Oh good! Shall I find and play it on my recorder for you? Honestly, I was always better at the Austrian Hymn. Not as many notes to learn! LOL!
Becks wrote:
I know the recorder, my sister learnt to play it when she was little, a lot of kids learn it Waltzing Matilda, ARGH, that's all I have to say about that song lol. We hear that song a lot, especially when it comes to NZ vz Oz sporting matches.
guidogodoy wrote:
Amazing story about your sister. Very Kewl indeed. Would have been touching to have been there at the same time as the landing. Heck, you saw my posts about a small graveyard in Hawai'i, I could only imagine.
About Gallipoli, I have NO idea if they still do it but here we all had to learn to play the "recorder" (basic flute if you don't know it). Common song was "Waltzing Mathilda" and, oddly enough, the "Austrian Hymn." Never knew much about what we were playing until the later grades and we learned the history but I cannot get either songs out of my head if I tried. Both easy, yet haunting tunes.
I think I still have my recorder at my mother's house. Hell, why would she give away my six/seven-hole piece of plastic? LOL! "Nobody waiting for me to grieve or pity...." one of the lines (or close to it).
Wonder if the "kids" today still have to learn the recorder? Be curious to know in an age where gym classes are going the way of the dodo.
Becks wrote:
That's interesting that you guys learnt about Gallipoli too! My sister was extremely lucky this year - she was at ANZAC cove for the dawn service, as a part of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent (she's a civilian working for NZDF). To be there, at the exact time those men landed on the peninsula, would have been spine tingling.
guidogodoy wrote:
Fine info about your "Memorial Day," Becks. Always curious.
About Gallipoli? People my age learned it in Elementary School+ In EVERY textbook and, yes, it did include NZ and their massive losses.
While I take the day to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom, I also give thanks to those who currently (or will) serve their nations. IMO, they deserve more than a day.
Becks wrote:
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
guidogodoy wrote:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:20:02 AM
Oh good! Shall I find and play it on my recorder for you? Honestly, I was always better at the Austrian Hymn. Not as many notes to learn! LOL!
I know the recorder, my sister learnt to play it when she was little, a lot of kids learn it Waltzing Matilda, ARGH, that's all I have to say about that song lol. We hear that song a lot, especially when it comes to NZ vz Oz sporting matches.
guidogodoy wrote:
Amazing story about your sister. Very Kewl indeed. Would have been touching to have been there at the same time as the landing. Heck, you saw my posts about a small graveyard in Hawai'i, I could only imagine.
About Gallipoli, I have NO idea if they still do it but here we all had to learn to play the "recorder" (basic flute if you don't know it). Common song was "Waltzing Mathilda" and, oddly enough, the "Austrian Hymn." Never knew much about what we were playing until the later grades and we learned the history but I cannot get either songs out of my head if I tried. Both easy, yet haunting tunes.
I think I still have my recorder at my mother's house. Hell, why would she give away my six/seven-hole piece of plastic? LOL! "Nobody waiting for me to grieve or pity...." one of the lines (or close to it).
Wonder if the "kids" today still have to learn the recorder? Be curious to know in an age where gym classes are going the way of the dodo.
Becks wrote:
That's interesting that you guys learnt about Gallipoli too! My sister was extremely lucky this year - she was at ANZAC cove for the dawn service, as a part of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent (she's a civilian working for NZDF). To be there, at the exact time those men landed on the peninsula, would have been spine tingling.
guidogodoy wrote:
Fine info about your "Memorial Day," Becks. Always curious.
About Gallipoli? People my age learned it in Elementary School+ In EVERY textbook and, yes, it did include NZ and their massive losses.
While I take the day to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom, I also give thanks to those who currently (or will) serve their nations. IMO, they deserve more than a day.
Becks wrote:
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
guidogodoy wrote:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[Becks] Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2:29:14 AM
I know the recorder, my sister learnt to play it when she was little, a lot of kids learn it Waltzing Matilda, ARGH, that's all I have to say about that song lol. We hear that song a lot, especially when it comes to NZ vz Oz sporting matches.
Amazing story about your sister. Very Kewl indeed. Would have been touching to have been there at the same time as the landing. Heck, you saw my posts about a small graveyard in Hawai'i, I could only imagine.
About Gallipoli, I have NO idea if they still do it but here we all had to learn to play the "recorder" (basic flute if you don't know it). Common song was "Waltzing Mathilda" and, oddly enough, the "Austrian Hymn." Never knew much about what we were playing until the later grades and we learned the history but I cannot get either songs out of my head if I tried. Both easy, yet haunting tunes.
I think I still have my recorder at my mother's house. Hell, why would she give away my six/seven-hole piece of plastic? LOL! "Nobody waiting for me to grieve or pity...." one of the lines (or close to it).
Wonder if the "kids" today still have to learn the recorder? Be curious to know in an age where gym classes are going the way of the dodo.
Becks wrote:
That's interesting that you guys learnt about Gallipoli too! My sister was extremely lucky this year - she was at ANZAC cove for the dawn service, as a part of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent (she's a civilian working for NZDF). To be there, at the exact time those men landed on the peninsula, would have been spine tingling.
guidogodoy wrote:
Fine info about your "Memorial Day," Becks. Always curious.
About Gallipoli? People my age learned it in Elementary School+ In EVERY textbook and, yes, it did include NZ and their massive losses.
While I take the day to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom, I also give thanks to those who currently (or will) serve their nations. IMO, they deserve more than a day.
Becks wrote:
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
guidogodoy wrote:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:21:53 AM
Here ya go! Recorder practice at its best!
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:03:24 AM
Amazing story about your sister. Very Kewl indeed. Would have been touching to have been there at the same time as the landing. Heck, you saw my posts about a small graveyard in Hawai'i, I could only imagine.
About Gallipoli, I have NO idea if they still do it but here we all had to learn to play the "recorder" (basic flute if you don't know it). Common song was "Waltzing Mathilda" and, oddly enough, the "Austrian Hymn." Never knew much about what we were playing until the later grades and we learned the history but I cannot get either songs out of my head if I tried. Both easy, yet haunting tunes.
I think I still have my recorder at my mother's house. Hell, why would she give away my six/seven-hole piece of plastic? LOL! "Nobody waiting for me to grieve or pity...." one of the lines (or close to it).
Wonder if the "kids" today still have to learn the recorder? Be curious to know in an age where gym classes are going the way of the dodo.
That's interesting that you guys learnt about Gallipoli too! My sister was extremely lucky this year - she was at ANZAC cove for the dawn service, as a part of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent (she's a civilian working for NZDF). To be there, at the exact time those men landed on the peninsula, would have been spine tingling.
guidogodoy wrote:
Fine info about your "Memorial Day," Becks. Always curious.
