Powderfinger

9 minutes ago, Underhardy said:

Wow, not surprised by this at all. The spoiled brat, smug mother fucker. This is his nail in the coffin for his reputation. What a scumbag. Poor Kat. Imagine being prayed upon by fucking doofus Fernando while trying to do your job. 

She probably wouldn’t have had a problem if it was just the praying, but I think being preyed upon is what she had issue with. 

42 minutes ago, allwaystired said:

It really does have all the ingredients for problems when you think about it: 

Totally secretive operation

Lots of money coming in

People in roles and positions not based on their ability to do the jobs

Ties at all levels that go beyond the professional and deeply into the personal 

 

 
Steady on!!

That sounds like a cult. 
emmmmmm…..

6 minutes ago, Rodela said:

Fernando is going back to Mexico.

4 hours ago, TheGeneral said:

I'm not a fan of The Darkness or Justin Hawkins, but my god people you have to be the whiniest bitches out there. 

"Why should we care about his opinion?" If you don't, just shut the fuck up. Reaction videos aren't even half as bad. Yes, they are low-effort. But so are GNR single releases.

I don't even know why I'm being so fueled about this, but it just really pissed me off what a bunch of ridiculous people are roaming this forum.

You go girl. 

1 hour ago, W. Axl Kev said:

It irks me this guy thinks he has the right to provide commentary on rock singers like he's doing it from a position of expertise or generational skill (like the people he opines on). It's been more than 20 years since The Darkness had a moment of fame and it was almost exclusively in the UK and lasted less than 1 year. Even then, mainly because of their music videos, they were considered almost a parody band in the style of Tenacious D. I was there. I remember it. Justin Hawkins is an okay singer but that's it.

He has this weird obsession with GN'R and seems to make endless videos about them. I don't know what motivates this endless criticism of a band in their 60's but it helps no one. Review up and coming rock/metal bands. We don't need your opinion on legendary musical acts.

I didn’t care then and I don’t care now but Hawkins always seemed to have an ego beyond his talent. The Darkness had some great tunes and were great live but they were also a bit of a shit Spinal Tap. AC/DC riffs, Thin Lizzy guitars and a Freddie Mercury vocal style.. they just seemed a pastiche of the great bands before. I think Justin believes his band have a place at the big table but they’re at the kiddies table in reality. I guess it’s the worst thing you can say about someone but he’s just such a fucking idiot that I cant be annoyed by him. 

On 11/7/2023 at 9:33 PM, Free Bird said:

He sounded like shit live. Better than today but for our standards 20 years ago he sounded fucking awful.

I saw 1992 Axl & 2006 Axl and he was just as good in 06. 

Were/Are The Darkness big outside the UK? 

GnR were almost 2hrs30m late when I saw them in 92 it was my first big gig so I didn’t know it wasn’t the norm. 

On 10/29/2023 at 3:06 AM, Gavin82 said:

TF got dropped last night in Saudi no way did he win that it's absolute joke 

He will never fight Usyk now cos he knows what will happen 

 Fight “pushed back” to February, but I don’t think it will go ahead. Usyk will take him no matter what happens. 

Weed as a solution to mental or physical pain alone isn’t a solution. For it to be of benefit I think its something to use as part of a list of things you do to help whatever the underlying cause is. Counselling, Physiotherapy, things like that need to be “used” as much as the weed in order to get well or better or live with whatever the underlying reasons your smoking it for. It’s not a replacement for other things. I think that’s more important with something like PTSD for example, talking to a person and having some support and a person who can empathize and give you skills to deal with situations is a must, the herb can’t help what a person can in those cases. 
 

Just my 20p

With only 1 song off CD last night, is that the least they’ve played from that album this leg? 

8 minutes ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

I'm in A7, before I bought them they were $375

 Yea right at the front entrance. Bought a shirt and litho a while ago. 

If you see a guy with long hair and a long beard in your vicinity it’s likely me! 

Alice are on about 6:30pm or so I’m guessing? 

Nice nod to Vancouver with the DOA badge.

I just picked up a ticket for section A8, 5 rows back for $100 just now. Anyone have any idea how much those sections were before today? 

For anyone who didn’t pick up a copy of this live in Heilbronn RSD release, I highly recommend it. 

