OT: ♫ The Music Thread ♫

[Ben Grimm]

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[eco's bones]

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I like the Offspring. I have some CD's including that one. I even like Green Day to some degree. That said I don't look at 'punk' bands from the 90's on (even the better ones like Rancid) the same as I look at punk bands from the late 70's to late 80's and a main reason is there came a point of acceptability which kind of wrecks the whole idea of what punk rock was meant to be. I love the Dropkicks first album Do or die and after that they're good but it's a slow ride downhill to becoming a rock band. I mean I've seen them on stage with Bruce Springsteen. What's with that? But even some from the beginning like the Stranglers became pretty much rock bands too. IMO it's meant to be grimy music.....not overproduced....badly produced is even okay.....not always pleasant to the ear. Either absolutely irreverent and/or a critique of society, a government or the systems they create.

I remember when the Fear record came out and I have that too. After the Ramones they might have been the next band to get real national attention----them or Wendy O. Williams Plasmatics or the Dead Kennedys (at the time more for their name....it's not like they were selling tons of records or getting on SNL like Fear did). I never was a big fan of Fear but they were for sure over the top outrageous which is what they set out to be. Not giving a shit about anyone or anything was kind of their ticket to whatever success they ever had. It didn't last long but they shocked more than a few people.

 

[Ben Grimm]

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[mrmovies779]

R.I.P Marianne Faithfull..The love the crowd gave you during this Metallica song is something ill never forget

 

[Ben Grimm]

@Cmox , @eco's bones , this is my best, have a great weekend!









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[Cmox]

@Cmox , @eco's bones , this is my best, have a great weekend!









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Great list and You too!

 

[Ben Grimm]

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[Ben Grimm]

Rolling Stone released their top 250 albums of the century on the 10th. The top 10 are:

1. Beyonce - Lemonade
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Frank Ocean - Blonde
4. Outcast - Stankonia
5. Taylor Swift - Folklore is an acoustic folk album made during Covid, the only TS I've ever listened to, & it's good.
6. Kendrick Lamar - Good kid, mad city
7. SZA - SOS
8. Kanye West - My beautiful dark twisted fantasy
9. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
10. The Strokes - This is it

 

[Overcast]

Rolling Stone released their top 250 albums of the century on the 10th. The top 10 are:

1. Beyonce - Lemonade
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Frank Ocean - Blonde
4. Outcast - Stankonia
5. Taylor Swift - Folklore is an acoustic folk album made during Covid, the only TS I've ever listened to, & it's good.
6. Kendrick Lamar - Good kid, mad city
7. SZA - SOS
8. Kanye West - My beautiful dark twisted fantasy
9. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti
10. The Strokes - This is it

This is definitely a list of music that someone thought about. Surprised to see The Strokes there/that they had enough money to pay for such a high spot.

 

[Cmox]

Just discovered this band. The name does not match the sound, haha.

 

[Ben Grimm]

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[Ben Grimm]

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[eco's bones]

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Gang of Four were a post punk band out of Leeds University. There were a few other bands out of the same scene like the Mekons and Delta 5. It was at the time when Britains National Front was going full bore and there was a lot of gang violence going on at gigs. The beginning of Rock against Racism (RAR) and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).....around the same time the troubles going on in the North of Ireland. So there was a lot of political content in the lyrics of the time and Gang of Four came at things from a Marxist angle. They were an outstanding band. Married elements of punk rock with funk/disco and pub rock. Anyway Entertainment was their first lp and I still think it's one of best records that came out during that time period. They've been touring in the United States the last couple years. Jon King-the main vocalist and Hugo Burnham the drummer the only originals---though they had their second bassist Sara Lee for a while. Andrew Gill who'd always been the guitar player might have been the first Brit to die from covid or before anyone really knew what it was. He kind of ripped off the style of Wilko Johnson of Dr. Feelgood. It's a unique slashing rhythmic guitar attack. Replacing him has been ex-Slint guitarist David Pajo.

Big fan of Fugazi. I have the first two Bad Religion albums and some early Husker Du in vinyl.

 

[Kane One]

So is anyone else strongly considering going to see Black Sabbath in Birmingham, UK, this July? The lineup is bonkers.

 

[Ben Grimm]

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