favourite rock bands

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Oh c'mon, play the first 24 Bars of a "Town Like Malice" and its more "Can't hurry love" than "Can't Hurry Love", the only thing missing is Phil Spector.

If it hadn't been for The Kinks, Steve Marriot and The Who, Weller wouldn't have existed. They weren't know as Mod Revilsionalists for nothing

he next thing you will be saying is that Echo and the Bunnymen never sold their soul when they did "Top of the World" with The Spice Girls in 1996

I honestly think Can't Hurry Love and TCM are nothing alike. I've listened to the two side by side and there is the same feel there but that's all. The Jam were called Mod revivalists by lazy journalists who could think of nothing original to say. Yes, weller was a Mod - still is - but his musical influences were and still are from all across tghe spectrum.

As for EaTB, good call, big sell out, but it's the only time they've done something like that so I can forgive them. Oh, and the cover of Light My Fire for the Doors movie.

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Or was it "People are Strange"?. Can't remember. it was bad, anyhow.

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TheJam wrote:

Or was it "People are Strange"?. Can't remember. it was bad, anyhow.

It was "People are Strange" and it was for "The Lost Boys".

*adjusts anorak*

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Cheers KiwiPie. Some fan I am. I owe you a steak 'n' cheese.

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I just spent an hour or so listening to a Jam compilation, just lovely.

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Which one? Sound Of The Jam? Greatest Hits? Compact Snap? The Jam Collection? All essentials.

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Sound Of The Jam, got it out from the library a year or two ago and only listened to it a couple of times back then. Tis what happens when you just burn something to your computer then forget about it. Just been watching TOTP perforances of Town Called Malice and Beat Surrender on youtube as well, Weller looked so disinterested compared to the bassist.

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He was, he hated that sort of stuff especially when he had to mime, as on Top Of The Pops.

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Hey TJ, did you go and see the Weller-less version of The Jam in Auckland recently? I thought about it but decided it was too much hassle to go and watch what was, effectively, an upmarket covers band.

Jag2008-07-02 08:12:26

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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But of course. They were better than if Weller had have been there. His voice is now so different (age, smoking, drugs, booze) that he wouldn't have sounded at all like the Weller of old. Whereas Russ Hastings on guitar and vocals sounds like Weller used to without really trying to.

It was a fantasic gig and i got to hang out with them a bit before and after too.

I've published a Jam fanzine so the band all knew who I was, and went out of their way to spend a bit of time with me. Bloody cool.

TheJam2008-07-02 08:32:04

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TheJam wrote:

He was, he hated that sort of stuff especially when he had to mime, as on Top Of The Pops.

It wouldn't bring the best out of me either, it's a bit like cheating.

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Afghan Whigs are very underrated ...

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I know this is about rock bands, but tell me Terminator X, are you really that big a Public Enemy fan?

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TheJam wrote:

I know this is about rock bands, but tell me Terminator X, are you really that big a Public Enemy fan?

Of course! That band was my life.

Are you suggesting that someone can't appreciate rock and rap equally? I love all the vibes, just as long as they are good vibes. Rock, rap, reggae, punk, ska, metal, whatever. As long as it is played with true love then I'm in.

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terminator_x wrote:

Of course! That band was my life.

Of course I'm not suggesting that. Quite the opposite. In fact, I'm admiring your variety of musical appreciation. I love PE myself, Fear Of A Black Planet is one of my all time great albums, and Apocalypse '91 isn't too far behind it.

I myself love classic hip-hop, before it went all commercial and "Gangsta". Sugarhill Gang, Gravediggaz, Grandmaster Flash and House Of Pain are right up there with my all-time greats.

People who aren't really into music often write my tastes off ; "all that weird sh*t you listen to" is a common observation. But the fact is that although my true number 1 love is 1977 UK punk I lsten to an enormous variety. In just the last 24 hours I have played The Vibrators, Asian Dub Foundation, Discahrge, Carter USM, Dean Reed, Devo and Nat King Cole.

Your statement about "played with true love" is my mantra too. Big ups, big guy.

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I WANT MY ROCK STARS DEAD!!!!

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...and my comedians!

That's a spot on rant. Poor old Bill Hicks.

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Reviving an old thread I know, but....

Have any of you listened to a band called Lard? It's pretty much Jello Biafra with Al Jorgenson doing politically incorrect music, including an incredible cover of 'They're Coming To Take Me Away'. Anyone else heard it?

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And, on the same tack, Ministry's (in other words Al Jorgenson) version of the Stones' Under My Thumb is absolute aural heaven. The best cover ever, beating even the three different Social Distortion versions.

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Jello Biafra! There's a blast from the past. Used to quite like the Dead Kennedy's.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Powderfinger!!

And most of the Phoenix were there to see them last year at the events centre. Silverchair were f**kin' awful!

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TheJam wrote:

Social Distortion definitely deserve to be on a list of favourite rock-bands.

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TheJam wrote:

Reviving an old thread I know, but....

Loved em.

I loved all of Jello's joint projects. (the ones that I heard, anyway).

Jello and DOA's "Full Metal Jack Off" is one of my all time favs.

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Which of Jello B's projects had a song called Sharks in the Gene Pool? Was that Lard? Freakin' brilliant song on a now sadly long lost CD.

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This weeks offering

The Stooges

The band the Ramones always wanted to be

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Listening to The Blue Nile at the moment. (A Scottish band which the vast majority of you good people will never have heard of)

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Ah yes, a rainy night, a large whiskey and Blue Nile's Walk Across the Rooftops on the stereo: pure self-indulgent bliss.

