my review of Insomnia

hedpe32 wrote:

I have to agree with joeoliver1234 100% with his last 2 post.

I have also been a fan for years and seen countless of live shows. and spend most of my working hrs reading this and the original board as well. and only cuz I dont post doesnt make me less of a fan than all of you.

I have only gone through the whole cd about 3 times. so i still dont have a strong review for this album. I like some song and dislike other. just like most of you. BUT im tired of hearing punk rock and fony in every other song as well....

Today i will be seating at home playing poker and rockin out Insomnia for most of my evening/night. I hope by the end of my day i will be enthusiastic for tomorrows show..

haha i m so fuckin jealous ivan
but hav fun 2nite + a kickass nite 2morro

The album did not work for me as far goes me enjoying all of the songs. I usually like and enjoy all of the songs on their records but Insomnia did not work for me. I don't like the way the hip-hop was done on this record sort of à la Kottonmouth King in a way to me, whom I hate. I seem to like the way (Hed)P.E. writes their hip-hop songs (and I don't really like hip-hop by the way) for example 33, T.O.S. and Daze of War just to name a few. The lyrics can also be improved. It does seem like Jahred (like someone said on the other board) recycles his lyrics too much. And that gets old sometimes.

I guess it just is not the album for me in a way. Just like Blackout is not the album for some but for others like me, it is.

joeolive1234 wrote:

By the way im calling it right now, hed pe isnt going to break up, but they will go on a hiatus, while jared (with possibly dj product) cut a rap album for sub noize. this is just my predictions and not a fact or rumor or speculation; just my opinion.

I can see something like that happening though. But this can be good though. I think (Hed)P.E. should spend like 3 years recording/making an album instead of 1 and some odd months. The more time they take on an album the better it will be for example Broke.

Good review though Onan

Waiting-To-Die wrote:

I'm afraid i hav to agree with joeolive1234 on points he made. the album did disappoint me too. its definitely not the promised "punch in the throat". "Our heaviest album so far" - i dont think so.
However there are a couple of nice songs like Walk on by and Suffa which I really like and listen to everyday. Of course i m still a hardcore fan and will go to all the EU shows which I can make it to but yea dont hate anyone for expressing his/her own opinion.

Agreed.

mR.siNester wrote:

I can see something like that happening though. But this can be good though. I think (Hed)P.E. should spend like 3 years recording/making an album instead of 1 and some odd months. The more time they take on an album the better it will be for example Broke.

i thought they had a contract for 5 years, every year one album...

its not uncommon for an artist to pimp their new shit and hype it up to be the best thing since pussy - afterall they want you to buy their shit so they can line their pockets - hed gets 50 percent of every cd sold - so do the math

fact is this album was totally overrated imho - there are only a few tracks that i actually dig - and im not feeling it anymore by listening more and more - which sucks

broke is a legend

but like a few other people said - diversity is a beautiful thing and we cant all like the same shit

peace

oh and on the jahred going solo thing - hes been talking about that shit now since pre oia -

gimmehed wrote:

oh and on the jahred going solo thing - hes been talking about that shit now since pre oia -

didn't know that... if he does that, would be dope... well, a shame for Hed but he'll make a dope album, that's fo sure

i dont know if you guys have seen this interview but he talks about how he likes releasing albums every year instead of waiting 3 years and stuff like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1Oy9EUAKk

I believe he does. It's better for artist.
You feel better when people can hear shit you just made.
Three years is long time and you don't even have to like what you wrote two years back...

Plus I guess they get more money this way.
And even now quality of their releases is great to me but they won't make no master-piece.

some of the songs sound like he went solo, like Game Over or RTO

I think Jahred should release a hip-hip album cause every time he appears as a guest he only gets a little part.

Broke2012 wrote:

mR.siNester wrote:

I can see something like that happening though. But this can be good though. I think (Hed)P.E. should spend like 3 years recording/making an album instead of 1 and some odd months. The more time they take on an album the better it will be for example Broke.

i thought they had a contract for 5 years, every year one album...

Did they? Where did you hear this from?

gimmehed wrote:

oh and on the jahred going solo thing - hes been talking about that shit now since pre oia -

Fenix Jones?

mR.siNester wrote:

Fenix Jones?

I don't think Fenix Jones (wasn't it Phoenix btw? ...doesn't really matter...)
was supposed to be a rap project. Since the songs intended for it were on OiA and weren't rap.

