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Post by Kapitan on Mar 6, 2020 16:27:24 GMT
Just based on your musical taste, I think about 99.5% of the groups you like are/were FAR better musicians than MC5!
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Post by kds on Mar 6, 2020 17:04:26 GMT
Just based on your musical taste, I think about 99.5% of the groups you like are/were FAR better musicians than MC5! That's probably true as I've never really been one for garage / punk / alternative, etc.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 23, 2020 15:18:32 GMT
On of my favorite guitarists, Johnny Thunders, from the New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers. This is a performance of "Chinese Rocks" and "Pipeline" (yes, the surf instrumental). Sadly, most of the people in this band - Arthur "Killer" Kane (bass), Jerry Nolan (drums), and Johnny - are dead.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 29, 2020 21:23:05 GMT
Some of my first memorable music-listening experiences were when my older, cool cousin played me Quiet Riot's Metal Health. So it pains me to say...
Either I never knew or knew but forgot that Randy Rhoads--undeniably one of the all-time virtuosos of rock guitar, later famous for playing with Ozzy--had been in the band prior to their success. Today, I listened to their 1977 self-titled debut album.
It. Is. Awful. It honestly sounds like a Spinal Tap-esque work of comedy, every bad cliche tossed in, performed pretty poorly overall, and badly recorded and produced. Even the cover is awful! Wow. This is not a good album. Not at all. This band could fit into the thread about debut albums giving no indication of what was to come.
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Post by kds on Apr 30, 2020 12:17:42 GMT
I think those early Quiet Riot albums likely would've just faded into the ether had Randy Rhoads's unfortunate demise not made him an icon of the genre.
Unfortunately, the picture of me and Kevin DuBrow from 2003 did vanish into the digital ether somewhere. (Sigh).
Bonus points for spelling Randy's name correctly. His name might be the most consistently misspelled name in music, and not just from fans. I've seen his name butchered in magazines and books.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on May 4, 2020 11:43:32 GMT
Ratt...and GEICO?
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Post by kds on May 4, 2020 12:23:26 GMT
Ratt...and GEICO?
Pretty funny. GEICO had a pretty good around 2012 with Eddie Money as well.
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Post by Kapitan on May 4, 2020 12:56:22 GMT
A friend of mine texted me that the other day. Sign of the times, those bands are aged enough that their fans are target demographics now. We've seen Whitesnake and Europe in recent commercials, too. I suspect there will be many more.
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Post by Kapitan on May 7, 2020 12:18:51 GMT
That's what happens when rock bands grow up.
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Post by kds on May 7, 2020 12:53:55 GMT
That's what happens when rock bands grow up.
Remember when Guns N Roses and Ozzy Osbourne were "dangerous"?
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on May 7, 2020 16:28:18 GMT
That's what happens when rock bands grow up.
Remember when Guns N Roses and Ozzy Osbourne were "dangerous"? Guns 'N' Roses is in the news a lot lately:
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Post by kds on May 7, 2020 16:34:28 GMT
Remember when Guns N Roses and Ozzy Osbourne were "dangerous"? Guns 'N' Roses is in the news a lot lately:
I'd rather he be in the news for a new GNR album with Slash and Duff, but, here we are.
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Post by Kapitan on May 7, 2020 17:03:42 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on May 14, 2020 0:34:07 GMT
Paul Gilbert is a great guitarist. I discovered him in my shredder/metal early teens. You know him from the Mr. Big's 1991 #1 hit "To Be With You." But he's also really an amazing interview. Maybe 3-4 minutes in, he is discussing how he used to think he had wasted three years practicing air guitar (at ages 6-9), but now he can detail how it was helpful.
Insightful, charming guy.
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Post by kds on May 14, 2020 12:10:18 GMT
Paul Gilbert is a great guitarist. I discovered him in my shredder/metal early teens. You know him from the Mr. Big's 1991 #1 hit "To Be With You." But he's also really an amazing interview. Maybe 3-4 minutes in, he is discussing how he used to think he had wasted three years practicing air guitar (at ages 6-9), but now he can detail how it was helpful.
Insightful, charming guy.
It's a shame that song became their one big hit, because it really wasn't representative of them at all. Saigon Kick and Extreme were in the same boat with big acoustic hits from that era.
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