About Gallipoli? People my age learned it in Elementary School+ In EVERY textbook and, yes, it did include NZ and their massive losses.
While I take the day to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom, I also give thanks to those who currently (or will) serve their nations. IMO, they deserve more than a day.
Becks wrote:
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
guidogodoy wrote:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[Becks] Monday, May 27, 2013 10:46:22 PM
That's interesting that you guys learnt about Gallipoli too! My sister was extremely lucky this year - she was at ANZAC cove for the dawn service, as a part of the New Zealand Defence Force contingent (she's a civilian working for NZDF). To be there, at the exact time those men landed on the peninsula, would have been spine tingling.
Fine info about your "Memorial Day," Becks. Always curious.
About Gallipoli? People my age learned it in Elementary School+ In EVERY textbook and, yes, it did include NZ and their massive losses.
While I take the day to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom, I also give thanks to those who currently (or will) serve their nations. IMO, they deserve more than a day.
Becks wrote:
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
guidogodoy wrote:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[guidogodoy] Monday, May 27, 2013 10:30:38 PM
Fine info about your "Memorial Day," Becks. Always curious.
About Gallipoli? People my age learned it in Elementary School+ In EVERY textbook and, yes, it did include NZ and their massive losses.
While I take the day to remember those who gave their lives for my freedom, I also give thanks to those who currently (or will) serve their nations. IMO, they deserve more than a day.
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
guidogodoy wrote:
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[Becks] Monday, May 27, 2013 10:11:05 PM
Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends. Sending my respects to all serving personnel around the world!!!
As a point of interest, our equivalent of memorial day is ANZAC day (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) on the 25th of April - we commemorate all NZers lost in war and those who came home, April 25th marks the day ANZAC forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. Gallipoli was a huge disaster, it's worth learning about, as sad as it is.
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
They deserve to be honored.
Edited at: Monday, May 27, 2013 6:20:00 PM
[guidogodoy] Monday, May 27, 2013 6:15:46 PM
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!
On a more personal note, i really took pause to stop and honor those from Maui who had fallen. Stumbled across a small graveyard en-route to someplace. All soldiers' graves were marked with flags / rank. While there were many soldiers, the first below that reads "PVT - Aug 24, 1941" and the second that marked the remains of a survivor of WWI caught my eye.
so far I have only heard god is dead, and its good, but it does get old the amount its played. I did hear it played on FM radio the other day which was realy surprising.
[Becks] Sunday, May 26, 2013 3:17:11 AM
I didn't mind God is Dead live, it sounded pretty good. But yeah, if you're getting saturated with it it would wear thing quickly I'd imagine!
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:10:21 AM
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also look forward to the new thread you're about to make in the newbie section:
"Realize my Future Purchase of a Desktop Computer".
How about I answer that one with one sentence from each of the four I have upstairs? You jokster, you!
Look for my posts on FaceBook.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hmmm...toughie.
A desktop?
guidogodoy wrote:
I have all but one. Guess which one I do not (nor hope to ever) own. HAAAA!!!
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Depends. You using a laptop or a desktop? Or a tablet? Or a smartphone?
guidogodoy wrote:
Digital download. Shall I set my coffee on my keyboard?
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
guidogodoy wrote:
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:47:09 PM
How about I answer that one with one sentence from each of the four I have upstairs? You jokster, you!
I have all but one. Guess which one I do not (nor hope to ever) own. HAAAA!!!
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Depends. You using a laptop or a desktop? Or a tablet? Or a smartphone?
guidogodoy wrote:
Digital download. Shall I set my coffee on my keyboard?
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
guidogodoy wrote:
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
I have all but one. Guess which one I do not (nor hope to ever) own. HAAAA!!!
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Depends. You using a laptop or a desktop? Or a tablet? Or a smartphone?
guidogodoy wrote:
Digital download. Shall I set my coffee on my keyboard?
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
guidogodoy wrote:
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:37:51 PM
I have all but one. Guess which one I do not (nor hope to ever) own. HAAAA!!!
Depends. You using a laptop or a desktop? Or a tablet? Or a smartphone?
guidogodoy wrote:
Digital download. Shall I set my coffee on my keyboard?
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
guidogodoy wrote:
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:34:03 PM
Depends. You using a laptop or a desktop? Or a tablet? Or a smartphone?
Digital download. Shall I set my coffee on my keyboard?
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
guidogodoy wrote:
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:31:35 PM
Digital download. Shall I set my coffee on my keyboard?
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
guidogodoy wrote:
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:15:33 PM
Nah, you can keep 'em. You never know when you'll need a good set of coasters.
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:10:26 PM
Want one of my copies of Black Rain? I have three LEGAL sets from that Priest tour. lol
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
guidogodoy wrote:
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:55:53 PM
We'll see, I guess. But if the album turns out to be terrible, at least I'll have Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules and Dehumanizer to satisfy all my Black Sabbath needs. Oh! And a greatest hits CD of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:49:23 PM
Personally, I can't stand "God is Dead." They are saturation bombing it on "Ozzy's Boneyard." YAWN. Just like "Black Rain" or whatever it was called when we all got it for free with the tix for Priest a couple of tours back. Yeah, I downloaded it (price was right) but it is a snorefest.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:44:48 PM
Agreed, 100%. THEY are terrorists but don't recognize it. Just wait until the preacher gets busted for something.
That 'church' is really a disgusting cult, they all need some sense kicked in to them.
Budred wrote:
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:43:58 PM
If anything, at least this "church" got its "God Hates Oklahoma" webpage hacked.
As for Black Sabbath. I'm looking forward to buying their new album. Even though "God is Dead" isn't that great, there is that potential of the rest of it being really good. But then again, it could also be pretty bad. I'm hoping that it's listenable, at least. *crosses fingers*
Oh, yeah! And nice that you and your wife got an apology from Gemini Syndrome and will get some extra stuff.
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Becks] Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:12:14 PM
That 'church' is really a disgusting cult, they all need some sense kicked in to them.
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Budred] Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:43:30 PM
...not my conversation but I had to chime in.
That freakin' church protested some soldiers services around here and I've been wishing bad things on them ever since.
Them showing up at "Jeff's" service would have been perfect, I guarantee bad things would have happened. Your comment
about the little girl sickens me. WTF is wrong with this freakin' lunatic pastor? Someone please burn that church down!!!
...another reason I chimed in was your comment about the new Sabbath song.
I told my wife two days ago the same thing you said. The beginning of the song ...OK...towards the middle and end I like it.
I would probably pass on their show also. Mentioned that to the wife during the same conversation. Ozzy doesn't sound overly great
on the song and that's as doctored as they can get it. I can't imagine he'll be very good live.
