Author Topic: The Official Hard Rock / Classic Metal Music Discussion and Memorabilia Thread! (Read 909906 times)

Lowdz · « **Reply #5985 on:** December 22, 2016, 01:35:04 AM »

Great news. There's a void now Classic Rock mag has gone...

I watched enough Neighbours back in the day to know what ripper means!

You can't keep a ripper album to yourself like that Brent. You know what to do

bl5150 · « **Reply #5986 on:** December 22, 2016, 01:36:11 AM »

Neighbours is pretty ordinary Paul

Lowdz · « **Reply #5987 on:** December 22, 2016, 03:19:15 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on December 22, 2016, 01:36:11 AM

Neighbours is pretty ordinary Paul

I was too young to know any better, and it always had some cute Aussie girls

bl5150 · « **Reply #5988 on:** December 22, 2016, 03:23:26 AM »

I'll pay that......Margot Robbie

wolfking · « **Reply #5989 on:** December 22, 2016, 05:09:30 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on December 21, 2016, 06:23:33 PM

Could be an interesting development with the podcast. I have just stumbled onto a ripper album released in 2016 - the key artist is also a current member of a biggish melodic hard rock band that a few of us like around here. I purchased the album from his website and left him a note to say that I loved it and that I'd feature him in a tiny little podcast we do and he wrote back and said "how about an interview?"

I wouldn't know where to start but if I can get the right set up in Skype or something, the questions (and balls) together we might have our first interview in the next podcast.

Sounds interesting Brent indeed. Give us a hint?

bl5150 · « **Reply #5990 on:** December 22, 2016, 05:29:21 AM »

I thought I did

Hmm - I want there to be some surprises for you guys in the podcast

OK - the album is an instrumental and , although I wouldn't call him a huge name in his own right , he's a member of one of the bigger name bands in melodic rock. The band would've had plenty of discussion in the "wuss thread" as Tim would call it.

wolfking · « **Reply #5991 on:** December 22, 2016, 05:39:20 AM »

I got nothing and am too tired to look.

bl5150 · « **Reply #5992 on:** December 22, 2016, 05:45:38 AM »

Good

It'll be a nice surprise when we get to the podcast.

geez there's a ridiculous number of albums per year these days. Makes the 80's look slow.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #5993 on:** December 22, 2016, 05:46:38 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on December 22, 2016, 05:45:38 AM

Good It'll be a nice surprise when we get to the podcast.

geez there's a ridiculous number of albums per year these days. Makes the 80's look slow.

Quality, not quantity.

bl5150 · « **Reply #5994 on:** December 22, 2016, 06:00:49 AM »

Yep. I thought I had to work hard back then to find the quality but now it's whole new level. The quality is still there but the chances of finding all/most of it are much lower now as there's so much more average stuff getting released (both on labels and independent). Only so much time in the day.

One day I will tire of it and return to the JJ method - classics all day every day .

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #5995 on:** December 22, 2016, 06:06:22 AM »

It's a lot easier to record an album these days and get it out there, which is both a good and a bad thing. It's great that more artists have the opportunity to create music, but it also means there's more music than ever to sift through to find the stuff you like. It was also much harder to find the obscure gems back then before internet. It must have been horrible!

bl5150 · « **Reply #5996 on:** December 22, 2016, 06:21:11 AM »

Well before the internet there were basically 3 methods for me:

- mags
- CD shop trawling . Bought a few based on covers no doubt.
- networking

I had two main guys helping me out back in the day. One guy was a manager of some local bands and a shareholder in Now&then Records (similar to Frontiers back then) and he used to put up with me and send me mix tapes of obscure bands he knew. The other was Andrew (pre- mr.com) who used to run a mail order CD store from his home and his catalogues were invaluable . He also used to send me stuff to try - keep what I like and send the rest back , which was very cool.

TAC · « **Reply #5997 on:** December 22, 2016, 08:11:37 AM »

Sometimes, when I was a kid, even if I blind bought a shitty album (Rox, Tsunami, Tarzen...) I always seemed to find something decent about it, mainly because of the investment I made. And extra cash wasn't exactly flowing back then.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #5998 on:** December 22, 2016, 08:26:31 AM »

I know that too, because I spent my hard earned money I always found something to like. Maybe not much, but always something, a song, a solo etc. Nowadays I don't give things I don't like that much of a chance.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #5999 on:** December 22, 2016, 02:48:45 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on December 22, 2016, 06:00:49 AM

Yep. I thought I had to work hard back then to find the quality but now it's whole new level. The quality is still there but the chances of finding all/most of it are much lower now as there's so much more average stuff getting released (both on labels and independent). Only so much time in the day.

