Being mildly obsessive compulsive, I have my CDs alphabetized. Unlike Apple, I have numbers coming ahead of the alphabet, so the first day I began re-ripping, I just made it through 2 discs, 311's Transistor and straight into A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms.
311 is one of those bands that people love to hate. They came out in the early 90s with a rap metal vibe somewhere in between the musically innovative and lyrically substantial Rage Against The Machine and the, well, completely opposite Limp Bizkit (expect more on both of those bands a few months down the road...). I bought a few 311 discs over the years, but the only one surviving the infamous theft is 1997's Transistor. It is a mixed bag; it seems like the band was trying to prove they were a serious band by incuding 21 songs.
I remember buying this CD at a Wal-Mart recently after starting to date my now wife. The other thing that I remember about this CD is that it was my lawn-mowing soundtrack with my old Sony Discman. It was the perfect length for mowing my front lawn and I sort of used it as my pace car as I knew where I needed to be as I progressed through the yard. Some good tracks and memories.
Like many people, I bought Mer de Noms because of the involvement of Maynard James Keenan from Tool. I used to be a huge Tool fan and the lead single "Judith" had somewhat of a Tool vibe, so I got it. I don't have much emotion tied to this band or album; I enjoyed this album for the most part, I haven't bought any of the follow-ups and I tend to skip the songs if they come up in random play. It's not that they're bad, I just don't connect anymore.
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