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by Ben Chandler
Music For Nations, Stabb's label, are the people responsible for Sugacoma, and to hear a band who sound so much like them is a little insulting.

The quiet sections of these three songs are pleasant, even evoking comparisons to PJ Harvey at one point, as a rich female voice escalates up the vocal scale, while clean guitars are played ‘efficiently,’ but you can imagine the guitar, if it had a voice, complaining of dizziness and a sense déjà vu. But then it gets heavy, and like we do with Sugacoma, we get that icky, put-on death metal roaring. But although it’s very heavyweight, even thuggish, in its mental outlook, this EP is also cowardly.

You can imagine Stabb being the kind of band who come up with loads of big ideas before their first ever gig at the Friday evening school disco, and end up playing covers because they think their friends might not like it. Hardly a band to discuss the rock’n’roll dream over a pint with.

  • Stabb 3 / 10
Words: Ben Chandler

Stabb - This Joke's On Me

What a fag you are. It seems like you can´t handle a chick doing "the scream".I think these gyes ROCK seriously and your little so uncreative article makes me and my grrrls wanna puke ON YOU! I discovered STABB for the first time on MFN homepage and found a link to stabbs homepage AND let me tell you, the soundbites i tuned into were fuckin GREAT. Sugarcoma? How can you even compare them to that? Well let´s see, both stabb and Sugarcoma have female vocalists who can give the gyes a fight. And this makes you insecure? If it was a gye using his voice in the same way it woulden´t get to you. The chicks are taking over. LIVE WITH IT!!! Or die!!!!

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What the hell is a "gye"?

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Phew - angry laydee!

I am guessing 'gye' is a feminist term for guy.

Stabb actually do suck in my opinion and I'm a girl so you can't say I can't handle girls doing the scream thang. I only like it, however, when they can actually do it properly

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Hi im from Sweden.. I think Stabb is one of the greatest rock acts playing the swedish rock scene at the moment.

Have a nice day

Henrik

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I reviewed this single for the radio, what a terrible, terrible band. The sleeve put me off but the music made me want to gnaw off my ankles.

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it'd be better as an instrumental i think, the vocal's less of a death metal scream, more of a drunken gurgle anyway

ollie.

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If you don´t like the band..why even waste your time huh?! Haven´t got anything better to do? IF i hate a band..youd bet i coulden´t be bothered finding reviews about them...and then responding to them. Jesus!! And this only on a singel???!! Im really in to STABB and have been for ages..(im from Sweden..who could figure?)this band likes to provoce and they stick to their guns. So shut up and check out the album when it gets out. "This jokes" is the most "non stabb song"..that is to say one of the few songs the singer gurgle sings threw a whole song.(i have a original album ex..which was pressed in 1000 ex). A fucked up stabb fan

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Is it becos I be's a woman?

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Yeah.. i was gonna say something about that disgusting cover being a representation of their sound.. but it sounded a bit harsh at the time..

Stabb - This Joke's On Me

Well didn´t like it at first, but it grew on me. Think they got something special still. Good with a band that provoces a little. Haven´t heard the album or catched them live yet. So im giving them a shot.

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opening track on the new 3 tracker is very cool .. instant foo fighters type of appeal, other trax didn't hit me quite as much. but deffo one to watch out for !
over and out
mark e

Stabb - This Joke's On Me

Jack Osbourne gave stabb four KKKK in Kerrang!

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Jack Osbourne is a big fat retard.

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Well be it so or not still you are the one with a shitty attitude and life.You should perhaps try YOGA or something?!You seem like a person who ain´t happy with your self!People with self value don´t go ranting on like you do.

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poohead's self image issues aside, if this is the kind of stuff Jack Osbourne deems quality, someone should take away his ears

prehaps he just listened to the (good) first few seconds of it?

ollie.

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Comments to Poohead!
YAWN




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