Libertine Angel Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 3 hours ago, T@l said: More of a Pinhead quiestion. How do I pronounce Aaron Cometbus? "Come-to-bus"? Is he really Jewish as he states in West Side Highway? I would say it's comet-bus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNICORN VOMIT Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 20 minutes ago, Libertine Angel said: I would say it's comet-bus You are so smart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Angel Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Just now, Tinkle said: You are so smart I got the award for a reason 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Todd Posted October 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2016 5 hours ago, T@l said: More of a Pinhead quiestion. How do I pronounce Aaron Cometbus? "Come-to-bus"? Is he really Jewish as he states in West Side Highway? His real name is Aaron Elliot , but Cometbus is pronounced "Comet-Bus" If you like his lyrics, I suggest checking out his band Cleveland Bound Death Sentence! And Crimpshrine's a classic, although Jeff Ott's vocals are an aquired taste 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shtrudel Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 22 minutes ago, Todd said: His real name is Aaron Elliot , but Cometbus is pronounced "Comet-Bus" If you like his lyrics, I suggest checking out his band Cleveland Bound Death Sentence! And Crimpshrine's a classic, although Jeff Ott's vocals are an aquired taste "bus" as the vehicle or "boos"? You probably meant the first, but it bugged me for too and I'm not going to leave any doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 1 minute ago, T@l said: "bus" as the vehicle or "boos"? You probably meant the first, but it bugged me for too and I'm not going to leave any doubt. Bus, as in the vehicle Nothing wrong with wanting clarification! There's nothing worse than saying someone's name wrong. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddie86 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 41 minutes ago, Todd said: His real name is Aaron Elliot , but Cometbus is pronounced "Comet-Bus" If you like his lyrics, I suggest checking out his band Cleveland Bound Death Sentence! And Crimpshrine's a classic, although Jeff Ott's vocals are an aquired taste i guess you're right about them being an acquired taste, I got "sound of a new world being born" when I was in 7th grade but I didn't really appreciate it until 9th or 10th, that's when I started listening to it a lot, I love that CD. I like his vocals better in crimpshrine than in fifteen though haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hermione Posted October 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2016 23 hours ago, T@l said: More of a Pinhead quiestion. How do I pronounce Aaron Cometbus? "Come-to-bus"? Is he really Jewish as he states in West Side Highway? As mentioned it's like the word comet and the word bus (his real name being Aaron Elliott - Cometbus isn't a real surname and just comes from the name of his zine Cometbus, which is fully titled 'Ride the Wohl Whip Cometbus', a title made up by a guy he knew which he apparently has no idea of the meaning of). But it's funny you ask that because there was a story Aaron told once about how when he was a roadie for Green Day in their early days they made some buttons that said "Green Day" and "Cometbus" on them (but because they were small it was on two lines like "Green/Day" "Come/tbus") and gave a load of them out to the crowd at a show. Then afterwards he heard a ridiculous rumour that at Green Day's show the band and their roadie had given girls they wanted to sleep with buttons that said "come to the bus". He couldn't work out why anyone would think that, until he realised that the way it was written on the button it kind of looked like "come to bus" . You just totally reminded me of it. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shtrudel Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 5 hours ago, Hermione said: As mentioned it's like the word comet and the word bus (his real name being Aaron Elliott - Cometbus isn't a real surname and just comes from the name of his zine Cometbus, which is fully titled 'Ride the Wohl Whip Cometbus', a title made up by a guy he knew which he apparently has no idea of the meaning of). But it's funny you ask that because there was a story Aaron told once about how when he was a roadie for Green Day in their early days they made some buttons that said "Green Day" and "Cometbus" on them (but because they were small it was on two lines like "Green/Day" "Come/tbus") and gave a load of them out to the crowd at a show. Then afterwards he heard a ridiculous rumour that at Green Day's show the band and their roadie had given girls they wanted to sleep with buttons that said "come to the bus". He couldn't work out why anyone would think that, until he realised that the way it was written on the button it kind of looked like "come to bus" . You just totally reminded me of it. I was just about to ask how did he come up with the name Cometbus (I knew his real surname is Elliott). The story about the buttons is hilarios! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziebix Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 That's a great story @Hermione. I don't think I've heard it before. