RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Just ordered mine . Trying not to think of fruit polos ..

Well there's faster pussycat , and there's b@startd pussycat . Sorry 😼

I have the first metal for muthas album, but haven't played it for many many years. Mailnky because I was getting into other bands and lost interest. I gave my 7" singles to an animal charity shop. I play mostly cds these days , and found maintaing 7" singles to be a pita . One odd memory I have from the metal for muthas album , is thebootliggers track . The guitar solo sounded like a violin . It was in fact a turned down strat according to my friend at the time , but it certainly didn't sound like a metal guitar solo . I'll have to dig it out again. One band who I missed out on at the time ..more. My friends at the time had the album and saw them a few times . They even supported ted nugent at hammy o. Didn't do it for me at the time , but had a following . I think the guitarist was part of mammoth? Not sure what happened to the rest of them. They were on Atlantic records ...

This is the thing . I'm loving the banter, but can't acknowledge your wit 😺. Oh , well.. may try tomorrow ..

Why not ??

Catching up on the thread: I too had the fist ep. I saw them at the marquee, but I think ( but not 100% sure) they supported diamond head there . They were good . The one thing I remember from the front man was that he had a guitar , but hardly played it . Motorhead : first time I saw them was at Stafford bingley hall . Awful coach journey, awful facilities ( well lack of) . Mythra were awful from what I can remember. Motorhead got presented gold discs from a queen lookalike at the end . The rain never stopped . Saw motorhead at hammy o on the ace of spades tour twice ( 4 nights ) . Had the flu . Exodus : saw them supporting venom with chariot . Great gig . One of those where it was packed downstairs but empty upstairs I the balcony . Paul bailoff mentioned killing poseurs 😹 I think regarding Saxon , the funniest thing I saw at the Lyceum :: The eagle backdrop fell ontop of the drummer. And blute the guitarist got it spectacularly wrong when he spinnned the guitar blindfolded and hit himself in the face . Vardis seemed to support everyone as far as I remember . I think from a London point of view , the biggest gig Angelwitch did was headlining the Lyceum . Pete ways book is a must read .. I'll leave it there for now ..

Thanks for your help 👍 It took me a while to get to grips with GarageBand . Thanks Covid . I looked at logic because apparently if you have reason , then that can be merged into Logic Pro also .. I stand to be corrected. Plus it has loads more stuff . The only other applications I have used are Ableton live light and a demo version of cubase many years ago. In terms of ease of use it seems that GarageBand suits me . One example , is that on ableton the transport buttons don't seem straightforward . On GarageBand , everything is in front of you. I'll leave it there ..

Yes ! Masters of reality first album also purchased from shades . Awesome The album was rightly lauded by the music critics , but ended up in many shops for as little as £1 -3 . I kid you not 😼 The gatefold sleeve is cool too I paid substantially more ..

I remember going to shades records one Friday afternoon ( regular customer) I heard them playing this album and was blown away, They had the import ,and I had to go back the following Friday to get it . That , and manic frustration are 2 fantastic albums .

Was that 20 party classics ? Seem very jolly ..( sorry 😺)

Howdy! A bit of an odd question here. Mac user. Throughout lockdown I have been recording on GarageBand and quite enjoy doing so . I do have reason , but for some reason ( please excuse 😼) I find that it looks more complicated than GarageBand . Dare I say , intimidating I was wondering , if it was best to try and overcome my fear of using that software , and just purchase logic instead . With GarageBand for example, it is straightforward to me ,but reason looks more complex . Any thoughts ?

Thank you ! I have early sabs, and trouble . I have the icon album from paradise lost , but haven't played it for years . Have heard of electric wizard . Have a cathedral track on a '90s complication which is good . Heard of my dying bride. Lots to look into here ..

Yeah, saw girl school many times in the '80s . Always good value . I'd say if they were just starting out now , they'd be a lot bigger . The last time I saw them was with rogue make at the Hammersmith Clarendon . Rogue male supporting . Very late '80s/early '90s . Jim lyttle was a top bloke . It was a good gig . Onky saw rock goddess once at the marquee around the same time . They were good. They just passed me by for some reason . Not sure of the ins and outs , but I'm not sure if they were managed / promoted very well ..