Mr._Jack wrote:

mR.siNester wrote:

Fenix Jones?

I don't think Fenix Jones (wasn't it Phoenix btw? ...doesn't really matter...)
was supposed to be a rap project. Since the songs intended for it were on OiA and weren't rap.

"After the line-up change, Jahred toyed with a bunch of different names before deciding to keep the name of the band (hed). Previous names include: Hek.tik, Phoenix Jones, Fenix Jones, Fenix One and Lost Cause. He opted to keep the band name (hed) because he originally came up with the name and will continue to play old (hed)p.e. songs during his live shows."

"The tracks "Stepping Stone", "War", and "C.B.C." are all songs Jahred wrote for his "side project" while the band was still (hed)p.e. Originally, the demo contained six tracks and Jahred condensed it to three."

no not fenix jones - jahred has literally been talking about doing a solo hip hop record since before oia

peace

gimmehed wrote:

no not fenix jones - jahred has literally been talking about doing a solo hip hop record since before oia

peace

This comes as a total surprise to me. Where did you hear this from?

from the man himself

he should do a hip hop album i would def buy it, overall i like this better than back to base x (least fav hed album) it was pretty much what i expected. of course you will never get another Broke, thats why i just bump that shit daily and appreciate where the band was at that time in their career, no band ever makes the same cd again

Insomnia is a freaking awesome album. First of all I have to say that judging from all the interviews and goss, this album was made out to be a the heaviest of the heaviest, a real punch in the throat. This isn't the case, in fact I'd go so far as to say this is their least heavy next to B2BX, this isn't a problem for me but might be for some. I just feel personally, from what I've heard from the advance leak, that they could have done a little bit more with it. Some songs I felt, needed to go in more directions. Madhouse should have been lengthened because that song is sooo badass and Atlantis A.D. which in my opinion is one of the strongest songs, should have gone in other directions because it stayed on one track most of the way through and by the end of it I just felt that it got a little repetitive. I think I'm going against the mass verdict here when I say that Wind Me Up is one of the worst (hed) pe songs I have ever heard. I don't dig the guest appearances at all except in RTO and the constant gunshot samples are really lame. The only time I felt the gunshots were appropriate was in Children when JFK was giving his speech. Now that I've had my bitch there are so many strong points this album has to offer! Product has delivered to the table what I think to be his best work yet. His samples really set the ominous political mood that the songs are trying to get across to the listener. Songs like RTO and Game Over really show (hed) pe's potential in blending all different types of music into a big boiling pot and most importantly making them work. Children was an amazing choice for a cover song and they pulled it off in flying colours. C2GU is a laugh when you understand the subject Jah is tackling and is a great song to mosh to. Habeus brings the punk and Madhouse brings the metal. This CD is their most diverse yet and that's why I think I love it so much. I find it funny when Jah disses bands for making pussy pop punk music when he seems to attempt the same genre himself. Don't Let Me Down springs to mind and seems like a song that the band would try and avoid much like Daydreams on OIA. Sorry to get a little off topic but before Daydreams he says 'here's a little song for all you pussy assed bitches' to play tough guy. I just wish he wouldn't pull that shit but nevertheless I love their 'pussy assed' songs and Don't Let Me Down is a killer track. I am glad to have pre-ordered this album and hope they keep up the good work in the future. HED4LYFE

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.

joeolive1234 wrote:

However, i just needed to vent because i had really high hopes for this album but it just doesnt deliver like anticipated.

Opinions are definitely good - but I don't agree with your statement. If the album doesn't deliver as you anticipated, doesn't mean it's a shit album. Your level of anticipation and what you would like to hear from the band (or expect to hear) is different from everyone else.

I've also been a (hed) fan for a VERY long time, and the one thing I've learnt is to expect the unexpected. No album has been what I expected. I remember rushing out to buy Broke the day it was released, putting it on for the first time and thinking "whoa! this is really different". Broke was a HUGE change from their first album, introducing a much heavier sound. Now everyone hails it as their best album...

The fact is - we can't expect any band to deliver what we would like to hear. We can be sure they will release what they want us to hear. Any decent band worth listening to is going to challenge what you think about music and current music styles.

As fans we should expect our pre-conceptions to be challenged, and that's exactly what's happening here...so lets all enjoy it over a

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.