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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 11:53:06 GMT -5
Night of the jellyheads night of the jellyheads night of the jellyheads night of the jellyheads night of the jellyheads Your gonna die!! The earth was consumed by jelly!
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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 10:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 10:15:52 GMT -5
You just might qualify for being the hardest working man in show business at the moment, Chad. How do you keep your various musical duties straight?
"You're assuming I do, which is mighty nice of you, Joe. [laughs] No, it's fine, actually. What I do is no different from what a lot of musicians do, session players and what not, and especially drummers. You play music with these guys one day, you play with these other guys on another day…It's all good. So far, the Foot has worked."
Earlier, Joe Satriani was telling me about how he'd like to see the next Chickenfoot album differ from the first one. What are your thoughts?
"Well, what did Joe say?"
That's not fair! You tell me your thoughts, man.
[laughs] "I'm just kidding with you. [pauses] I think the first album reflected the energy of four guys getting together and playing live and enjoying being around one another. That's all great, and that's what you need in a band. But for the next one...I'd like to see a little more crafting of the music, which I think is happening.
"We have four songs that we've been jamming on at Sammy's place. One is kind of Zeppelin-y. And then there's this other really cool song called Come Closer that Joe wrote on piano but he's now playing on guitar -"
Joe was telling me about that one.
"Oh, so you are going to tell me what me said! See, I knew I could get it out of you. [laughs] Then Sammy's got a song that I'd call kind of Humble Pie-ish - a very happening number, I think. So we're on our way. Some of these songs might fall by the wayside, but they're starting points. We're at a really cool place now."
About the song Come Closer, Joe said something that really struck me, that he felt it could present a side of Sammy that people haven't seen or heard before - more introspective.
"I'd agree with that. You know, we've all heard Sammy over the years doing his thing. Face it: he's a larger-than-life guy, and that's what lead singers are supposed to be. But I think he's definitely capable of growing in the context of this band, of...yeah, showing more personal sides. We offer him a wide canvas. Whatever he wants to do can definitely work. That's the great thing about Chickenfoot: it's one giant stew of creativity. [laughs] How's that for poetry?"
It's not bad. So even though Chickenfoot have been writing and demoing, the plan is to record in the fall, once you're done with the Chili Peppers album?
"That's right. The next Chickenfoot record is gonna kick ass, but at the moment, as you can imagine, my main focus is on the Chili Peppers. I'm definitely in Chili Peppers mode."
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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 10:02:47 GMT -5
Download Festival mainman Andy Copping admits the first day band list is shorter than the others because no one wants to be on a smaller stage while AC/DC are playing their headline set.
He also says there are only three bands listed on the main stage because he's had to make compromises for the biggest band in the world's stage production.
Fans have been discussing the situation where only Them Crooked Vultures and Wolfmother are listed for the main stage on Friday June 11. It's even been suggested the Friday is a "bolt-on" AC/DC private show which happens to share Donington Park with a two-day Download festival.
But Copping tells Metal Hammer: "The Friday is still a festival day. AC/DC, the biggest rock band in the world, are going to be bringing a huge amount of production. There are certain concessions we've had to make. I've made a judgement on that and I believe it's the right thing to do.
"We're still not finalised on what we're doing. In an ideal world I'd have more bands on the main stage – but I think having AC/DC and losing three or four bands on the main stage was the right call."
Noting that the other stages will close while the Aussie giants are performing, Copping adds: "Nobody wants to play against AC/DC – who would? Nobody would be watching you. That's the reality.
"In the past we've closed the other stages before the headline acts. This isn't what AC/DC are asking for - it's other bands going, 'Please don't put us up against AC/DC'.
"I don't think it's going to take anything away from the festival experience. This is AC/DC at Donington!"
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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 9:46:23 GMT -5
Here's a snippet. Sounds interesting.
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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 9:29:40 GMT -5
Floor seats and the three sections dirsctly adjacent to the stage on either side in Ottawa are $200 each... then its $100, $75 and $55... I'm shootin for the $100 seats... Hoping to get in... Good luck.
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Post by Pete on May 7, 2010 9:28:51 GMT -5
Floor seats at the United Center in Chicago are $250.00. I have a pre-sale password so I was going to buy for 6 people including myself. When the total of over $1600.00 came up I started frantically texting people "I can't buy you tickets not enough $$" lol. Everyone got taken care of though some I gave the password others got me credit info. We got great floor seats for the second day and $75.00 nose bleeds for the first day. Also, a friend in Phoenix might pick me up some tickets for when Rog is there in Nov.
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Post by Pete on May 6, 2010 12:54:39 GMT -5
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Post by Pete on May 6, 2010 12:47:05 GMT -5
This could be cool.
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Post by Pete on May 6, 2010 12:45:44 GMT -5
Nick Peri is not in it he was Silvertide's awesome lead guitar player. Automatic fire I think ist only Walt and Brian Weaver from silvertide. Like Spacel0rd says it's ok but it's no where near Silvertide. It just really sucks they couldn't keep it together. Show and Tell was a great CD and they where AMAZING! live.
