Gash

Bill Wyman's "Rolling with the Stones" is a good one.

"According to the Stones" is also quite good but its quite interview heavy.

NIN. I do like Cash's version though.

Re-load is an absolutely awful album. I don't even want to think about it. The whole concept of "let's release an album of stuff that wasn't good enough to go on our other album" is a bad one too.

I can't even really listen to the black album to be honest.

They only had three good albums imo. Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and And...Justice For All.

I'm ashamed to not know who GBH is.

They're an eighties hardcore punk band hailing from the thriving cosmopolitan utopia of Birmingham, England. Sort of second generation, take on more of a metal influence than the earlier bands.

Seen them a couple of times, most recently in....May I think. You won't be disappointed. I'm sure you know what to expect.

I don't think anybody is going to state that a genre of music is unique to one stereotype of people.

But I see truth in that some people that might be deemed "nerds" by society are attracted towards metal as an aggressive output for the shortcomings in their lives as well as the lyrical content often providing a form of escapism.

a little hint please?

The tough second album for a highly renowned seventies punk band.

Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk. Great album!

Eminem - The Eminem Show

Try this one

often (not always) have a bonus track added to them that arn't on western albums?

Simple question and presuming there is a simple answer too.

Albums are more expensive in Japan so they often get extra tracks included or so I've always been led to believe.

This guy is correct. Because albums are more expensive, the Japanese generally expect more music for their money.

If I'm around I'll head to the Birmingham date. I saw them last time they were here and they were great! Had GBH supporting too.

1. Rocks

2. Toys in the Attic

3. Pump

Have you tried checking the venue's web site?

I've been on a little bit of a film binge recently. At least it's a binge for me. For most people it would probably merely be a tipple. 4 films in 3 days.

Control - Ian Curtis biopic. I find good biopics very hard to go by. This wasn't really an exception. Standard fare. Did the job.

Vanishing Point - I can see why people see it as a bit slow moving. Definately something you have to be in the mood for. Overall I did enjoy it though, seems to be very symbolic of an end of an era.

Thank You For Smoking - Quite an entertaining little satire. Nothing mind blowing but interesting nonetheless. I like that it pokes fun at both the anti-smoking as well as the pro-smoking lobbies. Worth a viewing.

Factotum - I didn't really think much of this. Felt kind of hollow. I didn't like the casting of Matt Dillion as Chinaski. Maybe I'm just too fond of the book.

okay okay rac it is, i just wasn't sure- les is pretty much a legend and i've seen jack in the white stripes last year...

i have another tough one -

B.B. King?

or

Ben Folds?

or

Iron & Wine?

All of which go on about the same time.

B.B. King is pretty much a legend but his aging...I don't know if the quality will be worth missing the other two...

Ben Folds is the College superstar

and Iron and Wine is the folk jam band whose

is very impressive.

As much as I'd like to see Iron & Wine, personally I'd go see BB King, as pain cake suggested, you might not get another chance whilst I'm sure Iron & Wine and Ben Folds will be touring for years and years to come.

Anyone heard his album "Dusty Foot Philosopher"?

Really enjoying it at the moment. He's a rapper who grew up in the anarchy of Somalia and it's warlord society before his family managed to move to Harlem so as a result of this it's a good blend of hip hop and african music with the lyrical content focused on his homelands problems and what he experienced growing up. Recommend it especially to anyone that's put off by a lot of the materialistic lyrics in modern hip hop (as Knaan put it himself on a live version of What's Hardcore, "If I rapped about home and I got descriptive, I'd make 50 Cent look like Limp Bizkit.)

Love it.

Last time I saw them live they actually played it which was a welcome surprise.

It's one of those songs that is played when I am forced to go to clubs that I don't like.

A lot of it I like because it reminds me of when I was back at secondary school so there's definately a nostalgia trip in there. I rarely put any of it on nowadays but I'll often enjoy it if it's on. Just pop music with a bit of an oomph to it you know? It was something I could listen to with friends too who seemed to not like anything else that I was listening to in those days.

At the time they were singing about things that a white middle class secondary school student that didn't particularly fit in with the higher end of the school's social strata could relate to. They really were often a stepping stone towards better and more interesting bands for me, and for a lot of people but it seems that a lot of "punks" nowadays seem to refuse to acknowledge what got them into their taste of music in the first place.

So Greenday, Offspring, Blink (to a much much lesser extent) I always saw as the trinity. Never cared much for the copycat bands. Oh and has anyone heard of (Spunge)!? Hahaha! Do tell me if you have! From that I got into better pop punk bands like the Descendents, Screeching Weasel, Rancid, The Queers, Crimpshrine, Jawbreaker and stuff.

There are some truly awful bands however. Simple Plan for instance are probably the worst band on the planet. I really could never get into NOFX although I do respect them. As far as I'm concerned "The Decline" is particularly ironic because thats what happened to their music after that E.P.

Flogging Molly on the 4th. Second time seeing them. Looking forward to it!

Fiesta by the Pogues.

And people better fucking dance.

Oi. Plant. You're from Burrrrrrmingham not Toronto. Play 'ere first.

Bah. I'm jealous if this is true.

Geez, he already thinks he's Guns N' Roses, does he also think he has a claim over Arthur Lee's band now too?

Sickening. Although not as bad when Nike infamously used Ian MacKaye's image to sell shoes. Or Khaki's using Kerouac to sell their trousers.

I resent that companies try to make an association between the talent of individuals and equate their success with that persons choice of something so trivial like footwear.

"The Music"? All these new bands seems to have a real lack of innovation when it comes to band names.

Then how come nobody had it before they named themselves?

I like The Music a lot, haven't heard them for ages though, they're playing near me soon.