One day I will tire of it and return to the JJ method - classics all day every day .

It's a proven method!

wolfking · « **Reply #6000 on:** December 22, 2016, 03:33:31 PM »

jjrock88 · « **Reply #6001 on:** December 22, 2016, 03:42:23 PM »

Welcome, newcomers. The tradition of Festivus begins with the airing of grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people and now you're gonna hear about it.

TAC · « **Reply #6002 on:** December 23, 2016, 07:17:20 PM »

Bravewords #9!
https://bravewords.com/news/bravepicks-2016-flotsam-and-jetsam-s-flotsam-and-jetsam-9

bl5150 · « **Reply #6003 on:** December 23, 2016, 08:34:07 PM »

Quote from: TAC on December 23, 2016, 07:17:20 PM

Bravewords #9!
https://bravewords.com/news/bravepicks-2016-flotsam-and-jetsam-s-flotsam-and-jetsam-9

They had to get to someone I had heard of eventually

Slight exaggeration but still.........

wolfking · « **Reply #6004 on:** December 24, 2016, 04:34:09 AM »

Bravewords always seem to be geared towards the more brutal stuff. Will be interesting to see the rest of the list though.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #6005 on:** December 24, 2016, 08:13:04 AM »

I used to always buy the Bravewords magazine in the late 90s early 2000s. It was cool because it always came with a cd with various artists on it, so I heard about a lot of new bands that way.

It did seem to lean towards brutal/very heavy bands.

But Mitch Lafon knows his stuff, dare I say he might have more rock knowledge than Brent. I'll call it a tie lol

Lowdz · « **Reply #6006 on:** December 24, 2016, 01:08:17 PM »

Mick Zane, guitarist with Malice has died, age 58. RIP.

bl5150 · « **Reply #6007 on:** December 24, 2016, 01:46:57 PM »

Quote from: Lowdz on December 24, 2016, 01:08:17 PM

Mick Zane, guitarist with Malice has died, age 58. RIP.

As did Rick Parfitt of Status Quo $:-\$

Merry Xmas and GTFO 2016.

TAC · « **Reply #6008 on:** December 24, 2016, 01:49:39 PM »

Wow! I saw that Parfitt was in the hospital. WTF??

TAC · « **Reply #6009 on:** December 24, 2016, 01:59:31 PM »

Merry Christmas to the dudes from Australia! Morning already!!

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #6010 on:** December 24, 2016, 03:26:19 PM »

And Merry Christmas to you, once you guys catch up.

wolfking · « **Reply #6011 on:** December 24, 2016, 08:57:34 PM »

Merry Xmas boys!!

jjrock88 · « **Reply #6012 on:** December 25, 2016, 12:31:30 AM »

Merry Christmas to my Hard Rock/Metal amigos!

Bolsters · « **Reply #6013 on:** December 25, 2016, 12:37:48 AM »

bl5150 · « **Reply #6014 on:** December 25, 2016, 01:55:18 AM »

Merry Xmas guys (from Ben too).

38 (or 100F) in the shade here - hottest Xmas in 20 years.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #6015 on:** December 25, 2016, 02:30:30 AM »

Merry Christmas to all of you.

wolfking · « **Reply #6016 on:** December 25, 2016, 02:32:17 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on December 25, 2016, 01:55:18 AM

38 (or 100F) in the shade here - hottest Xmas in 20 years.

28 and cloudy with rain up until 1pm up here. I loved it to be honest. Would hate to be there with those temps Brent.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #6017 on:** December 25, 2016, 03:08:45 AM »

33C here today, coolest day for the next week. Got 3 days in a row over 40C to look forward to in a few days. Can't wait for 2016 to be over.

wolfking · « **Reply #6018 on:** December 25, 2016, 03:36:24 AM »

Still 2 months of summer! Then March is basically summer temps here anyway.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #6019 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:45:02 AM »

I still find the thought of christmas in summertime strange. We don't regularly have snow (although my girls really hope for it each year) but it's winter and mildly cold.

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