CureTheSane

Thought I may have had this one, but turns out I was thinking of Beau Nasty 1991 was a great year for a million bands to start up, make some cool music and then get flushed by grunge.

I put 8 newish albums on my phone as I had a 7 hour drive today. Damn phone and the type C input. Forgot to bring the converter from headphone jack to phone input Will get one while I'm away for the drive home in a few days

Thought it was 2016?

oooh, I like this. A lot like Sonic Syndicate before they went pop...

meh from me as well

And now we agree on a bunch of things I doubted we would. Adds to my point about the arbitrary way we all hear music. To be fair I like most of the ACDC early stuff. Some of it is great. After Back In Black it's easier to list the songs I like Who Made Who Thunderstruck Moneytalks ...so aside from those 3 songs, pretty much everything else in the last 39 years, yes THIRTY-NINE DAMN YEARS, is pretty crap. I guess this makes them one of the most overrated bands around, ever. All the ACDC clones can suck it. usually their music is marginally better than ACDC's because they bother to put some hooks and melodies in them, but they still generally suck. 'Taste Like' off this new Tesla album that has a few ACDC elements to it but they are mild enough that they add to the song rather than kill it.

Good call on the Motley vibe. Obviously what they were going for in the song, both musically and vocally. Sounds ok

Kinda the point I guess. To me they're alike, to you they aren't. I like the both. You only like one. We both like Tesla, I love the new album, you don't. It's crazy that things can be so close (in this case poppy rock genre) and opinions can be so different. I mean if a C & W or rap song was posted I'd get it. I even get hate for Slang and when Firehouse did some rapping, even though I liked what both bands did. And I'm no different. I don't like a lot of the syrupy keyboardy poppy AOR that others like here. And there is no real reason for that as it's very close to the music I love, but it just doesn't get me there. Same with for example Dangerous Toys. I love all their stuff. I know you don't like Pissed, and doubt you ever heard more than half a song off *rtist before you turned it off, but I love both albums. But I really don't like Broken Teeth etc which is just as boring as ACDC, who everyone loves, and it's kind of a sin that I'm not a real fan given I'm an Aussie. Although I do like a lot of stuff up to Back In Black, and maybe one or 2 songs after that.

For me with Born To Be A Rebel 1. White Widow 2. First Signal 3. Harem Scarem

I like California Summer Song. Reminds me a lot of Ammunition's Miss Summertime. For me some of the songs on this disc are really great, but then I thought that about Mr. Bigs latest album and not many agree there\either.

Only one that really sticks out for m is Tesla. Mike Tramp released his best album in years, but I need to give this more time My daughters band, Greyview, released an EP, so I should probably include that. The End Machine was good Need to try The TReatment again but from memory it was very ACDC, so likely won't many any of my lists.

This isn't meant to be bitch or provocative, but this is so weird to me. Not sure how anyone can put this disc on and not love at least some of the songs. There are some that aren't my favorites, and I'd understand if others liked those and didn't like the ones I prefer as much. But essentially it's a great rock album. Light rock, even pop rock for some songs. Fascinating to me that we are all listening here within a genre of music and an album like this draws hate. I get that some people may give it a few spins and then think, "it's ok, but not what I want to be hearing right now" or whatever. For example, I am not a big fan of the Defiants. Love D2, and all of that type of music in the past, but for whatever reason, the album doesn't do it for me and I stopped playing it after a while. But for me it's still an OK record. I wouldn't change radio stations if one of the songs came on. Anyway, carry on

So my wife & I headed out to see Corabi play Motley 94 last night. Power to the Music Uncle Jack Hooligan's Holiday Misunderstood Loveshine Poison Apples Hammered 'Til Death Do Us Part Welcome to the Numb Smoke the Sky Droppin' Like Flies Driftaway 10,000 Miles Away Friends Unlike most gigs, we didn't go in not knowing what we'd be getting We were getting the 12 songs of 94 in order. I did check out some recent set lists and it appeared that they played extra songs. Although it seems Sydney only got the 12 songs so that crown mustn't have been great (Melbourne is always better ) Ablaze opened. We were having dinner before the show and googled the set times. Didn't realise that he had 3 openers which was kinda stupid. We were having dinner at 7pm and realised that we'd be watching Corabi well after midnight. I'm kinda 'too old for that shit' so we continued dinner through Ablaze (the football was on in the restaurant so I got to see the first half live) Headed a few doors down to see Sister's Doll. I kind of like them, but not a massive fan. But I thought they put on a great set of 6 songs including a new one Black Mirror which was nice. My wife thought their show was lame. She doesn't get glam rock and showmanship etc Next up were Electric Mary. To avoid 3 or 4 hours of standing up, we bailed and walked down to the beach for an hour. Electric Mary are good, but we saw them recently. The show was at the Bandroom in St.Kilda. Hadn't been there before and it's a weird venue in that there is a structural support column right in the middle of the room, so you were generally either on an angle from the side, or more directly in front missing one of the band members. We have Pop Evil there next week, so will be prepared to get a really good spot for that. We got back for Corabi. Band were really good. His son was playing drums, and as he pointed out, was also in the start of the Man On The Moon clip at the start holding a lawnmower. Played the first 6 songs straight through without much chat or interaction. I love five songs of this album, and unfortunately for me, four of them are grouped together from Hooligan's Holiday to Poison Apples. Poison Apples would be in my all time top 10 songs so it was great to see him play it live, and it sounded awesome. In fact all the songs were true to the originals. Then came Hammered, and from there to the end he stopped and told stories between the songs, like how he got in Motley, some jokes, general banter etc. At times he rambled a bit long, and I would have preferred a little less and an extra song, but for me, the second half of the album is generally pretty average so it kept me entertained between songs. Welcome To The Numb is apparently near impossible to play live. He said that he and Mick couldn't figure it out as pro tools were used along with 3 different keys. Sounded kinda average as a result. Driftaway ended the 94 songs, which I also love. Then they left and the house lights came off, so people started to leave. Then some dude appeared on stage and threw his hands in the air. To a few odd yells and claps they reappeared to play the last two songs. The last one they said was the first time ever they had played it live electronically, so that was cool. Was waiting for Love (I Don't Need It Any More) which is also in my top 10 ever songs, but they didn't do that one, even though they have been playing it generally in the Motley 94 gigs. I guess having so much music on before made it a long night, so they had to pack it in. In the end we walked out of the venue around 1am, so it was a 5 hour show all up if you got there for the openers. So while I left hearing what I expected, I guess I felt that 3 opening acts allowed Corabi to do a shorter set than I expected. I recall reading that he'd be doing all of 94 and then 8 or 9 other songs, so a little let down that it didn't turn out that way. Will post pics soon.

