SteveXFR

If I want to hear a song exactly the same as the album version, I'll listen to the album. For me music should be art and repeating the same thing for 20 years isn't art. Sometimes the live variations work, sometimes they don't but at least it adds interest. I saw Smashing Pumpkins live once, they played everything exactly like the records and it was pretty dull, they looked bored as well

I'd go as far as say the first five albums were great (bass volume aside). The black album did have some classic tunes. One and Enter Sandman may not be as heavy as the earlier stuff but still up with their best songs. Everything after that has just been forgettable really.

I can never remember the words and that seems to work. We don't do ballads

Metallicas new stuff is good, perfectly competent BUT from the biggest metal band in the world it should be a LOT more special.

I've just started doing backing vocals. It's not as easy as I thought and all I do is mostly just randomly shout the f word or yeaaaahhhhhhhh Punk does not always require complex lyrics

Auto pilot - QOTSA with Mark Lanegan

She bangs - Ricky Martin I deeply apologise for knowing that this song exists and for reminding you that it exists.

She bangs the drum - Stone Roses

Cannon ball - The Breeders

Happy Talk - Captain Sensible Beaten to the obvious suggestion

Happiness in slavery - Nine Inch Nails

Green Machine - Kyuss

Back door man - The Doors

Baby got back - Sir-Mix-A-lot

I listen to Cult of Luna a lot, they're an incredibly creative and talented metal band. This is my first listen to their Eternal Kingdom album and its absolutely killer start to finish with Ghost Trail being the highlight. It's quite long at 10 minutes and a bit prog at times but well worth a listen.

I'll work to 65, get the mortgage cleared and that's enough. I don't think I'll be capable of my job at 70. I've seen a few try to work past 65 but none have lasted.

Care homes are businesses, all businesses exist purely to make profit. I'll never get there, I'm checking out at 65, it's the only way I can avoid working up to 70.

Witchcraft. Burn them and throw them in the sea.

I'm sure they could but would it sell any more basses and make more money?

I've been using this setup for a few weeks now. The master volume still works, it's bypassing the eq and gain but not master volume.

I think fretless slide lead bass could be a first in sludge/doom metal. Add in a wah and some heavy overdrive and I'm sure it'll work.

I like that. That's giving me ideas. Good tunes.

What band is that? I'll have a listen.

Thanks for the tips. Listen to Joy Division is just good advice for all problems but they do have so great bass leads.

Last night I received an email from our guitarist with an mp3 looping an absolutely disgusting, sludgy, doomy guitar riff. It sounds great but because he's gone so low with it, he's pretty much playing a bass part on baritone guitar (tuned to A#). This means the space left for me is pretty much a lead part which is something I have zero experience writing. Are there any good guides or rules or tips for writing a lead part? Or is it just a case of put it on loop, pour a whisky and jam until something happens?