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Also looking forward to the new Ablaze. They are finishing it off at the moment. My daughter is on the left

American Blitzkreig also overlooked. Even though it's half a cover, it's a great mix.

been waiting on this for a while now...

For me, Take The Dog Off The Chain is an absolute killer track. Would probably be in my top 20 all time songs Wonder if it will make the live album?

Really? The High N Dry era stuff was a bunch of 5 punks making slap bang dirty music as they partied and had a good time. People were saying "where's the same Pyromania vive" when Hysteria was released. It was labeled overproduced and too slick. Now it's reveered by all those haters at the time. So what do they do? Dumb down their music to appease those who are living in the '80's and are desperate for more from 30 years ago? If you ask me, Take What You Want is a pretty big tribute to the past style. Probably others there as well. I got 5 or 6 keepers off this album, which makes it ok in my book.

Ronnie taking temp V

I used to see band sall the times. Pubs, clubs, concerts etc I don't go out drinking and partying like I used to. these days finding time just to catch up with friends is hard. I could have seen the whole Glamfest roster, but I knew The Prince Bandroom where it was on, and there are really no seats or anywhere to take a break. Fuck standing for over 10 hours. Seeing the 6 internationals was bad enough from 5:30 pm to 12:30am That's 7 hours of standing and watching, luckily W13 were on so we could sit and have dinner. These days if I'm gonna go see an up and coming band, I'll go see my daughters band play. I also really want to see Dangerous Curves.

So a review of Glamfest Melbourne... We arrived just before the first international went on. My wife hates Sisters Doll and I wasn't overly interested in the earlier bands anyway so we skipped all them. Tuff were great. Didn't play So Many Seasons, Better Off Dead, I Like What I See, Forever Yours, but that's just my personal taste. Dare say they would have played some of those if they had longer than 40 mins. Stevie was great. Billy Morris was actually really impressive. We were up the front and enjoyed it, except for the audio, which kinda sucked. Stevie’s vocals were low. Music distorted through the speakers. Set finished and Stevie handed out some stage played 'vocal picks'. I grabbed one, which was nice. Next up were Pretty Boy Floyd. Man Steve Summers trying to sound like the weird voice he did 30 years ago was hard to hear. I mean he did OK, considering, but it was strained. For them we moved back, hoping that the sound would be better. It wasn't. It sucked. I started to wonder what was going on for the show. The main role the organiser has is the sound. Anyway, they were fun,. but mid. Then we had Enuff Z Nuff, or whatever you want to call them. Pretty sure Chip may be a sexual predator. All he talked about was 'trim' and how he could 'close deals' etc. They played 50% Beatles and were very average. Sound still sucked. We tried a new position, right near the mixing table and there was some serious bass reverb pounding through our chests lol The music was clearly way too loud. It was a small 500 person venue, so didn't need to be deafening, and the quality suffered. Eclipse came on, and they were great. Sound was 50% better and you could tell what the song was without taking 60 seconds to figure it out. Played all their good songs, and were energetic and a lot of fun. Would see them again in a heartbeat. After Eclipse, was Wednesday13. Now many people were there for them, but not us. The benefit we got was the skimpy gothic clothes many women dressed up in. So we went to an Italian restaurant a few doors up for dinner at around 9pm or so. Were seated next to Todd, Billy and the Drummer from Tuff, and soon after one of the guitarists from PBF joined them. Bass player I think? Anyway, I don't fanboy so we just sat and ordered. I ordered a parma and my wife a pizza and my parma came first. Todd saw it and kinda freaked out and asked what it was. I told him and he was more shocked when I showed him there were chips underneath. So we had a quick chat about that and then finished up. Got back for the last 4 or 5 songs for W13 and they were OK, better than the clips I saw before we went, but after a couple of songs we went and sat outside and waited for Faster Pussycat. FP came on. Taime said his voice was fucked from travel, and apologised a few times, but I thought he sounded pretty good compared to what I expected. I was never a big fan of FP. I only really liked a handful of songs. They played House Of Pain and Slip Of The Tongue but the rest of the set was a let down. Pretty sure it was them who did a cool cover of INXS Don't Change as well. I was pretty shocked they didn't play Nonstop To Nowhere, which I consider easily their best song. It should have at least made the 1 1/2 hour set. Also missing was Friends, Big Dictionary which would have been fun, You're So Vain. Overall about as average as I expected them to be. The venue was half empty for FP. Not sure if W13 were actually the headliner and FP the 'encore' band as they knew people would leave early as the following day was a work day, or just the people weren't interested enough to hang around for FP. My wife called the standouts as Eclipse followed by Tuff, which I'd agree with. Would say don't ever bother with Chips EZN

Niiiiiice....