I will admit the last two times I saw Ozzy he sounded better than he has since the 90's but that was nearly 3 years ago and add the
story about his relapse and I wouldn't take the chance. I saw them on "Heaven and Hell" tour in 1980 and their re-union shows in the late
90's and the "Heaven And Hell(band)" tour you mentioned and a few times in between so there is no desire.
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Justin Kenny wrote:
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, May 25, 2013 5:53:59 PM
Hey, Justin Kenny!
It did surprise me that the Westboro Baptist Church didn't show up. They probably knew better than to try to rile up already emotional Slayer fans. The cult would all be impaled and without a single survivor left to try to sue the attackers for "damages". I heard that they were going to Moore, OK to protest the memorial service being held for a child killed in that F5 tornado. Looks like they didn't even show up there, either.
As for Black Sabbath. The only new song I heard was "God is Dead?". The first three minutes were "meh", but the rest sounded good. I'll probably buy the album, but won't see them live. I prefer to keep my experience of seeing Heaven and Hell live in 2008 intact. Stupid idea? Probably.
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
that sand in the bathing suit seems to be self multiplying. hope that her pc catches a virus soon and melts down.
these 3 or 3 versions of the same may be the most useless members of this page in years
guidogodoy wrote:
I am with HB in that those minor "sand in the banana hammocks" that are bombing the board today don't hold a candle to those of the past. They would REALLY have to step up their game to get to the reason as to why the "respect points" policy was put in place at all. Alas, what of the often intelligent debates of the "politics" thread of yesteryear? While I chose not to post there, the conversations were certainly at a different level. People could state their views in a literate manner and actually defend them. The Guitar thread. Always a helpful one. Even Kmac1 (before we had to move it to Kmac2 thanks to shitdisturbers) was fun and inviting. The DF/MM/MP thread? Produced TWO albums because of friendships that started here amongst the fans.
Now you almost have to time it as to when Vienna is asleep. I would have LOVED for some of these conversations to have (tried, at least) taken place on Rob's real site => the Q. Attila, et. al. would have pimp-slapped all this nonsense back into the stone-age. Así es la vida.
ps. for those that argue that this is Rob's site? Just look at Wiki. No, it is the BAND'S site! Paragraph 2 for those with short attention-spans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halford_%28band%29
Edited at: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:29:24 PM
[Head banger] Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:20:05 AM
that sand in the bathing suit seems to be self multiplying. hope that her pc catches a virus soon and melts down.
these 3 or 3 versions of the same may be the most useless members of this page in years
I am with HB in that those minor "sand in the banana hammocks" that are bombing the board today don't hold a candle to those of the past. They would REALLY have to step up their game to get to the reason as to why the "respect points" policy was put in place at all. Alas, what of the often intelligent debates of the "politics" thread of yesteryear? While I chose not to post there, the conversations were certainly at a different level. People could state their views in a literate manner and actually defend them. The Guitar thread. Always a helpful one. Even Kmac1 (before we had to move it to Kmac2 thanks to shitdisturbers) was fun and inviting. The DF/MM/MP thread? Produced TWO albums because of friendships that started here amongst the fans.
Now you almost have to time it as to when Vienna is asleep. I would have LOVED for some of these conversations to have (tried, at least) taken place on Rob's real site => the Q. Attila, et. al. would have pimp-slapped all this nonsense back into the stone-age. Así es la vida.
ps. for those that argue that this is Rob's site? Just look at Wiki. No, it is the BAND'S site! Paragraph 2 for those with short attention-spans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halford_%28band%29
Edited at: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:29:24 PM
[Justin Kenny] Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:38:31 AM
**part II
....why part II? Well..as I remember it, if enough time goes by while typing a post; you could invariably be timed out and lose the whole mess! Very frustrating! LOL!
Not much else to impart really...just wanted to say an overdue "Hi ya!!!" and share (as well) things I'd been noticing, reading up on, and thinking about. Good to see a lot of other Priest board vets are still at it here, and I wish you all well and hope your lives have been trucking along smoothly!
[Justin Kenny] Saturday, May 25, 2013 9:32:14 AM
Hey all!! S'been quite the 'dog's age' since I've made any sorts of posts around here...apart from time spent working, most of my free time is spent on facebook keeping in touch with family and various friends (made online and otherwise) that way.
Three years gone by...and we've lost Ronnie James Dio, Jeff Hanneman, and recently--Ray Manzarek. Our heros are dropping with seemingly great regularity... ...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
It's also been unusual to see our beloved Rob Halford resorting to a wheelchair in recent weeks given his issues with his back, eh?! Thankfully, it doesn't sound like a terribly involved problem, and he's confident once the surgical procedure he needs is completed, he'll be just fine...so...good news there!
I know a lot of people are still up in arms about Bill Ward's absence in Black Sabbath. Admittedly, I too had hoped whatever needed working out or ironing out would've been done in time for his inclusion on their forthcoming album "13," but...as a quip I'd read from Tony Iommi stated, the issue of getting on with things reached rather critical levels--especially once he'd realized what he'd been diagnosed with. Having seen for himself how quickly things deteriorated with Dio, even for as positively Tony's responded to his own spate of treatments; I can't really say I blame him for pressing Bill to shit or get off the pot...if they'd waited, who really knows if we'd be celebrating any opportunity whatsoever to hear the original masters of metal make ANYTHING new ever again? I feel for Bill, and I've read a lot of what he's had to say about the whole affair, but these gentlemen too, are not getting any younger and time seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing hour!! In the grand scheme of things, I can only hope "13" will NOT be Tony's 'swan song' as "The Devil You Know" was for Dio (all that's been released since notwithstanding). I've heard "God Is Dead" and "End of the Beginning" from it so far, and I must say I'm very pleased with what I've heard so far!!
There's also a lot to be said regarding the whole "...two Queensryches" issue (you'll all forgive me for possibly recanting things you all may have commiserated about thousands of times over in recent months...like I said, it's been a while for me!!). I'll just say this much about all of that....I've listened to about 7 or 8 tracks from Geoff Tate's 'version' (from "Frequency Unknown")....and...in all honesty, even for all the talent he's got with him this time around...I'm every bit as nonplussed about it as I was with Queensryche's previous album "Dedicated To Chaos," which in my humble opinion--was dreadful...and as a fan, it irks me to say that. Conversely, I've only heard one track so far from the OTHER camp (now featuring Todd LaTorre...a great singer) called "Redemption," and it's got me VERY eager to hear what the rest sounds like! Sure, it could be argued that LaTorre sounds a bit 'too much' like what Tate sounded like from the days of "The Warning" or "Rage For Order," but it's abundantly clear that THIS is the sound much of the remaining long-time members of 'Ryche were looking for and wanting to do for a very long time. Seems Tate had himself too tight a pull on the reins on what was becoming a very worn 'horse,' and it was down to either feed it carrots and let it get lazier and fatter, or give it a royal smack in the ass and get that sumbitch back to running speed! The fans have (largely) responded...the eagerness to see 'Ryche tear it up with LaTorre seems far greater in scope.
