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Eels - 3 Speed
Deus - 7 Days, 7 Weeks
The Who - 5:15
Girls Against Boys - 7 Seas
Queens Of The Stone Age - 3's & 7's
On preview: nope, nope, Girls Vs. Boys, aka Girls Against Boys. Top group, when on form. There's a lot to be said for 2 bassists in one band. And, yay, Deus - so underrated. I think they're headed back into the studio soon.
i like this QotST better than anything else i've heard from them. i should give them more of a chance.
For a second i thought it was the new Chris Cornell which would have been great since i hear it's much better than the sad solo he did where the best thing on it was the huge cat on the back cover.
It was a mediocre album but a huge cat.
Safteryfork: there's a little more rock but then it shifts of to quieter stuff near the end. I was sorely tempted by stuff like Megadeth's 502 but it just didn't fit. Gah.
Eth: interesting what you said about the QOTSA - when I first heard it, I hated it. But it's growing on me, and the new album is certainly better than their last one, which sucked huge balls.
The new Cornell is okay. When it's on form it's pretty good but there's some filler and some definite signs of radio friendly middle aged rocker. Live, though, he's still pumping out lots of sweet Soundgarden classics, mainly from Badmotorfinger.
Oh, Girls Against Boys, I know them, actually; a friend of mine's been friends with the drummer for a long time.
I don't like them all that much, but you're right, two bass players is cool.
Is Dave Grohl still playing drums for QOTSA? It's the only thing he should be doing. He commits a mortal sin every time he fronts a band with another man drumming.
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras
Soundgarden - 4th Of July
The Black Keys - 10A.M Automatic
The White Stripes - 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
Rogue Wave - 10:1
HJ: Grohl is, IIRC, back in the studio with the increasingly dull Foo Fighters, a band that said all they had to by the end of their 2nd album. They should just release a singles album and call it quits. I saw GvsB last year in London and they were damn cool. Took some pics with my shitty camera phone, threw them on Flickr, got a Flickr mail from their lead singer asking if they could use them!
Safetyfork (spelt right this time): yeah, the Megadeth just wouldn't have fitted. One of these days I will do a metal set. I dug out a load of old Maiden the other day, which was interesting.
Grohl's the best rock drummer since Bonham. Foo Fighters suck, not just because their music sucks, but because Grohl actually has someone else playing drums (it's unimaginable!) while he uglies it up with his crappy singing and rudimentary guitar skills. What a douche!
If I was the best buttfucker in the world, even if I found buttfucking distasteful, you can bet your ass I'd be fucking butts all day, every day. Duty calls!
Eth: there's no sign of Specklet! How's it supposed to be saucy sex talk radio without her?!
HJ: Yep, Grohl is an awesomely good drummer. Live, he's also an awesomely bad singer. He just doesn't have the skill to do it - he can't hit the notes, ends up breathless and screaming.
Jimmy Eat World - 23
Rufus Wainwright - 11:11
Whiskeytown - 16 Days (Yo Ryan Adams: stop putting out your increasing shitty solo albums and reform this group!)
Josh Rouse - 100m Backstroke
Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (And Nothin' On)
Mmmmm, 4 boobs *imagines* Er, with your "where's Jon" comment, is that because Jon likes one big boob, or are you spoiling for a fight?!
Yeah, Ryan Adams was in in Whiskeytown with Caitlin Carey and others. They were an awesome group and, regrettably, his solo stuff is getting worse and worse. He's got a new album out next week ("Easy Tiger") which my brother has had a prmo of for a few weeks. He's a fan, but says it's really not up to much. *sigh*
Tori Amos - 1000 Oceans
Rachael Yamagata - 1963
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
Hayden - 1939
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles (nothing like a song about Christmas in June, eh?)
Clogs - 2:3:5
That could have faded out better, I feel. But there you go. Thanks for listening, those wot did. Now, if you don't mind, I have some sexy talk to attend to. Maybe.
I had to edit it down a bit - I had about 3.5 hours of stuff at one point and we're not really meant to go over 2 hours. Got any suggestions? I'm always open to hearing new stuff.
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