Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis? Rush is still around to this day. They've stood the test of time longer than Led Zeppelin did. They did a new album in 2012 called Clockwork Angels and then toured for it in 2013.Rush left off.
Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis? Rush is still around to this day. They've stood the test of time longer than Led Zeppelin did. They did a new album in 2012 called Clockwork Angels and then toured for it in 2013.Rush left off.
I agree!
Look at the best punk...Johnny Ramone only learned to play guitar at the age of 24 and they put out their first album two years later. He was no guitar genius, but I'd rather listen to him and Tommy's awkward drumming and DeeDee's slovenly bass playing over a ton of the most technically accomplished musicians out there.
It's rock 'n' roll, man! You only have to be close enough, not perfect.
KC (04-11-2014)
I agree with that, but they certainly haven't lost their roots in the same way that lots of other guys have, like Metallica and ACDC and all those bands still trying to make it.
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Sunn O))) is fantastic. I think we've talked before about drone. Earth and the Angelic Process are also worth a listen if you get the chance.
I keep an open mind when it comes to most music, but what I meant by my comment about technical skill only being half of it is that it's simply not enough for an artist or band to wow you with impressive licks if you don't feel any different while you're hearing it. That's how a lot of metal is for me.
I'll let you know when I hear it.I highly recommend you go back a few pages to where I posted Abruptum's Gehennae Perpetuae Cruciatus
GrassrootsConservative (04-11-2014)
Speaking of Earth, this is probably my favourite piece by them [can't really call it a 'song']. It reminds me of the American South West and Spaghetti Westerns like 'The Good, the Bad and The Ugly' and 'Once Upon a Time in the West'. You can just see dangerous-looking men in wide-brimmed hats, long dusters and six-guns and bullet belts with tumble-weeds blowing past them:
GrassrootsConservative (04-11-2014)
Right, yeah, it's like post-drone or something, I guess.
BTW The Angelic Process is new to me and I will have to check out some of their other stuff.
Yeah there's a lot of niche stuff that's only for certain people, but I believe all music has something worth taking away from it, except, as you said in another thread, junk like "Soulja Boy."I keep an open mind when it comes to most music, but what I meant by my comment about technical skill only being half of it is that it's simply not enough for an artist or band to wow you with impressive licks if you don't feel any different while you're hearing it. That's how a lot of metal is for me.
That's only if you truly listen. Too much these days music is used simply as a kind of audible wallpaper for whatever else we happen to be doing at the time. It's rare to see people just enjoying music and doing nothing else unless they're at a show or concert.
I think that's sad, but music is also very important to me. Maybe some people don't see it the same way. I don't know how I would ever live without music.
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KC (04-11-2014)
Can't let the subject of Drone Doom go by without mentioning one of my favourite bands in the genre, but with a Sludge/Stoner edge to it, the magnificent Japanese band 'Boris', a power trio that sounds like a quintet!
KC (04-11-2014)
Have you heard the album Altar with Boris and Sunn O)))?