Tell us about yourself....

LeRoi · Post by **LeRoi** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:03 pm

jamezdd73 wrote:I just joined the forum here recently, and I've been checking it out everyday!

Welcome to the forum! Seems we like some of the same stuffs. Good luck on your EP!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:26 pm

Jamez,
Man I grew up on 80's top 40. My sister is 5 years older than me so my Kindergarden Lunch money envelope that the teacher kept had all kinds of bands written on it:
Warant, Ratt, ACDC Whitesnake poison motley crue Kiss, Metalica Anthrax Gunz &Roses, etc

My father is a classically trained Jazz pianist so he would play these Chick Corea records and they would short circuit my brain lol. Jazz is so ugly to the untrained ear of a child!

It wasn't until I got older that I began to appreciate it lolol.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:01 pm

EricK wrote:Jamez,
Man I grew up on 80's top 40. My sister is 5 years older than me so my Kindergarden Lunch money envelope that the teacher kept had all kinds of bands written on it:
Warant, Ratt, ACDC Whitesnake poison motley crue Kiss, Metalica Anthrax Gunz &Roses, etc

My father is a classically trained Jazz pianist so he would play these Chick Corea records and they would short circuit my brain lol. Jazz is so ugly to the untrained ear of a child!

It wasn't until I got older that I began to appreciate it lolol.

I grew up on 80's hair metal and top 40. Then grunge came along. While I liked RHCP, Blind Mellon, Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction and Pearl Jam, during that time I was enjoying Rush, ELP, Jethro Tull, etc. along with Nine Inch Nails. I was a weird kid, I guess.

mayidunk · Post by **mayidunk** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:09 pm

Anyone who likes Jethro Tull can't be all bad!

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:17 pm

mayidunk wrote:Anyone who likes Jethro Tull can't be all bad!

Thanks! I've got most of their stuff. Passion Play, Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, Stormwatch, Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses, The Best of Vol.2 REPEAT, War Child all on vinyl, and Original Masters on cassette.

mayidunk · Post by **mayidunk** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:25 pm

Voltor07 wrote:
mayidunk wrote:Anyone who likes Jethro Tull can't be all bad!
Thanks! I've got most of their stuff. Passion Play, Thick as a Brick, Aqualung, Stormwatch, Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses, The Best of Vol.2 REPEAT, War Child all on vinyl, and Original Masters on cassette.

Give a listen to This Was and Stand Up sometime, I think you'd enjoy them. I especially like to hear Christmas Bells off of Songs from the Wood, this time of year!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:37 pm

Don't feel bad, Im from Arkansas so I didn't even hear about Nirvana until After Kurt killed himself and then a year or so after that is when I donned my flannel.

We get everything about 5 years too late.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:49 am

EricK, a lot of those lead singers died. The lead singer of Blind Mellon killed himself in '95 or '96, and the lead singer from Alice in Chains died of a heroin OD in 2002. Grunge wasn't all about flannel, Doc Martens, and loud angry music. It was the hippie generation of the '90's. And like the hippie generation before it, it failed. I'm just glad I was there for it.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:52 am

lol
Man trust me I know all about it. I was in New Orleans when we heard on the Radio that Layne Staley died...and it did rain that day.

"Alternative" died when it became a genre on Columbia House CD mailers.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:53 am

mayidunk wrote: Give a listen to This Was and Stand Up sometime, I think you'd enjoy them. I especially like to hear Christmas Bells off of Songs from the Wood, this time of year!

Of course, I've heard both these albums, and love them. Stand Up in particular. Great album! I have yet to add them to my extensive music collection, though. Solstice Bells is a great Christmas song. They should play it on the radio instead of Jingle Bell Rock, which gets old after the THIRD TIME IN AN HOUR.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:56 am

EricK wrote:lol
Man trust me I know all about it. I was in New Orleans when we heard on the Radio that Layne Staley died...and it did rain that day.

"Alternative" died when it became a genre on Columbia House CD mailers.

Alternative needed more synths. I didn't realize that until freshman year.

Gamaliel · Post by **Gamaliel** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:58 am

I had seen Jethro Tull a bunch of times,actually saw the original band with Mick Abrahams for $1.00 at Central Park.Then a few years later I saw Blodwin Pig (Abrahams band) open up for Tull at the Fillmore East

Really great concert.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:04 am

My dad saw Tull in '71. I wish he had a video of it.

LeRoi · Post by **LeRoi** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:22 pm

Voltor07 wrote:Alternative needed more synths.

I hardly think grunge bands of the 90s capture the essence of "alternative" music of that time period. Lots of synths going round those days with alternative/indie rock bands. Brainiac, My Bloody Valentine, Girls Against Boys, the Grifters, etc.

There are plenty current bands that carry the indie/alternative torch today...and yes, with synths! Pretty & Nice for instance!

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:59 pm

LeRoi wrote:
Voltor07 wrote:Alternative needed more synths.
I hardly think grunge bands of the 90s capture the essence of "alternative" music of that time period. Lots of synths going round those days with alternative/indie rock bands. Brainiac, My Bloody Valentine, Girls Against Boys, the Grifters, etc.

There are plenty current bands that carry the indie/alternative torch today...and yes, with synths! Pretty & Nice for instance!

Good point! Also, it was actually Green Day that inspired me to buy a Farfisa when I found one.