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Rich Lock

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:43:56 +1200

In anticipation of our return home tomorrow (Detroit/SF/Auckland)

Kick out those jams with a flower in your hair

Dave Patrick

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:49:59 +1200

I used to laugh at and mock metal when I was young – the blinkered outlook of a punk / new wave / alternative fan. That all changed later in life, and I've spent the last 10 years discovering some great, great music via the less well-traveled sub-genres of metal.…

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:22:23 +1200

Robbie (again)

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:14:24 +1200

Robbie Robertson's double guitar from The Last Waltz

Geoff Lealand

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:09:45 +1200

In anticipation of our return home tomorrow (Detroit/SF/Auckland) I am posting a couple of shots from our visit to the Rock and Roll (why not ‘Rock ’n’ Roll?) Hall of Fame in Cleveland yesterday i.e.

The Ramones, Chuck Berry

Russell Brown

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:01:59 +1200

Russell – belated, but I’m very pleased and quite surprised Jimmy enjoyed himself. I would have assumed an event/atmosphere like that would have been a bit too overwhelming.

He's been coming to gigs with me for nearly a year — and yes, I was surprised at how he had no…

Simon Grigg

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:58:05 +1200

I know nothing about heavy metal, which I lost track of just after Paranoid was released but I do like have one Sabbath tune on the i-thingy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O63COyZlTyU

which is a fabulous bit of late-psychedelia.

And while I'm here I'm going to plug Murray Cammick's guest post on my blog…

Rich Lock

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:41:13 +1200

Russell – belated, but I'm very pleased and quite surprised Jimmy enjoyed himself. I would have assumed an event/atmosphere like that would have been a bit too overwhelming. Has he ever shown any interest in making music? Get him copies of Cubase and Protools, and let him rip out some…

Russell Brown

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:14:24 +1200

Hell no – I’m listening to ‘Snowblind’. Did they play it?

Yes.

Rich Lock

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:13:40 +1200

Now try listening to "Sleeping Village" off the first album and calm yo tits

Hell no – I'm listening to 'Snowblind'. Did they play it?

Nothing against Dio. I like him, I just don't like any of the music he's ever done, with or without Sabbath.

Pete

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:26:20 +1200

Keep ya jockstrap to yaself pal

Sabbath went through many phases and even the Ian Gillan album had some good bits – I just treat em like a bunch of different bands that happen to share a core. YMMV.
Having seen Dio play in AK with Iommi et al it…

Ken Sparks

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:39:31 +1200

I still remember Black Sabbath at The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival in 1973. There was a burning cross up on the hill behind us and the audience lit up big time too. I don't remember the music so much but the atmosphere was great. Split Ends, Dragon and Blerta were…

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:55:59 +1200

Not much into HM myself--it all sounds rather hackneyed and the Tshirts are so ugly--but I encountered a curious coincidence today. At my old university in Ohio (Bowling Green State Univ) to do some research and a presentation. A visitor two weeks before me was Dave Snell from Univ of…

Martin Lindberg

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:26:01 +1200

When Dio was fronting them, IT WASN’T SABBATH, INFIDEL! Prepare to feel the wrath of my furry jockstrap.

True, but the Heaven & Hell album is still pretty good.

Also worth checking out is the classic doco Heavy Metal Parking Lot. Filmed in 1986 in the parking lot before a Judas…

Rich Lock

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:03:42 +1200

When Dio was fronting them, IT WASN'T SABBATH, INFIDEL! Prepare to feel the wrath of my furry jockstrap.

Rich Lock

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:01:29 +1200

Hmm – Mayhem weren't really that nice though eh? One band member shot and ate the other after a church burning frenzy and then became a white supremacist...

Norwegian metal bands have a reputation even amongst metal fans as being utterly fucking insane. That's 'insane' in the bad way, not…

Russell Brown

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:35:41 +1200

I’m baffled by so many people that normally wouldn’t touch heavy metal with a bargepole going ga-ga over Beastwars – John Campbell being a classic example. Is it simply because they’re from NZ ?

I gather they've had that response ever since they emerged: "I'm not really into metal, but…

Russell Brown

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:33:29 +1200

Hmm – Mayhem weren’t really that nice though eh? One band member shot and ate the other after a church burning frenzy and then became a white supremicist…

There's always someone who spoils it for the others.

Pete

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:16:17 +1200

This Sabbath line-up was more dirge-ey than the previously toured version fronted by Dio.
Different eras

Try listening to "Supernaut" REALLY FUCKING LOUD if you ever wonder just what the fuss about the original Sabbath was all about – I swear you can dance to it though some drinking may…

Stewart

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:17:52 +1200

I'm not really a session drinker (any more) so the couple I had were just fine – reasonable level of hoppiness & a nice smooth finish.

swad

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:27:35 +1200

Hmm – Mayhem weren't really that nice though eh? One band member shot and ate the other after a church burning frenzy and then became a white supremicist...

bob daktari

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:23:40 +1200

could it be by virtue of them being nice blokes?

being locals sure doesn't hurt either, add in their real social networks and virtual (they're bloody great on the twitters) and you've got a connection to audience

I like em and rarely bother to check out metal... as in guilty…

Stewart

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:48:07 +1200

Maybe it is a result of their name being given to a beer – I think it was a Hallertau brew – and it was nice beer, too.

Judi Lapsley Miller

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:37:52 +1200

Sabbath were indeed awesome and they chose a great selection of their lesser known songs. Beforehand I'd said that I'd be ecstatic if they included Into the Void and Electric Funeral, and Linton can confirm that I was indeed jumping up and down with excitement when they did! And the…

"chris"

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:52:50 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlctXgILld4

Grant McDougall

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:20:21 +1200

I'm baffled by so many people that normally wouldn't touch heavy metal with a bargepole going ga-ga over Beastwars – John Campbell being a classic example. Is it simply because they're from NZ ?

Obviously they're very good at what they do, I "get" that. But there are a lot…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:52:44 +1200

Arf, I liked that Rock'n'Rolla remix. Nice to hear the ubiquitous Sugarman messed around a little bit. Also liked the new Pretty Lights. Look forward to the new album.

On Hype Machine, here's Noche+Sueños off Mala's album Mala in Cuba remixed by garage/dubstep chappy Zed Bias

And Mrs…

Public Address

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:52:44 +1200

Discussion from blog post.