OT: The Semi-irregular Music Thread

[RizzleMcRib]

I definitely got lucky on that deal. It even had the original cart and stylus on it.

Right now I have an AT-95e but am going to upgrade to a Nagaoka MP-110 soon. I do have another table, a Pro-Ject Carbon Debut. I bought that before getting lucky with the Pioneer.

My other table is a Rega RP3 with the Ortofon 2m Bronze, but I find myself using the Pioneer 90% of the time (I'm debating moving the Bronze to my Pioneer and selling the Rega). Everything sounds awesome on that thing. No belts to change if I want to play 45s, and it has autoreturn. I used to have a Ortofon 2m Blue on it. That cart sounded amazing, but when I tried to place the cover back on I accidentally hit the stylus and snapped it . I literally stared at it, completely void of any emotion, for about 15 minutes. Then I just turned around walked upstairs and went to bed. I bought an Ortofon Omega as a quick and cheap (35 bucks) replacement. About a year later, that cart is still on it.

I've heard nothing but awesome reviews for the Nagaoka MP-110. You gotta let me know how it sounds.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

When I was younger I used to work at this ice rink. There was this girl that worked there named Candace. She was pretty cute. She invited me to go to homecoming with her.I said Ok. Earlier in the day I went to this awesome (now closed) CD store named BBs and purchased In Casino Out. On the way to homecoming, I decided to play it in the car. I don't think she was digging it. A few weeks later I took her to see this band Avail. We never really went out after that.

 

[Zen Arcade]

When I was younger I used to work at this ice rink. There was this girl that worked there named Candace. She was pretty cute. She invited me to go to homecoming with her.I said Ok. Earlier in the day I went to this awesome (now closed) CD store named BBs and purchased In Casino Out. On the way to homecoming, I decided to play it in the car. I don't think she was digging it. A few weeks later I took her to see this band Avail. We never really went out after that.

If she couldn't appreciate Avail then there's no hope for her. Great live band.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

If she couldn't appreciate Avail then there's no hope for her. Great live band.

No truer words have been spoken. Dixie is one of my go to steering wheel drumming albums. Are you from Richmond?

 

[Zen Arcade]

No truer words have been spoken. Dixie is one of my go to steering wheel drumming albums. Are you from Richmond?

Nah, I'm from a little outside of Pittsburgh, but they came through here a lot back when Club Laga was still open. I saw them and Converge on back to back nights, it took me about a week to recover.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

Nah, I'm from a little outside of Pittsburgh, but they came through here a lot back when Club Laga was still open. I saw them and Converge on back to back nights, it took me about a week to recover.

The first time I ever saw Converge, they were with Cave In and Dillinger Escape Plan. It was right when Cave In released Until Your Heart Stops. My friend booked them at this small rundown warehouse.... Completely DIY. We may have been 19 at the time. DEP kept tripping the breakers. Lights would go out. It was total mayhem. I went crazy during Cave In. The drummer from Converge was sick and kept throwing up in a bucket. They may have played 4 songs. It was pretty memorable.

That's pretty intense seeing those back to back. Avail shows used to be the best. Have you ever heard of a band Action Patrol?

 

[Zen Arcade]

I vaguely remember Action Patrol, didn't they wear jumpsuits?

 

[RizzleMcRib]

I vaguely remember Action Patrol, didn't they wear jumpsuits?

Yessir. Dude looked like Drew Carey. Those guys were insane. They played with Avail once here. That's the reason I thought about it. We used to get all the bands from Richmond / Roanoke and Gainesville.


You're not the one who listed 24 Hour Revenge Therapy was one of their top 5 albums are you?

 

[Zen Arcade]

Yessir. Dude looked like Drew Carey. Those guys were insane. They played with Avail once here. That's the reason I thought about it. We used to get all the bands from Richmond / Roanoke and Gainesville.


You're not the one who listed 24 Hour Revenge Therapy was one of their top 5 albums are you?

