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Frank Giaramita

12/30/04, 04:52 PM

An Angle (www.ananglemusic.com) spent this December recording 20+ songs for their debut on Drive-Thru Records (www.drivethrurecords.com). Members of Steel Train (www.steeltrainmusic.com) will be on the album.

Note: The Format IS NOT on the disc, as previously reported by breakingcustom.com

make_this_hurt

12/30/04, 04:53 PM

*Obligatory statement on how An Angle is a Bright Eyes rip off*

Bucc4019

12/30/04, 04:55 PM

i read that in AP yesterday, does anybody have the an angle cd that they can send me?

Cottage Cheese

12/30/04, 04:56 PM

i read that in AP yesterday, does anybody have the an angle cd that they can send me?

piracy is immoral. buy the album doofus.

greymundos

12/30/04, 05:34 PM

*Obligatory statement on how An Angle is a Bright Eyes rip off*
yeah fuck an angle

mydreamrewrite

12/30/04, 05:34 PM

I don't understand. Is this Conor Obersts side project? I can't find anything on his site or anything about it, and I'm leaning towards the fact that it has nothing to do with Bright Eyes, but I mean, it sounds JUST like him.

poppa Q

12/30/04, 05:34 PM

piracy is immoral. buy the album doofus.
lol. always one of you..

em0_stars

12/30/04, 05:37 PM

id buy it to hear the track that the format is on.

elucy26

12/30/04, 05:42 PM

i read that in AP yesterday, does anybody have the an angle cd that they can send me?

Just listen to a Bright Eyes record.

MusicMends

12/30/04, 05:46 PM

an angle is amazing.

Valued at Zero

12/30/04, 05:46 PM

didn't an angle already relese their debut drive thru cd, "and take it with a grain of salt," or was it just a re-release or something?

apoemtothedead

12/30/04, 05:52 PM

an angle is amazing.

You're right, he is amazing.

And to everyone saying An Angle is a Bright Eyes ripoff, unless you're named The Beatles you're a ripoff of someone else.

weworemasks

12/30/04, 06:02 PM

piracy is immoral. buy the album doofus.

cause no one is allowed to listen to a cd before they buy it. especially a cd thats been getting trashed everywhere. i never knew previewing a cd was so god damn immoral. calm down nazi.

and not to mention, im not a fucking kagillionaire, i dont have money to drop 12 bucks on a cd that could possibly suck. i buy the cds that i think are worth buying according to my opinion. thanks.

make_this_hurt

12/30/04, 06:24 PM

yeah fuck an angle

I was actually making fun of all the pathetic remarks people make about him being a ripoff of Bright Eyes.

Ever heard of David Dondero? He has similar voice as Conor, and plays similar music... but isn't a rip off.

Get over people. Lots of people have falsettos...

poppa Q

12/30/04, 06:28 PM

didn't an angle already relese their debut drive thru cd, "and take it with a grain of salt," or was it just a re-release or something?

i'm pretty sure it was a re-release, and yes it was on drive thru (well, the re-release was)

elucy26

12/30/04, 06:30 PM

You're right, he is amazing.

And to everyone saying An Angle is a Bright Eyes ripoff, unless you're named The Beatles you're a ripoff of someone else.

Hahaha.

And hey, believe it or not, but the Beatles were influenced by other bands and took some of their sounds.

djUbilla

12/30/04, 06:39 PM

didn't an angle already relese their debut drive thru cd, "and take it with a grain of salt," or was it just a re-release or something?
Yup, re-release.

And it's actually not bad. The man's an interesting songwriter.

Willy F

12/30/04, 06:50 PM

all i know is i liked their cover of "war is over". I havent really listened to anything else of theirs.

ForeverInADay

12/30/04, 07:13 PM

*Obligatory statement on how An Angle is a Bright Eyes rip off*
haha i like how on BreakingCustom.com the title of the post is Bright Eyes (HAHA)

OveriseFan

12/30/04, 07:16 PM

Yup, re-release.

