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+reviews and talk+

so if you can't tell by the name of this page, i'll rephrase it for you: some extra interesting special stuff will be here. get it? riiight. so be prepared for that special kinda stuff. ready? ok.

this is what daniel from ozma has said about the space twins. mind you, that daniel isn't very nice here. ozma rocks and all, but somebody smack him. (i got this from a weezer newsgroup. you can find some interesting stuff there..)

MESSAGE 1
From: Warren Springer (hotdogbilly@hotmail.com)
Subject: spacetwins buzz
Date: 1998/09/10

the buzz in the LA music scene is that the spactwins will soon be signing with capitol records for a full length cd. apparently brian has already started re-recording some of their songs for the album tentatively scheduled for a late winter/early spring release!

woo hoo
warren "g" springer

MESSAGE 2
From: Ozma (ozma@cheerful.com)
Subject: Re: spacetwins buzz
Date: 1998/09/11

i've played a couple shows with the space twins in the band ozma, and while i continued to be impressed by brian bell's voice and songwriting ability, the band has DEFINITELY underwhelmed me in the past 2 live shows i have seen. the drummer plays to a metronome for some reason, and he can't toss a fill in for a damn. the bassist couldn't seem to lay down a good rhythm with the drummer, and the second guitarist was inaudible at best.

recordings are somewhat better, but i still can't believe this band is ready for a major label record.

sorry to talk smack, but capitol records?!? c'mon.
daniel


this is a review from a space twins show in Feb 1999. and yeah i also found it on one of the newsgroups. (oh brian. what a nice man...)

Date: 1999/02/06

MESSAGE 1
anyone go to the spacetwins show friday night?
-Thea

 MESSAGE 2
You mean this morning at 12 AM? My brother did. He and his friends got to schmooze with the band. Brian Bell was throwing up all over the place because he was sick. My bro said that the band played new songs, and still can't get a record deal. Record companies are freakin stupid if they don't sign Space Twins up.

-Samuel

MESSAGE 3
i was at the show too. it was too bad brian was sick. i know there were a ton of people buying him drinks and shit. i guess he is just too small of a guy and couldn't hold in all the liquor. it was pretty funny though because in the middle of one song he stopped singing and puked all over some chick at the front of the stage. he just smiled and said he was sorry, then he gave her a towel and took off his shirt and gave it to her to wear. i think it was a snoopy shirt so that was pretty rad. anyway, i agree with old sammy.spacetwins definitely need a record label.

mikey

"Goddess of Love" / "Osaka Aquabus" single review.

Brian Bell formed the Space Twins before he was a Weezer. And if "Goddess of Love" / "Osaka Aquabus" (Duck Butter Records) is any indication, Space Twins are better. "Goddess of Love" is a moody, melodic song with a bit more experimentation than you'd find on a Weezer album, like that accordion, for instance. But it works! There's emotion oozing from this song that both the pop lover & the indie rocker can revel in. On the other hand, "Osaka Aquabus" is an upbeat, listener friendly song that screams mass appeal. With a sing-song Melody, easy to define lyric, and non-offensive instrumentation. It's all good in an MTV type of way - as well it should be. Space Twins is no slacking-off side project; this is obviously what Brian Bell does best.

- Jeff Matlow (Smug Magazine)

Live Review

I was told that the next band, Space Twins, was some sort of Weezer offshoot. True to their name, they played a very spacey form of hard rock, which was still rooted in a twisted sort of American pop. Their lyrics featured plenty of celestial images, such as "Rings of Saturn", and the music was filled with spacey effects. Most of the songs featured nice guitar solos, even the vocals were often drenched in atmospherics. I really enjoyed them, and the steadily growing crowd seemed to like them, too.

- Excerpt from Skratch Magazine show review by G. Murray Thomas

got a st review? really? oh, well if you ever do, send it to me!