Yeah, that was me.

Funny thing about Jawbreaker, a friend of mine that generally has the same taste in music as I do just flat out loathes them. His wife likes them, but prefers Jets to Brazil and we really enjoy tormenting him about it. It's gotten to the point where he thinks anything slightly punky with gruffish vocals is secretly Jawbreaker and we're trying to trick him.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

Yeah, that was me.

Funny thing about Jawbreaker, a friend of mine that generally has the same taste in music as I do just flat out loathes them. His wife likes them, but prefers Jets to Brazil and we really enjoy tormenting him about it. It's gotten to the point where he thinks anything slightly punky with gruffish vocals is secretly Jawbreaker and we're trying to trick him.

F' yeah. I was talking about that last page. Rock on dude!

I remember I "borrowed" my friends mixtape. He was the rad skater kid at school and was always into good stuff. We used to record the music from skate videos on tape. We also used to blast Metallica - Garage Days out of his window and we'd be rocking out in the front yard using our skateboards as guitars. Sorry, got a little sidetracked. So this mixtape included bands like Jawbox, Hoover, Grey Matter... A lot of Dischord bands... It also introduced me to Samiam. 24 Hour had come out not too long before that and he had put Jinx Removing on it. I was hooked. I played that tape until it popped. I actually broke out Dear You the other night. Even though Blake switched up his vocals, it's still an amazing album.

Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Sweet Avenue ended up on many a mix tape to the ladies...

Did you ever hear that band that Blake did with one of the members of Texas Is The Reason? I don't remember their name...

 

[Zen Arcade]

F' yeah. I was talking about that last page. Rock on dude!

I remember I "borrowed" my friends mixtape. He was the rad skater kid at school and was always into good stuff. We used to record the music from skate videos on tape. We also used to blast Metallica - Garage Days out of his window and we'd be rocking out in the front yard using our skateboards as guitars. Sorry, got a little sidetracked. So this mixtape included bands like Jawbox, Hoover, Grey Matter... A lot of Dischord bands... It also introduced me to Samiam. 24 Hour had come out not too long before that and he had put Jinx Removing on it. I was hooked. I played that tape until it popped. I actually broke out Dear You the other night. Even though Blake switched up his vocals, it's still an amazing album.

Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Sweet Avenue ended up on many a mix tape to the ladies...

Did you ever hear that band that Blake did with one of the members of Texas Is The Reason? I don't remember their name...

That's funny, I got into Jawbreaker the same way, through a mixtape a friend of mine gave me. The Bridge by Samiam was also on there.

I love Gray Matter too, I always felt they were severely​ underrated. I think their Take It Back EP is every bit as good as anything Rites of Spring did, and I'm a big fan of ROS.

Not sure what that other Blake band would've been, maybe Forgetters or Thorns of Life?

 

[RizzleMcRib]

That's funny, I got into Jawbreaker the same way, through a mixtape a friend of mine gave me. The Bridge by Samiam was also on there.

I love Gray Matter too, I always felt they were severely​ underrated. I think their Take It Back EP is every bit as good as anything Rites of Spring did, and I'm a big fan of ROS.

Not sure what that other Blake band would've been, maybe Forgetters or Thorns of Life?

I'm a dummy it was JTB. It was the drummer. I also spelled Gray with an E, but yeah Gray Matter were/is completely underrated. I had the tape. It had Food For Thought and Take It Back on it.

My Samiam song was Capsized. Which too this day is about the only Samiam song I like. I just can't get into them.

Another band I can't get into oddly enough is Rites of Spring. I can't do all Guy Picchioto's vocals nonstop. That's why I liked Fugazi was because Ian MacKaye would break it up.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

That's funny, I got into Jawbreaker the same way, through a mixtape a friend of mine gave me. The Bridge by Samiam was also on there.

I love Gray Matter too, I always felt they were severely​ underrated. I think their Take It Back EP is every bit as good as anything Rites of Spring did, and I'm a big fan of ROS.

