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grimly fiendish
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satanmcnugget said:
trans am, dude!
and i'd say isis do this too, to an extent. oh, and mogwai, of course. then there's stuff like klingklang, but they're trying a little too hard.
as for "classic" rock - which is kinda the theme here - the stooges and sabbath are pretty much all you need. the MC5 leave me a little cold, and i've never worked out why. and i hate led zeppelin on principle. all that cod-mystic fannying about ... they can sod right off.
grimly fiendish
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oh yeh. and meat loaf. you can't forget the loaf. (even though i just did.)
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Well, not so much rock in the "rock" sense of the term, but if we're getting tangential then I'll big up Drive Like Jehu - after-punk, not So-Cal South Cali abstracted screeching, chugging rock. Spikes to You and all that. Rocket From the Crypt's more interesting brother. Criminally neglected by his parents. And a big man in the Bible to boot.
Diggedy Derek
Stray Dog
Ah yeah, all excellent selections.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
"The time has come for the old gods to call in the hordes for the final battle!"martin said:
TUNE!
Saw 'em at the Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh (near Southend) in, umm, 1987 I think. Great stuff. Did a fab encore of Wham's "I'm your man".
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Aerosmith -- good but too patchy... unless your a teenage american girl, in which case they still rule apparently...
Deep Purple -- it's all about Highway Star, the version off Live in Japan. Amazing. Jon Lord!!
Thin Lizzy -- great but they were a pop band. And all the better for it.
The Stones are obviously fairly irrelevant to the canon under construction. The Stones were great but they're only tangentially connected with the others listed. Same for the Clash, who were The Greatest Band Ever.
Leaving out da Zepp is just puckish. Sure half of the Song remains the same is rubbish (lets leave my opinion on Page's ontological position to one side
) but then so is that Led Zepp live DVD from last year. Maybe I should give it another go with the new DVD player but -- holds nose -- phew! The thing to bear in mind about Led Zepp though is that, like AC/DC, they were FUNKY AS FUCK. One day I WILL have two copies of Back in Black to scratch the fuck out of. And if you haven't got down to Custard Pie or Misty Mountain Hop you haven't lived.
The Stooges -- awesomely transcendent. But they were very clearly an acid house band before their time. They were from Detroit and everything. I refuse to budge from this position and Dr Beck is with me on this one.
I'd just like to mention Frank Zappa's Stevie's Spanking in passing.
Deep Purple -- it's all about Highway Star, the version off Live in Japan. Amazing. Jon Lord!!
Thin Lizzy -- great but they were a pop band. And all the better for it.
The Stones are obviously fairly irrelevant to the canon under construction. The Stones were great but they're only tangentially connected with the others listed. Same for the Clash, who were The Greatest Band Ever.
Leaving out da Zepp is just puckish. Sure half of the Song remains the same is rubbish (lets leave my opinion on Page's ontological position to one side
) but then so is that Led Zepp live DVD from last year. Maybe I should give it another go with the new DVD player but -- holds nose -- phew! The thing to bear in mind about Led Zepp though is that, like AC/DC, they were FUNKY AS FUCK. One day I WILL have two copies of Back in Black to scratch the fuck out of. And if you haven't got down to Custard Pie or Misty Mountain Hop you haven't lived. The Stooges -- awesomely transcendent. But they were very clearly an acid house band before their time. They were from Detroit and everything. I refuse to budge from this position and Dr Beck is with me on this one.
I'd just like to mention Frank Zappa's Stevie's Spanking in passing.
I've got a record by Kingdom Come called 'Journey' that manages a decent halfway point. There's no drummer, instead there's this old drum machine firing away which gives all the songs a weird feel that's out pf place with other old rock records. One too by Paris called 'Big Town 2061' that adds big synths all over Zeppelin/James Gang type stuff. It's less successful, but it's more of a hybrid.
For newer stuff I'd say Thrones 'Sperm Whale', drum machines + keyboards,vocoders with drone metal bass and some bizarre turns. Some wicked metal falsettos at times too.
For newer stuff I'd say Thrones 'Sperm Whale', drum machines + keyboards,vocoders with drone metal bass and some bizarre turns. Some wicked metal falsettos at times too.
scottdisco
rip this joint please
don't think they've been mentioned and reckon WOEBOT might agree how about
minutemen
Quicksilver MS?
minutemen
Quicksilver MS?
scottdisco
rip this joint please
seconded
yeah Iron Monkey with those classic tee shirt slogans, live, are excellent.
i saw 'em blow away Napalm Death once in a Staffordshire toilet.
yeah Iron Monkey with those classic tee shirt slogans, live, are excellent.
i saw 'em blow away Napalm Death once in a Staffordshire toilet.