[guidogodoy] Friday, May 24, 2013 10:24:04 PM
I am with HB in that those minor "sand in the banana hammocks" that are bombing the board today don't hold a candle to those of the past. They would REALLY have to step up their game to get to the reason as to why the "respect points" policy was put in place at all. Alas, what of the often intelligent debates of the "politics" thread of yesteryear? While I chose not to post there, the conversations were certainly at a different level. People could state their views in a literate manner and actually defend them. The Guitar thread. Always a helpful one. Even Kmac1 (before we had to move it to Kmac2 thanks to shitdisturbers) was fun and inviting. The DF/MM/MP thread? Produced TWO albums because of friendships that started here amongst the fans.
Now you almost have to time it as to when Vienna is asleep. I would have LOVED for some of these conversations to have (tried, at least) taken place on Rob's real site => the Q. Attila, et. al. would have pimp-slapped all this nonsense back into the stone-age. Así es la vida.
ps. for those that argue that this is Rob's site? Just look at Wiki. No, it is the BAND'S site! Paragraph 2 for those with short attention-spans. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halford_%28band%29
Edited at: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:29:24 PM
[Budred] Friday, May 24, 2013 5:46:48 PM
I'll make this my last post on Rock On The Range and don't worry I won't include videos.
There was a lesser known band there called Gemini Syndrome. I had heard of them a couple of months prior
because they were opening for a band that I like. I couldn't attend but I was checking them out on youtube and
thought "they" may be the kind of band I like.
At R.O.T.R. my wife and i managed to get about four rows of people from the stage. I was watching them and thinking they weren't
too bad. During the second song I looked at my wife and she was holding her head and had tears in her eyes. I was like "WTF happened"
and she showed me her hand with blood all over it. I took her to first aid and on the way she said the drummer hit her in the head with a stick.
We got her cleaned up and sanitized and we missed the rest of the band's set. Luckily the cut was minor but she got a nice little knot to go with it.
When I got home I left a message on Gemini Syndrome's facebook page telling them what I just told you guys. Yesterday when I went
on facebook I had a message from them. They sent "our sincerest apologies" and said they were going to send me a package. They ask for my
address and my wife and my shirt sizes. They also told me that if I attend another show to message them and they will put us on their guest list.
They are a lesser known band without much of a following but I thought that was pretty cool of them to offer anything at all.
They made a fan of me just by their actions!
[guidogodoy] Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:12:11 PM
I liked that one. Thanks for posting it.
Even the vid wasn't all that bad (until the old-time woman slapped that cool pipe out of the guy's mouth towards the end..lol).
Thought I'd share some NZ metal. Well I think it's metal anyways haha. This is a band from NZ called Devilskin, I really like this song. Yeah the music video is shit but ignore that lol.
[Becks] Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:03:08 PM
Thought I'd share some NZ metal. Well I think it's metal anyways haha. This is a band from NZ called Devilskin, I really like this song. Yeah the music video is shit but ignore that lol.
[Budred] Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:45:41 AM
Someone here (probably Jimmy J) posted this band here awhile back.
I thought they were cool, not sure if anyone else does or not but they seem to be the type of band some here would like.
I wanna say "stoner rock"but I never cared for that term. Kind of "grungy" metal, they remind me of bands like "Red Fang".
They put on a good set, really tight and sound quality was good. I wish I would have gotten them doing "Hush" by ZZ Top.
Anyway, check this out. I'm pretty sure some of you may like this.
[guidogodoy] Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:16:50 AM
Wow, don't know if this was planned or not but "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" ('73 Hammersmith Odeon) is on right now. Featuring who? Right next to Bowie, Trevor Bolder.
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, Evening Star shouldn't even be in that list. Should've used Rock Forever instead, if they really wanted to reveal a "great lost track" from HBFL. Or Take on the World.
While always tough to make a list, who put "Evening Star" in there?! Ranked above "Victim" as well? No "BTROD?"
My own list seems to change daily but "Evening Star" sticks out like a sore thumb against a number of better Priest tunes.
There are two songs on this video. The second one has the crazier crowd.
If you don't want to watch the whole thing go to about the 3:15 mark. Probably top 3 craziest crowds of the weekend. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by acolyte55 from Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:12:57 PM)
acolyte55 wrote:
thanks @ Bud, look forward to watching the post!!!!
Edited at: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:13:29 PM
[acolyte55] Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:12:57 PM
thanks @ Bud, look forward to watching the post!!!!
[Matt Foote] Monday, May 20, 2013 8:50:21 PM
Has anyone seen Jeanine?
She has been a ghost lately!
Oh, and Priest rocks!
[Budred] Monday, May 20, 2013 8:29:45 PM
Went to "Rock On The Range" this weekend. Around here there is nothing like this festival.
The amount of people over the weekend and the energy level is like nothing I've ever experienced.
I'll post a couple of videos that I like and I'll post a few to highlight the crowd. Even if some of you don't
care for this type of music check out a couple of the videos I post just to see the crazy ass crowd.
@Accolyte...i have a video of "All That Remains" that I made sure to get just for you. I made a mistake though.
We were on the field and the crowd was so crazy I figured I would go up top to get a good crowd shot. That worked
out but I compromised the sound quality. Definitely a top 5 performance of the weekend. I'm going to be paying
more attention to these guys.
@ JD...I wanted to get a "Ghost video for you but I was too close to a group of security. I didnt realize til later they didn't seem to care.
My wife took one of mostly monitor shots with a digital camera. Not great quality but when I get it to youtube i'll post it for you. I have to
say that I've never seen a band like that before. Not bad at times but more symphonic than I really care for. I watched them because of you
and I don't regret it but they are different. One of those so called "devil" bands that come off as "really" being "one of those devil bands'.
This video was one of my highlights. Stone Sour doing "Children Of The Grave". They rocked it. I have a few stories. I'll try to share a few later.
Enjoy!
Edited at: Monday, May 20, 2013 8:31:52 PM
[hellrider 31038] Friday, May 17, 2013 5:54:49 PM
FINALLY AFTER 10 YEARS. THEY MUST HAVE HEARD WHEN I SAID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IF THEY DONT I MIGHT JUST BURN THERE FACES OFF.LOL.
