SteveXFR

Check out local music groups on social media and ask for amp repair recommendations. I've had a few repairs done by local electronics engineers who work out of their garage.

A song for the deaf - Queens Of the Stone Age

The Queen is dead - The Smiths

Satan - Orbital

Up the junction - Squeeze Too late

Flat Earth Society - Bad Religion Or anything by Deftones with their flat earth guitarist.

72 Hookers - NOFX

Avenues and Alleyways - Rancid

White Lines - Duran Duran

I'm really excited about it. I've not seen them live before. I'm expecting something like Motorhead, loud, raw and rough but tight and heavy and a big wall of sound

Genesis - Deftones

A brilliant song in an absolutely brilliant film. Burn by The Cure in The Crow.

Freebird has probably been used in dozens of films and understandably so. This use of the song, in my opinion is brilliant, I couldn't think of a better match for the scene. One of my favourite films as well. The acting isn't great, the plot is ropey but it's just a really horror entertaining film. Judgement Night probably has the greatest heavy metal soundtrack ever recorded for a film. Shame the film was terrible though.

Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine

Demon Cleaner - Kyuss

Definitely tell them, they deserve to know. The problem is that goof drummers are hard to find so it might take you a while to find a replacement and you may not actually get out and gig any sooner than waiting for your current drummer.

Funeralopolis - Electric Wizard

Shooting Star - Gojira

Have you heard the Gang of Four tribute album, The Problem of Leisure? It is absolutely superb and there's some really amazing musicians on it.

Thinking about it, rock music is an extremely vague description as well which covers everything from Aerosmith to Cannibal Corpse to Combichrist to Chuck Berry.

Does pop music really have a definition beyond being music to appeal to the masses? Most other genres have a specific sound but pop doesn't really have that. It can use any instruments, have lyrics about any subject, could be major or minor and could take influence from any other genre.

Strange Brew - Cream (of tomato)

Definitely agree on originality dating slower. Albums like Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Angel Dust, Songs For The Deaf, Pretty Hate Machine and maybe Fat of The Land still sound fresh because they don't have a sound associated with a specific era. They have their own sound. I'm sure there are similar examples in most genres.

As a huge metal fan I'd disagree about iconic metal bands not aging (Sabbath excepted). Metal has changed massively over its half a century life. There are bands like Airborne and Steel Panther who are still making that 80's metal but there's a good amount of nostalgia involved in what they do. Even comparing 80's Metallica to modern Metallica or 80's Slayer to modern Slayer, the old stuff is better in my opinion but it does sound dated.

Black Sabbath still sound current, mostly because there are so many doom bands still trying to sound like them.