Jesus, slaggin off a band cause of their size or haircuts! Get a life mate! At least they have a noticable strong style, a department most Irish bands could have a look at!!

yes, slagging them about how they look is ridiculous. It just seems that you can't comment on the MUSICALITY of an Irish band without people jumping down your throat. As for Humanzi being the only band of 'their kind' in Ireland - eh, they're a rock band...? I've got absolutely nothing against the band - but I do have something against an incoherant love or hate fest in any band's direction.

eh...nobody said they were the only type of band of "their kind" in Ireland. That would be a ridiculous statement to make. You seem to have misquoted me there Una. I asked if anyone could name any other Irish band who sound like Humanzi? So far, nobody has been able to name one band. We produce one band in this country, who are on par with these currently in vogue english bands" (if not better) and everyone jumps on their backs!! The fact their music is "the sound of now" should not take away from the genuine talent that they have of writing a good song with a good riff which I believe they have. As regards being against the whole love/hate fest - when you imply that a band is crap to people who contest this - it's inevitable that there's going to be debate. The amount of posts in regard to this topic only proves that there is just as many people who like the band as dislike them. That is the reason for all of this "wild" discourse.

Oh pleeeeease keep this thread going! It's f*cking fantasically entertaining. If this wasn't a message board and was "real life" and you were all face to face, by my calculations, there would be at least 7 people set on fire by now! Couldn't agree more with you comment on the whole 'new' and 'exciting' thing Una. Sure those two little rapscallions that used to (or still do?) sing on Grafton St?? They were 'new' for while alright, but considering they had voices as sweet & gentle as a chainsaw, the only thing I could get 'excited' about was the thought of being far far away from them. I just can't wait to hear Humanzi now to see what all this fuss is about.

your all bad mouthing a band here that are doing great things for the Irish music scene and you all are hiding behind a username come on people be real tell us what band your in! before you go slating somebody else's musical ability

so i watched a the recording on the rte website. Now i only heard it through my crappy work pc speaker but it sounds alright to me. Its just really the first half of the first tune that sounds dodgy. Fix the cracks is sound enough. Bit of a weird venue alright. everyone needs to chill whether u dig humanzi or not. They are keeping their heads down, trying to do the best with whats in front of them. I dont have to love this band to hope they do well. When was the last time there was a buzz like this around a irish band,. They are taking it to the next level. P*E*A*C*E

unicron do u not see my username thats my band name!! im not hiding behind any name

well you're hiding behind your bands name in fairness :-)

its graham from the sons of now if ya must know!!

so what if they are gone in two years isnt it have better to have made it and at least given it a fair shot which is what they are doing then to have never made it at all!

Ykno one thing that really pisses me off about all of this bulls**t is this... The Other Voices sess wasnt the right place to see Humanzi - argue that as you wish but they are a band that engage with the audience - ive seen them enough times to realise this. The static, removed vibe of that set up is not for a rock and roll band ..end of...its to watch the usual kind of acts they have on it. singer songwriters and bands not so aggressive in their performances. But even more than that - so many of the comments are personal - which is b****x cause if your trying to argue the legitimacy of their music, but then end up makin comments about height or haircuts then you're laughed at. Picking up on peoples grammar who post here just to get one over is also petty - if you just dont agree with their point of view then just stick with that - noone said you had to be a perfect typist to post on here. And finally - Clap Your Hands Say Yea played on Sat night - and most people i spoke to said they were rubbish - I thought so too. They're a hit and miss band apparently but no one has given them even half the amount of abuse Humanzi are gettin - also on the back of one performance. Yes Clap your hands have proved their albums worth but Humanzi are yet to do that so wait to hear that till you start spouting off. At the end of the day all this bad mouthing DOES have so much to do with the fact that they are confident local lads who believe in themselves and some people just love to get the nail in cause of that dont they.

here here benni!!!fair play

Cheers Sons on Now...person! Caught the end of your set on Fri btw - good stuff.

hahaha cheers benni!! ya should have come up and sed hello!! glad someone else is talking sense here!!

What gets me is that the set was hilarious. I'd like to think I have a good sense of humour but there was nothing remotely funny about them. You might think they were s**te, but "oh my god i couldn't stop laughing" just comes across as being spiteful

cant we all learn to get along.