Maude

Dianne - Husker Du

Excellent album, so much more than just acoustic versions of their songs.

The Cure's live album, Entreat, is perfection as far as a live album goes. All the tracks are from their Disintegration album, but every single one is elevated above the studio version. IMO this album contains the best version of Disintegration ever recorded. Other favorite live albums I have to be in the mood for but I'll happily indulge in Entreat at any time.

That's a good point @casapete , there's good loud and bad loud. I've been to plenty of gigs that weren't the loudest, but were more painful because of the terrible quality, I'm looking at you Plymouth Pavilions. When I've seen Motorhead towards the end, it was the strobes during overkill that hurt more than the volume, absolutely blinding and relentless. Relentless, blinding lights and ear splitting volume on a song called Overkill, it could only be Motorhead couldn't it. 😆

Oddly it's not the ones you'd expect that I've found the loudest. Fun Lovin' Criminals have been ear bleeding loud every time I've seen them. Likewise Carter USM usually reassembled my insides, but I did used to spend most of the gigs upside down with my feet in the air. Sultans of Ping made up for ability with volume (and gold spandex). The loudest I think though were the Manics when they were still a four piece touring Generation Terrorists, in a small hall with stage about a foot high. Ah, fun times. What? Fun times. Eh? FUN TI.... oh never mind.

I'd better reply as I think it was my comment that inspired this thread. Early 90s I think, we went to see Whitesnake with Pride & Glory supporting. I mainly wanted see P&G, being a big Ozzy fan previously, as it was Zakk Wylde's band. Once at the gig we found out P&G had pulled out, bummer but nevermind, it's still Whitesnake it so should be good. About fifteen minutes in there was a lengthy guitar solo, hmm no need for all that fretwankery. Following that, God no please don't, too late, bass solo. Oh how it dragged on, rumbling, indiscernable noise. Anyway it finally ended and I thought great, let's hear some songs, just as the bass drum started thumping. In a Dorothy-esque "There's no place like home, there's no place like home", I clicked my Ruby DMs together and quietly whispered, "Please let a song start, please let a song start". Nope, into the bass drum came some tom fills, then the snare rolls, then the full kit, on and on and on. Please make it stop. It didn't, not for very long time. So we all walked and went clubbing instead.

Flippin' sacrilege. You'll be telling me you were responsible for the removal of raisins from Double Deckers next! 😉

I can only think of Mark & Lard when I see that name, so I'll add 'Frank Spencer Blues Explosion' to the list. 😂

That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings

Convoy - C. W. McCall

Looking Back - Nat King Cole

I've wanted one of these for quite a while, maybe not this one though.

Well I don't bleedin' know do I. I did actually catch one of our own drummers sticks once, just behind my right ear. Apparently trying to get my attention. Bloody drummers. 😁

This could be an interesting separate thread. Signatures and their real counterparts.

I think this is getting way off topic but I do wonder how much of an endorsement deal is just a business transaction and the endorsee just has to use a certain item a few times at high profile gigs to get the brand out there. But soon go back to their preferred items. The drummer concerned was a Vic Firth endorsee but the factory printed signature just seemed a tad crass. It matters not as I gave the sticks to our drummer and pocketed the wedge of cash I extracted from the other drummer. The printed signature of the chief cashier of The Bank of England on the was far more acceptable. 😁

Megablast - Bomb The Bass Ah ah ah ah yeeaah!

If we're going down that road I'll nominate 'Toots and the Maytals'.

That's the point though, they weren't that desirable. Maybe if they were hand signed rather than printed, but they where still just sticks that somebody famous had never used, so just sticks.

Yes, those three bands would be infinitely better than The Kings of Ezraphonics. 👍

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome on stage, The Kings of Ezraphonics.

Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Totally, the drumsticks I got weren't from a concert but were given to me as a thank you by the drummer for a job. His signature was printed on them by Vic Firth and I suspect he doesn't even use them when gigging. I gave them to our drummer but he didn't like them.

Lily The Pink - The Scaffold

No plectrums, only drumsticks I'm afraid.

Don't Speak - No Doubt