Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Iraq war made it impossible to continue

fuck you george bush!!!

as good as ASMZ are (i really like them)i still prefer godspeed... , ASMZ arent half as good live

being 'po-faced' I really do think they just believe deeply in what they do.... (hence why godspeed's music is so beautifully intense and inspiring).. i think there's complete sense in what he's saying.

I sound like a tosser but still.

If you're involved in any sort of political action you end up having 'message' based crises all the time.

Explain to me what the fuck he's talking about?

being this guy's friend. Down the boozer and you just want to chat about hand lotion...nightmare. Good band, though. Shame.

If you listen to Yanqui the band has clearly run its course. The next album they would have made wouldnt have been as good.

If you dont want to hear about politics, dont be a Godspeed fan.

ah well, it had already happened rerally.

bands but half as good as godpeed... live is AMAZING still.

thing is he isn't down the pub chatting to his mate or in the park throwing a frisbee - he's being spoken to by a journalist, being asked about his artistic intentions and his state of mind in terms of what he does musically. You know what i mean?

He might be a right dull sod but i think its unfair to throw that at him when he is being asked to discuss his musical (artistic whatever..) motivations...

but at no point does he actually say they're splitting up.

in your mailout. but then i know 'DiS exclusive - godspeed split' is always going to be an attractive way of spinning things.

or at least in the one i received.

what some one said ^ makes sense about him needing to be more vocal about his beliefs and hence a silver mt zion being more appropriate but that is not what he says in the interview, what is the one way communication he talks about.

GOddamit Reform! I never got to see you! REFORM!

efrim reforming for the money any time soon.

you talk as if writing and performing music is just clocking in down at the local factory...he's still making music, most of them are (or promoting it, or running venues, or recording bands).

politics and trying to relate to an audience or to communiate something is part of his music (and most music for that matter), so it got to the point where godspeed was not the most appropriate way to convey what he wanted...hence ASMZ....if it was a band who really was there just to entertain random sod in some pub, playing covers, then maybe you could call it pathetic, but would rather a shitty contrived godspeed record playing, shitty feel good concerts just cause some git was bitter they didn't play exactly they way the wanted to?

I think the initial appeal of godspeed and most good music is exactly the opposite of that. They make passionate music, when the passion for it's gone, it's pretty sad to see someone playing, just 'cause it's there job and they can't do anything else.

I'd rather listen to ASMZ or see shows at La sala rosa or hear records recorded at hotel2tango, that people where actually excited about, than see godspeed go through the motions.

how is ASMZ any less 'one way communication' than godspeed was

"The Drowned in Sound thing is a misquote, I'm in the middle of dealing with it now. It's true, Godspeed hasn't existed for years, we've been on permanent hiatus since 2002. If and when we do call it quits permanently, it won't be because of the Iraq war."

Efrim on Pitchfork.com

I should read things properly

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shit storm sail on