solo albums, because then we'd go, "dang Yngwie, you sound just like Uli Roth."

 

[metalmaniac93]

There is the possibility that Joe digs exactly what he's recording so I'm careful to judge the motive but nonetheless, I agree that the end product is very much a remake of something that occurred two decades ago whether intentionally or because it's just what Joe wants to do.

The simple fact of the matter is that I am going to buy Joe's new release. This song they posted today has some cool things about it. But where I question motive is that the Seattle thing really didn't hit until Joe was about 30 years old. Everyone is different for sure and it is possible that finally at 30 years of age, he discovered a musical style that really, finally appealed to him and what he had based his guitar playing life on beforehand was something he was never really into. Doubtful and unlikely, but possible. Most people's musical loves are formed from junior high through college age. And you don't get as good as Joe is by not being deeply into what you are playing and dedicating your life to practicing to achieve it.

Part of my disappointment with this is that for YEARS I have been looking forward to this album, because I was told it had a heavy Deep Purple influence but sounded modern. That it sounded like Deep Purple with a heavier guitar tone and more crazy guitar playing. Now I imagine that sound in my head....... and in my head I get very excited at the prospect of what this could sound like. I didn't realize that:

Deep Purple + heavier tone + crazier guitar playing = Soundgarden/Alice In Chains.

Because in my mind it doesn't. Soundgarden/Alice In Chains = Soundgarden/Alice In Chains.

Why try and hide what the band sounds like by describing it as this cool Deep Purple throwback thing when it's just a throwback to Seattle 1993? It reminds me of Yngwie making this big deal about how into Hendrix/Blackmore he was as if he was trying to get us to not pull back the curtain to find his collection of Uli Roth era Scorpions records and Uli solo albums, because then we'd go, "dang Yngwie, you sound just like Uli Roth."

I agree!! I was looking forward to and expecting to hear a rock/metal CD with killer heavy riffs/solos etc, but not AIC/Soundgarden like.

 

[sicklit]

FARMIKOS is a killer band, The Sound of My Gun totally rocks hardcore. The vocals are amazing and have a kinda Jim Morrison vibe. Joe has outdone himself again, the solo is totally genius. Bet no one here can play that solo in scapegoat. Being compared to AIC, Soundgarden, and Cornell... this is a good thing... This has a new sound with an old school vibe to it. I've listened to it on my home system and it sounds well produced, Joe's guitar has that insane tone still so I love it. Overall first two songs 8.8 out of 10 and better then anything else out right now.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/FARMIKOS ... 41?fref=ts

 

[projectx102]

I like it! Gonna pick this one up when it's out.

 

[Jeff Hilligan]

Your all fuckin nuts! This is better than anything out today. Who cares if it s SG or ALice vibe...it rocks and my band well it doesn't and most certainly yours doesn't either

Jeff, that singer is copping more than a "vibe." He's good but when you emulate your idols to the tee it's not nearly as great as if you just kept some of their vibe and did your own thing.

I don't have a band nor do I want one, nor do I need one to give my opinion.

True dat.cause all of th RT's drink the van Halen tone kook aid to emulate his vibe..no cop it,when attempting to get their sound in the song in ther head. Bob as always you expand me thoughts on opinion statements !

 

[jasonmwnf]

I want to hear some RR style of playing though!!!

I want to hear Joe Holmes sound like freaking Joe Holmes, playing the music he grew up on. It's weird that he recognizes the Seattle grunge thing killed the sounds that he grew up on, but he doesn't know the Seattle grunge thing died a few short years after that? Like others have said, it sounds like Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, twenty years too late.

The Seattle grunge thing only died because the bands that were putting out those amazing albums either had members die or their creativity died. That "sound" is alive and well. I listen to AIC and Soundgarden ALL THE TIME. And I will be buying the shit out of this when it comes out!