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Post by Pete on May 6, 2010 12:42:15 GMT -5
After a couple more listens I like it a little more. It's better than "To Drunk'
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Post by Pete on May 6, 2010 11:00:21 GMT -5
Bucky's and rush's don't work
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Post by Pete on May 5, 2010 11:16:58 GMT -5
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Post by Pete on May 4, 2010 18:46:47 GMT -5
At www.buckcherry.com there are instruction on how to get their new song 'All Night Long' via Facebook or Twitter. I downloaded it and after the first listen would give it a solid mediocre.
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Post by Pete on May 4, 2010 9:45:07 GMT -5
Y&T's new official video for 'I'm Coming Home"
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Post by Pete on May 4, 2010 9:30:43 GMT -5
For shits and giggles I bought a "Best Of Ram Jam" CD thinking it might just be 15 versions of their lone hit "Black Betty". Turned out to be a pretty good rock'n Roll CD. These guys kicked some serious ass back in the day. I can't believe I passed over them all these years. Check into them if you haven't already. I've always liked Black Betty but that's all I've heard by them. Wasn't there someon who used to post here who is a Ram Jam fan?
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Post by Pete on May 4, 2010 9:29:15 GMT -5
I'm glad I got to see Boston a few times before he died.
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Post by Pete on May 4, 2010 9:25:48 GMT -5
Back in the 1980s, that stuff (Kiss, 5150, etc) was heavy metal. At least that's how I saw it as a teenager in 1984. IMO, if it was in Circus Magazine, then it was heavy metal. Before I got into Metallica, Anthrax, Pantera, etc... it was all about bands like Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Ratt, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Rainbow, KISS, etc, etc etc ..... Cirucus and Hit Parader.
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Post by Pete on May 3, 2010 13:04:15 GMT -5
Check this out. It's more than a feeling with just Brad Delp's vocal track. Delp was really an under utilized vocalist.
the note he hits around 3:43 is crazy.
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Post by Pete on May 3, 2010 12:57:30 GMT -5
NEW YORK – Roger Waters has kept up a steady performing schedule, and this fall, he's launching a big spectacle with a 30th anniversary tour for Pink Floyd's "The Wall." But fans won't be hearing any new music from Waters — he hasn't put out an album in almost two decades. That's not because of a lack of creativity, Waters insists. "I have a ton of songs," he said in a recent interview. "Some of them are recorded, and some of them are half-recorded, and I keep promising myself that I'm gonna find a collaborator and work on them and put them together in some kind of coherent form," he continued. "I suspect I will do that in some time in the near future. But it's strange how time keeps clicking away. And each page turns faster then the last, in my experience." Whether the 66-year-old Waters puts out a new album remains to be seen, but he has plenty of other things to occupy his time. He spoke with The Associated Press about "The Wall," politics and more. AP: There had been talk about bringing "The Wall" to Broadway. Is that still going to happen? Waters: That's still very much in the cards. I have been working on and off for the last year or so with an English writer named Lee Hall, who has become greatly celebrated over here and in London, because he wrote "Billy Elliot," which is one of the most successful musicals out there at the moment. ... Lee's become a close friend of mine, and I'm touching wood but we think we've finally found a director that we want to work with, so that's another project that's in the pipeline. We're on the fourth or fifth version of the book, and trying to write some laughs into it. My one disappointment with the original rock 'n' roll show that we did, and to some extent with the movie as well, there weren't just not many laughs in it. ... Humor is a very important part of my life, so part of the reason for wanting to do a production on Broadway is to express the funny side of the characters. AP: Green Day's "American Idiot" is in the vein of "The Wall." Do you plan to check out the Broadway play version? Waters: It would be remiss of me not to check it out. I don't know the work very well. I am not a very good audience. ... My taste in music is very broad, but it's not very much popular music that I listen to. But when I got this invitation, I did check out some bits of Green Day, and you know, there's some very strong melodies in there. AP: What were your inspirations for "The Wall"? Waters: My early manhood was troubled by all kinds of feelings of inferiority, and inconsequence, I was that guy at parties who only ever dressed in black and stood in the corner and scowled at people. Very often those attempts by the young to be cool are just because they're absolutely scared. I certainly was. The writing of "The Wall" was part of a process that I used to free myself from some of those neuroses, and some of those fears. Fear is a very pernicious element in many of our lives ... (It) is in lots of ways similar to the fear that is engendered in nations and ideologies. ... We build up these defenses and the fear that we establish about other, anybody that's not us. AP: What is your impression on the political divide in the United States? Waters: The United states is very insular and parochial, and resists the idea of seeing yourselves they way others see you, the way you're seem in Europe, and the resistance is enormous, I think, to taking a straight forward look at this stuff. ... Obviously many, many American citizens are aware of these problems in society and how deeply important they are. ... I remember my mother, who traveled here before the second World War, used to say to me, 'Americans are so friendly, and so generous," but she also said, "And so naive." But I think there's a huge well of wanting to do good and wanting to help, but it is subverted by the power of commerce. AP: It's always asked of you, so we will ask it again — any chance of another Pink Floyd reunion? Waters: David (Gilmour) is completely disinterested in anything like that. After Live 8, I could have probably gone for doing some more stuff, but he's not interested, so it is what it is.
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