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  1. Did it still have the 3-D glasses inside? Nice find. I love that album.
  2. In some ways I am a little jealous of the older artists. They will be remembered long after death cause there are still people who listen to their recordings long after they die. For the rest of us, once we die we are remembered by our kids and sometimes grandkids if you had your kids early enough to be around for grandkids (soon to be rarer with many only having kids in their 40s). After that we are Dust in the Wind, as is written in the immortal Kansas song.
  3. One of the most overrated performers of all time. Swift that is. The Jets are cool.
  4. Black Stone Cherry - Screamin' at the Sky Silvertide - Show and Tell (Japanese Release) Skin - Lucky Kiss - Unmasked (Remaster) Shining Black - Postcards from the End of the World The Jesus and Mary Chain - Original Album Series
  5. There doesn't seem to be that much difference between whatever party is in power. All of them screw over the working and middle class and help their rich mates. Fuck all politicians.
  6. Good old Scandiman/Huskerchief. I tried to get him to come over here and hang out, not just the main site. But I think Darkstone and Doggy scare them away. Understandable, really.
  7. Two from two. Very good stuff and man that is a great guitar solo.
  8. Damn, I've been getting into acoustic stuff recently. Means I can play stuff inside without the fam whining... but that is steep. Also the chocolate bar is a bizarre concept.
  9. "Bring Me the head of Eddie Vedder to lay before the feet of Doro, the Metal Queen"
  10. That's a good list. I feel every year people say "rock is dead". It's still going, it's just more underground these days, that's all.
  11. She's a bit of a hottie back then. Her parents were famous musicians. She dated both Jani Lane and Richie Sambora at one point in time. But, yeah, previous to seeing her on a single Fleetwood Mac album I didn't know who she was either.
  12. Been on a Fleetwood Mac kick lately so was reading about the most rare 94-95 incarnation. Found this interview of Bekka Bramlett where she spends some time speaking about Jani Lane and particularly his last days. It's sad but interesting. Bekka Bramlett on Replacing Stevie Nicks in Fleetwood Mac – Rolling Stone by Andy Greene, March 9, 2023 Bekka Bramlett grew up around John Lennon and George Harrison, but nothing could prepare her for joining Fleetwood Mac in 1994, during one of the rockiest periods in the band's history Rolling Stone's interview series King for a Day features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and singers who had the difficult job of fronting major rock bands after the departure of an iconic vocalist. Some of them stayed in their bands for years, while others lasted just a few months. In the end, however, they all found out that replacement singers can themselves be replaced. This edition features former Fleetwood Mac singer Bekka Bramlett. In the summer of 1994, Fleetwood Mac hit the road without Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, or Christine McVie. In the three singers’ spots, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie placed Traffic’s Dave Mason, rockabilly singer Billy Burnette, and Bekka Bramlett — the 26-year-old daughter of late-Sixties/early-Seventies rock icons Bonnie and Delaney Bramlett. “We ended up with a bunch of talented people playing good music, but they should not have been touring as Fleetwood Mac,” Mick Fleetwood wrote in his 2014 memoir Play On. “There were too many essential pieces missing from the machine this time. We were a totally different band, with only the original drummer and bass player, and our original name.” The Bekka Bramlett incarnation of Fleetwood Mac released a single album, 1995’s Time, before dissolving the next year to make way for a lucrative Hell Freezes Over-style reunion album and tour by the classic Rumours lineup. This period of the band may seem like little more than a footnote to some rock fans, but it was a pivotal time for Bramlett, and she looks back on it without any regrets. “I knew my job was to get Stevie back,” she tells Rolling Stone from her home in Nashville. “I wasn’t a m0r0n. I also knew this was a dangerous job when I took it. I knew I was facing tomatoes. But I didn’t want to wear a top hat. I didn’t want to twirl around. I wanted to be me. I even dyed my hair brown just so people in the cheap seats would know that Stevie wasn’t going to be here. I didn’t want anyone to be discouraged or let down.” Joining Fleetwood