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Post by Kapitan on Oct 4, 2019 13:53:04 GMT
Those dancers not only damaged DLR's legacy, but also Van Halen's. And Mr. Big's, the Winery Dogs', Whitesnake's, Frank Zappa's, Alcatrazz's, Yngwie Malmsteen's, Fleetwood Mac's...
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 4, 2019 13:55:05 GMT
I thought I read they got back together without Dave, but couldn't recall. I do recall hearing Vai talk about a semi-impromptu show, maybe for the 30th anniversary of Eat 'Em and Smile?, that didn't end up happening. It was going to be in a really small venue, possibly a bowling alley. I just recall it was an odd little plan.
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Post by kds on Oct 4, 2019 14:00:19 GMT
Those dancers not only damaged DLR's legacy, but also Van Halen's. And Mr. Big's, the Winery Dogs', Whitesnake's, Frank Zappa's, Alcatrazz's, Yngwie Malmsteen's, Fleetwood Mac's... And........The Beach Boys. After all, Carl did sing on DLR's cover of California Girls. And that music video features a lot of young ladies in very small bikinis.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 4, 2019 14:23:41 GMT
The industry is in shambles! Let's close up shop. When will people learn: these legacies are fragile!
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Post by kds on Oct 4, 2019 15:42:08 GMT
When will these legacy acts learn?
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Post by jk on Dec 6, 2019 10:04:54 GMT
I'm not much of a metal fan. That said, I did like what I heard of Ghost (thanks, kds). And Master of Puppets is pretty stupendous. And then there's this great 1995 (!) album of drone doom metal by Earth. Sooner or later, every heavy metal thread on forums I frequent is going to get this rammed down its throat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(American_band)
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 20, 2019 15:07:02 GMT
The other day I watched the 2012 documentary "Not Dead Yet," about guitarist Jason Becker. He was a prodigy, signed as a teenager to shredder-focused Shrapnel Records in the '80s where he teamed with fellow virtuoso Marty Friedman in Cacophany for two albums and released his own remarkable Perpetual Burn (featuring the unbelievable "Air," one of the most remarkable classically inspired hard rock guitar instrumentals I've ever heard ... the part beginning around 1:15 or so is unbelievable baroque style counterpoint music by a TEENAGER) on the label before being hired by David Lee Roth as the dynamic frontman's third consecutive whiz (Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and Becker), an unmatched lineage in hard rock.
But before he could tour with Roth, his ALS was diagnosed and progressed to the point that he could hardly play. The documentary goes through how he began using computer technology to compose even as his mobility declined to virtually zero. He is still alive even now, though, seven or eight years after the documentary was done.
Today I came across a more traditionally "classical" arrangement by composer Konstantin Kokourov, played by the Scoring Berlin Symphony Orchestra. (I'll be honest, I prefer the clean-toned Strat version on Becker's original, but this is really nice, too. And probably gives the tune some "cred" by more so-called serious musicians.)
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Post by jk on Jan 23, 2020 13:25:52 GMT
Taking a break from work now (well-deserved or not) to link this energetic track I encountered recently. It's from The Fall of Troy's self-titled debut album of 2003 and revels in the title "Mouths Like Sidewinder Whistles"! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_Troy_(band)
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Post by Kapitan on Feb 20, 2020 22:49:06 GMT
The inimitable David Lee Roth (though lord knows people tried to imitate him for quite some time!) did an interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune in advance of Monday's show with KISS. He's ... well, he's Diamond Dave.
About critiques of his voice in his recent Vegas shows?
“I’ve never had any delusions about my voice. It sounds like four miles of flat road with knobby tires. Mom used to say that; in fact she said it last week."
Here's the full story / interview.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 6, 2020 4:17:03 GMT
This group was a big influence on KISS and hard rock/heavy metal in general. The first two songs here, "Ramblin' Rose" and "Kick Out The Jams" were originally recorded in 1968.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 6, 2020 13:26:11 GMT
Great band. Also wildly, rabidly political (in radical leftist ways). Forget Bernie or Trump, they were serious...
Two members died of heart attacks in their mid-40s, and a third died of liver failure in his 60s. Guitarist Wayne Kramer sobered up and I believe he runs a charity dedicated to helping people in jail turn their lives around.
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Post by kds on Mar 6, 2020 13:39:52 GMT
This group was a big influence on KISS and hard rock/heavy metal in general. The first two songs here, "Ramblin' Rose" and "Kick Out The Jams" were originally recorded in 1968.
One of those early proto heavy bands, like Blue Cheer, who were probably more influential than good or popular. BOC does a great live version of Kick Out the Jams on Some Enchanted Evening that I think trumps the MC5 original.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Mar 6, 2020 13:51:23 GMT
This group was a big influence on KISS and hard rock/heavy metal in general. The first two songs here, "Ramblin' Rose" and "Kick Out The Jams" originally recorded in 1968.
One of those early proto heavy bands, like Blue Cheer, who were probably more influential than good or popular. BOC does a great live version of Kick Out the Jams on Some Enchanted Evening that I think trumps the MC5 original. I agree with your points. Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith had attitude and some great riffs, but they weren't exactly guitar virtuosos (which obviously wasn't essential to make great music). The MC5 didn't sell many records. I read about them in Creem magazine in the mid-1970's and had a helluva time trying to find their albums. And, yes, Blue Oyster Cult's version of "Kick Out The Jams" is tremendous.
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Post by Kapitan on Mar 6, 2020 13:54:27 GMT
They're in that same company as the Stooges (speaking of Detroit) and the Velvet Underground: interesting, influential, and not particularly successful in their own time.
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Post by kds on Mar 6, 2020 13:56:20 GMT
One of those early proto heavy bands, like Blue Cheer, who were probably more influential than good or popular. BOC does a great live version of Kick Out the Jams on Some Enchanted Evening that I think trumps the MC5 original. I agree with your points. Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith had attitude and some great riffs, but they weren't exactly guitar virtuosos (which obviously wasn't essential to make great music). The MC5 didn't sell many records. I read about them in Creem magazine in the mid-1970's and had a helluva time trying to find their albums. And, yes, Blue Oyster Cult's version of "Kick Out The Jams" is tremendous. No offense to the MC5, but BOC are head and shoulders above them as musicians.
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