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RougeRogue Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I was thinking about Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe for some reason and looked it up again. I didn't realize they had a second location. Does Mike still own it and involved with it at all? Just random wonderings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 10 hours ago, Hermione said: As mentioned it's like the word comet and the word bus (his real name being Aaron Elliott - Cometbus isn't a real surname and just comes from the name of his zine Cometbus, which is fully titled 'Ride the Wohl Whip Cometbus', a title made up by a guy he knew which he apparently has no idea of the meaning of). But it's funny you ask that because there was a story Aaron told once about how when he was a roadie for Green Day in their early days they made some buttons that said "Green Day" and "Cometbus" on them (but because they were small it was on two lines like "Green/Day" "Come/tbus") and gave a load of them out to the crowd at a show. Then afterwards he heard a ridiculous rumour that at Green Day's show the band and their roadie had given girls they wanted to sleep with buttons that said "come to the bus". He couldn't work out why anyone would think that, until he realised that the way it was written on the button it kind of looked like "come to bus" . You just totally reminded me of it. 8 hours ago, T@l said: I was just about to ask how did he come up with the name Cometbus (I knew his real surname is Elliott). The story about the buttons is hilarios! 1 hour ago, lizziebix said: That's a great story @Hermione. I don't think I've heard it before. Thanks for sharing. Just going to say that Aaron said that this was the absolute worst rumour he ever heard about himself because it made him sound so sleazy and disgusting. He hated it and actually ranted about it. On 10/20/2016 at 7:47 PM, T@l said: Is he really Jewish as he states in West Side Highway? Absolutely. He writes about it constantly and discusses it openly in interviews. 21 hours ago, Todd said: If you like his lyrics, I suggest checking out his band Cleveland Bound Death Sentence! They absolutely rule!! He has about a million bands but they're probably my favourite after Pinhead Gunpowder (who in fairness I prefer to GD). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 5 hours ago, Hero_Of_The_Hour said: They absolutely rule!! He has about a million bands but they're probably my favourite after Pinhead Gunpowder (who in fairness I prefer to GD). I don't think it's still up here due to our lost Mega account, but did you hear CBDS's version of Asheville? It's cool how Aaron uses his songs between bands. I've found a bunch of examples, and there are still a bunch of his bands that I've yet to get into. Asheville (PHGP/CBDS) East River Park (CBDS/EFS) Certain Things (Mundt/PHGP) I Used To (Mundt/PHGP) Brother (Mundt/PHGP) A.P.H.M. (Mundt/Shotwell Coho) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 9 hours ago, Hero_Of_The_Hour said: Just going to say that Aaron said that this was the absolute worst rumour he ever heard about himself because it made him sound so sleazy and disgusting. He hated it and actually ranted about it. Absolutely. He writes about it constantly and discusses it openly in interviews. They absolutely rule!! He has about a million bands but they're probably my favourite after Pinhead Gunpowder (who in fairness I prefer to GD). Where I read it in Despite Everything (reprinted from Cometbus #29 in a chapter called "Come to the bus") he said it was "the most ridiculous rumour I've ever heard" and also mentioned "...- what the fuck??!? I was perplexed when I heard this, half amused and half angry. It was a good story and all, and much more interesting than the boring truth, which was that before the show I'd dumpstered a few big bags of buttons, and we'd used markers to make them 'Blatz', 'Green Day' and 'Cometbus' buttons, then I'd tossed them out at the show. We didn't tell any girls to 'come to the bus', in fact nobody talked to us and we just wandered off and got drunk and destroyed some hedges and I lost my hat in one and then we slept on a cold floor. It wasn't the glorious stuff rumours are made of. So I couldn't figure out that damn rumour at all until...". So yeah he definitely didn't like it and wanted to make sure it was straightened out, although he did see the funny side as well by the time he wrote about it at least. And yes his lyrics are wonderful (as well as his writing) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Anyone know what interview this is? I knew he'd said that in Kerrang but I didn't realise he'd said it in other interviews too. Makes it even more amusing that people were insisting the band hated 21CB when it came out 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Second favourite son Posted October 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Hermione said: we just wandered off and got drunk and destroyed some hedges So he was a rough boy 'round the edges? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 1 minute ago, Second favourite son said: So he was a rough boy 'round the edges? Confirmed 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Hoe Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Maria Gloria said: Anyone know what interview this is? I knew he'd said that in Kerrang but I didn't realise he'd said it in other interviews too. Makes it even more amusing that people were insisting the band hated 21CB when it came out I think what they say in an interview about an album doesn't necessarily mean that this is how they truly feel about it. Of course they're gonna say it's the best album they've ever made when they're promoting it and want people to buy / listen to it. Nobody's gonna buy an album if even the band says they hate it But I doubt they hate it, because the album is one of the best they've ever made 