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I used to live on the top floor of some flats above a shop, only 3 floors of flats. The guy on the lowest floor, didn't work and slept all day, so used to play horrible 70s and 80s easy listening stuff quite loudly through the night. I worked shifts at the time so when I needed to be up at 5am it was a bit annoying. The middle floor was empty at the time, so I'd hook up a drum machine into my bass amp and leave it playing a bassy kick drum and then go out for the day. Then one day the middle floor was occupied by a single woman. She seemed to retaliate by having very loud sex, multiple times a day (and night), with different people. Fortunately she was only in the flat for 2 months before getting evicted for "running a business" from the flat... Then the guy on the lowest floor got evicted for setting fire to his kitchen... twice... in two weeks...

Rothko and Frost would be worth a try https://www.rothkoandfrost.com/decals-c1

Now listening to Flotsam & Jetsam's Doomsday for the Deceiver for the first time since 2006, when the 20th Anniversary edition was released, having bought the album first in 1986 based on the Kerrang! review. Used to love this album, but these days the vocals grate quite a lot...

I was very much underwhelmed by Sol Invictus, to me they came back after a long time away with an album full of playground songs. EDIT: That was a bit unfair. I've been listening to it today. I'm still underwhelmed but not all the songs are childish... I actually prefer the second half of The Real Thing (The Real Thing onwards) but, due to buying the vinyl on release and the cd many years later, War Pigs and Edge of the World are very much add ons...

Recently it's been lots of Faith No More. Albums multiple times, except Sol Invictus which I'm not a fan of. The bass tone and production is really nice, but the actual songs are weak as flip...

I was tempted to go the Coventry Cathedral gig in July. But prior engagements makes it a but impractical. I met Terry Hall a long time ago, not too long after they'd split in '81, I was about 9. He was friends with one of my dad's work colleagues, whom I had a bit of a crush on. She'd just had wisdom teeth taken out so I persuaded my dad it might be nice to go and see if she was ok. I took her a bowl of butterscotch Angel Delight . When we knocked on the door of her flat Terry opened it. He was a very nice chap.

Rare 2018 “wide necked” 6 string guitar from legendary eBay luthier. Utter bargain: £2500

Bass buried in the mix of The Real Thing? Not sure I agree with that.

it is. I now wish it was actually mine! Damn it! I've got battered van GAS now!!

The custom shop do some nice stuff too. Here's my CS '68 with authentic relic'ing.

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My GAS has successfully been diverted away from bass gear. Unfortunately it's firmly implanted itself in the world of modular synths...

my favourite FNM shirt was, possibly, a bootleg one. Black longsleeve "Faith No More" down one sleeve, "WE CARE A LOT" down the other and the image from the We Care A Lot inner sleeve on the front. Flippin' loved that shirt. had it about a decade before losing it. Never seen another... EDIT: found a photo, so the FNM was on the front too, not down the sleeve. heres me in around 1991, playing along to Metallica’s Black album😁

that's awesome! 😀

Any update?

I still have the transcription book of The Real Thing, that I bought in ‘91, if you want a scan of that...

maybe this is more your speed:

I even have an NSK passport...

Can’t like this enough! I flippin’ love Laibach

There's always the Zoom B3n, Aux in, headphones out, FX, amp & cab sims.

Fine selection @Graham

Like others I have a few. They fit different moods. So in no particular order: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Good Son Einstürzende Neubauten - Tabula Rasa Pearl Jam - Ten Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son X-TG - Desertshore/The Final Report Pop Will Eat Itself - The Cure for Sanity Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine.

Of course today reminds me of how sad I was about Adam Yauch! 7 years today...

The little bass solo and harmony bit that follows is the but my brain just cannot remember... and that pitch bend at 6:24 in that video is a tad on the awful side...

Chris Cornell's death hit me harder than I expected.