Metric is opening

House of Bread · 05-09-2018, 09:34 AM

Surprisingly, not as embarrassing as I'd thought it'd be.

MyKeyZ · 05-09-2018, 09:37 AM

Awww man! I was really hoping for Nickelback! Fuck you Billy!

:P

Pizza Club · 05-09-2018, 09:59 AM

I love Metric. Very happy about this.

slayed23 · 05-09-2018, 10:23 AM

I have never even heard of them lol.

amoergosum · 05-09-2018, 10:56 AM

METRIC X SMASHING PUMPKINS
It's official, we're spending our summer on the road with the @SmashingPumpkin! Playing the hits for you annnnddd YES, NEW MUSIC. Tickets are on sale now: https://t.co/QnnrIdKnbT pic.twitter.com/AFoTFLXwN1
— M E T R I C (@Metric) May 9, 2018

themadcaplaughs · 05-09-2018, 10:58 AM

I think I have heard Metric once or twice on Pandora and did not skip it. They will be better than any of the other opening acts I saw from 2007-2016. I love Liz Phair, but her opening set in 2016 was awful.

amoergosum · 05-09-2018, 11:06 AM

topleybird · 05-09-2018, 11:16 AM

Whoa, I mean they're no 90s-era Garbage, but that's a pretty cool get

They do rock occasionally

slayed23 · 05-09-2018, 11:17 AM

Listening to them now. They sound a little like Churches. Not bad.

Butt Pope · 05-09-2018, 11:25 AM

Metric is fine.

amoergosum · 05-09-2018, 11:26 AM

Big Truck05 · 05-09-2018, 11:44 AM

I like it. They sound a little like "The Sounds"

amoergosum · 05-09-2018, 11:53 AM

AveryLoren · 05-09-2018, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by themadcaplaughs

I think I have heard Metric once or twice on Pandora and did not skip it. They will be better than any of the other opening acts I saw from 2007-2016. I love Liz Phair, but her opening set in 2016 was awful.

Must have forgotten about Ringo Deathstarr then. Metric is an absolute snooze fest.

glass85 · 05-09-2018, 12:45 PM

Never heard of them.

themadcaplaughs · 05-09-2018, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AveryLoren

Must have forgotten about Ringo Deathstarr then. Metric is an absolute snooze fest.

I said the bands that I saw during 2007-2016. I didn't see Ringo Deathstarr open for Smashing Pumpkins. In 2007, it was What Made Milwaukee Famous, in 2013 it was Poliça, in 2015 it was Cage, and in 2016 it was Liz Phair. I suppose Cage was fun in a train-wreck kind of way; sort of like seeing The Frogs, except The Frogs were in on the joke and Cage was dead serious. At the end, he got in some shouting match with someone in the audience and called his girlfriend an "ugly cunt" and said he was happy he "didn't have to fuck her."

AveryLoren · 05-09-2018, 12:56 PM

Ah, totally missed that.

themadcaplaughs · 05-09-2018, 01:06 PM

No worries. I would have loved to see Ringo Deathstarr.

Disco King · 05-09-2018, 02:27 PM

They're pretty big in Canada.

I don't mind them, but I never went much deeper than their singles because their songs are kinda samey.

I remember loving their breakthrough radio hits as a kid, though. "Monster Hospital" and "Combat Baby."

Candy Cane · 05-09-2018, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amoergosum

METRIC X SMASHING PUMPKINS
It's official, we're spending our summer on the road with the @SmashingPumpkin! Playing the hits for you annnnddd YES, NEW MUSIC. Tickets are on sale now: https://t.co/QnnrIdKnbT pic.twitter.com/AFoTFLXwN1
— M E T R I C (@Metric) May 9, 2018

When they say they're playing the hits...what hits do they mean?

Disco King · 05-09-2018, 05:01 PM

"Picture of a Girl" and other stuff.

Disco King · 05-09-2018, 05:02 PM

I have no idea how popular they are outside of Canada, because a lot of Canadian favourites aren't well-known in the U.S. (Tragically Hip, Billy Talent).

Disco King · 05-09-2018, 05:04 PM

God, that tour poster is really bothering me. Especially how the Metric logo doesn't fit, because the Metric logo is actually nice.

I like the deco attempt and the colour and the grain, but the typefaces are so ugly. Just use a geometric sans-serif font. Something in the family of Gotham or Futura.

And get rid of the weird fascist-looking angel.

Candy Cane · 05-09-2018, 05:10 PM

Their songs and albums haven't really made much of an impact outside of Canada according to wiki. I, like others, have never heard of them, and I consider myself an expert on Canadian rock, having subscribed to fuzzyroes Canadian alt-rock showcase thread.

Skradgee · 05-09-2018, 06:02 PM

Good match

ninsp · 05-09-2018, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AveryLoren

Must have forgotten about Ringo Deathstarr then. Metric is an absolute snooze fest.

I love shoegaze but Ringo was fucking bad

HerVelvetSpleen · 05-09-2018, 06:14 PM

I know some of their singles from Pandora and satellite radio and they're pretty good. With the Nickelback rumor, I was just hoping for an opener that wouldn't make me sell my tickets for half of what I paid. This is more than I could've hoped for honestly.

fuzzyroes · 05-09-2018, 07:04 PM

Fewf! What a relief. I really thought there was truth behind that Nickelback rumor. Guess the guy was just trolling us.

DK already mentioned this, but Metric is super popular in Canada. I haven't really dug into them much, but they have a few good singles and apparently they're a really cool band to see live so I think they'll be fun to see!