[Trixi] Friday, May 17, 2013 9:37:31 AM
Very interesting, I believed on a new hard album, but for me are the changes in their music styles very good! I wrote, if every album like the other albums, it would be boring, but they experimented much, this is what I love on Judas Priest. But, I still love the album Nostradamus and I believe on the implementing on stage one day, the style of this album isn´t death, the album after the hard new album, will be in another style again! The band composes what the fans want to hear, they give feedback, there are also many Nostradamus fans! I love everything about Priest, so I can buy it, without to hear it, the new album will be a surprise for everyone who loves Priest!
Anyway, I think after the production of the new album, all the Judas Priest fans will be satisfied and happy again!
Sounds like their trying to get that "Painkiller Swagger" back.... it's about time. Richie Faulkner bringing some fresh young writing blood and guitar playing to the table. Everything is set up for a killer album. Just what I was talking about over a year ago.
Hey Hellrider, looks like we're getting what we wanted.
Edited at: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:43:50 PM
[Painkiller87] Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:10:09 PM
ROB HALFORD: Next JUDAS PRIEST Album Will Be 'A Real Hard And Heavy And Tough Record' - May 16, 2013
Justin Tedaldi of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner. An excerpt from the chat follows below.
Examiner.com: For the next project, I know you're all working on a new studio album. How's that coming along?
Halford: Fantastic. Really, really good. We've been saying that it's very important for PRIEST to kind of reinforce again a lot of the elements of what we do and what we're about to follow up from [the band's previous album] "Nostradamus". As much as that was a great moment for the band in the concept world, we want to get back to the roots of what we've been about for so many decades and just make one more great heavy metal album, meaning one of many. What we're trying to say is the next one is going to be a real hard and heavy and tough record.
Examiner.com: Are there any completed songs at this point?
Halford: Yeah. We have four tracks that we've got in the can. We're kind of looking at them again to see what else we can do, and the main reason we're saying that is because now we have Richie on board. And Richie's brought this great life, you know, this extra dimension of energy that has really been kind of infectious. We've all grown to love Richie as a player and as a songwriter, so he's added something new, and that's just kind of reenergized some areas that we're about. We've been writing a ton of material; we've got so much stuff in the can. We're tracking at the moment; we're just taking our time. It'll be ready when it's ready as we've been telling everybody, but it's a good message and a good signal to tell all the PRIEST fans that there's a new PRIEST record on the way.
Examiner.com: Will Richie be part of the writing process for the new PRIEST album?
Faulkner: Yeah. I take a recording rig out wherever I go; you never know where inspiration's going to hit you. When we were out on tour I took a little recording rig… sometimes when you're onstage playing, you get a little flash of inspiration when you [need] to scream into your phone or whatever. And the guys would be walking past, they'd hear it, and say, "Aww, that's a great riff, you've got to record that." So when we all got together — we got together for a couple of months last year in 2012, me, Glenn [Tipton] and Rob, and we threw all the ideas that we had in the hat, and we went from there, really. They've been great — you know, they could have just said, "This is the record we want you to play on," but they [said], "You're in the band and we want you to contribute," and they welcomed most of the ideas. It's just been a great creative team from the get-go, really. I've been a part of it and couldn't ask for anything more.
Rob Halford said: "Happy mothersday, without mums we wouldn´t be here!" [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Trixi from Sunday, May 12, 2013 1:26:05 PM)
Trixi wrote:
Rob Halford said: "Happy mothersday, without mums we wouln´t be here!"
Thank you very much! Rob Halford said thank you to all mamas, because without mamas, we were not here, on this world!!!!!!!!
Deep Freeze wrote:
A very very HAPPY Mother's Day to all the METAL Moms out there!! Have a wonderful day and keep ROCKING!!!!!!!!!!!
[Trixi] Sunday, May 12, 2013 1:26:05 PM
Rob Halford said: "Happy mothersday, without mums we wouln´t be here!" [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Trixi from Sunday, May 12, 2013 1:19:59 PM)
Thank you very much! Rob Halford said thank you to all mamas, because without mamas, we were not here, on this world!!!!!!!!
Deep Freeze wrote:
A very very HAPPY Mother's Day to all the METAL Moms out there!! Have a wonderful day and keep ROCKING!!!!!!!!!!!
[Trixi] Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:55:12 AM
Thank you very much! Rob Halford said thank you to all mamas, because without mamas, we were not here, on this world!!!!!!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:35:37 AM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
A very very HAPPY Mother's Day to all the METAL Moms out there!! Have a wonderful day and keep ROCKING!!!!!!!!!!!
[Deep Freeze] Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:35:37 AM
A very very HAPPY Mother's Day to all the METAL Moms out there!! Have a wonderful day and keep ROCKING!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought the tickets for me and my son yesterday! I cannot expect this great show! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Tania2194AD from Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:47:52 AM)
HAAAA! I'd prefer to see Ozzy stumbling about asking "who wants a burrito?"
Becks wrote:
Ok I have a question - what the fuck is the fascination with that Ryan Lochte fool? I know he's a great swimmer, won olympic gold etc etc, but what a fuckin moron! I just saw an ad for a reality show he's now got, WTF!
[guidogodoy] Sunday, May 05, 2013 5:49:58 PM
HAAAA! I'd prefer to see Ozzy stumbling about asking "who wants a burrito?"
Ok I have a question - what the fuck is the fascination with that Ryan Lochte fool? I know he's a great swimmer, won olympic gold etc etc, but what a fuckin moron! I just saw an ad for a reality show he's now got, WTF!
[guidogodoy] Sunday, May 05, 2013 5:48:31 PM
Yeah, I've been reading everything I can about it. Like the epiphany he had while snorting coke while driving down the road and decided to switch to alcohol.
He certainly had some sort of pre-existing liver condition but I am still looking at something that gives concrete info about the spider bite.
The neurotoxin in the venom of some of them can be quite nasty. Letting one go for a matter of hours (much less days) can do major damage. Here, as I said, the Brown Recluse and Black Widow are the most common (with the BR EATING the BW). I've known people who have gone blind in an eye just because of shit luck. One crawling on the ceiling and dropped onto his face in the middle of the night. Yeah, REAL shit luck there.
Sure, Jeff had a pre-existing condition and letting a venomous spider bite go untreated for even hours just screwed him. Very sad no matter how you slice it.
Guido,actually Jeff Hennemans spider bite contributed to his liver failure he had...the combo was too much.
[Becks] Sunday, May 05, 2013 5:31:24 PM
Ok I have a question - what the fuck is the fascination with that Ryan Lochte fool? I know he's a great swimmer, won olympic gold etc etc, but what a fuckin moron! I just saw an ad for a reality show he's now got, WTF!
