sssh don't tell Monty I'm not sure he is aware of this.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 13:59, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

And Hawkwind are playing the O2 in December.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:02, Reply)

Much as I love The Hawks,
they’re just not as good as they used to be by a long chalk. Not like Gong who, since Steve Hillage rejoined, are better live now than they have been since the late 70s. The brain-melting projections help with this a great deal.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:04, Reply)

I think Dave "bins are out the back" Brock is the only original member still playing now, isn't he?

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:06, Reply)

That’s right.
Nik Turner’s Space Ritual is made up entirely of ex-Hawks including legendary naked drummer Terry Ollis. I have to say they were shit last Saturday.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:09, Reply)

Ollis was a legend.
There are several knackered old guys knocking round my department who claim to have jammed with him at various points.

As for Space Ritual, I wasn't particularly impressed with recordings I heard of them. Still, glad to hear Gong were good.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:39, Reply)

I'm only going there to score some acid.
Damned if I will listen to all that hippy noodling and buffoonery.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:07, Reply)

for someone who grew up with Meatloaf and Queen before finding Guns n Roses and adopting
them as marker for all future bands to be weighed against. What band would you reccomend to sample some of the stuff you mention that I have never heard of? David Bowie is not an acceptable answer.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:09, Reply)

I don't know - tell me some bands you've never heard of.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:10, Reply)

bah dum tsh
they were big in the 40's. You cunt.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:11, Reply)

Guns n Roses
are a bit meh
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:16, Reply)

they did some cracking stuff
the construction of the songs was fantastic. Even if Axl is a complete arsehat, the rest of them really knew their business.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:18, Reply)

I seem to only like things people hate.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:20, Reply)

They are now
but as a 12 year old I thought they were the best thing in the world. I recorded all their videos and concerts off the telly as soon as we got sky and even mimed a cover of Paradise City for a school talent competition with apple juice filled whisky bottles. We thought we were very cool. I still love everything they have done bar the Chinese Democracy.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:20, Reply)

More than a bit. EDIT:
3-4 good tunes. No more. They were a bunch of fucking benders whose only merit was their services to the Doogie Howser industry. No more worthy than similar knob-jockeys Motley Crue – a band who soiled the umlaut as a band-name device for ever, despite the best efforts of Pig Iron.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:23, Reply)

You're being very generous Monty
Guns and Roses are up there on the podium with Bowie, U2 and Coldplay.

Ocean. Going. Cunts.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Now you come to mention it
I cannot name one.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:27, Reply)

bollocks

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:34, Reply)

Which by an odd coincidence is the sane person's review...
...of Use Your Illusion.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:36, Reply)

1 or 2,
as they were both outstanding. Up there with Now 15 for me.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:41, Reply)

you need to not be offended by monty not liking some things
because his madness is overshadowed by how good all of the stuff he points me to is.

for instance, he doesn't like Floyd, other than the really early stuff, and I love them. That is insignificant compared to the wonders he has pointed me to, like Bigelf, and Tractor, and Jim Jones Revue
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:37, Reply)

No offence taken at all
but how can he go from 4 to none in a line! I also think Floyd were shit. I'd rather David Gilmour smashed a brick into his teeth than place it in the wall.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:41, Reply)

haha
they're not for everyone. I love his guitar style though, and the feel of the music.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:42, Reply)

My dad played them to death when I was a kid so I think I got bored of the long intro's which
is why I latched on to Queen, The Boss, Sting and the Police, etc as they were quite poppy and quick. I was too young for prog rock.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:44, Reply)

Oh. You might want to keep that information well away from Monty

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:45, Reply)

The worst that he'll do is take moar drugs so I aint worried.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:47, Reply)

Well, that and roundly mock you for listening to Sting, whilst in the process of consuming Massive Drugs

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:47, Reply)

You will be *Yoda voice*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 15:09, Reply)

No you're old and mean and I shan't play with you anymore.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 15:18, Reply)

my dad was into stuff like The Everly Brothers and Dr Hook
and some Quo and The Eagles. His taste went downhill as he aged though.

Embarrassingly I was really into Oasis when I was a young teenager, a battered tape of Metallica's Black album saved me. Didn't get into Floyd until uni really.

I've never really liked Springsteen
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:47, Reply)

I found a box of my dad's records
The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Floyd, all of this fantastic stuff.

Now he listens to Dido :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:49, Reply)

I will have his records if he no longer wants them
I'm working on getting my hands on Mrs V's dad's vinyl collection. and his turntable. I've already acquired most of his old stereo for my music room.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:51, Reply)

My old man gave me all his records, only about 11 or 12 after they got smashed moving
but I now own all of Nick Drakes' albums on vinyl, a copy Peter Frampton (HA!) and an arse load of Queen albums.

Springsteen was also great for long car journeys.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:54, Reply)

I've seen Frampton
he was supporting Deep Purple
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:54, Reply)

Wow,
any good?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:56, Reply)

not bad actually
considering most of the set consisted of Do you feel like I do and Show me the way (or whatever it is called)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:59, Reply)

If I'd been there it would have been 'show me the exits'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 15:14, Reply)

haha
Purple were good though. Very loud.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 15:16, Reply)

Monty Boyce - take not of the above
Bigelf, Tractor, and Jim Jones Revue. Not hard is it. Although we established I wasn't over enamoured with JJR earlier in the week.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:46, Reply)

He's gone soft.
The bender.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:27, Reply)

that's far from true
at least Slash can play the guitar, unlike that colossal shit-rat The Edge.

Guns and Roses at least get some credit for having a nice fat rock sound, and some really great guitar work.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:27, Reply)

*looks out window*
*pretends not to hear*
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I listen to stuff with a different ear these days
from playing with others a lot, and writing a lot of our own stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:43, Reply)

Was this developed by listening to Adam & The Ants "Kings Of The Wild Front Ear"?

(Cave Duck, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:57, Reply)

it was not

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 14:59, Reply)

Then, by watching Star Trek go into Space, the final front ear?

(Cave Duck, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 15:02, Reply)

again no
sorry
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 15:15, Reply)