Mac at 26 would have been a shock to the system of most singers, but Bramlett had been living in close proximity to rock stars her entire life. When she was very young, her parents toured and recorded with George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and many other A-list rock stars, winning renown as Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. Those artists also spent a lot of time at her mansion in the Hollywood Hills. As a teenager with a fake ID in the early Eighties, Bramlett spent many nights checking out bands on the Sunset Strip. “I remember standing on the side of the stage as Guns N’ Roses played,” she says. “Seeing it up close, I was like, ‘This is why you never try heroin.’ But then I’d go into the audience and be like, ‘This is why you join a rock & roll band!'” Her “first love,” she says, was Warrant frontman Jani Lane. They were inseparable during the band’s earliest days, and she even sang background vocals on their 1989 debut, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. The year before that, she went on tour with Go-Go’s singer Belinda Carlisle as a background singer. “I did a bunch of demos going back to when I was 15,” she says. “I was doing, like, four a week. Word gets around.” Within a few years, she caught the attention of Mick Fleetwood, who felt she deserved to be at the front of the stage in his band. What was that first Belinda Carlisle tour like for you? Oh boy. I was just 17. I grew a lot on that tour, and I screwed up a lot on that tour, too. Man. I just thought it was, “Get on the plane. Here comes champagne!” I was so stupid. That was the wrongest thing to do ever. You need to get on the plane and hydrate. I didn’t know. I was like, “Here I go, bye!” [sigh.] I also had an affair, which is something I’ll always regret, just being the youngest person. There were terrible lessons to learn, but also great lessons to learn. Belinda Carlisle - Belinda - Live! (Full Length Concert) - YouTube How was Belinda as a boss? I really never got to know her at all until we got to Ibiza. That was my first time in Spain. We had so much fun. They treated me like the baby I was. She never spoke much to me. But [fellow background singer] Donna De Lory was seasoned. She had already been on the road with Madonna, so she was my mother hen. She was the one that said, “Noooo!” She also went, “Listen, blending is bending. This is not the Bekka show. If you don’t blend, they’re going to replace your ass.” I’d get too excited and sing, [loud, booming voice] “Oooohhhh yeah!!!” No. No. No. “Calm it down, do your job, keep your job.” One time in Ibiza, they did Ecstasy. I didn’t. Belinda did it with her girlfriends. She came over to me and said, “You’re a really good singer and I love your purse.” That’s because I made my own little purse. It was really tacky and cute. But it was like what a 12-year-old would do. I knew they were making fun of it since I could hear them. They had a little Mean Girls thing going on, and we’re traveling together. But it broke that day. You sing background on the first Warrant record. I love the song “Down Boys.” Are you on that? Yeah. I think all I sing is “Goooo!” [Laughs.] Put it this way, Jani kept me kind of hidden. It was a boy’s band. They had posters that said, “A mouth is a mouth.” And all the girlfriends had staplers going click-click-click. Whenever they were working, we were flyering. We were putting all the grommets on their friggin’ jackets that they couldn’t afford. I was friends with [leather jacket impresario] Al Bane. And if people back then could afford Al Bane for Leather, they could be a star. I really attributed him with helping with their stardom. It was very cool. But Jani’s writing and singing was really cool. It was a big family. It’s so sad what happened to Jani. He was talented. He came to me right before he gave it up. I hadn’t seen him in at least 15 years. I get this phone call from his manager. He said, “Jani is so bad off.” I thought he was doing cocaine or something. I didn’t think it could just be booze. He goes, “No. It’s just f'ing booze.” I was like, “Oh lord.” He said, “He wants to be with you. He’s buying himself a ticket. He has no f'ing luggage or anything, but he’s buying a ticket to Nashville. He wants you to come pick him up. He needs you.” I called up Dave Marshall, one of our old drinking buddies, and we picked him up together at the airport. Meanwhile, I’d called up MusiCares and arranged for Jani to go to rehab the next day. That night, John Waite was playing here in Nashville. He wanted to go. I said, “You guys go. I’ll stay