[J.D. DIAMOND] Sunday, May 05, 2013 4:35:42 PM
Guido,actually Jeff Hennemans spider bite contributed to his liver failure he had...the combo was too much.
Not sure I remember anyone here mentioning being from New York
but here's a link for tickets to the New York showing w/ Rob and Richie
if anyone is.
[guidogodoy] Thursday, May 02, 2013 8:09:43 PM
WOW! <==a proper interjection, DF. That is just too sad. Creepy at the same time. Died from a spider bite?! My house is full of brown recluse and I am well-aware of what damage they can do having both read and seen it in person. Not feeling the bite is typical as is necrosis of the surrounding tissue. DEATH, however, is not.
Yep, just saw the news myself. Came out of nowhere. R.I.P. Jeff [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Becks from Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:19:49 PM)
Becks wrote:
News has just broke that Jeff Hanneman from Slayer has passed away. RIP.
[Becks] Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:19:49 PM
News has just broke that Jeff Hanneman from Slayer has passed away. RIP.
A LOT of money in shoes in the inner circle. Touching shot.
[guidogodoy] Monday, April 22, 2013 12:07:55 PM
BWHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!! TOO FUNNY!!! LOL!!!!! I've seen him (and a granny making a "bus run") many a time but never made the connection. It is perfect! HAAAAA!
Thanks for posting the extended review as well. Once I get the tears of laughter out of my eyes, I might be able to read it properly.
One local reviewer likened his running about the stage to your grandmother running to catch the bus LMAO!
guidogodoy wrote:
Outstanding, Becks! Very happy for you.
(You also do a wonderful impersonation of Ozzy. LOL!)
Becks wrote:
Been away for a few days cos we headed up to Auckland to watch Black Sabbath! It was their first concert in New Zealand in 40 years, and it was great! Played for just under 2 hours. Opened with War Pigs and the crowd went nuts and sang along. Couldn't understand any of what Ozzy was saying other than 'fuckin' and 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?' LOL! Highlights for me were Faeries Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. They also played two new songs, God is Dead? and another which name escapes me at the mo. The drummer they have on tour, Tommy Clufetos, is insanely talented. Would have preferred Bill Ward but that's bye the bye now. Overall a great gig!
[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:59:12 PM
Nice full review, Becks! Good to hear you all had a great time.
Just got home from a weekend away at the first Black Sabbath concert in New Zealand since 1973.
The opening act was a local band named Shihad who I wasn't too fussed on seen as I have seen them live many times. They played a super short set of half an hour. They left the stage at 8pm and we were all settling in for a wait of maybe 45 minutes before BS came on. However a mere 20 minutes later the house lights dimmed and the sirens started up, and the band started to play their opening song, War Pigs, and the curtain that draped the front of the stage lifted.The people milling about buying merch and drinks etc suddenly came rushing in, I don't think anyone expected them on stage so soon! The whole crowd went mad and started to sing along. Ozzy had plenty of energy (for Ozzy) but we couldn't understand much of what he said LOL! The words I made out were 'fuckin' 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?'. While I really wish Bill Ward had been there, the drummer in his stead - Tommy Clufetos - was INSANELY talented and drummed like a monkey on speed. Tony Iommi was excellent as always, and Geezer Butler was great too.
The setlist was great and included two new songs, God is Dead? and End of the Beginning. Highlights for me were Fairies Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. There wasn't much stuffing about, the music came thick and fast and they played for just under two hours. Setlist:
War Pigs
Into The Void
Under The Sun
Snowblind
Electric Funeral
Black Sabbath
Behind The Wall of Sleep
N.I.B.
End of the Beginning
Fairies Wears Boots
Symptom of the Universe
Drum solo
Iron Man
God Is Dead?
Dirty Women
Children of the Grave
Encore: Paranoid
[Becks] Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:26:33 PM
Here's a proper review I just wrote lol:
Just got home from a weekend away at the first Black Sabbath concert in New Zealand since 1973.
The opening act was a local band named Shihad who I wasn't too fussed on seen as I have seen them live many times. They played a super short set of half an hour. They left the stage at 8pm and we were all settling in for a wait of maybe 45 minutes before BS came on. However a mere 20 minutes later the house lights dimmed and the sirens started up, and the band started to play their opening song, War Pigs, and the curtain that draped the front of the stage lifted.The people milling about buying merch and drinks etc suddenly came rushing in, I don't think anyone expected them on stage so soon! The whole crowd went mad and started to sing along. Ozzy had plenty of energy (for Ozzy) but we couldn't understand much of what he said LOL! The words I made out were 'fuckin' 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?'. While I really wish Bill Ward had been there, the drummer in his stead - Tommy Clufetos - was INSANELY talented and drummed like a monkey on speed. Tony Iommi was excellent as always, and Geezer Butler was great too.
The setlist was great and included two new songs, God is Dead? and End of the Beginning. Highlights for me were Fairies Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. There wasn't much stuffing about, the music came thick and fast and they played for just under two hours. Setlist:
War Pigs
Into The Void
Under The Sun
Snowblind
Electric Funeral
Black Sabbath
Behind The Wall of Sleep
N.I.B.
End of the Beginning
Fairies Wears Boots
Symptom of the Universe
Drum solo
Iron Man
God Is Dead?
Dirty Women
Children of the Grave
Encore: Paranoid
[Becks] Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:09:35 PM
One local reviewer likened his running about the stage to your grandmother running to catch the bus LMAO!
(You also do a wonderful impersonation of Ozzy. LOL!)
Becks wrote:
Been away for a few days cos we headed up to Auckland to watch Black Sabbath! It was their first concert in New Zealand in 40 years, and it was great! Played for just under 2 hours. Opened with War Pigs and the crowd went nuts and sang along. Couldn't understand any of what Ozzy was saying other than 'fuckin' and 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?' LOL! Highlights for me were Faeries Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. They also played two new songs, God is Dead? and another which name escapes me at the mo. The drummer they have on tour, Tommy Clufetos, is insanely talented. Would have preferred Bill Ward but that's bye the bye now. Overall a great gig!
[guidogodoy] Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:48:20 PM
Outstanding, Becks! Very happy for you.
(You also do a wonderful impersonation of Ozzy. LOL!)
Been away for a few days cos we headed up to Auckland to watch Black Sabbath! It was their first concert in New Zealand in 40 years, and it was great! Played for just under 2 hours. Opened with War Pigs and the crowd went nuts and sang along. Couldn't understand any of what Ozzy was saying other than 'fuckin' and 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?' LOL! Highlights for me were Faeries Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. They also played two new songs, God is Dead? and another which name escapes me at the mo. The drummer they have on tour, Tommy Clufetos, is insanely talented. Would have preferred Bill Ward but that's bye the bye now. Overall a great gig!
