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Audioslave – Audioslave

Audioslave – Audioslave

This is the first album by Seattle supergroup Audioslave or Rage Garden / Sound Machine as they possibly should be known. I don’t remember why I bought this on CD or when but I have a feeling I saw the video on TV at some point and thought it would be worth a punt. It turned out to be a good purchase and I went on to buy all the Audioslave albums.

The opener “Cochise” is a superb rock song, great guitars wonderful vocals and the video is pretty good too. Every song on this album is good. Some of the guitar solos don’t fit the songs and this bothered me until I found out that the guitarist was Tom Morello and then it all made sense. He’s such an experimental guitarist that his sounds really don’t fit the mainstream rock.

This is an album I’d have on in the car if there were non-rock fans in the car. I think it’s an album that everyone can enjoy and not just the hardcore metal fans. It’s about as easy listening as I get, even with the “out there” solos.

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Asylum – Disturbed

This is a very good heavy metal album. I got it after a recommendation from Andy Smith. It’s very good to run to and has some cracking riffs. I’d be tempted to get some more stuff by Disturbed but I think it may be a bit the same. I’m currently seeking new sounds and experiences. As this is a newer album and discovery by me the standard “not sinking in” argument applies to my knowledge of this band. I know it’s good, I know I like it and I know I like playing it. Can I remember any of the songs or how they go? No.

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Asylum – Senser

I’ve been a big fan of Senser since my third year at university and Andy gave me some tapes with their songs. The album Stacked Up is still one of my favourites but this is about the album Asylum.

I have bought all the Senser albums, although there is one coming out soon which I think they are funding through an innovative route. This album is pretty good. However, Kerstin Haigh does all the singing / rapping as the main lead singer / rapper was off doing some solo projects and things with other bands.

Ah, the long song. This album has a long special song at the end. It’s 24:58 long. It that necessary? I like how bands mess around with these things but I don’t always think the results prove it worthwhile.

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Amorica – The Black Crowes

I downloaded this album in the last year or so. I first saw the Black Crows at the Monsters of Rock festival in 1991. They opened the show to be followed by Queensryche, Mötley Crüe, Metallica and AC/DC. I was really impressed with them and bought their first album.
I became aware of this album in my last year or so of living in London. I remember seeing posters in tube stations of the cover of the album. If you are unaware it is a close up of a woman’s bikini bottoms with some pubic hair showing. I understand it caused some controversy in the USA when It was issued and the record company had censored covers ready!
I never got around to buying the album in 1995 or so as I was moving out of the blues/hard rock genre into a more rap/metal mix (Senser and Faith No More). I was quite happy just listening to the band’s first two albums.
As for now, I’ve listened occasionally to this but nothing stands out. I might need to listen to it more but as I mentioned before most new music just sits on the edges of my memory core and doesn’t sink in. There are some exceptions, mind!

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First Gig

It was the first live performance of the band Disaster Area today. We played the MGS Battle of the Bands as guests.
So for prosperity it’s the 16 November 2012 and the venue was the MGS Great Arena.
Here’s the video:

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Vixen

Just downloaded the eponymously titled Vixen from iTunes. I have four observations:

  • it is actually pretty good
  • for a band with a female singer it actually works, I’m not sure females can sing rock! (sorry, personal preference)
  • they sound more masculine than Vince Neal from Mötley Crüe
  • Poison look more feminine than Vixen, more a criticism of Poison than Vixen
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    Bands I have seen

    This is a memory test. Trying to list the bands I have seen live. I guess this page will be edited as I remember the hazy days of long ago before children.

    1st Concert
    Iron Maiden (support: White Dwarf) 10 December 1988, Wembley Arena

    After that:
    AC/DC, Wembley Arena, Donington, Wembley Stadium
    Aesthetic Perfection, The Underworld
    Alice in Chains, Cambridge Corn Exchange twice, Download ’13
    Asking Alexandria, Wembley Arena
    Bon Jovi, Wembley Arena, Wembley Stadium, Twickenham
    Bullet For My Valentine, Wembley Arena
    Combichrist, Wembley Arena
    Dan Reed Network, Wembley Arena
    Diamond Head, Milton Keynes Bowl
    Elvis Presley (kind of), Wembley Arena
    Evile, Brixton Academy
    Faith No More, Wembley Stadium
    Gary Moore, Wembley Arena
    Great White, Wembley Arena
    Guns ‘n’ Roses, Wembley Stadium twice and Milton Keynes Bowl
    Iron Maiden, Cambridge Corn Exchange twice and Earls Court
    Jose Gonzalez, Shepherds Bush Empire
    Killing Joke, O2 Academy Islington
    King’s X, Wembley Arena
    KMFDM, O2 Academy Islington
    Level 42 (the shame), Wembley Arena
    Lostprophets, Brixton Academy
    Madonna, Wembley Stadium
    Megadeth, Wembley Arena, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Milton Keynes Bowl, Brixton Academy
    Metallica, Wembley Arena, Earls Court, Donington, Milton Keynes Bowl
    Ministry, Brixton Academy
    Motley Crüe, Wembley Arena, Donington
    Nine Inch Nails, Wembley Stadium, Brixton Academy
    Prince, Earls Court
    Peter Green – Chatham Theatre
    Queensryche, Donington
    Rammstein, Wembley Arena
    Senser, Portsmouth somewhere, Underworld
    Skid Row, Wembley Arena, Wembley Stadium
    Slayer, Wembley Arena Earls Court
    Suicidal Tendencies, Wembley Area
    Testament, Wembley Arena, KoKo
    The Almighty, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Milton Keynes Bowl
    The Black Crowes, Donington, Brixton Academy
    The Darkness, Wembley Arena
    Treponem Pal, O2 Academy Islington
    Ugly Kid Joe, Wembley Stadium
    UK Subs, The Square
    Van Halen, Wembley Stadium
    Wat Tyler, The Square
    White Lion, Wembley Arena
    Winger, The Astoria
    Wolfsbane, Cambridge Corn Exchange twice, The Marquee
    Yngwie Malmsteen, Shepherds Bush Empire

    For the Download 2013 list click here.

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