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  5. What CDs did you buy this week?

    in Dumpster Diving

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    More second-hand finds:

     

    Nightwish: Dark Passion Play

    Dream Theater: When Dream And Day Unite

    The Cardigans: Life

    The Replacements: Let It Be

    The Replacements: Tim

    The Replacements: Pleased To Meet Me

    Throwing Muses: The Real Ramona

    Throwing Muses: Hunkpapa

    Throwing Muses: House Tornado/Fat Skier EP

    H.I.M.: Razorblade Romance

  7. concerts

    in Concerts and Tours

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    Just booked tickets to see Amon Amarth, Testament and Grand Magus in November :)

     

    Got in to the venue just in time to catch Grand Magus' last song (met them by the merch stand, which was pretty cool.) Testament were good, but Chuck Billy didn't seem 'himself' - very little rapport with the crowd (mostly just intros) - maybe he didn't like being second on the bill? That said, they played 'Disciples Of The Watch', so I was a happy man :)

     

    Amon Amarth were IMMENSE.

     

     

     

     

    I'm going to see Possessed in Athens on December! Dream on! :tumbsup:

     

     

    Cool - I hope you enjoy! I'm booked to see Devilment on December 6th ... that'll be my last gig until next year ...

  8. What CDs did you buy this week?

    in Dumpster Diving

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    AC/DC: Hot as Hell - Broadcasting Live In The Bon Scott Era 1977-1979 (4CD Set - Cleveland '77, San Francisco '77, Boston '78 and Maryland '79)

    Ginger: A Break In The Weather

    The Wildhearts: Chutzpah!

    Gary Numan: Telekon (Remastered w/Bonus Tracks)

    Gary Numan/Tubeway Army: Replicas (Remastered w/Bonus Tracks)

    Winterfylleth: The Fathers Of Albion (Boxed Set of their first three albums, plus a bonus disc of demo/split CD, etc. material)

    Cradle Of Filth: Total Fucking Darkness

    Martriden: The Unsettling Dark

     

    Plus a few Charity Shop finds:

     

    Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps

    Neil Young: Tonight's The Night

    Neil Young: Freedom

  10. concerts

    in Concerts and Tours

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    Just booked tickets to see Amon Amarth, Testament and Grand Magus in November :)

     

    Got in to the venue just in time to catch Grand Magus' last song (met them by the merch stand, which was pretty cool.) Testament were good, but Chuck Billy didn't seem 'himself' - very little rapport with the crowd (mostly just intros) - maybe he didn't like being second on the bill? That said, they played 'Disciples Of The Watch', so I was a happy man :)

     

    Amon Amarth were IMMENSE.

  14. Concerts where you went in not expecting much and were blown away

    in Concerts and Tours

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    Meat Loaf (on the BOOH2 tour) ... my expectations were low, but he was fantastic - full of energy, note perfect, entertaining and funny ... a brilliant show.

     

    Bon Jovi in 1988, on the New Jersey tour ... I only went 'cause Lita Ford was support. Bon Jovi came out firing on all cylinders, and didn't let up until the last note had died - really, REALLY good. I last saw them in 1995, and they were boring as hell :(

  20. Rock Band's 'grunge album'. Good, respected or why bother?

    in AOR and Hard Rock

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    I am a massive Motley Crue fan, and will say without a shadow of a doubt that anything without Vince on vocals is not Motley Crue.

    Absolutely, infact i consider Vince Neil's "Exposed" more of a Motley Crue album than the self titled. I enjoy the album and i'm a fan of John Corabi, but as you said, it's just not Motley Crue.

    The only true Motley Crue is the Corabi Motley.

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    I dunno, it's all Motley to me.

    Kiss had 4 different vocalists.

    Fleetwood Mac, Guns N Roses, etc

    Next you'll be saying that the stellar Motley song 'Brandon' isn't true Motley? j/k

     

    Everyone has a different opinion. Some will say that Poison without CC isn't real Poison.

    I compare the Corabi album to everything after it and it turns out to be a huge mistake to go back to Vince.

    They went from a singer, to a different singer, then back to the old singer who could no longer sing.

    Also the music when Vince got back was pretty average...

    Yeah. I think it's more of a sentimental thing to be honest when it comes to lineup changes, especially lead singers. Nobody likes change whether it's your favourite player leaving for another team or a new actor taking over a particular role. You just get a sense of "the end of an era" and i remember having that feeling when the self titled Motley album was released. After the Dr. Feelgood album my mates and i were eagerly awaiting their new release. There was apprehension due to Vince's departure and promo shots showing the guys with shorter hair, but we were still optimistic. Of course this is back in the days when usually the first time you heard an album was when you brought it home after purchase and as i said the album stands on it's own, no doubt, but it just didn't feel like Motley Crue.

     

    As for bands like Kiss, Fleetwood Mac, Tears for fears, Cold Chisel etc. I think because the vocal changes are in house, so to speak, it's not as confronting for fans, that's where sentiment comes in again, also even though the vocalists varied the "vibe" of the bands remained the same. That wasn't the case with Motley.

     

     

    KISS and Fleetwood Mac have never relied on one vocalist, so their 'sound' isn't radically altered from one album to the next - Motley Crue and Vince's voice go hand in hand; as good as the album with Corabi is, it WAS a step too far for many fans. I would have loved to see them do another album with that line-up, but I'm guessing the lure of the money was too much for them ...

  22. BREXIT

    in Exquisite Entropy

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    Britain got tired of seeing all of its colonies seek independence and decided to give it a try themselves :)

    And they cannot win in main sport either.

     

     

    You haven't been following the rugby, then? ;)

  24. BREXIT

    in Exquisite Entropy

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    The whole business is just thoroughly depressing ... not least of all because Nigel Farage (who, incidentally, isn't an elected MP) is now on TV ALL THE FUCKING TIME!

     

    Still, kudos to the Fox News network for thinking that the UK had voted to leave the UN.

     

    And a shout out to a mate of mine who was convinced that the EU and NATO were one and the same, and who fully expected WWIII to break out over the weekend.

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