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I'm all for 'new' photoshots being released (imagine if someone leaked a raw protoshot of something like Live Earth 07 with the full break included) but I still feel let down by not getting the whole thing.

And then 3 years later they released their poppiest record. Like someone said, it was a visceral marketing made it that way on purpose to fit the themes of the album and there's 0 wrong with all of it, it's the way Mike phrased with certain statements that came off a bit eye rolling, They already made very loud and heavy tracks at the time, there was other ways to promote the album IMO. I vividly remember pretty much watching/reading all THP interviews at the time, I was enjoying the record (still do to a certain degree) until Mike "farted" those cheesy thoughts out of nowhere for the sake of getting easy headlines I assume lol. God forbid I still have a small grudge with the way he potrayed himself at that time or other times they might've said something stupid. It's not holding anyone accountable, it's mostly nitpicking certain things that I find annoying, that's it.

I'm not a festival person so this is great news if they keep headlining non-festival dates, I wonder why they didn't do them as much with Chester (at least from memory). I'm going next year, I'll be in the LPU Pit, my first time as a very long time fan! With a bit of (10%) luck I'll get a hat from Mike lol

Crossing fingers for another Acoustic Christmas show. Loved all of those perfomances they did, some of their best of their entire career.

I didn't expect a Super Bowl type of perfomance but that was still pretty cool.

From what I've read they did play 3 shows early on in 2001 with Deftones, '03, '08, the MTV show in 2010 and 2017, that's it. I might understand their frustation but they somewhat stopped being popular there since MTM even if there's still a small loud minority who likes them.

I meant post that footage to the world and professionaly edited like their making of's.

Short answer: the 2015 LA show.

I honestly might prefer the early version/demo with the different note/key, sounds neat. They completely stopped shooting/uploading any kind of full-length documentary (the 'Inside LIVING THINGS' was a weird Xbox Live exclusive 20-minute short doc that left me very underwhelmed) since ATS which I believe it's still their best 'making of' to this date. I would've LOVED to see OML/FZ and the whole painful but creative progress that they went through with Chester and Emily respectively, I asked it for years but I understood why they prefered the intimacy of the process and chose to post short LPTV clips instead compared to their early young mindset of shooting nearly every single BTS moment.

I don't think Mike would be interested at this point to do anything for TRT/FM, knowing all the confusing mess that has happened (as far as we publicly know) with the project the past decade or so it's highly unlikely. Warner probably releases some 20th anniversary merch and/or re-release but that's about it. The MTM20 seems way more likely and for me I'd kill to have an European DVD show of 2008 where they played Reading My Eyes again (aside of Japan '06). Lower your expectations. I'd love to finally see that 2015 gig they supposedly shot in LA but Mike is 100% focused on LP now.

Just government? Religion plays a massive part of it too and generally the idea of (straight) men being the centre of society, not just there but in many places. Wouldn't be an hypocrite myself saying they shouldn't play shows where human rights are being violated, because they would cancel half of the shows next year. But anyway, stay safe and have fun.

Just finished now and I honestly thought it was going to be HT 3.0, thankfully it wasn't. I had fun, quite solid. I greatly appreciate the Fuse & Joe sample references from his Tasty Gas Station vinyl as a person who when someone says 'old school LP' instead of thinking 2000-2006 I sometimes go back to 1996-1999/pre-HT release, it's funny how brains and perspectives work 🤠. I totally get why they decided to go back to basics but again, my brain played tricks on me and I got used hearing the band experiment for so many years after 2003 that for whatever reason I'm still stuck on that mindset, maybe I'm getting old or maybe cause I listen to lots of different stuff I'm used to variety over always wanting to hear one specific type of sound. Can't choose a fav for now, I need multiple listenings to make up my mind, hearing these songs live helps too (ATS became my personal favorite LP record due to also how fucking awesome the songs sounded live). Very excited for the chance of seeing them next year.

I assume this means no DL code if you get the physical Deluxe Edition or similar? 5$ for everything is a massive steal, especially compared to other digital stores who charge you more for less.

Ryan and Amir are so fucking kind and sweet (again). Loved this interview Mark.

As a hardcore fan they established a gold standard 14 years ago that I personally think they haven't reached since. As casual fan I definitely like the new songs and probably the rest of the album, and if I recall Mike said a couple of years ago that the was done with experimentation but the Twitch era gives me some hope someday 😊. They're definitely not shy about using classic LP elements into these new songs, let's see how the rest of the album plays out.

I'm constantly blown away with this dude when he opens his mouth. From nearly (or pretty much) acting like a complete bigot to say something extremely sane like this, at his age no less!

What's the point of the label or band not wanting to, you know, make even more money by letting even MORE people to buy your music?

The band is looking forwards (I don't think they will do MTM20 TBH) + Jay's label letting them release the entire show would be quite difficult, so.. be pleased with this re-release.

Certain people have been accusing the band of joining a cult or something similar like that since the Collision Course days, especially when they changed the logo on MTM (triangle meaning, etc). It's nothing new. Emily joining them and having a dark past was just pure coincidence but don't expect any good logical reasoning behind a person who probably still believes Chester and Chris passed due to other circumstances and not suicide.

I'm glad everyone who attended had a great fucking time. If the tour dates are good enough for me next year I might legit fly or go to it. Amazing setlist, everyone on stage clearly had a lot of fun, Emily made me tear up (again) during Lost AND now with My December. So Emily will play Page's part?

Generally celeberity gossip means nothing to me but when these sort of serious allegations come up it's hard for me at times to care THAT much or let alone take a stance on it 100% without even thinking about it. In this case though, I can't avoid kinda caring for obvious unfortunate reasons. Anyone can make up bullshit online, regardless of which 'side' you're on, so on a serious note, I truly hope everything and everyone involved gets cleared up. About Fantano, been following him for a long time and at times he indeed takes some obvious sides (sometimes justified and others confusing).

Saw Fantano's video of her just now. I knew some details but not the entire picture (so far as we all know). Yikes. And Cedric Bixler's wife Chrissie posting a picture of Chester and Chris singing live in 2008 talking about how the Clinton's are directly related to them makes it even worse somehow, because if I do recall didn't the band had some kind of short interaction with them during the whole Haiti earthquake in 2010?

Honestly it's been a minute so my memories might betray me. I remember watching those LPTV's again not that long ago and only seeing Tom hanging out with them.

I was very underwhelmed, especially for THP and OML, not releasing any actual 'making of' full length documentary and just bits and pieces of the process. The ATS LPTV era is still my favorite because in the beginning it perfectly combined unseen footage from the DVD and then the DVD itself when it came out. Why is it so hard to put together something very special for them and for us? Not seeing Rakim or Page Hamilton at all during the THP era was very odd IMHO, let alone not showing the emotional ride that pretty much all 6 guys went through 2015-17 when making OML. I get the intimate part of it and not wanting to show everything but it still feels out of place to this day, I just find fascinating seeing raw natural reactions from artists creating anything. With all of that said, I'm excited for Mark putting out new stuff.

I honestly wish they would put their entire catalogue on something like bandcamp instead.