SteveXFR

Did they start from the name and then try to make it work?

There's a band booked in to our local venue who play the music of Red Hot Chilli Peppers on bagpipes. I have two opinions on that, one controversial and one not. Red Hot Chilli Peppers haven't made a good song since blood sugar sex magic Bagpipes cannot improve any music or event or situation. Any situation where a bagpipe is playing could be improved by removing the bagpipe. My mates bagpipes were blown up by the bomb squad after he left them in the centre of Bath one night while drunk. Some say it was the best sound they ever made.

With Elton John. It's what he would have wanted.

I was at that Jay Z Glastonbury gig. It wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing. Better than Metallica which was just boring. Of all the metal bands they could have had, they chose those bloated, boring old men. Kanye was just crap. Maybe if he removed his head from his anus he might sound better. Stormzy at Reading was surprisingly good, Rabea Massood opening the set for him on guitar was a good move.

Praise The Lord & Pass The Ammunition - Serj Tankian

One Inch Man - Kyuss

Resistance Frequencies - Anti Flag

Danger! High Voltage - Electric Six

Battery Acid - Queens Of The Stone Age

And his electric guitar era was his best. I do think Dylan wrote some of the greatest rock songs of all time, they just didn't sound great until someone else covered them. Maggies Farm was both Dylan and Rage Against The Machines best song

I'd rather hear a baboon concherto

Reported for hate speech

He was responsible for stoner metal though so he's alright. Using the mafia to stop any rock concerts in Palm Springs forced them to have parties in the desert using generators and boom, stoner metal was born

I know this is unpopular opinions but you've just crossed a line

Absolutely agree. I don't get it at all.

And another thing. I love rock music but I am so bored of unimaginative bands. It just puts me off when I see the very standard set up of Les Paul's through Marshalls and a Fender Precision. You just know you're going to hear the same old recycled Zeppelin & Sabbath riffs and solos made up of standard blues licks. You know the lead guitarist is going to make those faces every time he hits a high note. You know the bassist will remain completely static on stage and sound exactly the same through every song. It's just boring and it's been done a million times before and it's got to stop. There's so many options for guitars, basses and amps, don't try to be a bargain basement guns n roses because they already exist and we don't need a crappy version in the corner of the Lamb & Flag on a Saturday night.

I'm definitely right about that being my opinion of big gigs. I'm not sure whether it's right right

I've not heard good things about RHCP live and that's from big fans of them. Personally, I hate big gigs. I wouldn't see anyone in an arena or stadium. Even at Glastonbury, I hate going to the Pyramid stage. You're just so far from the band. I'd rather see a smaller band in a small venue so it at least feels like you're in the same room as the band.

My daughter has asked to borrow my Thunderbird and my amp and my pedal board for her school prom. On top of that, she expects me to put off selling my Jag and polish it so her and her band mates can arrive in V8 thunder. I'll take her in my crappy Skoda and she can play her own bass and use the school amp.

It's just simple, loud rock and roll but dammit Airborne can entertain a crowd. Excuse the dodgy photo, I'd had a few pints

Airborne in Frome tonight. Their second night here to warm up for their tour with Iron Maiden. I've seen them before and they're excellent live. Week after next is Bad Religion in Bristol. I bought tickets two years and forgot about them until yesterday.

We did invent heavy metal though and according to McLaren he invented punk in Britain (only a decade after MC5 and Stooges)

Blur were the most overrated Britpop band. I saw them at Glastonbury on their big comeback show. They were just boring, especially after Nick Cave

Wonderwall. F@@king Wonderwall

I think commercial country music is a particular type of terrible with not a single acceptable song. Commercial rock has the odd good song and all pop is commercial by definition but theres the odd acceptable song.