Part of the reason I waited till the last minute to buy tickets. And it proved a wise decision. Looking at Crashdiet in Feb Seems this show has been postponed twice? Hard to tell who's on the bill. Melbourne looked good with dangerous curves, who I've not seen before, but I'll be driving to Sydney for the Gift Fair so can't do that show. Considering the Sydney show, but pretty confusing. Flyer says Crashdiet with sisters doll but when you click for tickets, pretty boy Floyd blurb appears as if they are also playing.

So Wig Wam is 'podtponed' I didn't get tix because something didn't seem right. Looked like minimal interest and I chose to risk missing out and get tickets just before the show Sure enough yesterday it was announced that a band member 'had covid' and show would happen later. Read: poor ticket sales, I'd say. Also coupled with the tour double headline with "Australia's most iconic band Taste" who I've actually never heard of lol Anyway,hope it happens at some point maybe with Treat, Eclipse, HEAT, etc or even pick some other european bands. I'd pay more to see full sets of 3 bands than half sets of 6.

So I listened to leather boys. 2 songs were pretty goodi think they were I wanna be with you Only the young Will listen again tonight

Yeah I will as well. Yep it was 16 tons that was the cover and I do like it. Other stand out was better off dead and god bless this mess was mid. But maybe back then my expectations weren't met, expecting WCAGA II So I'll listen again with fresh ears. Steevi hasn't done much since as far as I know. Some shameless guest slots and I'm metal sludge I guess. Bit of a shame.

Well for me Fist First/Religious Fix is very average. And from memory only 8 songs? And the best was Better Off Dead, which is a cover isn't it? Anyway, PALED in comparison to What Comes Around Hoping that all these bands that are playing 45 minute sets don't decide to play any cover songs.

So they're kind of like Tuff, with only one real realease Presume Steve Summers still sings in the band? I have heard some of the Shameless stuff. May have heard a song or two in the past I guess, the albujm rings a bell. Will take the advice and listen to Leather Boyz and go from there, thanks.

OK, so I bit the bullet and bought some Glam Fest tickets Of the bands playing, Imma skip Wednesday 13 because they suck and shouldn't be on the bill anyway. I've never really done Pretty Boy Floyd, and don't think I've ever heard any of their songs. So that I have some kind of idea of their songs, can people who are into them here post maybe their best 6 songs likely to be played and I'll have a few listens before Thursday. It's a long damn show with no seats for potentially 10 hours. Was going to also skip Sisters Doll but I heard a new song yesterday and it was pretty good so I'll give them another go. Might catch a bit of Crosson, because I've heard good things.

01. Stereo Typical 02. Looks Like Rain (ft Paul Gilbert) 03. Gotta Live 04. Only A Call Away (ft dUg Pinnick) 05. The Cost Of Living 06. Open Book 07. Waiting For Laura 08. Keep On Keepin’ On (ft Jeff Scott Soto) 09. Until They Do 10. Without A Rope Bonus Track: 11. Nothing To Lose

I also am a fan of this album. Had never heard them before so I went back to listen to their first two albums. Expectations were high. And then.... Well I tried, a lot. Listened to each album 3 or 4 times, but really they are both pretty shit. Then I started wondering if they changed singers, because the vocals were really bad on the first two. Maybe the producer got more out of the singer? The music on the early albums was good, perhaps a little too 'try a little bit of everything' but still, solid. But n ot solid enough to work in any way with the vocals sadly. So onwards and upwards, and look forward to the next release

Both songs are great. And Harry is one who can sound a bit samey at times, good to hear some variance.

Any news on this?

Well well well. Wig Wam touring. Excellent. And soon as well...

Yep, I like that one.

Now no need to bring race into this. I don't care who is giving the golden shower

At least the Bon Jovi ad is funny. I wanna party with that New Zealand dude who need to pee a lot.