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solongfromthestars Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 18 minutes ago, Billie Hoe said: I think what they say in an interview about an album doesn't necessarily mean that this is how they truly feel about it. Of course they're gonna say it's the best album they've ever made when they're promoting it and want people to buy / listen to it. Nobody's gonna buy an album if even the band says they hate it But I doubt they hate it, because the album is one of the best they've ever made Thank you! Yeah I know, no interview can be 100% truthful because they're just promotion really. I did get the impression they were really proud of 21CB, though. Either way, I still find it funny that people were insisting the band hated it just because they didn't like it when he was saying that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermione Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 On another note my god Billie's eyes in those gifs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted October 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2016 10 hours ago, Todd said: I don't think it's still up here due to our lost Mega account, but did you hear CBDS's version of Asheville? It's cool how Aaron uses his songs between bands. I've found a bunch of examples, and there are still a bunch of his bands that I've yet to get into. Asheville (PHGP/CBDS) East River Park (CBDS/EFS) Certain Things (Mundt/PHGP) I Used To (Mundt/PHGP) Brother (Mundt/PHGP) A.P.H.M. (Mundt/Shotwell Coho) Yes!! I have CBDS 7inch with Ashville on it and it's great though I prefer the vocals on PHGP version. I love Mundt and have some of their 7 inches also but haven't heard their version of the PHGP songs. I need to track them down now The great thing about Aaron is that you could spend forever chasing down all the bands he was in just to discover he's in a new one. It's endless 3 hours ago, Second favourite son said: So he was a rough boy 'round the edges? 3 hours ago, Hermione said: Confirmed Aaron has a bizarre obsession with jumping into hedges I'm serious he really has/had a thing about diving into hedges and seems to take the whole thing rather seriously.  This is taken from Lanky and I'm only taking part of what he said about jumping into the "legendary cross shaped hedge" because it's way too long! "There is a particularly fulfilling feeling of diving into a hedge. Of losing yourself in it, deep among the leaves and dusty debris, swimming, losing your hat in it usually too and getting pulled out by your crew just in time for a mad dash from the angry neighbours and neighbourhood watchers. It's an addictive feeling not unlike the best dancing, when you lose all sense of up and down. You even lose track of the distinction between your body and other bodies - or walls, floors, and drumsets. But a good hedge has even more of an anti-gravity effect. Firm, yet pliant. Gentle and loving, yet brutal and unforgiving. At once familiar and full of surprises; surprises consisting of but not limited to: broken bottles, old toys, sharp sticks, bricks, thorns, and our favourite, metal fences. Many a night we were impaled, nay, flayed, by an errant hedge. Nights for which we still bear the scars. We all sat together, grouped like a list of afflictions or synonyms for suffering. Gathered in front of the reservoir in the early morning mist, still soaked from the rain and sore from the battle, licking our wounds. Did I mention it was my birthday party? 19. The years, they pass so fast." Now try looking at a hedge the same way again! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Hero_Of_The_Hour said: Yes!! I have CBDS 7inch with Ashville on it and it's great though I prefer the vocals on PHGP version. I love Mundt and have some of their 7 inches also but haven't heard their version of the PHGP songs. I need to track them down now The great thing about Aaron is that you could spend forever chasing down all the bands he was in just to discover he's in a new one. It's endless Those are the 7"s from Down in Front, correct? I don't think Mundt ever put out a record besides that and a demo tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero_Of_The_Hour Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 30 minutes ago, Todd said: Those are the 7"s from Down in Front, correct? I don't think Mundt ever put out a record besides that and a demo tape Yes, I got a hold of Down in Front a few years ago. It's brilliant, a cool collection that lead me to a few of Aaron's bands I wasn't familiar with before. If you don't already have it I strongly recommend it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, Hero_Of_The_Hour said: Yes, I got a hold of Down in Front a few years ago. It's brilliant, a cool collection that lead me to a few of Aaron's bands I wasn't familiar with before. If you don't already have it I strongly recommend it! The vinyl is expensive! Goes for $30+. I borrowed it from one of my friends to rip the tracks and scan all of the covers, but unfortunately I had to give it back to him That was a hard one to let go of! The CD is cheaper, but it doesn't have the same songs as the vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Angel Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 7 hours ago, Maria Gloria said: Anyone know what interview this is? I knew he'd said that in Kerrang but I didn't realise he'd said it in other interviews too. Makes it even more amusing that people were insisting the band hated 21CB when it came out To be fair he says that about literally everything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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