I’m still here, I promise. Thank you Wyatt and Jacob, I really appreciate your comments and they’re pretty much the sole reason I decided to try to keep going with this.
Now, on to the matter at hand….
This album marks the first time I ever really fell in love with an album as a whole put together piece of work. I probably listened to my Rubberneck CD a good 2000 times through during my time in high school. I was a very angry young man then and the Toadies worked as sort of an outlet. If there’s anything you can say about Todd Lewis, it’s that he really is a master of channeling rage.
Like the rest of the albums on this list it marked a turning point in my musical journey. I got this album as a freshman in high school as a Christmas present (thanks mom!). I was still listening to radio rock at this point (and would continue to do so for a couple more years), but when I started listening to the Toadies I felt like it was okay that I had so much anger, and here was a way to focus it and not let it take over my life. This eventually led to all music becoming an outlet for me in some way or another. I guess that’s a lot to say about a band that’s just okay by most people’s standards. Say what you will about the Toadies, but this album is damn good and will always be, no matter how mild-mannered I may become.
Here's a picture of me and some friends from high school, on a boat.
The toadies are amazing and i would agree are a great rage outlet, i wish i would have got in to them at my ragefull age but i was on the used lol...you need to go to the next dia de los toadies they are the best days ever
ReplyDeleteis it bad that ive never sat down a listened to the toadies? can i even claim to be a musician if this hasn't occured? i feel like maybe its too late for me now as i am, like you, very mild these days, so i don't feel the need for a whole lot of rage in my life. maybe ill give it a try now...
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