haha, I really like both the songs you could do without. I don't see it as overproduced, but it's on the 'richer production' side. Listening for the second time now. My worry is that often songs that I instantly like get old pretty quick, and the ones that take a few listens to work into your brain are the ones that long term stick out. This album is full of songs I instantly find to be great. Even those that are fillers for me are OK>

Well, I got the album. I was wrong about it, it's far better than I anticipated and I'll take away 7 or 8 songs from it to add to their best of list. Only heard it once, but it was impressive. If you're after early hard edge rocking Tesla, look away. This is mellow, more AOR then they usually are and it works. Also quite a few ballads, which for me also works with Tesla.

FYI for any Aussies, Pop Evil tickets now only $40 Melb gig is April 5th, other cities will be around that date.

Yeah, I'm through the first 4 episodes. Will do the rest over the next few days, then wait 12 months for season 4

No I didn't go. To be honest I was kind of put off a bit because of the last time I saw TS. I saw them in Melbourne 1985. I was 16 and in awe of the energy, crowd engagement, and the way the whole crowd were drawn into the show. when Dee said "We'll be back next year Melbourne. I know other bands say that as part of their show, and they never do it. But when Twisted Fucking Sister says it, we fucking mean it, we will be back." They never came back, and I was kind of pissed about that for a long time. Still the best show I've ever seen though... Next time I saw TS, I decided to come back from Europe via the US because they were playing a show in Milwaukee 2003.. Sadly, even after 18 years the show was a let down, even more of a let down that them not coming back. The whole show was the same shtick. Pretty much EXACTLY the same. Telling everyone in the crowd to get up and then calling out someone who is sitting and turns out they were in a wheelchair. Etc. So many lines were the same after all that time, the show hadn't evolved. Energy was still great, but I was just rolling my eyes all show. I know the Dee Snider thing would have been different, but it would have been more of a Dee fest. All about him. I hate hearing Dee talk about himself. Gene is cool, because he is unashamedly self indulgent. But Dee, like Nikki, doesn't get how pompous he sounds. The Dee talking show would have been total pain, but I considered the music show, but because of the fact he'd still ramble on about how great he is, and play a bunch of songs I don't like. Plus I think it was pretty expensive for what it was. Or maybe it was because he said he'd come back, which was a lie, so my payback was not going when he did eventually come back. ;) I can be a spiteful fucker.

Makes sense, in hindsight it's about as much a Dee song as Leader Of The Pack is.

I disagree with all the Theatre Of Pain is shit talk. I like it. Not their best, but still good. City Boy Blues --- crappy Smokin' In The Boys Room --- great Louder Than Hell --- great Keep Your Eye On the Money --- great Home Sweet Home --- great Tonight (We Need a Lover) --- great Use It or Lose It ----- great Save Our Souls --- good Raise Your Hands to Rock --- great Fight for Your Rights --- average

Happy Gilmore again because it's awesome Limitless again because it's awesome

Yeah, that's him. And my opinion is primarily based (unfairly) on an interview I saw him do dealing with religion. He was overly religious and completely biased and came across as a total ass. Can't think of too many others I dislike, don't really watch too much TV these days. Sometimes last at night I'll watch the Regular Show and I don't really like CJ. Does that count? There are a range of Australia media personalities I don't like, but would be boring to mention here. Mainly morning show hosts, and news related people. In fact I seriously do not watch TV to get my news at all any more. If it doesn't get to my Facebook feed and last there a couple of days, then I don't really know about it, because I don't really spend that much time on Facebook either lol

That late night talk show host who looks like the dad from Full House