Except for one pretty good singer-songwriter guy whose youtube clip I watched before I got tired of some of my fandom-wanker lj friends' constant postings of wizard rock clips & stopped watching 'em, from what I've seen this music isn't all that special.

Clever move, though, for a man to form or join one of these bands. He'll have an exclusively female fan base, crazy and rabid. Gotta be good times while they last...

Jun 6 2007

Old news is awesome.

i hate to admit it, but i highly enjoy harry and the potters, and i have friends who don't even like the harry potter series who enjoy the music. i wouldn't listen to any of the other w-rock bands at the moment, but i stumbled upon harry and the potters and i'm glad i did. it's very earnest music. it has a lot of heart to it, and considering the subject matter, is not high on the pretentiousness.

plus i like people who don't take themselves too seriously and have fun while they're doing it. they put on shows to promote literacy and they give out toothbrushes. it's goodhearted silliness.

Was expecting an article on Roy Wood. Disappointed.

Wizard Rock can't hold a candle to Viking Rock.

Because they haven't heard of Rhapsody(total cheese wizard cock metal), Blind Guardian(entire LOTR album, many Moorcock/Eternal Champion based songs, Jesus songs[he's a wizard, right?], Dragonlance, etc), Demons & Wizards(entire album dedicated to Dark Tower), etc?

No, these guys aren't original.

You know who is original? The goddamned Arnocorps (new window)

Hey man! Is that Wizard Rock?

Yeah, man!

Well turn it up man!

/dnrtfa

Wow.

Article is over a year old.

Yet shiat like this gets greenlit all the time.

"I have two side projects: one is a Harry Potter tribute band called 50 Points To Gryffindor, and the other is a nudist Civil War-themed band called The De-Pantsification Proclamation."

/Obscure?

I think its stupid but then again I listen to Dragonforce.. so to each his own.

No joke I know a girl who slept with the lead singer of Hary and the Potters

I've been thinking about forming a D&D themed thrash metal band for about ten years now.
If people actually start making money off of wizard rock I just might have to dust off the 'ol plate mail.

I was expecting pictures or at least COMMENTS about sleeves and leave disappointed.

Rock and roll is dead.

This is glorified cosplay.

DjangoStonereaver: Rock and roll is dead.

This is glorified cosplay.

Still better than Coldplay.

/Just sayin

It's good to see Blind Guardian mentioned already

/We do not believe in lies
//do not believe in lies
///there's someone coming, there's someone coming, hear the voice from the underworld

Two staples of my life: Wizard rock & Zombie porn.

Nerds.

Dawg47: DjangoStonereaver: Rock and roll is dead.

This is glorified cosplay.

Still better than Coldplay.

/Just sayin

This is Cosplay:



This is Coldplay:



Any questions?

\obligatory

I put on my robe and wizard's hat.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Hey man! Is that Wizard Rock?

Yeah, man!

Well turn it up man mage!

/dnrtfa


FTFY

/also DNRTFA.

Bands with rocks in. What will they think of next?

Dawg47: DjangoStonereaver: Rock and roll is dead.

This is glorified cosplay.

Still better than Coldplay.

/Just sayin

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you are correct.

If these guys are as good as Uriah Heep in their prime then this is a good thing.

My friend has a wizard rock band. :(

acoustic_sr71: My friend has a wizard rock band. :(

Your friend has whizzer rock band? What a lark!

7th Son of a 7th Son: It's good to see Blind Guardian mentioned already

/We do not believe in lies
//do not believe in lies
///there's someone coming, there's someone coming, hear the voice from the underworld

Hells yea, and in regards to your name I take it you may like Orphaned Land as well, which makes you double awesome in my book

Poof! making it all just go away...

Draco and The Malfoys are "this genre's Ween". OK, I'll bite...


*checking them out on youtube*


pffft....they wish. Holy crap, that's ghey. There's no excuse for writing those lyrics if you already have hair on your dick.

they are no Stovokor

JUNE CALLED AND WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEIR NEWS. THEY SAID IT WENT MISSING THIS MORNING AND ROMERO HAS NOT SEEN IT.

//Bold so it was read
///I AM LOUD HOWARD

I was going to say, "wow, MTV is like two years behind." Turns out MTV was only one year behind like usual, and Fark is the other year.

deevo: I was going to say, "wow, MTV is like two years behind." Turns out MTV was only one year behind like usual, and Fark is the other year.

/This, muchly

Wizard Rock had already done the usual small genre thing: branched into multiple subgenres. There's still a lot of earnest, DIY stuff done by kids (which is kind of charming, much of it), some fairly decent wizard punk, and some of the folky, singer-songwriter acts are actually very talented (Split Seven Ways, for example, is brilliant). But things have gone beyond these beginnings.

Some wrockers are actually doing professional-sounding, sophisticated recording, and in the wizardtronic subgenre, you can hear plenty of that (Ministry of Magic, Malfoy Manor, The House of Black, Luna's Ceiling...). There's post-Potter darkwave (Sigilum Serpentis), and orchestral experimental (Narcissa Black).

Who'd have thought...

Electric Wizard?

I put on my robe and wizard hat...