[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Sunday, April 21, 2013 10:10:21 PM
Becks!! If they add a date anywhere near us, we'll be there!!! Glad you had a great time
Been away for a few days cos we headed up to Auckland to watch Black Sabbath! It was their first concert in New Zealand in 40 years, and it was great! Played for just under 2 hours. Opened with War Pigs and the crowd went nuts and sang along. Couldn't understand any of what Ozzy was saying other than 'fuckin' and 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?' LOL! Highlights for me were Faeries Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. They also played two new songs, God is Dead? and another which name escapes me at the mo. The drummer they have on tour, Tommy Clufetos, is insanely talented. Would have preferred Bill Ward but that's bye the bye now. Overall a great gig!
[Becks] Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:41:15 PM
Been away for a few days cos we headed up to Auckland to watch Black Sabbath! It was their first concert in New Zealand in 40 years, and it was great! Played for just under 2 hours. Opened with War Pigs and the crowd went nuts and sang along. Couldn't understand any of what Ozzy was saying other than 'fuckin' and 'love ya' and 'are you having fun?' LOL! Highlights for me were Faeries Wear Boots and Children of the Grave. They also played two new songs, God is Dead? and another which name escapes me at the mo. The drummer they have on tour, Tommy Clufetos, is insanely talented. Would have preferred Bill Ward but that's bye the bye now. Overall a great gig!
[i flick my boogers] Saturday, April 20, 2013 6:15:32 PM
i'd like to see Rob and the boys on the big screen.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:04:36 AM
Awww, I'm sure they'll add dates in Canada. No way the can forget about you guys.
well, since its not airing in canada, probably not me. sigh
Budred wrote:
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!
...so who's going to "The" movie?
[Head banger] Saturday, April 20, 2013 7:54:55 AM
well, since its not airing in canada, probably not me. sigh [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Budred from Friday, April 19, 2013 11:20:52 AM)
I always thought Willie Nelson was cool. One of my favorite stars. (His actions, not music.)
I never tghought I would see or hear this though. Very Very cool!!!
[Budred] Saturday, April 20, 2013 1:57:50 AM
I always thought Willie Nelson was cool. One of my favorite stars. (His actions, not music.)
I never tghought I would see or hear this though. Very Very cool!!!
[Vaillant 3.0] Friday, April 19, 2013 8:53:44 PM
Oh! Oh! Oh! Me! Me! Me!
Hopefully there will be a theater close by that will show it (and that my car gets fixed before then). Can't wait for the dates!
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:50:28 AM
Thanks for the thinking of me. While I did run another 1/2 marathon a couple of weeks ago, it was closer to home. Not ONCE on that run did I ever think a bomb would go off. Who woulda thunk it?! All this time, the "powers that be" have been concentrating on sporting events like football and basketball games but, in retrospect, a marathon is such a soft target that you could have planted something MILES on the course. Impossible to protect when you have so many runners and such long distances.
Sad part was what I said. The people supporting the runners line the sidelines. All the majors have so many police, volunteers and med personnel there that it is almost impossible to leave the course, get onto it or leave a backpack on the road without someone being all over it. True vicitms were those who were NOT running. Haven't seen the news lately but I am sure the bystanders took the full blast(s) serving as insulation for the runners.
Thought of you when I first heard about it, glad to see you weren't there. Now every sporting event/ gathering of people will never be the same.
guidogodoy wrote:
WTF?!?! Who the hell would bomb the Boston Marathon?!?
[METALMANJP] Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:27:00 AM
Thought of you when I first heard about it, glad to see you weren't there. Now every sporting event/ gathering of people will never be the same. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Monday, April 15, 2013 7:29:09 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
WTF?!?! Who the hell would bomb the Boston Marathon?!?
[Becks] Monday, April 15, 2013 9:36:25 PM
Very crazy people. So sad for the victims. Will be interesting to see what information becomes available over the coming days.
WTF?!?! Who the hell would bomb the Boston Marathon?!?
[guidogodoy] Monday, April 15, 2013 9:36:10 PM
The timing of the bombs? Well into the heart of those "common" runners. Even worse as the runners themselves were more insulated. Unfortunately, by the onlookers / family / friends who were cheering them on at the finish!
SERIOUSLY sick fucks!
[Vaillant 3.0] Monday, April 15, 2013 9:29:43 PM
Yup. I agree with HB and HRMG. Those poor runners and spectators.
[HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS] Monday, April 15, 2013 9:21:50 PM
WTF?!?! Who the hell would bomb the Boston Marathon?!?
[guidogodoy] Monday, April 15, 2013 7:29:09 PM
WTF?!?! Who the hell would bomb the Boston Marathon?!?
[Brian_Evans] Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:15:28 PM
On second thought ....she's a little too cocky for me. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Brian_Evans from Friday, April 05, 2013 7:04:52 PM)
Brian_Evans wrote:
Yeah she's not bad.
[Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, April 13, 2013 5:48:17 PM
So who's taking advantage of the big clearance sale on backstreet merch? I wanted the Sad Wings shirt but they don't have it in my size. Dangnabit.
[Head banger] Monday, April 08, 2013 9:00:00 PM
its not realy about who is beter, its about who gets more fans who are fanatical about voting every hour from every internet enabled device they can find
I haven't voted in any of these polls but because I said "Priest vs. Dream Theater" shouldn't even be close I decided to look today.
Man...really???
I was partly right, it wasn't close.
I'm pretty sure no one here considers me a fanboy so I don't feel like one for saying this but man, I'm shocked, I never would have guessed that one.
[Budred] Monday, April 08, 2013 1:54:19 PM
I haven't voted in any of these polls but because I said "Priest vs. Dream Theater" shouldn't even be close I decided to look today.
Man...really???
I was partly right, it wasn't close.
I'm pretty sure no one here considers me a fanboy so I don't feel like one for saying this but man, I'm shocked, I never would have guessed that one.
[Vaillant 3.0] Friday, April 05, 2013 7:32:28 PM
At least you were able to catch them while they were doing their so-called last tour. I'm still kicking myself for not seeing the Scorpions on their last tour. Ah, well. Might as well buy one of their live DVDs and pretend.
Unless asked I'll try to make this my last post about Otep.
I'm glad I went to their show Tuesday night. I let many chances to see them go by the wayside.
Had I done it again I might not have gotten another chance. I found out the day of the show that
this was their last hurrah. They claim this is the final album and tour. Not a big deal to most I'm sure
but I really like this band. I've bought three of their cd's and downloaded a couple more. I've always
wanted to see them and would put them on a list of about five bands that I really want or wanted to see
and didn't. For me the show was pretty awesome too. (except for "One Eyed Doll")
[Budred] Friday, April 05, 2013 7:18:37 PM
Unless asked I'll try to make this my last post about Otep.
