Kristian

2 hours ago, Mr.AOR said:

Will be driving home from work today to start my Christmas holiday, 12 days of abusing myself with lovely food and plenty of alcohol 

 

That's true christmas spirit for ya'

7 hours ago, Darkstone said:

Their first two albums are right up there with the best of them.

Agree, with "Hungry" being my favourite of the two, if I had to pick.

Wow, that new single is great! When is the album coming out?

15 hours ago, Ponen said:

Include me as well. At one point, they were my favorite death metal band. Still listen to some of their hits to this day. 

I've always considered them a thrash metal band.

If Max and Igor were on board, I'd go see them as well.

On 11/3/2023 at 8:53 PM, heavyharmonies said:

Just to follow up, I've found that at least here in the midwest USA, chain stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army are almost completely useless. CDs are overpriced (US$2.59 at Goodwill for example) so there's very little turnover. Also, the material tends to be universal thrift/pawn garbage:

1. Gospel/Christian

2. Country

3. Classical

4. Easy listening (Engelbert Humperdinck, 101 Strings, etc.)

None of that crap is worth the time to look through IMO.

A better source is the Half Price Books chain of used bookstores, as there's a lot more variety, their clearance sections are usually $2 (less when they have live coupons), but what's especially nice is that the variety of genres can vary extremely from store to store. OOP titles and imports abound, and you can even find bargains in their regular non-clearance stock.

But my favorite source of discs is non-chain ministry thrift shops. They're very hit or miss, as there will be some that ONLY allow Christian music or the other genres above, i.e., don't accept rock, metal, rap, or anything "sinful", so those sorts of stores can be "visit once and not return" stores, but if you can find one that does and that prices their discs reasonably ($1 or less), you'll likely find that they turn over a lot of inventory, so probably worth re-visiting. It may take a few trips to be able to gauge their turnover rate.

I'm lucky in that the single best independent ministry thrift store I've ever encountered is in my town... less than 2 miles away from my house, as a matter of fact. Close enough that I visit 4-5 days a week.

But why would you go to the same thrift store that often, you ask?

Because they turn over a SHITLOAD of merch. It's a perpetual motion machine of used shit. It's 100% donation-based, but since they are strictly local rather than chain, I think a lot of people/estates/yard sales take their material there rather than to the national chain stores, since it produces local impact without the administrative overhead. I've driven by when the donation drive-up on the back side of the building is stacked 5-6 cars and trucks deep waiting to drop off.

I've spoken with the owner and they have a great approach: get it on the floor, get it off the floor. If it doesn't sell in a week, drop the price. When it comes to cds, dvds, vinyl, and books, if it doesn't sell in about 3 weeks, it's taken off the floor, baled up and shipped overseas in bulk.

Their prices are good (CDs are $0.69, DVDs and blu-rays are $0.99) with one day a week being 25% off for seniors 55 and up, and once a month they do a BOGO on media. They bring out carts of mixed books, DVDs, and CDs almost every day (unpredictable timing) to be added to inventory, so there's always something potentially new. And the stuff doesn't sit. They've cultivated a host of regular shoppers like me that are in there almost every day.

I've learned the hard way to grab and not assume that it will be there come next discount day... or even the next day. If it's good it won't be.

Granted, much of it falls into the genres above, but a lot doesn't. It comes and goes in waves depending on who donated what, but there's a lot of classic rock, jazz, and blues that comes through, and occasionally pockets of metal, punk, and other genres. This store is where I picked up over 100 Vietnamese music CDs for $0.69 each, many of which I sold for $20-$100 each. It was amazing.

Even some of the gospel/Christian/bluegrass that comes through is minor label, self-released stuff, very niche and/or regional, that can sell pretty well.

Yesterday I dropped by on my daily errand run and timed it perfectly. They had just brought out 2 carts including 100s of CDs, and there was a bunch of rock and metal in the mix. I bought 58 CDs all told. The 3 pics below show you the titles. Some are mundane, but some of them are $20-$50 sellers on eBay. After sales tax the 58 titles cost me a grand total of $43.62.

I won't say that this haul was "normal", but it also wasn't that uncommon. I would say once a month at minimum I'll make purchases of this size, crossing different genres.

The thrill of the hunt and the find is alive and well... and at a price that doesn't break the bank.

 

 

 

Nice to see ABBA and Old Man's Child in the same lot, talk about a broad taste in music :-)

6 hours ago, Darkstone said:

Join the club.

It's very hard to keep up with everything. 

Yeah, I'm waaay behind as well.

I don't think I've seen Ronnie Atkins - "Trinity" or Enforcer - "Nostalgia" mentioned yet, I think they are both excellent albums, but again... there's so much I have yet to listen to.

5 hours ago, Dead Planet said:

Hombres tracklisting:

"All Fired Up"
"Boys Don't Cry"
"Take Me Back Home"
"Fake Life"
"Falling"
"You Are What I Need"
"Never Enough"
"Don't Hide Your Fears Tonight"
"Lucky Guy"
"A Shift In Time"

Deluxe edition bonus tracks:

"Coming Back To You"
"Wrong To Be Right"
"Pride"

 

 

Wow, they actually captured some of the magic from those kick ass first three albums.

First thing I've heard from them since "Swagger" that I actually liked. Nice :-)

You might be right, not sure though, I mean the snippet sounds legit, and (if so) they have bothered to record both vocals and an entire guitar solo, I have a hunch that it could be a whole song, guess we'll never know

It's not a show, but a movie, which premiered in cinemas back in 1992.

With the amazing insight and knowledge the users on this site have about hard rock, you would think somebody on this site could recognize this song?

Absolutely love these guys, they are unique, and they have somehow managed to keep their two albums The Silver Scream 1 and 2 (from 2018 and 2021 respectively), relevant up until the release of "Meat & Greet" late this year.

Definitely my favourite band from this whole new wave of metalcore bands.

Saw them live back in May, and it was a blast too :-)

Just now, Doggy said:

I did a Discogs search, with title. Came up with Demark.

Yeah, it's a Danish movie, and Danish soundtrack, but the song is not on the soundtrack, and not included in the ending credits either.

9 hours ago, auslander said:

Have you tried using Shazam?

No idea what that was, but I googled it, neat little tool, except I got this message when trying:

Couldn’t quite catch that

Couldn’t find your song right now.

So, I'm putting my faith in you guys, rather than some stupid bot-thingy.

6 hours ago, Doggy said:

Well, it's singing Danish.

It's not sung in Danish, from what I can tell, the lyrics sound like: "but do you know how to love without blowing my head off, dead dead dead, baby", then the guitar solo starts.

3 hours ago, Geoff said:

Haha, yep, that one was shit indeed! 

17 hours ago, Geoff said:

Lol. Dudes, you gotta tell me what albums these are for. I’m really curious about this one. 

Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Debut.

New project by former Push guitarist Martin Slott and Ken Anthony.

Feat. 10 different singers.

https://www.memorylane.band/

On 11/6/2021 at 10:55 PM, heavyharmonies said:

Ahh crap, that's tonight isn't it. I get that it is for farmers' convenience, but yeah it's annoying.

How is it convenient for the farmers?

Come to think of it, I prefer "Thunderdome" by Pink Cream 69 over their early work, with different singer though, but still.