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The drummer doesn't want to commit to the image? Seems odd to be the only one. 

7 hours ago, melodicrock said:

I do, yes. On both counts. He obviously came to the same conclusion. No doubt they tried to screw him down more, its what they do.

So, was him joining Vanden Plas his exit strategy? Even though they're also on Frontiers?

8 hours ago, melodicrock said:

NOTHING will change. He will simply be replaced by someone more willing to do the work for the pittance of money on offer. Whether that ends up being better/same or worse...who knows.

BUT the label is run by one guy alone, and all decisions are his and his alone and the ruin of that label comes directly from him.

My thoughts exactly. They had already been preparing for this. You'll notice a few other songwriters keep popping up on Frontiers releases. You should still expect a bunch of one-off project bands. Just hopefully not so formulaic. But that's likely asking too much. ;}

Good news!

5 hours ago, auslander said:

Cause he likes lads?

No. I prefer boys. Especially when they're electric. ;}

1 hour ago, whiplash1972 said:

Dangerous Toys ⚠️ 🧸 

I feel like we should have left that one for @CureTheSane.

2 minutes ago, Darkstone said:

 

Tora is Japanese for tiger.

 

Yeah, we would never have got that. ;}

definitively meh

40 minutes ago, nyoilers said:

Crabby German composer 

Sebastian Bach

44 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

This just reminded me of a guy I know (I struggle to call him friend as he annoys the piss out of me). He is one of those guys who was late to metal but acts like he knows everything. One of his great lines was "How can you call yourself a metalhead if you dont like Pantera" to which I said, "Or maybe they are a real metalhead and are not judgemental pricks who think everyone must like the same shit they do".

Anyway, one time we were talking about Steel Panther while queueing for one of their gigs, and I mentioned I had just picked up the Mitch Perry album which has some songs on it by 7% solution, featuring Michael Starr. He then started saying "Oh yeah, Mitch Perry I have heard of him". I know full well he has no clue who Perry is, so later on I started talking about something else and totally made up a band and of course he had heard of them as well

Yeah, well maybe it was a real band. And it's so obscure that you didn't even know it existed. But he did. And so he's way smarter than you. Haha. 

;}

I can't stand people like your "not friend."

7 hours ago, gener8tr said:

I'll continue to pound the Blue Tears drum as long as even one person will listen.

Anytime anyone (not as on-top of our music as we are) asks "Can you tell me about other bands from that era I never heard that you think I'd like?" I always push the BT debut.  It's absolutely magical. 

Like a walk back in time to 1986 / 1987.  The cassette tape would have fit so nicely in the glovebox of my 1976 Celica along-side Slippery, Hysteria, Raised On Radio, 5150 and Eat 'Em... all of which got worn-out by me back then.

Just a bit too late.

Yeah, it's usually one of the first I pull out if people want something obscure. Which we all know is relative to the individual. 

Yes! Been waiting for this. 

4 hours ago, jondavis said:

Hardly ever went to the other music section. Guess I should.

A simple search would've saved you some time. 

3 hours ago, Mr.AOR said:

3rd single... Love It 

 

His music videos are always good: either very silly, or very sexy. So I've got this queued up on the PC. Looking forward to it. 

On 2/18/2024 at 5:08 AM, Captain Howdy said:

The thing is, a lot of the guys dying really are not that old being in their late 50s or in their 60s. Cancer really does no descriminate. And lets face it, with substance abuse we have seen a lot of much younger guys pass away through our lives.

From my perspective, I think passing away before you are in your 70s or 80s is still young.

This guy was only 68, RDJ was only 67, James Kottak was only 61. Just to name a few.

Hell, Erik Gronwall was in his 30s when he got Leukemia, but was one of the luckier ones in that he was able to beat it, but we could have been looking at one of these type of posts for him had it not been different.

 

Exactly. These guys are all still young.

What in the fuck is that name? A Neverending John's Dream? Are you fucked?!! I mean, I'll give it a listen--Pride & Joy usually have good releases--but fuck that name!

On 2/21/2024 at 7:10 AM, auslander said:

Vinyl only bonus tracks pisses me off. Why? A cd could fit the bonus tracks far easier. Jerks. I'm annoyed about that.

Yeah, that's weird. Seems we've gone backwards. Used to have to cut tracks because they couldn't fit on vinyl. And now we're reserving the additional tracks for vinyl?

Cool song. If ADV is strictly hired to play keys, it should be fine. 

Ooh, nice! 

I'll have to revisit the first album. 

8 hours ago, Glen said:

Well mate here's the deal

Firstly I saw them on their first ever tour with Kenny. Yep was great.

Then I saw them about 10 times with Erik. Each and every time they were utterly fantastic. Erik is a beast live and one of the best singers I've seen period.

Then he leaves and they get Kenny back 10 years on and way past his best imo and quite frankly pretty poor compared to what Erik bought. 

For me, no matter how well they play its just not the same without Erik. 

If youve never seen the band with Erik you probably wont understand.

So yeah I stand by my comment. 

I'll probably never see them live again tbh

Ugh... I hate you so much. You know I hate you, right? ;}

I've never seen either iteration. 

These are sounding pretty good. 

This band can not catch a break. 

6 hours ago, Geoff said:

Solid. Not their best, but solid. 

I was randomly listening to an interview with Our Last Night the other day and they were saying how they would never release a full album again. I think they're exclusively a singles band now. Falling In Reverse too, if I understand correctly. But dude in Our Last Night was saying how most the singles are usually in the first half of an album and people generally switch off after that, and he didn't like the idea of having some of his favourite songs on the second half of an album, being skipped over by potential listeners. I don't know if that's how kids listen to album these days... seems a bit cynical, probably catering towards "fake" fans anyway. Any true fan of a band is going to be dead keen for a full album, always, I would suggest. 

Anyway, this is an interesting way to do things. I think Lift The Curse also do something similar to this - release a stack of singles and collate an album at the end of it all. It's certainly a different world of music these days... 

Then don't fuckin' load the front of the album with all the singles. That sounds like the bands problem, not the listener's. 

I mean, when it comes to Our Last Night, I didn't make it to the second half of the album because their music is boring.