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| Nullset |
What Kind of Barbie?
by David M
5.10.2001
Nullset sport no face paint and no rubber clown masks. They wear ski gear rather than black leather, and are handsome in a nonthreatening boy-next-door kind of way. Hell, they don’t even scowl in their promo pictures. Without these theatrics, it can take a moment to realize that they are part of that beast of infinite faces, the Nu Metal Army. Maybe their old name, Gangsta Bitch Barbie, made them easier to spot, but there were legal issues.
"...hints at the best of the genre, with a robo-funk guitar intro and a buried, freaky synthesizer line." |
Anyway, once you’ve penetrated their nonthreatening fratboy facade, you’ll find yet more chugging, bass-heavy riffage to keep your rap-metal monkey happy. With an unusual sense of history, Nullset heavily recall “oldies” like Red Hot Chili Peppers and 311 (when was the last time you heard that name?) by keeping an unusual amount of the funk that originally separated Nu Metal from its predecessors. That also makes the predictably bush-league rapping a bit more palatable.
"Smokewood," The first single from the bands new Grand Royal EP, hints at the best of the genre, with a robo-funk guitar intro and a buried, freaky synthesizer line. The lyrics don’t make any damn sense, but if you care, go read some fucking Shakespeare, brainiac.
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