And it's actually not bad. The man's an interesting songwriter.

I liked it...

Bring on the insults people, come on.

I'm looking forward to this considering 1. Guest appearances 2. and take it, was good 3. and take it..., was recorded about 2 years ago, I'm interested in newer stuff...

EvenBetterYet

12/30/04, 08:51 PM

the format is not on this cd, it was a mistake.

IAPAI

12/30/04, 09:16 PM

it sort of reminds me of a dumbed down version of Bright Eyes.. the songwriting is definitely not as good as Conor's.. but then again I hold his writing in incredibly high esteem. An Angle is like Bright Eyes minus a thesaurus.

abrandnewused

12/30/04, 09:40 PM

So when I heard An Angle, I immediatley thought "wow, Bright Eyes ripoff."

Then I came to my senses.

There are so many other bands that sound EXACTLY like someone else. If you don't agree, then you just haven't listened to enough music. I don't know an angle much (ironically he hates bright eyes) but I heard it's amazing. The only reason people are so mad is because Bright Eyes is so well known and so is drive thru records.

So yeah, it sounds a lot a like, but that's nothing new. Honestly stop complaining and appreciate music for what it is.

Carrot

12/30/04, 09:45 PM

In the "War Is Over" cover he didn't sound so much like Conor. I wonder if maybe in the new release he will have a less "Conor-ish" voice as well.

splitsecond

12/30/04, 09:53 PM

Any predictions on when Drive Thru will actually release the record? I say November '05.

poppa Q

12/30/04, 09:56 PM

Greg

12/30/04, 10:34 PM

i'm going to have to give this another chance someday

FourStarters

12/30/04, 11:13 PM

So I'm wondering...who did Conor rip off?

fminus23

12/31/04, 12:19 AM

david dondero although conor is superior

Ryan Mills

12/31/04, 12:43 AM

I heard this was a direct rip-off of Bright Eyes. I mean, you can steal a band's sound then you can just plain copy them, and that's what I've heard this is. Boo to that, and boo to this record.

Bucc4019

12/31/04, 08:45 AM

how about someone send me the re-release.

Cocky Caucasion

12/31/04, 09:12 AM

Bright Eyes is boring. Conor's voice sucks. His lyrics are good but I don't really care because they put me too sleep.

That has nothing to do with what I was going to say.
I was originally going to say stop all the an angle bashing.

FacingSorrow

12/31/04, 09:21 AM

the only reason i really have a problem with an angle is because he says he hates bright eyes...at least admit that you are influenced by them...thats what makes me shy away from them.

Tyler Revolution

12/31/04, 09:21 AM

I heard this was a direct rip-off of Bright Eyes. I mean, you can steal a band's sound then you can just plain copy them, and that's what I've heard this is. Boo to that, and boo to this record.

How about you give the record and An Angle a chance before "booing" it, instead of making assumptions based on opinions someone else has fed you.

poppa Q

12/31/04, 09:26 AM

the only reason i really have a problem with an angle is because he says he hates bright eyes...at least admit that you are influenced by them...thats what makes me shy away from them.

Yeah, that kinda bothers me as well.

chriscac28

12/31/04, 10:41 AM

i read an interview with the dude from an angle not too long ago and i don't recall him ever saying he hated bright eyes. he said he wasn't really a fan as in he never really listened to it. also, the grain of salt record was recorded over two years ago and apparently the new album is supposed to be much different. i'm actually quite interested to hear it, it's supposed to be just a bunch of musician friends who got together in the studio and had fun and made some music.

SomePerson22

12/31/04, 11:07 AM

I was actually making fun of all the pathetic remarks people make about him being a ripoff of Bright Eyes.

Ever heard of David Dondero? He has similar voice as Conor, and plays similar music... but isn't a rip off.

