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CureTheSane

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  1. Yeah I'm loving the break. I've been churning through my backlog of albums I hadn't get to yet. Currently listening to WASP, crowne, dynasty and stombreaker. Would be nice for a change to be listening to a new album the same time as everyone else. Did that somewhat with Russell guns but not many here seemed too into it I've also been walking to work and back (yes, I still have a driver's licence) so have had an additional 1 1/2 hours a day listening while I walk. At the airport now and have a bunch of newish albums to listen to while I relax in Darwin.
  2. I'll give it a go if it has any temnance of hysteria in it. But there's so much music. I just don't have the time to try it all out so I rely on comments and feedback when opening a thread like this.
  3. Nuff said. It's comments like these that are so helpful. Saved me 30 seconds clicking a YouTube like 😀
  4. Was expecting a much more 'bluesier' vibe which would have been a bit different and interesting. However I like the song. I enjoyed the last album, but took more listens than usual for it to grab me.
  5. I've seen the term 'Acetards' used a bit on Facebook lately.i guess some people get him. I've never seen him really as a singer at all. He made some earlier stuff work but since then the fun of his weird voice wore off and now it's just embarrassing.
  6. This isn't a bad album after a few more listens. One frustrating things is in "For You" when they sing that in the chorus and then double it up with a 'backing for you' which makes it sound like he's singing "for evil" Living A Lie, Give Me The Night, Next In Live and Where I Belong are also pretty good. I also don't 'hear' Tracy Guns, but is there really anything to hear with him. I guess he has his own style and sound, but it mustn't be disctinct enough without the rest of the LA Guns sound. The guitars are solid on this album though, and production is great.
  7. I also prefer Erik's songs as a general rule. Can't imagine they are a shadow of themselves now though.
  8. Based on what? I've never seen them with Erik, and didn't get to see skid row with him either as it was cancelled. I know he has a great voice, but live, I was pretty impressed with the whole Kenny package.
  9. Yeah sorry, Shotgun Mistress, not Messiah, lol Forgot to mention that Slaughter had a drum solo. Holy fuck, I can't remember seeing a drum solo in the last 10 years or so. It was ok, I guess, but took 5 mins from the already shortened 1 hour set. Think they did a cover as well, Immigrant Song, and possibly some of Won't Get Fooled Again, again weird, as this coupled with the drum solo left 50 mins of original songs.
  10. Yeah, I'd heard Forever Young only pretty much. But I've been listing to their average set list over the last few weeks and dug it all. So I knew the songs well and am glad I did. In fact a couple of them seemed to be relatively unknown to most of the audience, maybe they were newer songs? Sad that I have missed out on regularly hearing Wings and Reach for the last 30 years or so, but on the other hand I get to explore their whole catalog now and am looking forward to that 😀 I went in expecting Tyketto to be my highlight but HEAT and Slaughter were also my reasons for going. Tyketto well exceeded my expectations (which were already high) HEAT pretty much lived up to expectations Slaughter, I'd have to say sounded good, played the songs I wanted to hear but had a short set and didn't really engage the audience as I'd hoped or expected, so overall maybe didn't quite get to expectations, but I still enjoyed them.
  11. So overall, it was done way better than last year. 2 Stages, rotating band after band most around 40 mins each, which is a nice set length and also the time required to rest the stage for the nest band. Only thing that would have improved this would maybe be a 15 min break every 3 bands or so to allow for time to talk. Otherwise, the only way to talk over the 11 hours is to go outside and miss some of the music. Start time 12:30pm, End time 11pm - 14 bands So, the bands in order were 1. Cassidy Paris - people have been talking about her here, but I never dove into her music. she was probably better than being an opener. Songs were good, her voice is pretty damn good. Not one for female vocals as a rule, but I liked her. Possibly overdid it on stage a bit as she appeared twice more during the night and it got a bit repetitive. 2. Shotgun Messiah - Not really digging their music. An early LA Guns vibe, and I didn't like early LA Guns either. 3. Ablaze - hard to find negative stuff to say, as it's my daughter’s band. They played a good set. I told them they should do a cover to engage the crowd as most wouldn't have seen them before, but they didn't, and with a set of only 6 or 7 songs, I can see why. Somebody came on stage and gave Danny a note which was 2 cars about to be towed. Everyone was laughing and he was making a lot of fun of this, but the dude who gave him the note really stared him down like he was being an asshole. But as a band you really wouldn't want that shit breaking your rhythm. 4. Crosson - had never seen them before, and fuck they put on a show. It was hilarious at the start with the intro, but they were ok, and the dancing girls and the vibe kinda worked well in the end. Good on 'em for getting out there and doing something pretty unique. 5. Wicked Smile - wasn't a huge fan of the singer or music. Nothing wrong with it, just not for me. Cassidy Paris came up for a song which was expected with her dad the guitar player in that band. 6. Ragdoll - Western Australian band. Mellow vibe. Singer was channelling John Corabi a lot for me. Songs were good, singer had a great voice. Bit bland on stage with the guitarist having the stage presence. 7. The Cruel Intentions - I tried to get into them pre-event, but couldn't. Never got Vains Of Jenna, so no surprises there I guess. They were better live, and I enjoyed a couple of songs. 8. Sisters Doll - first band of the night where the audio was pretty average. My wife hates them, so I sat with her for the set. It was a good set overall, their version of God Gave RNR To You is pretty damn good, nothing different, just a good replication of the Kiss version. 