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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.

Definitely not suitable for metal although a substantial steel underwire might help.

I get that. It seems like around here they'll say they want to play metal or punk and you get there it they want to play Nickelback and Sum41. Either that or they send a song list and you get there and THEY don't know the songs and the couple they do know they don't play the best bit because they can't play it.

Going Blind - Melvins

Stupid Girl - Garbage I loved this song back in the 90's and not just because I fancied Shirley Manson. I was barking up the wrong tree there.

I think it looks quite nice but then beauty is in the eye of the beerholder

For something which is similar but different, there's the Retrovibe Telenbacker. I think these look awesome and they sound pretty good as well.

A boy named Sue - Johnny Cash

Like a virgin - Madonna

Lay lady lay - Ministry

Didn't Gary Numan share a statement from Spotify recently showing about £30 for a million plays? Band used to make a lot more money in the days before streaming. I knew a couple bands who were only moderately successful yet made a good amount of money. These days ticket sales are a much bigger part of their income so a £45 ticket for a big show seems reasonable but unfortunately companies like ticket master buy them before they go on general sale to us scum and they'll mark up the price by obscene amounts. There's something wrong when a business who literally add nothing useful make more profit out of a ticket than the band who write and perform the music and bring their show around the world for the fans. The government did start an investigation in to the practice of ticket master but guess what happened after they made a considerable "donation" to the Conservative Party.

Lost in Holywood - System of A Down

Amerikkka - Ministry

In to the storm - Gojira Superb song