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Note To Self- Songs I need to pick up if I have points left over after tCatS:

Under The Bridge- RHCP
Stop!- Against Me!
All Right Now- Free
Girls On Film- Duran Duran

Maybes:
All The Small Things- Blink 182
Ten Speed- amfb Coheed & Cambria
Bad To The Bone- George Thorogood
Rio- Duran Duran
Margaritaville-- Jimmy Buffett
Debaser- Pixies
Interstate Love Song- STP
Action- amfb Sweet
Buddy Holly- Weezer
This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race- Fall Out Boy

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

So the new poll is up, and it got me thinking about which of the categories I want.

Heavy and extreme metal- I'll take heavy metal, but not extreme. Especially as Die So Fluid could fit into into the Heavy Metal category.

Punk and indie rock- Punk gives me quite a few bands I like, especially more Offspring, so I could take that

Classic rock hits- I do like a lot of classic rock, right now my classic rock tastes lie with The Rolling Stones, so it'd be nice to see more of them

Songs with female singers- I'm a big fan of female fronted bands, and this is another category that could get me some Die So Fluid.

Older (late 60s & early 70s) music- Yet again, gets me some Stones, who I'm in to right now.

Brand new stuff- Can I say, Die So Fluid?

All the above- I'd be fine with this!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

My friend hates me for saying this, but it was probably the best gig I've been to.

It was such an intimate venue, it was awesome being THAT close to the band. But it was soooo hot in there too, hot enough for when the band came out for the encore, they brought out some ice for the audience, I was right at the front, so I got one.

Near the end people were calling for a drum solo, and Al looked like he wanted to, but I don't think there was any way he could have, and still played the last song. It was so hot, he looked like he was going to pass out. He broke a drum stick during the gig, and I got to take it home as a souvenir.

I also met all of the band, and they were all really nice. I met the drummer first, because one of the people I was with knew him. The guitarist was standing behind us at the time, but I didn't get to talk to him until after the gig.
The singer was really friendly, and I got her to sign the poster I bought, not realising it was pre-signed. She was really nice about it though, and offered to sign it again and make it out to me. Along the top it reads "To William ROCK! love Lady G <3 x" She wrote Lady G, so that it wouldn't be signed Grog twice. As I said, she was really friendly.

Thank God I got that text the day before.

EDIT: One more story for you. My friend went along early to get the tickets, but the box office wasn't open. So he went round the back and asked the person there whether Die So Fluid were playing there. The person he asked turned out to be the guitarist, Drew. >.<

Friday, July 25, 2008

Right now, I seem to be listening to a lot of music with female vocalists.
Recently I've been listening to:
Emilie Autumn
The Dresden Dolls
Blondie
Die So Fluid
Epica
Melissa Auf Der Maur

The last two bands have come out of me bothering to look up the bands that Amazon reccomend to me. Most of it has been not my cup of tea, but Epica and Die So Fluid are quite cool, the second especially.

On another note, If I wasn't obsessed with The Offspring enough already, their new single has brought that obsession back to the forefront. Seriously, go to their website, grab the free download of "Hammerhead" and be converted.

Also, in my research, I've come to the conclusion that I cannot find any goth-ish sort of bands that catch my interest with a male vocalist. But maybe that's just due to my current addiction to female vocalists...

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

I've been thinking about this recently, and it's had me stumped. At what point does a band move from being a band you like, to becoming one of your favourite bands? Is it even a definite thing, or is more of a sliding scale? Or am I reading too much into this?

Maybe it's when you can't stand not having heard some of their music? I know that I have actively searched out obscure Offspring tracks, and bought singles just for B-sides on more than one occasion. But then again, there are other band's I consider in my list of favourites, whom I don't even have all their albums, let alone looked up obscure tracks.

Is it maybe when you feel guilty having their music in any other way than on it's original format? I certainly feel bad for not having much of Emilie Autumn's music on CD. (I got all of it from my friend, yeah I know it's not the most legal thing in the world, but shh). However, her CDs are quite expensive, mostly because they are nearly all double CD, so it's going to take me a while to buy all the CDs.

Or maybe it's not a definite thing at all. Maybe it's just a feeling. Like a connection between you and an artist. Then again, that connection would lead onto my other ideas.... It all gets more confusing when all your favourites seem to come from different genres... oh well.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008