I think jahred does those pussy pop songs to subliminally fuck with the listeners of that genre who may hear hed.I wouldn't be surprised if don't let me down becomes a single just to sucker the bitch kids into buyin the album.I must say though, this album seems like they took a lil piece of Hed from all the previous works and combined em into one album. Probably best album since OIA, which to me was only badass because it was a while before hed put out some new shit. It had to grow on me though, as did B2BX, butr when i first heard the advance of Insomnia, i was immediately sucked in. It'll be interesting to hear their next.

ok iv been listening to insomnia non stop and to me its just OIA mixed with B2BX in one big combination...its nothing like the first album and it completely lost the "nu-metal" feel of the broke...and well it doesnt have anything similar to black out either lol well this is just my opinion but its a good fucking album way better than B2BX and Blackout

i dont think its like any album and i did wait and buy my copy yesterday and been listenin' to it non-stop i really like this album... it has a lil bit of everything for everyone... it is a good solid showin' of g-punk at its finest... and like i agree with what one person said hed is pushin' are musical styles... the old hed is their its just not the same shit, and who would want the same cd???? i mean broke came out almost 10 years ago... let it die... insomnia is the shit!


and secondly id be stoked to know there was a jahred and product rap cd coming out...

hed4life

dude you guys need to grow some fucking balls, and stop kissing jahreds ass. thats right i said jahred!!!! because this band isn't (hed)pe, its jared's band. why do you think b2bx, oia, and insomnia sound like shit, because he writes the lyrics, songs, produces, and mixes everything. he's too close to it all. they need to hire a professional producer; to get a prespective that he might not see. or a professional mixer, who has experience. all jared knows how to do is manipulate sound files or whatever in pro tools or whatever program he is using. And let me remind everyone that the cd's released on subnoize would have been better if they signed with a label that had money for those professionals. Instead jared has decided to do it himself. not only that, what makes me mad is that everyone likes the new members in the band, yeah they're great, but remember all those great songs hed pe hammered out before all these line-up changes, well they were written by ex-members such as: wes, chad and mawk. i know mawk is still in the band, but he aint writting shit and hasnt for awhile or at least been a big part of it. its jared with the help of product to throw in lame ass gunshots and voiceovers. if jared were to record himself taking a shit and have product throw in some lame ass dj skills, mostly everyone on this board (90%, little teenie boppers) would say something closely to:
"oh my god, this is so awesome, (hed)pe are so versatile and grounbreaking. they're always coming up with a new sound".

FUCK YOU, and FUCK (HED)PE!!!!!, because hed pe the band before 2002 would have said that and agreed with me. Instead they are now just hitting up the myspace bulletin on how we need to buy their albums, or help them request their songs or videos. fuck that, make good music and that happen on its own.

dont be so blind, hed pe is selling out with their sound as well as their credibility (just listen to their songs). YOU'RE NOT PUNK ROCK!!!!!! STOP SAYING IT!!!!! just because you give yourself a mohawk doesnt mean you're punk, i see girls with mohawks and pop punk bitches with that haircut.

just look at it this way, jared's in his mid fourties, hes just trying to make as much money as possible before he gets to old. What fourty something year old fucks underage girls and brags about it (even if he doesnt and claims he does), and thinks thats cool. Oh yeah, a fourty something year old who wants to make money off consumers 25 years old and younger (or on this board that would be equivalent to about 90% of the members).

so whatever happened to this slogan:
"Don't give a fuck,
Never did,
Never will."
i know what happened to it, some fucking poser named jared, or jah-red, or paulo gomes, or mcud, or paulo sergio, or whatever persona he wants to create next, forgot about it.

Again joeolive1234, that's your opinion.

I agree with you 100% that the band has never been the same since the original members left, their best music was prior to OIA, and the new members probably aren't a scratch on the old ones...

I'm not kissing Jahred's ass by saying that I still enjoy their new music since the band has gone through changes. About it being Jahred's band - things weren't that different back then either...he still dictated just about everything with the band, even though other members such as Wes and Chad wrote music...

You sound like you're taking this all too personal, as if you've been personally betrayed by the band cause they've changed over time or they want to sell records.

Well think about it this way - if you were in a band and you wanted to make it your full time job, you'd want to sell records too. Saying that "back then they didn't care about selling records" is bullshit.

Why the fuck would ANY band not care about selling records? Why else would they have made clean versions of so many songs (going back to their first album)?

Guessed why? - to sell records...

I agree, a professional producer and mixer would make a huge difference, but who knows what budget the band's been given, plus given their experiences in the past, I guess you can understand a bit why Jahred wants to control everything.

All I'm trying to say is - take the music for what it is - music. It's not a religion to be followed like sheep. You either dig it or you don't, it's that simple.

Don't crap on like those people who are always like - "I liked them back when no one knew them, and they'll never be as good as they were". Because that gets as old as anyone who constantly sings someones praises.

Nothing stays the same and people change, for better or worse. You said it yourself - Jahred and the others have changed focus, so how can you then expect (hed) p.e. to continue as it was?

wow joeolive - you are def strong in your beliefs

i like that - a man who stands up for what he believes

doesnt make it right or wrong but you def express yourself nonetheless - and you do it well

and not for nuthing but i agree with a lot of joeolives post

peace

yea I spose i agree party with some stuff joe said but i wouldnt dare to tell anyone in the band to stop what they are doin or want to do. Obviously the production value of the CD would have been significantly better with a pro producer/mixer but in the end its their decision.

Also on a sidenote - Deeper-Planet-Earth, I also found that there is no way you call insomnia numetal..is there? i mean its something different...its got rap and metal or punkrock but then agian it also sounds so different...weird sorta.

I agree about that they should bring specialists on mixing and producing and not release records that often.

I like every hed cd. And I even like the new ones more than the old ones (I know you are gonna hate for this, but I just do). But I can't help myself from thinking that it could be even better if they did what I said above.

Can you imagine cd that would come out next year if BTBX and Insomnia weren't released. With like like 5 best songs of every of these cds (including the third one that's gonna come out next year in real world). That could be one of the best cds ever!
Instead we got 3 awsome albums. Hmm... hard choise.

wow joe

when i read joeolives post it sounds like its coming right out of good old wesley geers mouth

erie

peace

lol i dont even care what other people think. all that counts for me is that i like them.

u kno the only thing i cared about when readin that dudes post was about chizzad and wes
i was just thinkin how different Hed's older songs were and the only thing i could think of was how they were different was by them haveing chizzad and wes...lyrics that made sense actually and worth listening to and how the back up vocals by chizzad were awsome instead of sum guy from a movie screaming "its a madhouse" on a sample...kinda wish they were back wit hed...

to everyone who is dissing (hed)'s latest contribution so much (going as far as to say that our hero and saviour :P jahred is a poser) - fuck you. why are you even a part of this forum. i thought this forum was for FANS. obviously you are no longer happy with the direction (hed) are going in so therefor aren't a true fan anymore right?
i think the quote "dont give a fuck never did never will" applies now more than ever and i think it is directed at people like you. the band has made a decision to go in a direction they want to go musically. too bad if you don't like it because guess what? it's not up to you fag. since getting rid of JIVE the band has made the exact sort of music they want to make with the freedom of SUBNOIZE. doesn't this mean that the modern (hed) is actually the real (hed).
honestly i definately don't think the new album is their best but im not going to take a stab at the band personally. that's not what music is about. if you don't like an album there is an easy solution - don't listen to it. just go back to listening to SIMPLE PLAN or some bullshit that your comfortable with and stop having a whinge.

P.S - fuck you.