So many types of metal these days ( which is obviously good ) . I have to be honest , and say that I've heard of one or 2 doom bands but don't really know where to start . So I'll be watching this thread and see what's what . I suppose the nearest I've got to doom metal is obituary ..and death . It's probaly not doom ..

Shame , but expected due to the reasons mentioned . I have fond memories myself , as I used to work next door to soho soundhouse in soho sq. ( was it also turnkey?) Bizarre happening one Monday morning , when me and my boss went to collect the post from rathbone place . We noticed a homeless guy walking around our building with a grey blanket . ( This was about 6.45 am). we said good morning to the local Hare Krishnas , while pushing our large trolley . On returning , we noticed the window of soho soundhouse smashed , and a guitar or 2 got nicked . In all truthfulness ( and hindsight), I could have helped myself as well, but was too honest and no basses were on display. A police officer showed up early afternoon , but not much was said really . myself and my friends used to always be in those shops many a lunchtime . The last time I was in Denmark Street , was about 2015, to get my steinberger looked at by Graham Noden . I used to be a customer of his a few times over the years. Top bloke . I've still got my Washburn status purchased in macaris back in'88 when there was a train strike . Graham took the active circuitry out about 12 years ago . I do miss the '80s.

I was at the gig . I ended up taking home a seat from that gig , after the crowd surged forward and broke a fair few . Well , I was Young 😼 They had to do a handful of those songs again for the video , and were a bit peeved off to say the least . Great gig !

I too was at the priest/ maiden gigs of the '80s at hammy o and the rainbow . Did anyone go to the one at the rainbow, where halford ran into the Crowd ? On the front cover of sounds the following week, there was halford standing ontop of the pa , and a big x covering his private parts 😹

You're probaly right . Production ( mutt) was their friend .

I had the getcha socks off ep ( yellow label , and not the rarer red ) and played it a lot . There was a rumour that they were going to play the music machine one Monday night, but in fact didn't . Luckily I saw them at hammy o supporting Ac/Dc on Rick's birthday . I remember Pete Willis being very good .I had the wasted 7"" , but hello America wasn't to my liking , and I was buying other metal instead . Looking back , I detested the pop stuff, although the harmonies are good and they have 1 or 2 songs that I do like . I keep meaning to listen to high and dry,,as I heard that in a friends house . May do one day ..

Interesting about the 7th son album. Maiden were obviously great at donington ( and cologne the following Sunday ) . I had that album , but with tracks like can I play with madness , I had to get rid I don't recall them singing baggy trousers , but Bruce did start wearing flares onstage . Yes, justice is a very good album. Tracks such as one , harvester, shortest straw and blackened are classic Metallica imho. The garage days ep is great imho , but they have milked the covers a bit too much imho. Having whiskey in the jar on the live set list should have been dropped by now imho. Watered down rubbish imho Apologies for the many imho😼

He could do a mean version of rivers of Babylon on that

He'll get a lot of ribbing for that , that's for sure .

It's funny really about metallica . I have all of their stuff. I think with therm , when they were the underdogs they were at their best . They still have occasional tracks that still kick . I thought death magnetic was a return to form along with the 12" with hate train on it . Then they churned out another s&m ..and lulu 🤮. Hard wired is patchy imho and I'm bored of them now . I bought the ride the lightning deluxe box set , but sold it because their attitude is too much like kiss these days imho. I offloaded the live binge and purge ,as we all know that is going to be reissued . I'll just stick to downloads with them from now on . I saw them at the o2 a few times . The pre death magnetic gig for a fiver was brilliant . The lhardwired gig at the o2 was the last time I saw them , and tbh I'm bored of the cash 🐄 Ive seen them many times ,and wore the various t shirts . The first time I saw them was at the Lyceum , but I have that on download and don't need all the filler . I think Jason was awesome also , and he sung whole songs in place of Hatfield at times .

They actually played this as their jingle 😺

I had that 12" ep by the blood , but lost it when I moved home . It was pretty gothy from what I remember . Hard to find now . Alices restaurant was a pirate rock station on Saturdays and sundays . Sometimes you could hear them getting raided and start up again .. I was gonna say that I need to get out more , but due to COVID I can't 😺 This is still on one of my old record boxes ..