Arnold Lanni is back, baby!

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 3/9/2004, 2:46 pm

Ha sanyone ever heard of this Canadian rock group Dakona? I just caught wind of 'em a few hours ago, and upon a bit of investigating, it seems that the mighty Arnold Lanni produced their major label debut album "Perfect Change". The band is also compared quite a lot to OLP. So, has anyone ever heard of these guys?

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 3/9/2004, 2:47 pm

yup! There's a Dakona thread round here somewhere

hpdfk · Post by **hpdfk** » 3/9/2004, 8:15 pm

I was curious so I looked them up. At this point, I definitely have respect for them lyrically and their intentions are good. But the music doesn't really click with me.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 3/10/2004, 11:06 pm

yeah, i hear them on the radio all the time. really overplayed.

arnold lanni also did simple plan, yo. think he got nominated for a juno for that.

hpdfk · Post by **hpdfk** » 3/11/2004, 6:06 pm

Man, I can't believe he does simple plan.
Back in the day, Lanni was the best. Now I'm not so sure. Still better than big Bob though.

chromestar · Post by **chromestar** » 3/19/2004, 12:05 am

This topic had me so exctied for a second. Tricking me into thinking that OLP had ditched BOB.

Like I said, I was almost happy...

P.s. *waves at all the OLD CCers*

christa lynn · Post by **christa lynn** » 3/21/2004, 12:16 am

Dakona is my favourite band. I adore their song "Revolving".

Come visit the message board (take the link from http://www.dakona.ca) sometime. I'm "lynnever" there.

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 3/22/2004, 12:28 am

I thought Arnold Lanni was a great producer. He did great things with OLP and Finger Eleven. I thought there was something wrong with both bands when they didn't get him to do both of their last albums (which both sucked, so I didn't think it was a mere coincidence). Yet he's produced Simple Plan, who are rubbish. I guess it depends on the mix. I think David Bottrill is a good producer, who's worked with Tool and Silverchair. But he also produced Godsmack's last album. They're terrible. So you never know.

If Dakona is drawing OLP comparisons, I don't know if that's a good thing. Old OLP? New OLP? If it's old OLP, then it might sound like old Finger Eleven too. But if it sounds like new OLP, it won't sound like old Finger Eleven, or new Finger Eleven. Three Days Graces sounds like new Finger Eleven, which is obvious since TDG is just trying to copy Finger Eleven. And who would want to copy new Finger Eleven since it's pretty terrible?

hpdfk · Post by **hpdfk** » 3/22/2004, 8:34 pm

Now that I've heard something else besides their single, I think it's better. But still not great.

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 3/22/2004, 8:36 pm

I think i'm the only one who doesn't get the f11- 3 days grace thing. I love 3 days grace but f11 not so much .

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 3/23/2004, 12:56 am

xoNoDoubt69 wrote:I think i'm the only one who doesn't get the f11- 3 days grace thing. I love 3 days grace but f11 not so much .

Uh, let's see. Both from Toronto (I know, big deal). F11 labeled as an influence of 3DG. Singers sound practically the same. The 3DG logo (the ||| ) is very similar to the cover art for F11's newest album. 3DG's cover art is very, very, very, very close to F11's second album cover. It's like they're F11 clones.

Except F11 can still write more than 25 words per song. How many times does the lead singer in 3DG have to repeat the same parts? "Every time... blah blah blah. I hate everything about you."

REPEAT!

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 3/23/2004, 1:12 am

Interesting... And they do have more than one song :roll:

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 3/23/2004, 5:11 pm

The art is similar yes, but that's the only similarity. I've heard both bands extensively and I do not think the lead singer from 3DG sounds all that much like scott from F11... In fact I kept hearing that and became pretty annoyed at the comparison... and yeah I don't like 3DG, I just don't think they have anything special to offer...

Like you said, they are really repetitive, that's definitely true. Maybe they'll write the first song to have only one word and be 4 minutes long or more!

christa lynn · Post by **christa lynn** » 3/25/2004, 12:21 am

Dread wrote:If Dakona is drawing OLP comparisons, I don't know if that's a good thing. Old OLP? New OLP? If it's old OLP, then it might sound like old Finger Eleven too. But if it sounds like new OLP, it won't sound like old Finger Eleven, or new Finger Eleven.

They remind me of Happiness . . era OLP but without as many layers.