Comments on: Prong: The Demon Thrashers of Stanton Street https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/ The blog is faster than the books... Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:31:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: filip https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-688722 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:21:44 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-688722 incredible band! 1 of my best gigs i ever saw was this band at the Dynamo festival in the 90’s, INSANE!

]]> By: bazillion https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-405132 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:23:06 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-405132 In reply to marc rentzer.

Marc, yes this download package works with Mac computers. You need a program that can extract RAR files, like RAR-Expander from the App Store, or just double-click to open with a newer version of OSX. Enjoy the dissonant demo!

]]> By: marc rentzer https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-405026 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:19:43 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-405026 Does this work with Macs? Dying to hear this again. I was at their first show and still have the demo, but no way to play it because I chucked my cassette player. Thanks!

]]> By: Brett Stevens https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-5770 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:17:20 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-5770 Prong was always the oddball in speed metal because they were arty and yet emotionally attracted to the apocalyptic scenarios their lyrics described. I noted the same thing Stevie McAllister did — up through “Beg to Differ” they had a balanced sound with depth, but after that it got linear, although “Cleansing” partially corrected this.

]]> By: Stevie McAllister https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-269 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:40:12 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-269 This is a late reply as I’ve been outa touch with the whole scene.
Since I was there cutting a lot of the tracks, I’ll correct some things.
The orignal Prong, the first two albums and some live stuff that appeared later, was created with all three members having an almost equal input in the composition and sound. It was a colaboration.
I think the combination of all three created the most original version of Prong. They didn’t sound like anyone else at the time and had a big influence on many other bands.

The later stuff had more of the Tommy Victor influence and he was more into fitting in and that is why the later stuff didn’t stand out as such as an original style. It was more accessible by most, because they sounded like a lot of other bands at the time, but the later stuff didn’t have much of an influence on other artists.

The early stuff wasn’t as popular, mostly because of the raw production quality. The early stuff was recorded in a NYC apartment studio at a very low budget. They were also not trying to fit in with any catagory so there wasn’t any single style of song writing and production. The lack of having any cohesiveness is what set them apart.

I still find the early stuff quite listenable and feel proud to have been involved with the production, even with the low budget limiitations.

stevie

]]> By: pitt https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-267 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:20:19 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-267 kirkland played with gg allin too

]]> By: Mars https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-268 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:14:37 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-268 Man, I can’t tell you how IMPOSSIBLE it was to get Primitive Origins and Force Fed in upstate MAINE in the eighties. It drove me nuts!

Thanks for this!

]]> By: IamProngMania https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-261 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:12:55 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-261 the new album has the hard hitting slamming drums on par with Parsons. Victor’s precise industrial riffs have only gotten better with time, and he seems to be heading full circle, moving toward a primitive origins tampon, only the blood is not dry

]]> By: chainsawmax https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-266 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:18:23 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-266 hey, synths DO NOT suck!!! thanx for posting this out, very cool stuff. what can I say, I may be pointed out as being partial, but I think the current incarnation of PRONG really does justice to what the band showed up to be during years. I too miss Ted Parsons – who BTW, had a cancer… and luckily went thru it o.k. – but I really like the way they sound around these days.

give them a try, prejudices DO suck.

http://www.prongmusic.com

]]> By: jp danker https://blog.bazillionpoints.com/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-265 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:02:12 +0000 http://bangbangblog.info/2007/09/17/im-not-to-blame/#comment-265 I bet most Prong fans came about like me: once I found out they were the band playing in the background on Headbanger’s ball, I was hooked. Prove You Wrong is still a big hit in my car.

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