In 2011, the word "legendary" really has lost all meaning. Hyperbole is becoming the only language we know how to speak in this sea of oversharing, and a band's merely showing up and turning on an amp/firing up a laptop results in a cavalcade of tweets and status updates telling us all about whatever band is totally KILLING IT in an EPIC fashion. Much like wearing a Ramones shirt, these sorts of grandiose statements become watered down to the point of being nothing more than noise for noise's sake.

Thankfully, seeing a band that existed in that magical era (before the Internet came along and ruined everything) is a reminder of a magical time where oversharing and oversaturation were easy to ignore; where we bonded with other music fans over common interests instead of living in a state of constant one-upmanship. After disbanding in 1998, Archers of Loaf's reunion at Neumos on Friday night was a grand reminder of the days where band buzz was built from college radio charts, mixtapes, and sloppily tossed-together fanzines.