ISIS, SAYS GOODNIGHT.[views:18064][posts:30]________________________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:24pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] http://isistheband.blogspot.com/ Good Night ! ISIS has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brought about by a single cataclysmic fracture in the band. Simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say. In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the people who have continually supported us it is time to bring it to a close. We've seen too many bands push past the point of a dignified death and we all promised one another early on in the life of the band that we would do our best to ensure ISIS would never fall victim to thiat syndrome. We've had a much longer run than we ever expected we would and accomplished a great deal more than we ever imagined possible. We never set any goals in the beginning other than to make the music we wanted to hear and to play and to stay true to that ideal, so everything else that has come along the long and winding path has been an absolute gift. As with any momentous life changing decision (which this certainly is for the 5 of us), we feel a very dynamic range of emotions about this and cannot express all of this within the space of a few sentences, and perhaps it's best to do what we've always done in and let our music speak for us. It is and has been the truest expression of who we are as a collective and in some ways who we are as individuals for the 13 years in which we've been together. The last and perhaps most important thing we might say in relation to all this is how grateful we are for the people that have supported us over the years. It is a lengthy list that would include those who put out our records, those that played on and them and put them to tape, the many bands with whom we shared the stage, all of our family, friends and companions who supported us in our individual lives and thus made it possible for us to continue on in the band, and most importantly those that truly listened to our music whether in recorded form or by coming to out to our shows or both. It is quite true that we would never have done what we have without those people, that is many of you who are reading this. Our words can never fully express what we feel, but we hope that our music and the efforts made to bring it into being can serve as a more proper expression of gratitude for this life and for everyone in it. Thank you. In more immediate and practical terms the tour we are about to embark upon is indeed our last. We are hoping that these final live rituals can help us bring a close to the life of this band in a celebratory and reverent way and also provide us with a chance to say goodbye to many of those that have supported us over the years. While there is a measure of sadness that comes with the passing of this band, we hope that the final days can be joyous ones during which any and all that wish to come and join us will do so. It seems fitting that the last show of the tour and of our existence will take place in Montreal, the site of the very first ISIS show in 1997 though that was an unintentional move when booking the show initially. After the tour we also plan to follow through with other projects set in motion some time ago, that is pursuing the completion of a final EP, compiling live audio and visual material for future releases, and generally doing whatever we can to make our music available for as long as there are people who wish to hear it. Thanks again to any and all, ISIS, May 18, 2010 |
| _____________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:26pm - Randy_Marsh ""] "we are hoping that these final live rituals " i'm incredibly neutral on a lot of their work. red sea and oceanic were alright i guess.. |
| ______________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:27pm - goatcatalyst ""] boo fucking hoo |
| ________________________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:31pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] not like I enjoyed the last couple of records but they did put out a few records I was quite happy to own. |
| _________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:31pm - Doomkid ""] Figures their breakup announcement would be loquacious. Red Sea, Celestial, Mosquito Control, Wavering Radiant... My junior year of high school one of my friends had Mosquito Control in his tape deck for 6 months straight. That was kind of absurd. |
| ______________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:33pm - goatcatalyst ""] loved everything up to panopticon. special place in my heart for celestial and oceanic. smoked a small fortune in drugs to each. |
| ________________________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:37pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] Doomkid said: My junior year of high school one of my friends had Mosquito Control in his tape deck for 6 months straight. That was kind of absurd. was that Kyle ? |
| _________________________________ [May 18,2010 9:37pm - RustyPS ""] The Red Sea, Mosquito Control, Celestial, SGNL05, Oceanic, and Panopticon were all fantastic IMO...but Wavering Radiant blew so I guess it was time |
| _______________________________ [May 18,2010 9:45pm - sever ""] Isis has left a permanent dent in me. Mission accomplished. |
| __________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:01pm - sxealex ""] im sure it was kyle |
