The Rock/Metal thread......

[Trauntrian]

Were Pantera big over here in the early/mid 90's?

"Big" is quite a relative term, depends what you compare them to, but yes they were fairly well known during the Far Beyond Driven / Great Southern Trendkill period

Metallica news filtering through today. They are touring Europe in the Fall (apparently that's American for Autumn) and will announced dates before the end of the month!

https://twitter.com/Metallica/status/829877543851458561

 

[heston]

Not metal. Definitely not metal.

"Your Google search for "Black Sabbath Heavy Metal" yielded about 1,060,000 results in 0.58 seconds"

 

[chriswallace85]

"Your Google search for "Black Sabbath Heavy Metal" yielded about 1,060,000 results in 0.58 seconds"

"Black Sabbath not metal"
About 3,670,000 results (0.72 seconds)

http://loudwire.com/ozzy-osbourne-not-attached-to-term-heavy-metal/

 

[dcl0sc]

No marra. I just like when you're on music threads

@Sneech has lost his hair now, I'm out!

What's mini-x2's opinions on all things Rock/Metal

 

[chriswallace85]

Pioneers but not purveyors.

 

[cluffy]

"Your Google search for "Black Sabbath Heavy Metal" yielded about 1,060,000 results in 0.58 seconds"

Aye Sabbath, AC/DC and gnr three of the best metal bands IMO

 

[The Spezial One]

"Big" is quite a relative term, depends what you compare them to, but yes they were fairly well known during the Far Beyond Driven / Great Southern Trendkill period

Metallica news filtering through today. They are touring Europe in the Fall (apparently that's American for Autumn) and will announced dates before the end of the month!

https://twitter.com/Metallica/status/829877543851458561

See that earlier am buzzing!

"Black Sabbath not metal"
About 3,670,000 results (0.72 seconds)

http://loudwire.com/ozzy-osbourne-not-attached-to-term-heavy-metal/

Ozzy agrees, Tommy doesn't. Tbf a load including Lemmy and everyone up to modern bands like Shinedown refuse to call it anything but Rock

 

[chriswallace85]

See that earlier am buzzing!



Ozzy agrees, Tommy doesn't. Tbf a load including Lemmy and everyone up to modern bands like Shinedown refuse to call it anything but Rock

Whee the fuck's Tommy when he's at hyeme?

 

[The Spezial One]

Whee the fuck's Tommy when he's at hyeme?

Tony's Sunday name!!!

*spellcheck

 

[Neebosh]

Love it
One of the most diverse genre's in music

Listening to Cry of Love & Children of Bodom here. Both completely different but excellent all the same!

 

[chriswallace85]

Tony's Sunday name!!!

*spellcheck

Twice I've tried posting this and me edits have times out...

There's some truth to what this gonk here is saying...

http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/06/03/why-do-ppl-like-black-sabbath/

For all the the talk of how “they invented metal,” I am not hearing a lot of metal here. To me it just sounds like all the other British people in the late 60s who tried to play blues. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, I’m just saying that there is nothing metal about harmonica solos and bluegrass outros.

He makes a valid point in a way. Sabbath were rooted in the blues and jazz (listen to Bill's drumming for a start - a world away from the double pedal ratatat of the modern metal band), whereas the metal bands are departure from that.

 

[Marsden Mackem]

Any Pantera fans? Been getting a lot of rotation on my phone this wee, Walk is brilliant!

Four decent bands on at Riverside NCL on Easter Monday too, think tickets are less than £20, headlined by Bury Tomorrow.

Loads of local and smaller touring things going as well dont think get advertised enough but theres a good underground scene going on at minute seemed to grow in numbers last year. Warrior Soul doing a free gig in Trillians the 18th Feb

Friday, 10th
Event: Atomck, Wheelchair x4, Prolefeed, Rat Faced Bastard +1tbc
Venue: Little Buildings Newcastle
Page/Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1846346068942152/

Tuesday, 14th (VALENTINES DAY)
Event: Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, Kylver, Lump Hammer
Venue: Northumberland Arms, Newcastle
Page/Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1643207902645533/

Thursday, 16th
Event: Anthrax
Venue: Northumbria Students Uni
Page/Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1215413661854452/

Tuesday, 21st
Event: Thought Forms
Venue: Cluny, Newcastle
Page/Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/636525349858278/

Thursday, 23rd
Event: Brofest Pre Show
Venue: Trillians, Newcastle
Page/Details:

Friday, 24th - Saturday 25th
Event: Brofest #5
Venue, Northumbria Students Uni, Newcastle
Page/Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1895748503987279/

Sunday, 26th
Event: Wandering Oak: Josefin Öhrn & the Liberation
Venue: Cluny, Newcastle
Page/Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1409917655715068/

 

[Foxless]

Enjoying Abyssinia by Mos Generator recently. Liking Midnight Cometh - Wo Fat too.

Many Opeth fans on here? Went to see them perform Ghost Reveries in 2015, they've been excellent every time I've seen them. Not much in the way of a 'performance' but musically they were great.

 

[fyl2u]

Rumours that Incubus are about to release a new album.

Hopefully a return to form. I've not been keen on much they've done after A Crow Left Of The Murder but up to and including that album, I loved them.

 

[The Spezial One]

Twice I've tried posting this and me edits have times out...

There's some truth to what this gonk here is saying...

http://www.metalsucks.net/2011/06/03/why-do-ppl-like-black-sabbath/

For all the the talk of how “they invented metal,” I am not hearing a lot of metal here. To me it just sounds like all the other British people in the late 60s who tried to play blues. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, I’m just saying that there is nothing metal about harmonica solos and bluegrass outros.

He makes a valid point in a way. Sabbath were rooted in the blues and jazz (listen to Bill's drumming for a start - a world away from the double pedal ratatat of the modern metal band), whereas the metal bands are departure from that.

Can't disagree at all with that. It was new so people felt a need to label it. Sabbath and Motörhead both reek of the blues in certain stuff

 

[chriswallace85]

Can't disagree at all with that. It was new so people felt a need to label it. Sabbath and Motörhead both reek of the blues in certain stuff

Motorhead are just a continuation of the garage rock of the MC5 more than owt else. Chuck Berry on acid and amphetamine.

 

[The Spezial One]

Motorhead are just a continuation of the garage rock of the MC5 more than owt else. Chuck Berry on acid and amphetamine.

He said that himself, Little Richard et all on speed. And LOUD.

 

[chriswallace85]

He said that himself, Little Richard et all on speed. And LOUD.

I can hear him saying it now that you mention it.

 

[The Spezial One]

I can hear him saying it now that you mention it.

I'll forever now regret not seeing them a few years ago. He's a God in my eyes.

 

[chriswallace85]

I'll forever now regret not seeing them a few years ago. He's a God in my eyes.

Never had 'em down as your cuppa tea mind. Saw them at the City Hall in about 2003. Loud. Too loud in fact. Lemmy was fuckin' huge, dressed all in black save for his shining white cowboy boots, looking as me mate put it at the time "slicker than a donkey's tail".

Pleased I'd seen them but once was enough to be honest.