9. Jetboy - Again, tried out Jetboy music pre gig, and never took to it. They were better live, and I really enjoyed a more recent song they play that I hadn't heard before. I'll give them another go. 10. Tyketto - for me, should have been later in the night and on the bigger stage. (as they rotated stages, every second band ended up on the small stage, which was a shame) Danny's voice was on point, he engaged the crowd like a king, and you believed everything he said, I guess it felt like he really connected rather than just doing he lines. Played everything I wanted to hear except Reach. If they were playing a side gig tonight I'd go. 11. Janet Gardner - Meh, meh, meh. Never a big fan of Vixen. She was very mid, her voice was pitchy and she had a weird stage presence at one point ripping a bit of tape off her foot and throwing it to someone in the crowd and say "You like that? you should, it was on my foot" Next... 12. HEAT - Kenny was easily the best frontman of the night. My wife also thought Dave was the best guitarist of the night, later when Geroge Lynch was on, I asked if she still thought he was the best, and she said "equal best" so big praise there. Songs were sung very true to originals, if you didn't know Erik had been in the band, you would never have known. So credit there. Sound was also a bit average for this set, muffled and very unclear for the first 2 songs. 13. Lynch Mob - never a fan, still not, their best song, Wicked Sensation, is only mid for me. So we sat and get ready for the headliners for this set. 14. Slaughter - every band was perfectly on time all night (impressive) until Slaughter. They were supposed to come on at 9:50 and end at 11pm. This was the only time where they didn't alternated stages, and they clear Lynch Mob from the main stage and set up Slaughter. Came on at 9:50 and ended a song or 2 before 11pm. So they only played an hour which was weird for a headliner. It made them seem like just another band on the bill. Anyway, the opened with Mad About You and Mark was kinda screaming through it. Mic volumes were weird. I noticed in set up that the side mics seemed low, and Dana;s was pretty much off, and Marks was seemed turned down at times, or maybe the creams were not all they should be. But anyway, screaming through a song like Mad About You was just weird. He continues with the screams (to a lesser degree) through the set, sometimes they were appropriate, others just out of place. They played all 3 big ballads - Fly To The Angels, Days Gone By and Real Love which was surprising. In fact they played most of the songs I really wanted to heard. Had they played a longer set I would have loved to hear Times They Change, but probably was never going to happen. Overall sound was average at times taking too long to recognise which song they were playing. Dana did their weird thing where he pointed to 5 or 6 people at the end of every song and said a 'personal' thank you to them. Mark seemed to consider flicking picks into the crows as a big part of what he did. A good one to tick off (they have never been to Australia before, but I left feeling that if I saw them again, I might prefer a more acoustic set for some reason. Overall, a good day/night. I likely would have not bothered with the earliest bands, but this was on a Friday, so I went into the city to get my Chinese visa first thing, then went to the full gig. Crowd would have been bigger earlier if it had been a weekend day I guess.
  12. I mean his voice still holds up. Tunes are pretty good on first listen, but I find it really hard to cut through the message. I dunno, I love Stryper, but their message seemed presented in a different way. This is all a bit topreachy. Maybe I'm just at a different point in my life, where I am no longer open to Christian rock? Just seems so 30 years ago when religion was more of a thing I guess.
  13. It's a killer disc. Although now it's been pumped up, you'll probably be disappointed.
  14. Good to see he's out of jail I guess. Never really got the details of what he did, but as he was instntly sacked by the band, you'd assume that it wasn't just a misunderstanding or banter gone wrong. No surprises he decided to reinvent himself in a Christian band. He has an amazing voice, so I'll be interested to hear these. My desktop here doesn'y currently have speakers, so will check out later.
  15. I will also check them out I guess. Never heard of them before. I checked out the cruel intentions and they sucked. Was never really into Lynch Mob or Janet Gardner. Pretty much going for Slaughter, HEAT and Tyketto. Although I have been listening to the second Sisters Doll album (overlooked by me) and their newest releases and like them more than I used to. Slaughter set list will be interesting. Average setlist didn't include Gave Me Your Heart which is one of my faves. Not Times They Change Hopefully as headliners they will play more than their 2023 average setlist.
  16. Only ok on first listen, so a bit disappointing. Bit poppier than usual. Although at times vocals were a bit Eclipse-esque
  17. Bookmarking this to check out more. Found it when searching the board for Johnny Lima posts. Listened to the 3 songs posted and they sound pretty good,. Any opinions on this Daniel Trigger?
  18. any news on Johnny Lima? Been a long time between albums. Did a quick search and he did an acoustic album years ago, but nothing since. A shame, I love his stuff, always solid and easy to listen to.
  19. No real difference at all. Great songs are great songs You think More Than Words would have been a bigger song with a different album cover? Or Warrants Heaven? Or Look What The Cat Dragged In?
  20. It was mainly the slower songs that were keepers for me if this album. The rockier, screachier songs only work for me if they are full of melodies, hooks, key changes etc. This was all very one dimensional with the songs somewhat blending into each other.
  21. Like I said before, Carnival Days was epic for me. Vibration was good. I was pretty hyped for Forgotten Shades Of Life. Held off to try and dissipate my expectations. Eventually heard it and was underwhelmed. I've been back and forth a lot since its release tyrying to get into it, but I can't. So far 4 keepers only, and still trying to really 'get' a few of the otehrs. Hope the next album picks it back up
  22. Um, 10 / 10 keepers off this album. Great stuff.
  23. Imaginary Creatures and The Revenge Of Rock are their stand out albums
  24. Don't even listen to these covers any more. They are always well sung and are a great demonstration of his killer voice. But his goal seems to be to record the songs very true to the originals, and that's boring for me, I'd rather just listen to the originals. Like my covers to bring something new, or at least a different vibe to the song.
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