Pendulum • Non-Gaming • Music • Eurogamer.net

gohda 22 Oct 2008 18:59:19 6,638 posts
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Love them or hate them band, I love them personally

What do the rest of you think?

Syrette 22 Oct 2008 19:00:35 51,181 posts
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Once upon a time they were a semi-decent dnb act.

vDoll 22 Oct 2008 19:04:37 2,380 posts
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Yeah, I kinda like them. Was the last one on the train, though.

I had "What, you haven't heard of Pendulum?" repeated to me ad nauseum a few months ago.

Deleted user 22 October 2008 19:07:44

I approve of them.

_Price_ 22 Oct 2008 19:12:07 3,072 posts
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In Silico makes a nice change from my usual collection of solo-heavy rock/indy. As with most bands that I like; some very good tracks mixed in with a few middle-of-the-road ones.

souljah 22 Oct 2008 19:13:44 4,705 posts
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foreverafternothing wrote:
Once upon a time they were a semi-decent dnb act.

This. Very semi.

/does clownstep

Onny 22 Oct 2008 19:35:18 5,695 posts
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I find it interesting that they are accepted by metal fans these days, now that they are a "proper band".

Deleted user 22 October 2008 19:40:57

If, by "interesting", you mean "entirely predicatable" then yes, yes it is.

StixxUK 22 Oct 2008 19:43:14 8,755 posts
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Vault!

Minds Eye!

Onny 22 Oct 2008 19:44:36 5,695 posts
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disussedgenius wrote:
If, by "interesting", you mean "entirely predicatable" then yes, yes it is.

Hehehe.

Scimarad 22 Oct 2008 19:55:48 9,964 posts
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My brother lent me In Silico and I really liked it (really divides opinion by the look of it!) so I bought Hold Your Colour. It's only then I went "Oh, it's THEM!".

Really, really like both albums although they are pretty different.

200k 22 Oct 2008 19:58:37 183 posts
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Onny wrote:
I find it interesting that they are accepted by metal fans these days, now that they are a "proper band".

See also Prodigy when fat of the land came out.... "nah mate I'm not just into metal, I like prodigy and house of pain too"

nickthegun 22 Oct 2008 20:07:19 87,711 posts
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All my friends who are really into D&B (from DJs to Producers) hate them.

My mate Jon calls them 'The Happy Hardcorers'.

I dont mind their remix of Voodoo people and a couple of tunes from hold your colour were OK, but that fucking synth WAAAAAAA they have in every tune does my head in.

shamblemonkee 22 Oct 2008 20:11:24 17,967 posts
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they alreet. prefer sub focus and sigma

200k 22 Oct 2008 20:18:56 183 posts
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Trail of Sevens was a good track though. Plus i remember hearing Vault out live when it was a brand new dub from that week pretty much, that "switch" bit - which is pretty standard stuff now - at the time was amazing. Got wheeled about 3 times i think, was in fabric.

200k 22 Oct 2008 20:22:43 183 posts
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'Cause Kerrang said it's ok to. See also The Prodigy, House of Pain, Eminem etc. The kind of non rock shit you hear in rock clubs.

nickthegun 22 Oct 2008 20:23:35 87,711 posts
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They are a live band with guitars and vocals. Its the act metallers can legitimately get off their tits and dance to.

Lateralaus 22 Oct 2008 20:24:27 1,092 posts
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Show your colour is a great album for racing about to

the new album was'nt as good but Propane nightmares is a jolly good track IMO

200k 22 Oct 2008 20:29:46 183 posts
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People saying they are into dnb because they have a Pendulum record is akin to soemone saying they are into hardcore punk because they got the latest McFly.

Syrette 22 Oct 2008 20:33:30 51,181 posts
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In Silico is poor. Hold Your Colour was alright in places. Their tracks from before then are generally good - stuff like Toxic Shock, Vault, Moving Forward, Spiral, Minds Eye and the pretty awesome Masochist.

They're not really dnb so much nowadays yet they still seem to get namechecked by anyone who wants to pretend they're into the genre.

Deleted user 22 October 2008 20:35:39

Personally I prefer In Silico to Hold Your Colour, but then I don't even pretend to be particularly into DnB.

Phily50 22 Oct 2008 20:35:48 2,384 posts
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foreverafternothing wrote:
In Silico is poor. Hold Your Colour was alright in places. Their tracks from before then are generally good - stuff like Toxic Shock, Vault, Moving Forward, Spiral, Minds Eye and the pretty awesome Masochist.

They're not really dnb so much nowadays yet they still seem to get namechecked by anyone who wants to pretend they're into the genre.

This. Minds Eye is bloody awesome.

M83J01P97 22 Oct 2008 20:36:37 7,607 posts
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Yeah, pretty much anyone who has any kind of knowledge or love for classic dnb and so on, just consider Pendulum to be a joke.

Syrette 22 Oct 2008 20:40:51 51,181 posts
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Lateralaus wrote:
Propane nightmares is a jolly good track IMO

I disagree. However there is one remix of it out there which manages to far outdo the original. And it's by one of my absolute favourite musicians, the frankly amazing Klayton (Celldweller, ex-Circle of Dust etc).

Celldweller remix of Propane Nightmares.

If you feel you have to play that tune, play the above remix instead.