Not to change the subject, but you all have moved on from SOAD ere I got a chance to speak my piece.
It is true that Serj's voice is good only for a very specific sort of styling of music... but it could be implemented pretty well outside of SOAD. For instance, his project Serart (which no one seems to know about). Come to think of it... you want WeIrD, check that stuff out. That is some funky stuff... Anyway, I think Serj is actually more talented than Darren in a lot of ways. And I heard recently that supposedly Darren is going solo for a while, without SOAD? While part of me is dispappointed, the other part is like "hell yes, maybe now Serj will do more." And realli, Darren is the strung-out weird guy in the group, but Serj has actual brains.
Yei... those are my thoughts. And I realli don't at all think that Chris has lost ANY ability whatsoever over the years! Seriously, his solo album "Euphoria Morning" has some of his best work, in my opinion. Back in the good ole Soundgarden days, he was alright, but he screamed too high-pitched sometimes (and I'm talking primarily about theyre early stuff), so that they basically just sounded, for a long time, like any other bar-metal band. But I can't listen to Audioslave's "Cochise" or "Show Me How to Live" without getting absolutely pumped up. Just something so liberating about specific, calculated way in which he screams his guts out.
And I know, of course, that all of this is opinion and, therefore, none of us will ever convince anyone else to see our way, but I just want it to be know that I disagree completely, and Audioslave is, in my opinion, the greatest band since Pink Floyd. But then just about everyone in the world disagrees, so... I'm unique!