They should definitely help sell some tickets for the Canadian dates.

fuzzyroes · 05-09-2018, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Candy Cane

Their songs and albums haven't really made much of an impact outside of Canada according to wiki. I, like others, have never heard of them, and I consider myself an expert on Canadian rock, having subscribed to fuzzyroes Canadian alt-rock showcase thread.

They're not really a rock band, they're more of an alternative pop group. They sorta do that synth-heavy indie stuff.

Rairun · 05-09-2018, 07:22 PM

So bizarre that people here don't seem to know Metric. They were pretty big indie names along with Broken Social Scene, Feist, etc. in the mid 2000s. And I'm not Canadian either.

05-09-2018, 09:34 AM	#1
House of Bread FKA Siamese33 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 5,353	Metric is opening Surprisingly, not as embarrassing as I'd thought it'd be.

05-09-2018, 10:56 AM	#5
amoergosum Minion of Satan Posts: 6,014	METRIC X SMASHING PUMPKINS It's official, we're spending our summer on the road with the @SmashingPumpkin! Playing the hits for you annnnddd YES, NEW MUSIC. Tickets are on sale now: https://t.co/QnnrIdKnbT pic.twitter.com/AFoTFLXwN1 — M E T R I C (@Metric) May 9, 2018

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05-09-2018, 09:37 AM	#2
MyKeyZ Apocalyptic Poster Location: A very stable individual Posts: 1,690	Awww man! I was really hoping for Nickelback! Fuck you Billy! :P

05-09-2018, 09:59 AM	#3
Pizza Club Apocalyptic Poster Location: you sound like a casual fan. Posts: 3,458	I love Metric. Very happy about this.

05-09-2018, 10:23 AM	#4
slayed23 Ownz Posts: 592	I have never even heard of them lol.

05-09-2018, 10:58 AM	#6
themadcaplaughs Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,626	I think I have heard Metric once or twice on Pandora and did not skip it. They will be better than any of the other opening acts I saw from 2007-2016. I love Liz Phair, but her opening set in 2016 was awful.

05-09-2018, 11:06 AM	#7
amoergosum Minion of Satan Posts: 6,014

05-09-2018, 11:16 AM	#8
topleybird Janis Jopleybird Location: Let me see you do the booty hop. And now make the booty stop. Now drop, and do the booty wop. Posts: 6,571	Whoa, I mean they're no 90s-era Garbage, but that's a pretty cool get They do rock occasionally

05-09-2018, 11:17 AM	#9
slayed23 Ownz Posts: 592	Listening to them now. They sound a little like Churches. Not bad.

05-09-2018, 11:25 AM	#10
Butt Pope Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,115	Metric is fine.

05-09-2018, 11:26 AM	#11
amoergosum Minion of Satan Posts: 6,014

05-09-2018, 11:44 AM	#12
Big Truck05 Apocalyptic Poster Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 1,223	I like it. They sound a little like "The Sounds"

05-09-2018, 12:45 PM	#15
glass85 Demi-God Posts: 341	Never heard of them.

05-09-2018, 11:53 AM	#13
amoergosum Minion of Satan Posts: 6,014

05-09-2018, 12:56 PM	#17
AveryLoren Apocalyptic Poster Location: Upside Down Narnia Posts: 1,901	Ah, totally missed that.

05-09-2018, 01:06 PM	#18
themadcaplaughs Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,626	No worries. I would have loved to see Ringo Deathstarr.

05-09-2018, 02:27 PM	#19
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 8,875	They're pretty big in Canada. I don't mind them, but I never went much deeper than their singles because their songs are kinda samey. I remember loving their breakthrough radio hits as a kid, though. "Monster Hospital" and "Combat Baby."

05-09-2018, 05:01 PM	#21
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 8,875	"Picture of a Girl" and other stuff.

05-09-2018, 05:02 PM	#22
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 8,875	I have no idea how popular they are outside of Canada, because a lot of Canadian favourites aren't well-known in the U.S. (Tragically Hip, Billy Talent).

05-09-2018, 05:04 PM	#23
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 8,875	God, that tour poster is really bothering me. Especially how the Metric logo doesn't fit, because the Metric logo is actually nice. I like the deco attempt and the colour and the grain, but the typefaces are so ugly. Just use a geometric sans-serif font. Something in the family of Gotham or Futura. And get rid of the weird fascist-looking angel.

05-09-2018, 05:10 PM	#24
Candy Cane Demi-God Location: Where the willows weep and the whirpools sleep you'll find me. Posts: 341	Their songs and albums haven't really made much of an impact outside of Canada according to wiki. I, like others, have never heard of them, and I consider myself an expert on Canadian rock, having subscribed to fuzzyroes Canadian alt-rock showcase thread.

05-09-2018, 06:02 PM	#25
Skradgee Boardcaster Location: reporting live Posts: 3,854	Good match

05-09-2018, 06:14 PM	#27
HerVelvetSpleen Pledge Posts: 77	I know some of their singles from Pandora and satellite radio and they're pretty good. With the Nickelback rumor, I was just hoping for an opener that wouldn't make me sell my tickets for half of what I paid. This is more than I could've hoped for honestly.

05-09-2018, 07:04 PM	#28
fuzzyroes Banned Posts: 21,169	Fewf! What a relief. I really thought there was truth behind that Nickelback rumor. Guess the guy was just trolling us. DK already mentioned this, but Metric is super popular in Canada. I haven't really dug into them much, but they have a few good singles and apparently they're a really cool band to see live so I think they'll be fun to see! They should definitely help sell some tickets for the Canadian dates.

05-09-2018, 07:22 PM	#30
Rairun Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,131	So bizarre that people here don't seem to know Metric. They were pretty big indie names along with Broken Social Scene, Feist, etc. in the mid 2000s. And I'm not Canadian either.