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This last guy is an idiot

J. Doe | Pennsylvania | 03/26/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"whoever wrote the last review and gave this cd one star is a complete retard and needs to go be trendy, wear tight pants and eyeliner. for starters, it is not possible to be a real norma jean fan without liking botch, considering they cite botch as one of their biggest influences. so do converge and a mess of other bands. in addition to this, comparing the agony scene to botch is like comparing the killers to depeche mode...there is no comparison, and the agony scene is the most generic metalcore band on the face of the earth. so kill yourself, whoever you are. and those of you who are looking for good music to listen to, check out The Power And The Glory, BOTCH, Isis, Cave-In, Converge, Norma Jean and Old Man Gloom"

The last 2 guys are both idiots

A. E. Pietzsch III | 07/05/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Fair enough, norma jean are influenced by botch, so its unlikely that you can like one, yet dismiss the other. But please, to the guy below me, dont try and make up facts yourself. Converge influenced by botch??? Call me crazy, but it its kinda hard to be influenced by a band that started over 5 years after you.



I personally prefer we are the romans to this release, even though its still a worthy pick-up. Its just as abrasive as any other noisecore slab you have in your collection. Check out AODE too."

I just pulled out this album again after not having listened

The Almighty Sommy | Livonia, MI, USA | 06/23/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this CD about 4 or 5 years ago, and just pulled it out again the other day. At one point, I was a huge Botch fan, but I preferred We Are the Romans to this disc. In retrospect, I still prefer that album, but American Nervoso thankfully lacks the toughguy posturing that somewhat mars its successor -- it's an album that better illustrates a sense of humor and disdain for self-importance.



Dave Knudsen's guitar playing has always been pretty interesting in a Greg Ginn- or Robert Fripp-on-crack sort of way, especially on "John Woo" and "Hutton's Great Heat Engine." Though his work on this album sort of pales in comparison to his work on We Are the Romans ("Transitions From Object to Persona" comes to mind). Nonetheless, there are some real gems here worth checking out.



A couple of things have always bugged me about this disc, however. My biggest gripe is Tim Latona's drumming here is really sloppy (see the opening of "John Woo"), especially in comparison to their later work. Of course, that coupled with the spotty, Steve Austin-esque production (my other gripe) may please some people, particularly punk fans (I've gained an appreciate for grimy production and sloppy playing over the years). I was always really surprised that Matt Bayles produced this disc, though, since a lot of it sounds like it was committed to a four-track casette recorder. It's not so much the lo-fi quality this disc has, however, as it is the inconsistency between tracks -- tracks like "Dead For a Minute" and "Thank God For Worker Bees" fall just short of the glossy production of We Are the Romans, but "Spitting Black" and "Oma" sound very tinny. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, just very uncharacteristic of Matt Bayles.



Overall, though, this is a good disc and I do recommend it."