surfpunk
thier shows are the best!!

KAOS
it was more a case of wanting to "simplify" thier approach. thier first 3 albums had these adventurous, almost prog elements. being on a major label, atlantic, was alot of pressure for a "hit single", so they began simplifying. that's one reason "ear candy" had so many short songs. i also remember reading an article with doug where he described the approach to making "ear candy" was "...fuck art...let's dance". which would explain the groove oriented style there.

in short, i don't thinkit was a case of "running out of ideas", but simply a case of doing something new for them. which, IMO, they did quite well...

cheers...