SteveXFR

We're going to record our demo this weekend so I thought I'd get some new strings. It looks like my usual DR Black Beauties are no longer available as the heavy 5 string set. They have quite a distinctive sound so I'm a bit nervous about trying something else and with my A# tuning, I'm not sure the .125 gauge will do it.

Strange Brew - Cream

No hope in sight - Paradise Lost A lovely uplifting tune

Ghost Town - The Specials

In the city - The Jam

Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura

Charlie Big Potato - Skunk Anansie

Janie's got a gun - Aerosmith

One arm bandit - Jaga Jazzist

Them bones - Alice In Chains

No Fun - The Stooges

Tugging - Brotherhoof Of Man

Going blind - Melvins

Maybe it's the stiffer neck that does the job. Doesn't the ric have a super wide neck and 2 Truss rods?

New York City cop - The Strokes

The Two Notes Le Bass pedal has DI out with a cab sim. It also has a dual channel preamp which can get pretty close to an ampeg sound.

What's the frequency Kenneth? - R.E.M

Mudhoney's Superfuzz Bigmuff albums just takes me straight back to a sweaty mosh pit in Bristol Bierkeller in 1995. Deftones Around The Fur album takes me straight to a lads holiday in Newquay when I ditched my mates in the night club every night to go upstairs to the metal bar while they danced all night to beep and bloops.

This year is starting to look good already. Starting with Frome punk festival with Discharge headlining and excellent local legends Far Cue it'll be a good one. Next will be Dub Pistols, also in Frome for a bit of solid dub. After that is Oi punks from Isle Of Wight, Grade 2 in Bristol. Then in summer is ArcTangent festival near Cheddar in Somerset with an awesome lineup including DeafHeavan, Russian Circles, Pigs x7, Converge and loads of other great doom, post metal and prog metal bands.

Today I've been enjoying Elephant Tree. Absolutely superb stoner metal, kind of spacey at times and very heavy at others. No idea how low that bass is tunes but it's very low.

The Long Road North - Cult Of Luna The title track of the best, most brutal metal album of the last decade

This alone should get anyone fired

Thong song - Kyuss

Stinkfist - Tool

Cheesy feet don't fail me now - Queens Of The Stone Age