Don't forget that other legendary 80's Scottish band, Big Country. Bagpipe guitars wha' hae! Lead singer tragically offed himself when he realised they would never be as great as the Bay City Rollers.

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Yeah, I had a Blue nile album back then, it might have been Rooftops. I remember it being fairly heavy on syths.

Big Country, great band. and their predecessor The Skids of who U2/Green Day did a reasonable cover version; The Saints Are Coming. Also by them; Into The Valley and Scared To Dance, two decent albums.

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Jello's ranting has got a bit too much for me recently. He's still on the ball and funny, but there is only so much of his stuff I can take. And his stuff with NoMeansNo did nothing for me.

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This week

Sonic Youth

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Hard News wrote:

Bon Scott AC/DC vs Hairspray, no competition... Brian Johnson ? Closer, much closer.

has anyone heard any of the stuff from the new AC/DC album? thoughts?

coming out on monday..

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TheJam wrote:

I've always thought The Stooges to be overrated. They are OK, but nothing like as good as they are made out to be. Raw Power and Funhouse are good albums, but not great. I actually prefer some of Iggy's solo stuff, especially Soldier, with Loco Mosquito and Dog Food being my two favourite ever Iggster tracks.

I much prefer MC5 to The Stooges, especially the Back In The USA album. Human Being Lawnmower and American Ruse are absolute classics, and Let Me Try and Looking At You are two of the most powerful vocal performances ever put to vinyl. rob tyner had The Voice.

And before anyone asks, no, I didn't see "MC5" here a couple of years ago. Why? Cos it wasn't MC5. It was two of them (Kramer, Davis) with t**sers like Evan Dando helping out. I wouldn't pay any money to see anything Dando is involved with. The guy's an uber-jerk.

Saw Iggy Pop a few years ago, (95?), good live act and I think Stooges were a live band more than anything by all accounts. I went to see the MC5 even though I'm no Dando fan and they were suprisingly good. You should always go and see someone like Wayne Kramer.

Seen Chumbawamba a few times, I was too young to see the subhumans or CRASS but saw offshoot bands these guys were involved in. I wonder where you can get hold of any Rudimentary Peni? lol. The 80's and 90's were good, but the free festival scene got messy when the Convoy turned into BrewCrew louts.

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terminator_x wrote:

That's cool, but were you a really big fan of theirs before then?

I love it when you see a band live and suddenly it all makes sense. I was never really into Sonic Youth and then I saw them live and they were amazing. Still can't listen to an entire Sonic Youth album though! And the number of times I've seen a support band blow the band I really went to see off the stage and then had to head for the record store the next day!

On the subject of favourite rock bands and great live bands - Sugar. The best rock band of the nineties. Copper Blue is one of my favourite albums ever and definitely Bob Mould's best work.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nGR5HOfKwfM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ku23nZkukE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XkvUFdKXavY

Still have this on tape. Must download/get CD-awesome album.

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kiwi pie wrote:

Since when has being a poser been a bad thing for rock?

Dandy Warhols.

Biggest poser tosspots alive, but man, they rock the joint.

saw them at the Bigday out, (truly the most awful awful "festival" I have ever been to, and the flamming lips played for godsake!) and they only lasted 15mins as were too wasted to even get halfway through their set. I was massively p*ssed off.

Why in such a beautiful country can you not sort out organising a decent festival?

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terminator_x wrote:

kiwi pie wrote:

Since when has being a poser been a bad thing for rock?

Dandy Warhols.

Biggest poser tosspots alive, but man, they rock the joint.

There's good poser and bad poser though. Just like there's good Dandy Warhols and bad Dandy Warhols. They've made some good singles but I had the misfortune of seeing them at the Big Day Out a few years ago and they were horrible. They were so stoned they couldn't be f**ked playing anything but a 40 minute set of drone.

lol same gig then TX, 40mins you say I thought it only lasted 15-20mins if that?

ForteanTimes2008-10-20 02:55:05

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TheJam wrote:

I've never heard Tripping Daisy (so therefore I hate them) but I saw Faith No More play here circa 1989 (I think) at the Powerstation (I think). It was around the time of the Epic single, which was/is a classic. The guitarist wore a McDonald's uniform on stage. Cool.

I also saw Nirvana at the Logan Campbell Centre. Crap gig, crap venue but I'm damned glad I went. I also saw The Clash there in 1982. Again, crap venue, but the gig were a good 'un. I'll never forget seeing a band I loved then and still love now.

I saw them in London-the best gig I've ever been too and I was no fan at the time and I've seen hundreds of bands, including Queen a couple of times.

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Strummerboy wrote:

This weeks offering

The Stooges

The band the Ramones always wanted to be

Nah the Ramones wanted to be The Supremes or Martha and the Vandellas.

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francsernal wrote:

Hard News wrote:

Bon Scott AC/DC vs Hairspray, no competition... Brian Johnson ? Closer, much closer.

has anyone heard any of the stuff from the new AC/DC album? thoughts?

coming out on monday..

Heard previews of all the tracks and immediately pre-ordered a copy. Sounds really good, best thing they've done for ages (and before some smart arse says it, I know it's the first album for years). From what I heard of it, it's up there with Back In Black.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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just went and picked my copy up from the warehouse for $22.99 bloody bargain!

yeah i heard rock 'n roll train a while ago and that sold it for me.

will post a verdict soon.

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