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Ian the Mental-Ian wrote:You know I was just pondering the fact the other day that you never see a good torch carrying mob nowadays

That's because there are no virgins in the villages to kidnap and whisk away to the castle (well, not around Sheffield anyway).

DeadcanDance are my favourite band right now.. Best track has got to be 'The Host of Seraphim' (listen to it as the sun goes down or cranked up in a darkened room and I defy you not to get goosebumps). The track was used to great effect at the end of the film 'The Mist'.

Lisa Gerrard has such an amazing voice (who doesn't love 'Now We Are Free' from Gladiator?)..... just don't try and sing along as there's a danger of swallowing your own tongue..

flashman wrote:DeadcanDance

Oh yes indeedy!!

Of the sublime 'take-me-to-la-la-land' styles (but perhaps not as rich and grand as DeadCanDance), I also love Sophia. If you remember The God Machine, try to imagine Robin Proper-Sheppard having a quiet introspective moment...

Oh, and Bee and Flower are tremendous too.

My wife would almost certainly add Neurosis to the above list.

But she's nuts.

Pete

I've realised my need to get "out there" music has now made me descend to a new level of geekiness. I've bought Left Bank 2 off iTunes. For those that don't quite understand...

The Vision On music.

As in "And now for the gallery...." (Dah dah dah daaaaa.... Dedadaaaaaa... dadeda daaa daa daaaaaaa....)

Haha, I've got that on my ipod in my 'Lift music with extra cheese' playlist...

Also got a 'great' version of Pinball Wizard played on the sitar (by Lord Sitar naturally).

Flashman, for your Lift Music With Cheese folder, I'd recommend you check out Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine: my old housemates used to bang on about him. But anyway, he does spoofs (Weird Al Yankovich style) of infamous songs in the standard naff piano lounge jazz style. Musically, it's fairly balderdash in my opinion, as novelty music is, but it may bring a smile to your lips...

A surprising amount of punk on here. Let me start by putting you all straight. The Ramones are considerably better than either the pistols or the clash. The Clash? Seriously? Have you ever listened to Combat Rock, what a disgrace of a record.
So anyhow, my taste in music stems from the Ramones, lots of punk mainly pop punk, a little folk and alt country.
Right now I'm listening to The Hanson Brothers, who I believe Mr Pcwells put out a DVD of some years ago. You going to see them in Brighton on Nov 5th?
My all time favourites (some of these are quite obscure but worth checking out if you like quite melodic punk). My opinion changes by the day, I have 2000 records to choose from.
Screeching weasel
Alkaline Trio (before their last 2 records)
Teenage Bottlerocket (an orgasmic joy of Ramones like goodness)
Bad Religion (for their three great records, Suffer, No Control and Against The Grain)
Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil (often blamed for giving the world that disaster that is Emo but forgivable for their pure brilliance)
New Bomb Turks
Stooges

Hell, I could go on all day but thats a start.
AFI...Only their first record, answer that and stay fashionable, is worth listening to.

I will put all of your dirty 70s punk in the shade, Pistols were a boy-band put together by an opportunist. Surely as soon as you sign to a major record label, you by definition lose the whole punk-mantra?

ahem.

Anyway, i shall raise your punk, with 60s U.S. garage. The Seeds, The Electric Prunes and The Stooges.

Duplicity wrote:I will put all of your dirty 70s punk in the shade, Pistols were a boy-band put together by an opportunist. Surely as soon as you sign to a major record label, you by definition lose the whole punk-mantra?

ahem.

Anyway, i shall raise your punk, with 60s U.S. garage. The Seeds, The Electric Prunes and The Stooges.

All awesome, lets not forget the MC5

Yay to Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil. They were never emo - what came from them was genuine. Emo is contrived to the extreme.

It's so long since I went to a gig. The Nomeansno guys haven't been in touch for a while, so I didn't know they were coming back! I'll try to make it along. And yes, it was me that put out the Nomeansno/Hanson Brothers DVD - something for which I will always be a proud egotistical bore.

I have to confess though, that the early days of punk did little for me. Yes, the Pistols were a businessman's meal ticket, but my problem with them is more to do with the fact that they do these comebacks and yet haven't written anything new in decades.

For me, punk became interesting when bands like Nomeansno appeared. I make no apology for saying that Nomeansno are the greatest single thing to happen to my music taste. They share my record collection with the likes of Les Thugs, Naked Raygun, Leatherface and Snuff.

For me, punk started to get interesting around the time that the mainstream media lost interest in it and announced that it was 'dead'.

Pete

Ooh. Have you heard the Bellrays??

Imagine the MC5 fronted by a superbly kickass soul diva.

I can also recommend a truly brilliant live DVD of theirs!

Pete

I may try these Bellerays then. Thank you.

Oh yes, MC5! Did they ever manage to kick out those pesky jams i wonder?

Unrelated musically for the main, but shared the same record label. Quite rare too - Haystacks Balboa, late 60s - The Spoiler, fantastic song. One of the best riffs ever to grace a fretboard.

Duplicity wrote:I may try these Bellerays then. Thank you.

I can heartily recommend the DVD, Live @ The Barfly. The videography, editing, surround sound mix and DVD authoring are absolutely stellar. Even if I do say so myself.

It's available from all good record shops. The ones that don't sell it are rubbish.

It can also be found at http://www.punkervision.net - where you'll also find fabulous DVDs of Nomeansno, Alice Donut, Leatherface, Electric Frankenstein and others...

This has been a subliminal commercial for Pete's underground music video label. Please forgive the intrusion. Buy and spend. Thank you.

I believe someones mother was helping them to kick out those jams.
Never been able to get into the Bellrays, maybe I should give them another try. When I want a husky voiced diva i generally turn to the Detroit Cobras.
Pcwells, as you're on a sales pitch I've got to get that Tim Barry DVD off you at some point. New Avail record soon or so I hear!
Leatherface and Snuff are huge favourites, even if Frankie is a Sunderland supporting B******
If you make it to the Hanson Brothers show i'll buy you a beer.
Punk dies every time it becomes mainstream but like a phoenix it rises again every time the kids move onto the next big thing.

Ooohh, and electric frankenstine. Haven't listened to them for years.