I'm glad I went to their show Tuesday night. I let many chances to see them go by the wayside.
Had I done it again I might not have gotten another chance. I found out the day of the show that
this was their last hurrah. They claim this is the final album and tour. Not a big deal to most I'm sure
but I really like this band. I've bought three of their cd's and downloaded a couple more. I've always
wanted to see them and would put them on a list of about five bands that I really want or wanted to see
and didn't. For me the show was pretty awesome too. (except for "One Eyed Doll")
[Brian_Evans] Friday, April 05, 2013 7:04:52 PM
Yeah she's not bad.
[Budred] Friday, April 05, 2013 4:20:20 AM
@ Brian. This is more towards my style but I don't think many will like it either. I think this chick is badass.
[Budred] Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:49:39 PM
I could.
I posted this because I wanted you guys to see how weird this shit is.
I didn't say I liked it nor did I expect anyone to.
The bad thing is this video is actually pretty good compared to some of the stuff she did. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Brian_Evans from Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:27:06 PM)
Brian_Evans wrote:
Out of all the bands you see can't you post something better than these jokers?
Budred wrote:
OK, I think I may have seen one of the strangest acts out there Tuesday night opening for Otep.
Try to imagine...
"The White Stripes" on a bad acid trip going to "Alice in Wonderland"
"One Eyed Doll". I had to take a video to share here, you guys will love this.(lol).
"Please" watch this and offer back some input. (positive or negative)
I'll find one more from youtube just to give you a better example of the weirdness.
[Brian_Evans] Thursday, April 04, 2013 5:27:06 PM
Out of all the bands you see can't you post something better than these jokers? [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Budred from Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:10:51 AM)
Budred wrote:
OK, I think I may have seen one of the strangest acts out there Tuesday night opening for Otep.
Try to imagine...
"The White Stripes" on a bad acid trip going to "Alice in Wonderland"
"One Eyed Doll". I had to take a video to share here, you guys will love this.(lol).
"Please" watch this and offer back some input. (positive or negative)
I'll find one more from youtube just to give you a better example of the weirdness.
[Head banger] Thursday, April 04, 2013 2:02:03 PM
well, my advise is dont see them. we missed the opening act, read the start time wrong, mars volta was 2 of a tripple bill, and they sucked. my friend and I went for a walk. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Budred from Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:46:01 PM)
Budred wrote:
I never saw them. I've never listened to them either but I'll probably try to catch a video on youtube.
Head banger wrote:
Have you ever seen the mars volta.
picture 8 guys (yes enough for 2 bands) getting stoned and deciding to do a sort of metal cover of earth wind and fire. problem was, I dont think they agreed on the song.
saw them opening for system of a down.
Budred wrote:
OK, I think I may have seen one of the strangest acts out there Tuesday night opening for Otep.
Try to imagine...
"The White Stripes" on a bad acid trip going to "Alice in Wonderland"
"One Eyed Doll". I had to take a video to share here, you guys will love this.(lol).
"Please" watch this and offer back some input. (positive or negative)
I'll find one more from youtube just to give you a better example of the weirdness.
[Budred] Thursday, April 04, 2013 1:46:01 PM
I never saw them. I've never listened to them either but I'll probably try to catch a video on youtube. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Head banger from Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:51:06 AM)
Head banger wrote:
Have you ever seen the mars volta.
picture 8 guys (yes enough for 2 bands) getting stoned and deciding to do a sort of metal cover of earth wind and fire. problem was, I dont think they agreed on the song.
saw them opening for system of a down.
Budred wrote:
OK, I think I may have seen one of the strangest acts out there Tuesday night opening for Otep.
Try to imagine...
"The White Stripes" on a bad acid trip going to "Alice in Wonderland"
"One Eyed Doll". I had to take a video to share here, you guys will love this.(lol).
"Please" watch this and offer back some input. (positive or negative)
I'll find one more from youtube just to give you a better example of the weirdness.
[Head banger] Thursday, April 04, 2013 8:51:06 AM
Have you ever seen the mars volta.
picture 8 guys (yes enough for 2 bands) getting stoned and deciding to do a sort of metal cover of earth wind and fire. problem was, I dont think they agreed on the song.
saw them opening for system of a down. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Budred from Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:10:51 AM)
Budred wrote:
OK, I think I may have seen one of the strangest acts out there Tuesday night opening for Otep.
Try to imagine...
"The White Stripes" on a bad acid trip going to "Alice in Wonderland"
"One Eyed Doll". I had to take a video to share here, you guys will love this.(lol).
"Please" watch this and offer back some input. (positive or negative)
I'll find one more from youtube just to give you a better example of the weirdness.
[Budred] Thursday, April 04, 2013 4:10:51 AM
OK, I think I may have seen one of the strangest acts out there Tuesday night opening for Otep.
Try to imagine...
"The White Stripes" on a bad acid trip going to "Alice in Wonderland"
"One Eyed Doll". I had to take a video to share here, you guys will love this.(lol).
"Please" watch this and offer back some input. (positive or negative)
I'll find one more from youtube just to give you a better example of the weirdness.
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, April 03, 2013 11:21:44 PM
Me too. Wish I would have taken a screen-shot of it. Circle around the Priest logo was an eye-catcher.
Agreed, though. This one is still cool but I think I also liked the first one better.
I only saw the first one once but I think I liked it better.
It had more contrast.
This one is still cool though.
[Budred] Wednesday, April 03, 2013 7:12:19 PM
I only saw the first one once but I think I liked it better.
It had more contrast.
This one is still cool though.
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, April 02, 2013 9:43:54 PM
Now TWO header changes in a day (one of mine, at least)! Opa!
[Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:27:03 PM
YES!!! New header AND a release date for the Epitaph DVD!!! Can't wait!!!
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:00:27 PM
I know that I should cut him loose as well. Nostalgia, I guess. That and the outside hope that someone bumps him and the Metal God can regain control over his clothing line.
Pipe-dream, I know. Shame, though. I think I own at least two of every MGA shirt.
Waltzing Matilda, ARGH, that's all I have to say about that song lol. We hear that song a lot, especially when it comes to NZ vz Oz sporting matches.
...I will say this much, however; I'm very glad the Westboro Baptist Chur....um...I mean CULT, neglected to show to protest Hanneman's Memorial service as they'd initially vowed....it could've gotten very ugly (in spite of Slayer's urgings to merely ignore the lot of them and spend time instead queuing up to get inside and celebrate Jeff's life and music). I caught some pictorial and other visual accounts of Hanneman's service...I'd say they did a wonderful job celebrating his legendary career in heavy metal and honoring the very person he was.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!! 
...one dead
