Agree with previous the previous post - barring a couple of howlers it's a great album, and will probably be at the Ritz aswell.
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Saw them for the fifth time on Saturday and I think they've done the RAOTW and Shout thing at every one. Still, enjoyed it considering I wasn't that excited about it - while I've got some time for the Lost Highway type stuff, You Want To Make A Memory is a drag and there was a sizeable exit to the bar. But the good thing about a 3 hr set is that you can play the hits, the new stuff and some b
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Late 70s/Early 80s Springsteen Thin Lizzy w/Gary Moore
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In terms of ACDC, I wouldn't say the bass players/drummers were key members - certainly the Youngs didn't see them that way: they had to play exactly what they wanted with none of their own flair. Cliff Williams was told what to play, where to stand on stage that he had to walk forward for the BV's and walk back without turning round (apparently Brian Johnson bollocked by Malcolm during his first
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How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees. In the UK it was Mull of Kintyre
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Good band, but went off the boil when Spice left - the psychadelic silliness that peppered the early albums seemed to leave with him and they became another 70s style plod rock band. That said, the new album is step up from the last one, which was dreadfull.
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BJ were cannier than most when the tide turned, changing their sound/look less drastically than some. Compare to say Def Lepp, who were in the 'pop' market every bit as BJ - they said that with Hysteria they weren't in the same ballgame as Priest, more Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross. They came off the back of Adrenalize, where the singles were on the radio, and a successfull greatest hits album (w
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Seen them 5 or 6 times now, always excellent live. Just ordered the new album, hoping its a step up from the lacklustre 'Strange Cousins..'
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First album was fair-to-poor but the follow up ws decent. The last one was written as Hughes's solo album, so can't see a new guitarist being a huge deal songwise (except in sales, possibly) - JB seems too busy elsewhere turning out production line albums.
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The Jovi one's alright - few duffers but the main issue is that it tries to be relevant but its lack of depth, wit or insight makes it seem like McFly trying to write an Springsteen album. If the guitars had been beefed up it would have drowned all that out.
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I'll second Guy Pratts My Bass and Other Animals - a funny look at being in and around the biggest musicians (Pink Floyd, Coverdale Page, Madonna, Bryan Ferry) As for biogs - Mick Walls Axl Rose and Led Zep books are very good, as it Mark Putterfords Phil Lynott: The Rocker. Peter Dogett's There's A Riot Going On is an interesting look at the (supposedly) revolutionary bands of the 60s. Charle
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Saw quite a few this year, top ones would be: Alice Cooper/Orange Goblin/Grand Magus - Bloodstock Pearl Jam - Manchester Walking Papers - Manchester Ginger Wildheart - Manchester and London (inc Wildhearts Re-union) Monster Magnet - Manchester The Cult/Mission - Birmingham Rammstien - Birmingham Fu Manchu - Manchester Mark Lanegan - Manchester Soundgarden/Stooges/Black Stone Cherry -
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Enjoyed the gig - 6th time seeing Skin, and they were good but MG's guitar tone was horrible. Not the biggest LA fan on record, but I enjoyed them supporting Bon Jovi so decided to go. I rememebr I Was Not Wrong being a highlight of that gig, so was glad ti was in the set again. Have to say that I thought they took a while to get the engines running, but they were great once they did. Womankin
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Coco Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was a prank call, there was no malicious intent > behind it, so those DJ's can't, and shouldn't be > held responsible for the actions of the nurse. She > obviously had some other serious underlying issues > for her to take such a drastic step, especially as > she has children. I'm sure those DJ's fee
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rocknut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It didn't do Bryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen any > harm. At least there's showmanship of some kind - I saw a tedious show by Springsteen disciples The Gaslight Anthem and they looked like mechanics. Whenever he wasn't singing, Brian Fallon was lurking at the back of the stage doing the 'show the other guitari
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Apparently so (but it was half a mill!) - it was in an interview in Classic Rock: Did you not think it would be career suicide to play guitar with Right Said Fred? Gray: You can say that, but one particular song I wrote for them made me half a million quid. It bought my house. When you’ve been a rock musician for 20 years and never made a penny, it gives you a pension and allows you to loo
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Alex Dickson of Gun/Bruce Dickinson's Skunkworks was in Robbie Williams' band Monte Pitman of Prong was in Madonna's band, their's footage of them playing Pantera's Primal Concrete Sledge. He's also played for Mel C, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Adam Lambert. I did read that Take That's backing band are from a prog outfit, who managed to squeeze Yes tunes into the segueways between songs. Forget
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I'm a big Opeth fan, seen them 6 or 7 times, but I'm not a death fan per se, I think they have enough interesting bits to stop them getting boring. I also liked the way that they headlined the Bloodstock Festival twice in two years (brought in last minute after Heaven and Hell pulled out) and they only repeated 2 songs. Mikeals banter is amusing aswell, totally at odds with the usual 'brutal' BS
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Although their upcoming UK toured is advertised as the 'farewell tour'. Will probably last as long as Thunder's, Priest's, Scorpions, Skin's...etc
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I think the choice of material helped show JB in a better light - the more RnB/Soul songs meant he toned down the bluster that can bog down his own albums.
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Lady Astor and Labour MP Bessie Braddock have both been said to be the target of the ugly quote, but doesn't seem to be any certainty. Some Others: "He was a modest man, with much to be modest about" "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they’ve tried everything else." "We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is
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Has anyone else heard this album? Fairly low key band built around multi intrumentalist Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) and Jeff Angell with Duff on bass on a few tracks. The cd is great, blues rock with nice, sleazy lyrics. Saw them in Manchester last night - great gig with only about 100 watching. Apparently it was their first gig to last more than 45mins, and they rehearsed thr
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I've saw Thunder several times in their 'first act' and really enjoyed them, but have seen them twice since they re-formed and they missed the mark both times. Whitesnake were awful last time out, so going to give this a miss, even tho' I wouldn't mind seeing Journey.
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She's signed on up till the end of the summer festival season next year - hopefully the response she got will convince them to get her on a more permanent basis
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Really enjoyed last night - seen them with each of the singers and Floor was by far the best: she has Tarja's voice but without the airs of 'slumming it with a metal band' and not likeable-but-out-of-her-depth like Annetee. Don't think the drums were taped - they have a bit more 'attack' than on cd (as they have done on the two previous times I've seen them
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Like the new album, but can't help feeling they're in a bit of a cul de sac: surely the 'working class schmuck dreaming about high school years' schtick will run dry soon? Still, seeing them on Thursday.
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Same - its a pub bands' setlist
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They're not exactly tiny in the UK - they're doing the Apollo in Manchester again and they sold it out last time (same place Motorhead, Alice Copper, Slash aswell as the hipper indie bands). I'm sure they're confortably well off personally, but can still imagine that they need to tour hard to pay for the album and the film, and thats why they had Floor on standby (suggesting that they knew things
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Stations like this will probably always suffer while DAB is only in a tiny minority of cars, regardless of playlists.
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Some more recent gems Drive By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera Royal Southern Brotherhood - s/t Halfway To Gone - High Five Dixie Witch - Smoke and Mirrors Sun Gods In Exile - Thanks For The Silver
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