| __________________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:02pm - goodnight moon ""] Goodnight Moon is classic children's literature in North America. The text is a poem, written in simple feminine rhyme, describing a bunny's bedtime ritual of saying "goodnight" to various objects in the bunny's bedroom: the telephone, the bunny's dollhouse, the bears, etc. One aspect of this book is the wealth of detail in the illustrations. Although the entire story takes place in a single room, the careful reader or child will notice numerous details from page to page, including: * the hands on the two clocks progress from 7 PM to 8:10 PM. * the young mouse and kittens wander around the room. The mouse is present in all pages showing the room. * the red balloon hanging over the bed disappears in several of the color plates, then reappears at the end. * the room lighting grows progressively darker. * the moon rises in the left-hand window. * the socks disappear from the drying rack. * the open book in the bookshelf is The Runaway Bunny. * the book on the nightstand is Goodnight Moon. * in the painting of the cow jumping over the moon, the mailbox in the right-hand side of the painting occasionally disappears. * in the painting of the three bears, the painting hanging in the bears' room is a painting of a cow jumping over the moon. * the painting of the fly-fishing bunny, which appears only in two color plates, appears to be black and white (or otherwise devoid of color). It is very similar to a picture in the book "The Runaway Bunny". * the number of books in the bookshelf changes. * the pendulum of the bedside clock disappears in the final room scene * the stripes on the bunny's shirt change * in the last page the word bunny is gone off the brush |
| _________________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:03pm - AndrewBastard ""] does that mean Neurosis have to call it quits now too? |
| ____________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:04pm - narkybark ""] DO FIVE RITUALS ABOUT IT |
| __________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:08pm - sxealex ""] so they are playing in maine with cave in ill probably hit that one up |
| ______________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:10pm - Randy_Marsh ""] goodnight moon, my nigga! |
| __________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:17pm - Doomkid ""] whiskey_weed_and_women said: was that Kyle ? Who else would it be? |
| _______________________________ [May 18,2010 10:25pm - blue ""] Mosquito control or GTFO |
| ____________________________________ [May 18,2010 10:40pm - DreadKill ""] narkybark said:DO FIVE RITUALS ABOUT ITi can't believe it took 40 minutes before making a "do a ritual about it" reference. i know the ritual part of the press release was quoted earlier in the thread, but it wasn't made fun of. |
| _________________________________________________ [May 18,2010 11:11pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] Doomkid said: whiskey_weed_and_women said: was that Kyle ? Who else would it be? yuh I know but needed a good LOL, so thanks champ. |
| ________________________________________________ [May 18,2010 11:21pm - IllinoisEnemaBradness ""] "who cares, they're named after a chick" Seth Putnam 2004 |
| _____________________________________________ [May 18,2010 11:21pm - my fist your face ""] "simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do" neurosis did it all first assholes. don't let the door hit you on the way out.... |
| _________________________________________________ [May 18,2010 11:28pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] Neurosis will always be a better band then Isis but they did write some amazing songs. |
| ___________________________________ [May 19,2010 12:38am - Spencer ""] Looks like June 20th will be their last New England area show, playing w/ Melvins at paradise rock club. They made some amazing music, and Aaron has some cool side projects still going out there (Mamiffer, Jodis). |
| _____________________________________ [May 19,2010 12:39am - RichHorror ""] Thank fuck. Fuck this stupid Neurosis tribute band. |
| ____________________________________________ [May 19,2010 12:40am - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Not that I care and I'll probably get shit for this, but as much as I appreciate Neurosis, I've always liked ISIS even more. All of their albums up to Panopticon were brilliantly conceived. These guys didn't just write great music, but made great art (IMO). |
| ____________________________________ [May 19,2010 12:42am - LPCustom ""] Spencer said:Looks like June 20th will be their last New England area show, playing w/ Melvins at paradise rock club. They made some amazing music, and Aaron has some cool side projects still going out there (Mamiffer, Jodis). I believe they're playing in Maine after the 20th. |
| ___________________________________ [May 19,2010 7:17am - poopshit ""] thank god. they were boring as fuck! |
| _________________________________ [May 19,2010 8:08am - oscarct ""] Spencer said:Looks like June 20th will be their last New England area show, playing w/ Melvins at paradise rock club. They made some amazing music, and Aaron has some cool side projects still going out there (Mamiffer, Jodis). 21st is at the Paradise Rock Club as well. I was planning on going to either Boston or NY. |
| ______________________________________ [May 19,2010 9:51am - Doomkid nli ""] MikeofdecrepitudE said:Not that I care and I'll probably get shit for this, but as much as I appreciate Neurosis, I've always liked ISIS even more. All of their albums up to Panopticon were brilliantly conceived. These guys didn't just write great music, but made great art (IMO). :point: |
| ________________________________ [May 19,2010 9:54am - xmikex ""] somewhere there is a tear stained tweed jacket. |
| _____________________________________ [May 19,2010 9:57am - ouchdrummer ""] "The Mosquito Control" was a HUGE influence on me, and it was part of why i got a big mosquito tattooed on my leg. The read Sea/Celestial were both incredible albums too. I can still listen to them, and still love them, but listening to the four songs on Mosquito Control brings a huge smile to my face, while at the same time FORCING me to violently bob my head. This band was one of the loudest bands i ever saw live too. First time i saw them was at the artist alliance in worcester (the space) opening up for a huge Christmas show with there old keyboard player (dreads, two liprings) they blew me the fuck away. It's sad that they've stopped, but they really did accomplish a lot, why continue on to lameness? |