here.” I gave them money to spend on hot dogs and beer. “Keep an eye on him. Tomorrow is important.” He went, “Let me have my last f'ing hurrah!” Then I got a call from Dave. “I’ve lost Jani!” I went, “You what?!” He found him. He drank all this stuff. I had nothing in my house. He wound up drinking a bottle of cooking Sherry, which is not good. Then he puked purple all over the guest bedroom. I had to bathe him. I hadn’t seen the man naked in 15 years. He had two different wives. I was like, “Who is this guy now?” But he became just Jani again to me. I was like, “What would his mom do? What would his dad do? What would his sister do? What would I do?” I took care of him. I stayed with him all night until the morning. Then we went to Waffle House and got some pancakes. Then we drove him up to the rehab. I stayed with him until he was admitted. I gave him $100 since he had no luggage. I was like, “This is for sweats.” It was all the money I had on me. I thought he was going to spend it on snacks and sweats. At some point, I was going to send him cash for the little store. Well, he got put in. Then he escaped in the hot, gnarly, pouring rain. That was the last time you saw him? That was the very last time I saw him. It was like 4 a.m. when he split. The cops found him. He was drunk and disorderly. He obviously used the $100 for booze. I still didn’t know if it was booze or drugs. It didn’t seem like it could just be booze. But it was. He had nothing else in his blood, they said. Just alcohol. He had just pickled himself. I felt like we totally f*cked up. But they were like, “You can’t stay the night with him. Once he’s admitted, he’s ours.” [sigh.] It was a terrible thing to have that be the last time I saw him. Then he got arrested for being drunk in public. They let him off. Then he flew back to California. Then he died. I’m so sorry. Me too. I’ll tell you what, I think about him all the time. I have the guitar I bought him. He wrote that first record on that. I don’t know his kids, but it definitely belongs to them one day. At some point, they’ll have to reach out. When they do, this will be their guitar. It will matter to them for sure. It will mean the world. It ain’t being sold.
  13. Rockett Love - Galactic Circus Mannerheim - Feel the Dawn Scorpions - MTV Unplugged in Athens Hollywood Burns - Invaders Lindsey Buckingham - Solo Anthology Anthrax - Persistence Of Time Besnard Lakes - A Coliseum Complex Museum Rival Sons - Feral Roots MGMT - Loss of Life Strawbs - Grave New World Evermore - Dreams Evermore - Real Life Matt Finish - Short Note Eloy - The Tides Return Forever Echo & the Bunnymen - Original Album Series
  14. For posting this, I am predicting Whiplash will be tarred and feathered by this forum before sundown.
  15. I think ultimately not only the fans but the bands lose out with Frontiers pricing. Just one cd sale at $20 is worth approximately 10,000 streams. Getting cd (and to a lesser extent vinyl - due to much higher manufacturingand distribution costs) sales is crucial to band income. CD sales are even more relevant now to indie bands, which unlike legacy or premium artists can't make a stable income profit from touring. It's pretty irritating as a fan really but must be way worse for the bands wanting to shift more units.
  16. I don't have that issue from Amazon Australia, the bigger issue is that Amazon always has new release Frontiers albums at inflated prices of $35-$45. It is hard to get any Frontiers albums at reasonable prices from anywhere in Australia. I mostly rely on overseas sellers on ebay. The bigger sellers like rarewaves usually have free postage internationally.
  17. 100%. Sister's Crazy is the standout track. An absolute monster.
  18. I quite like that. A little bit proggy in places. Always loved Jamie's gruff voice.
  19. Just letting you all know that Scandiman who is a poster on the main site is also the mad reviewer known as Huskerchief who does this great resource every year. Just found that out through comments on the Best Of 2023 posts on the main site.
  20. Any word if they will release a follow up to Fuse? I'm not a big EP fan and much prefer albums, and physical copies.
  21. Grand and Striker are the two 2024 albums I have gotten so far. But due to a career change I won't be buying much from March for the rest of the year, unfortunately.
  22. Love this band. If anything, I think they are underrated.
  23. Me too, and agree. In 2023 I think I'd only bought about 6 new releases by March but by the end of the year I had over 50.
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