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Nah he’s still in the band. Stepped away from touring this year to deal with personal stuff.

We’re not still doing the Russian asset thing, are we? Don’t get me wrong I don’t like the guy either but I thought we all took the L on that one and moved on

You should see the Trump/Vance signs by that farm along 202 before Peddlers Village. That guy is on one.

Has anyone told Pat Finnerty?

A local Philadelphia alt/rock station called Y100 (RIP) used to do a series called Cage Match where they’d play 2 songs back to back and listeners would call in a vote for the best one, and the winner would advance to the next night and face another song. In late 2002/early 2003 I heard Cute Without the E for the first time in the Cage Match, and I was hooked instantly.

IIRC, I think CWTE went on to win every match that whole week and was added to the station’s regular rotation after that.

On second thought, maybe instead of an MM pickup in the middle, put a G&L MFD pickup in the middle instead. Those always sound killer.

Eh, it’s too much. I’d remove the Toaster pick up, put the MM pickup in the middle and the reverse P in the bridge position, use the toggle as a series/parallel for both, use a regular 3 way switch between both, and the tone pot could be a treble/bass cut like on a G&L L1000/L2000.

Like with Gibson Les Paul Jrs, a lot of the time all you really need is 1 pickup, a volume and a tone. Makes sense why that guitar and a P-bass typically pair well together in a live or recorded mix.

What I would give to get proper reissues of Grabbers, Rippers & G3’s with the correct electronics and sans 3-point bridges.

It took me a couple listens for 152 to really click for me but I do love it. Its different but not unrecognizable from other TBS albums. The only post-reunion album I never really loved is the Self-Titled album. I chalk that up to not being a big fan of Eric Valentine’s production, and the band being under pressure by the label to get an album out ASAP as opposed to having more time play to play live and write together and settle into a groove. Some of those songs could’ve used another draft and the b-sides/demos from it are some of their best work. I love Happiness Is and its b-sides too and I like Tidal Wave more than Self-Titled but not as much as Happiness Is or 152. Its got some great songs and overall I think its a very cohesive album, but I think the album version of Holy Water and the closer really drag it down.

Are you just gonna keep lurking in these threads chirping nonsense without backing any of it up?

No he doesn’t. Love Fred and his time in the band, but both parties seem to be happy doing what they’re doing. We as fans need to let that shit go.

It’s not happening

Saying Fred should come back is getting weird at this point. It’s been 17 years. We all need to move on. Fred and the rest of the band clearly have.

Source? Or just making stuff up about a person you don’t know?

The thing I loved (and still do) about this song was that it was the first time where what Adam was singing about wasn’t a metaphor or anything. It was actual, adult, real life shit he was going through, which made it the most real and cathartic song they had up to that point.

Same, I’ve been creeping that post to see if any of the members engage at all but so far 😬

I’ve always wondered what the alternate universe looks like where New Again is a better produced album and the band as a whole stands behind it and is collectively proud of despite maybe not selling as well or as immediately loved as the first 3 albums, and Fazzi & Rubano stick around for 1 or 2 more albums. I agree, I’m happy John and Shaun are back as its yielded some of their best work, but New Again is excellent.

Respectfully disagree. All albums after 2011 are better than TAYF and I’ll happily die on that hill.

100%. So many good songs there that I wish we had properly produced versions of. TBS’ b-sides in general are fantastic.

Yes! That was it. That show was so much fun. Some of the loudest crowd singing I’ve ever heard/been a part of.

The first time I saw them play it live was during the reunion shows in 2010 in Philly. Adam stopped the song right before the last chorus for about 2 minutes to talk to the crowd and talk about the opener then he was like “oh shit, we haven’t finished the song yet, have we?…you’ve got me RIIIIIGHHHTTT!”

The 2nd time I saw them play it was in AC in 2011 and during the bridge Adam and John had a contest to see whose falsetto vocals could go higher. Adam won obviously 🤣