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Hanging Tree - Mark Lanegan

I'm not really sure whether it counts as getting the boot. A difference of opinion on what I should spend my money on.

Well that's unusual for Internet opinions. Everyone is saying the same and no one has been called a commie or nazi. It seems like I have to get out and try one. Does anyone know of a shop in the Bristol area that's likely to stock them?

I've been thinking recently about trading in my two Sterling Stingrays to buy a full fat US made EBMM. I've got a Ray34 and a Ray35 which are both excellent, I think the 35 is an exceptionally good example. Unfortunately, I'm not getting much use from the 5 string since my expulsion from the band I was in. Is the EBMM Stingray good enough of a step up to be worth replacing both my current Ray's? I would go to a shop and try one but I think I'd end up with a late 80s or 90's model which is different to the current version. I know opinions are rare on the Internet but let's have a few.

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Some High On Fire is up around 140bpm. Then at the other extreme, SunnO))) have been playing since 1998 and haven't yet got to their first beat.

The exception would be Idles who are absolutely brilliant and constantly denying being punk in interviews. They definitely are punk though.

Planets Collide - Crowbar

I'd be very happy if I heard that when I was braced for meatloaf.

Not a fan of negative Wizard metal then? Surely you must like a bit of nintendocore???

Like anything it varies between bloody awful and absolutely brilliant.

Come as you are - Nirvana

Beat it - MJ

Basically stoner metal is ripped off Black Sabbath riffs tuned down to C or lower with a heap of dirt on bass and guitars and lyrics about either weed, demons or witches/wizards. Songs usually turn in to a jam towards the end. Check out Kyuss for an example. For doom, tune lower and add more dirt, maybe slow down to 120bpm and add the word bong/wizard/funeral to the band name. Beards are almost essential as is black clothing. Everywhere you go there should be a fog of cannabis smoke. Check out Electric Wizard for an example. For sludge metal tunings can be higher, up to drop D. Basically just play early thrash slowed right down with vocals kind of slurred/growled. Check out Eyehategod for an example. Then you've got yer sub genres, funeral doom, blackened doom, drone doom, death doom etc, etc

It's a bit of a blurred line. I think some of the late 80's Black Flag was almost grunge and some of the very early Mudhoney and Nirvana were punk. I've always considered Bleach by Nirvana to be a punk record.

They certainly do. Funeralopolis is my usual warm up when I picked up a 5 string. I think most of Om's stuff is in B standard as well, State of non return definitely is.

Sorry, I meant Maxwell Murders by Rancid, not Journey to the end of East Bay.

Anne's Song - Faith No More

If you fancy something compltely different, try some Rancid. Journey to the end of East Bay. Matt Freeman takes a lot of influence from rockabilly walking bass lines. Goldfinger and Mighty Mighty Bosstones are also well worth checking out.

Hurry up Gary - Sham 69

Going blind - Melvins

Diamond Eyes - Deftones

Asphyxiation - Sons Of Apollo

F**k off and die - Darkthrone Too much?

Baby got back - Sir Mix A Lot