Get over people. Lots of people have falsettos...
David Dondero started out in Sunbrain though, which was a huge inspiration for Conor. I believe he went solo about the same time Conor started Bright Eyes so neither of them is a ripoff of another. They sound somewhat alike but you can tell the difference in the artists. I have four Dondero records and pretty much everything Conor ever released, from solo to his many bands, and I never was confused about who I was listening to. You should never be confused about who you're listening to, and if I didn't know I was listening to An Angle, I would think it was Bright Eyes.

And the guy in An Angle [Kris] is pathetic and egotistical. I've heard stuff from someone who knew him before getting signed to drive-thru and she said he's a completely different person (egotistical - so much so that band members left). He started out doing his own thing, he had a similiar voice to Conor and played acoustic guitar, but that was it. Then Kris found out about Bright Eyes and started to play on their similarities to gain fans. You can't say the artwork, the song titles, even the theme of the album, is coincedence. People can argue me all they want, this came straight from close friends of members of An Angle. Oh, and he doesn't like Bright Eyes too much. And Bright Eyes isn't too fond of Kris either. Apparently Conor wanted to try and sue but never actually went into it.

I'll still probably give An Angle another shot, but I'd never spend money on a record of theirs. All bands sound somewhat like bands before them, they're taking in things that inspired them, but it's another to completely and knowingly ripoff another band.

abrandnewused

12/31/04, 11:30 AM

[QUOTE=SomePerson22] You can't say the artwork, the song titles, even the theme of the album, is coincedence. [QUOTE]

Yeah, beyond the music, the atwork looks so much like Fevers and Mirrors from what I've seen. I guess it's so hard to judge stuff because there are so many different sides and sources anyone can take.

apoemtothedead

12/31/04, 11:48 AM

So I'm wondering...who did Conor rip off?

every folk band to come before him.

Bucc4019

01/02/05, 01:09 PM

David Dondero started out in Sunbrain though, which was a huge inspiration for Conor. I believe he went solo about the same time Conor started Bright Eyes so neither of them is a ripoff of another. They sound somewhat alike but you can tell the difference in the artists. I have four Dondero records and pretty much everything Conor ever released, from solo to his many bands, and I never was confused about who I was listening to. You should never be confused about who you're listening to, and if I didn't know I was listening to An Angle, I would think it was Bright Eyes.

And the guy in An Angle [Kris] is pathetic and egotistical. I've heard stuff from someone who knew him before getting signed to drive-thru and she said he's a completely different person (egotistical - so much so that band members left). He started out doing his own thing, he had a similiar voice to Conor and played acoustic guitar, but that was it. Then Kris found out about Bright Eyes and started to play on their similarities to gain fans. You can't say the artwork, the song titles, even the theme of the album, is coincedence. People can argue me all they want, this came straight from close friends of members of An Angle. Oh, and he doesn't like Bright Eyes too much. And Bright Eyes isn't too fond of Kris either. Apparently Conor wanted to try and sue but never actually went into it.

I'll still probably give An Angle another shot, but I'd never spend money on a record of theirs. All bands sound somewhat like bands before them, they're taking in things that inspired them, but it's another to completely and knowingly ripoff another band.

what the fuck could conor sue for...your dumb and making up shit, just because they have the same style doesnt give one to sue the other, and most of your points arent very valid.

Kelley Nicole

01/02/05, 02:20 PM

what the fuck could conor sue for...your dumb and making up shit, just because they have the same style doesnt give one to sue the other, and most of your points arent very valid.
It's "you're" dumb, moron.

I said Conor wanted to sue, not that he did or even tried. He knew that he most likely wouldn't be able to sue someone just for sounding/looking like him. That came from someone who knows Conor personally. I obviously can't say it's for sure true but I myself believe the person who said it. I don't waste my time trying to spread rumors about bands/people nor do I waste my time coming up with false information, it's just what i've heard from friends of both sides.

And I really could care less if you think my points aren't valid. They're true and I don't think it's right to copy a band the way that An Angle did to try and gain some fans.