This gig from Madrid is part of the lost tapes series also, and has this killer rare version of Silver Machine, a tune Motörhead didn’t perform too often.

15 hours ago, Cosmo said:

Wow, the debut must be one of the albums I've listened to the least, after Bad Magic and March or Die, probably.

Its a different sounding Motörhead on the debut, it’s almost a punk album. Lost Johnny, Vibrator, Motörhead, Iron Horse, a scorching version of Train Kept a Rollin… There’s some great stuff on there. “Motörhead” werent really born in my opinion until Overkill when Eddie & Phil started writing the stuff with Lemmy. I don’t think they wrote much of anything on the Motörhead record. 
 

Motorhead were absolutely the loudest band I saw live, My Bloody Valentine a close second. 

I’m waiting for the album to be released to listen to any of the new stuff. I’ll pick up a copy on vinyl and spend the night with it. It’s kinda my ritual with certain bands. Listening to them describe the album on the Fallon thing, it sounded like a one album Exile type mix of songs, they mentioned a few styles that’ll be on there so I’m hoping it’s that type of range material. 

Love Motörhead and was lucky to catch them 8/9 times over the years. The album I’ve spun by them the most over the years has to be the debut. They were such a killer band live. I picked up the Live in Heilbronn RSD release this year and much as I love Philthy & Mikkey I have a fondness for the Pete Gill era, it was a bit more chaotic live. 
 

There’s a little part of me that’s still in disbelief there’s a world without Motörhead in it. I’d love to catch Phil & The Bastard Sons but no gigs came my way yet.
 

@Powerage5 really cool you got to meet Lemmy. 

Best: GnR 92, Nirvana 92, Alice in Chains 93, Oasis 95 & 96, The Pogues 2001, Radiohead 97, The Prodigy 96 & 97, Neil Young 93 & 96, 2019, Sepultura 93, Sex Pistols 96, The Libertines 02, The Jesus Lizard 96, White Stripes 01, Therapy? 93, Jesus & Mary Chain 98, The Stooges 04, The Doors with Ian Astbury 04, Buddy Guy 2019, The Stones 02 & 03, Sabbath 97 & 99, Tom Petty 2010, Pearl Jam 93 & 2013, ACDC 1991, 2009. 
Way too many great gigs to remember them all…. Some nights the bands were a blur they were that good. 

Worst: too many to mention… Usually bands I suffered through at festivals or as support bands, the odd guy like Dylan who was incredible and terrible all at once, I don’t think I’ve ever walked out of a band in my life. Maybe as far as the bar. 
 

Seeing a band at its peak or better yet just before is unlike seeing any other band there’s a magic in the air at those shows. The 90s were full of those gigs. 
 

Some bands or artists like Neil Young, The Stones, AcDC, Pearl Jam, Sabbath, Maiden, Primal Scream…. I’ve never seen a bad gig by those guys, the album they’re touring might be a bit shit and the odd concession to age made, but live they always deliver. It’s hard pick 1 or 2 gigs by those guys, they’re great everytime I’ve seen them. I’ve seen Uncle Neil 12 times (possibly more) and every gig was different, he was a different version of Neil at each one. 

Sorums sound on the Illusions tour made him sound more heavy handed and metronomic than he actually is. His sound with Velvet Revolver was 1000% better, you could hear Sorum can actually skip and bounce the kit, he can’t swing like Adler could but he was a better sounding drummer with VR. 

On 9/3/2023 at 3:29 PM, Izzymacbeth said:

Have you even heard an Izzy Stradlin album, his 1st the Ju Ju Hounds has Nicky Hopkins on piano, Ian McLagan on keyboards on every album until his death and he had the Waters Sisters from the Illusion II KOHD sing gospel shit on Come On Now Inside. If anyone loves piano and backing singers it's Izzy, lol

And you don’t get the two guys you mentioned unless you appreciate the keys, he could have gotten regular session guys but he chose two guys who are part of the history of rock n roll, guys who played on records he grew up listening to…. he had an appreciation of piano/keys in that rock n roll way. I think the demo to 14 Years is probably what Izzy wanted GnR to sound like. 

Im sure most have seen this, but it’s an interesting tour through some of Slash’s guitars.