Souls at Zero or Pantera?

Troublezone wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

I remember reading a magazine article about S.A.Z. years ago where the writer cruelly referred to them as "Sales At Zero"

If you want to sell records you have to tour a lot and that is something Pantera specialized in back in the day.

Pantera were also on a major label that gave a sh*t about them and were constantly pushing them... when S.A.Z. were still known as Wrathchild America, they may have been on a major label (Atlantic) but they were definitely not a "priority" band for them, they were on the back burner... then after the name change to S.A.Z. they moved to a small indie label with no promotional power... so they were pretty much screwed from the git-go.

CFH was a good album but like many have said, Phil discovered he was celebrity and started to create this image that seemed awkward at times. They had the talent but they seemed to settle for just being angry though it did sell.

Lurideath wrote:

Why does everyone view Pantera as the "Be All End All" of metal?

I wonder this very same thing all the time.

nevermore wrote:

Lurideath wrote:

Why does everyone view Pantera as the "Be All End All" of metal?

I wonder this very same thing all the time.

I can understand that more than saying they are worse than some D-rate band.

Well they are worse than any D-rate band.

Lurideath wrote:

Well they are worse than any D-rate band.

I don't see how.

Individually they are better players than the guys in SaZ and their songs are much better.

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HERESY!

HEARING LOSS!

detuned wrote:

...of course as I sit here now I'm thinking...why are we comparing Souls At Zero and Pantera? They aren't remotely similar.

That sums it up for me. While I'm only vaguely familiar with Souls at Zero, I'd never think to compare them to Pantera. It's really apples and oranges.

Have you ever compared apples and oranges? Apples obviously rock much harder. Oranges just settle for being AOR.

TheNazgul wrote:

Have you ever compared apples and oranges. Apples obviously rock much harder. Oranges just settle for being AOR.

Check out navel oranges. Sexy!

no decision necessary..they toured together (cowboys & idiots tour)..was the best of both worlds!

vanillaviking wrote:

no decision necessary..they toured together (cowboys & idiots tour)..was the best of both worlds!

That tour was the first time I had seen Pantera. It was basically a dual-headlining gig, when i saw them Wrathchild closed the show.

Temple of Blood wrote:

In my recollection, PANTERA were about 100 billion times better than SaZ.

Bullseye... More memorable and it was just metal. When Pantera was going they were a top notch amazing band with amazing songwriting and musicianship.

detuned wrote:

vanillaviking wrote:

no decision necessary..they toured together (cowboys & idiots tour)..was the best of both worlds!

That tour was the first time I had seen Pantera. It was basically a dual-headlining gig, when i saw them Wrathchild closed the show.

wow! i didn't know or didn't remember them swapping back & forth like that--pretty impressive!