Talk:Pendulum (band)
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[edit] Bad Link
When I click the link "Fan base forum" it brings me to one of those sites that you get when you accidentally type the wrong url that pretend to be search engines. Could this be fixed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.108.26 (talk) 22:15, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Two Pendulums
Just to make a clarification; there are actually two Australian electronic music groups named Pendulum. One was a Melburnian group that operated around the mid-90s and released 3 Knocks, and the other is the currently more well-known trio from Perth. discogs.com notes the two groups and their differing catalogues - is it feasible to make this more apparent in this article?
[edit] Criticism?
Can you really say "Critics of Pendulum dislike their glossy and futuristic sound, claiming it is cheesy drum and bass." Sounds like one person's opinion to me...
It's true -- some do say it is a cheesy sort of dnb, but that criticism emanates more from people that have been involved with the dnb scene for many years and are a bit shocked/disappointed at the popularity it has gained in just a couple years -- meaning it is becoming a popular style of music.--DragonFly31 16:14, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
If you can provide a link for that then that would be useful, otherwise it just sounds like one person's opinion. Peter
From all the reviews and opinions ive heard from various people who have been in the drum and bass scene for a while and those who haven't it's generaly been a 'you either love it or you hate it' scenario. As DragonFly pointed out, many long time DnB listeners have got understandebly defensive over the much more accesible style that Pendulum use. I think it was right to remove the comment from the article though as it is more of an opinion based thing than a unanimous feeling. Plenty of old school DnB listeners enjoy them too. MrSnrub
I think the comment should be REPOSTED back into the article, it is a general understanding in the drum and bass community, that Pendulum are “sell outs” and they have watered down the sound of drum and bass to make it more accessible to both non dance music affiliate’s (this is considered a terrible thing by many people in the community) and also for a more MTV / Video Hits style fan base.
It should also be mentioned that both Elhornet (Paul) and Swire (Rob) both are frequent users of the “Teknoscape” forum online in Perth, Western Australia.
Elhornet frequently comes under fire for his egotistical, sarcastic and generally unfortunate attitude to his fan base and finds himself constantly being reminded of the fact that he concurs zero musical contribution to the band (he is a glorified DJ). The fact of this zero contribution needs to be addressed in this article or it is incomplete. Do something about it.
Why has this fact not been brought up in this article???
Why is it that the Teknoscape entry on wikipedia mentions Elhornet and it is not further mentioned in this directly related article? Inlocal 03:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
"I think the comment should be REPOSTED back into the article, it is a general understanding in the drum and bass community, that Pendulum are “sell outs” and they have watered down the sound of drum and bass to make it more accessible to both non dance music affiliate’s (this is considered a terrible thing by many people in the community) and also for a more MTV / Video Hits style fan base."
No, it is not a "general understanding", it's nothing more than an opinion and should not be included in the article. Many people who consider themselves part of the D'n'B community do not feel this way and since the article needs to be kept within Wikipedia's NPOV guidelines it will not be included.
[edit] Pendulum have 2 albums?
As far as i know, the Jungle Sound Gold, isn't their own album, but like Junglesound vol. 2, (which i have added) is just work from other artists mixed by Pendulum
[edit] First D'n'B album on CD
Part of the reason why Pendulum got critism is because Hold Your Colour was the first drumnbass album that was released on both vinyl and CD. That apparently made them sell-outs. I hate elitests. Anyway, can that be mention? D.Hall 12:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Part of the reason why Pendulum got critism is because Hold Your Colour was the first drumnbass album that was released on both vinyl and CD
- With all due respect... What on earth are you talking about? :) Just a handful of the artist albums I have on CD that predate Hold Your Colour (by up to a decade!): Goldie-Timeless, Reprazent-New Forms, Breakbeat Era-Ultra Obscene, Teebee-Blacksciencelabs and Through the Eyes of a Scorpion, Ed Rush and Optical-The Creeps, Grooverider-Mysteries of Funk, London Elektricity-Pull the Plug, Omni Trio-Byte Size Life, the list goes on and on and on... Stevekeiretsu 00:00, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pendulum Live
Just to clarify, what year did Pendulum begin doing live performances? Because if it was 2006, their second live performance was at Warwick University. If it wasn't 2006, then this needs to be fixed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.205.75.82 (talk) 23:46, 13 January 2007 (UTC).
- As far as i know pendulum have being doing live DJ performances for a while now, they are after all, 3 DJs. It's their live performances as a band actually playing their music that began 2006. I believe was in London, can someone confirm? As far as i know the Warwick Uni performance, was like the Coventry Dogma performance (im from coventry and was at dogma, it rocked!) in that it is was a DJ event.
lol —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.204.49.252 (talk) 18:00, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pendulum Origin
Origin doesnt mean were they currently reside, Perth is perth. Keep it that way. 211.31.87.78 01:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- it is spelt where —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.122.45.7 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 8 April 2007
[edit] Painkiller single
I'm wondering if the listing of the single "Painkiller" should be changed to show as "Freestylers featuring Pendulum" rather than the other way around. The current order implies it is a Pendulum single but as far as I can find it is a Freestylers song and appears on their album. HuggaBounce 12:01, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:PendulumLogo.png
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