Not sure what that other Blake band would've been, maybe Forgetters or Thorns of Life?

I'm a dummy it was JTB. It was the drummer. I also spelled Gray with an E, but yeah Gray Matter were/is completely underrated. I had the tape. It had Food For Thought and Take It Back on it.

My Samiam song was Capsized. Which too this day is about the only Samiam song I like. I just can't get into them.

Another band I can't get into oddly enough is Rites of Spring. I can't do all Guy Picchioto's vocals nonstop. That's why I liked Fugazi was because Ian MacKaye would break it up.

 

[Zen Arcade]

I'm a dummy it was JTB. It was the drummer. I also spelled Gray with an E, but yeah Gray Matter were/is completely underrated. I had the tape. It had Food For Thought and Take It Back on it.

My Samiam song was Capsized. Which too this day is about the only Samiam song I like. I just can't get into them.

Another band I can't get into oddly enough is Rites of Spring. I can't do all Guy Picchioto's vocals nonstop. That's why I liked Fugazi was because Ian MacKaye would break it up.

I sometimes spell it Grey too, because I think of Grey Area, a pretty solid pop punk/melodic hardcore band that had ex members of Warzone. I have to really think to remember which band spelled it which way.

Capsized is one of my favorite Samiam songs, there's a more raw demo version that I like even better.

The vocal thing makes me think of introducing the band Choke to a friend of mine a little while ago. He likes punk but also digs technical, complex stuff. They would've been right up his alley, but he couldn't handle the nasally singing.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I never have enough room on my iPod Nano because I insist on having Fela Kuti's entire discography on it all the time.

Been listening to quite a bit of the Stooges' 5 disc box set "Heavy Liquid" lately, with outtakes and live stuff from '72-'74. You could cobble together an album out of their rejects from those years and probably make the best album of '74.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

My other table is a Rega RP3 with the Ortofon 2m Bronze, but I find myself using the Pioneer 90% of the time (I'm debating moving the Bronze to my Pioneer and selling the Rega). Everything sounds awesome on that thing. No belts to change if I want to play 45s, and it has autoreturn. I used to have a Ortofon 2m Blue on it. That cart sounded amazing, but when I tried to place the cover back on I accidentally hit the stylus and snapped it . I literally stared at it, completely void of any emotion, for about 15 minutes. Then I just turned around walked upstairs and went to bed. I bought an Ortofon Omega as a quick and cheap (35 bucks) replacement. About a year later, that cart is still on it.

I've heard nothing but awesome reviews for the Nagaoka MP-110. You gotta let me know how it sounds.

I equally enjoy both tables. I added a speed box for the Carbon so I wouldn't have to switch the belt..haha. I'm not a big 45 person anyway so if I play them, I'll use the 530. That sucks about breaking off the stylus. I'd feel miserable too!
I should probably upgrade the 2M Red to the Blue but want to get the Nagaoka first. I'll definitely let you know how that cart works out. I've watched quite a few YT video reviews and they've made up my mind. Amazon seems to have the best deal on them.
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[Gurglesons]

That's funny, I got into Jawbreaker the same way, through a mixtape a friend of mine gave me. The Bridge by Samiam was also on there.

I love Gray Matter too, I always felt they were severely​ underrated. I think their Take It Back EP is every bit as good as anything Rites of Spring did, and I'm a big fan of ROS.

Not sure what that other Blake band would've been, maybe Forgetters or Thorns of Life?

Gray Matter is so good.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

I never have enough room on my iPod Nano because I insist on having Fela Kuti's entire discography on it all the time.

Been listening to quite a bit of the Stooges' 5 disc box set "Heavy Liquid" lately, with outtakes and live stuff from '72-'74. You could cobble together an album out of their rejects from those years and probably make the best album of '74.

I didn't know anything about this Stooges box set. Thanks for the heads up. I don't know about being the best album of '74. You had Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel, Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets, and Roxy Music - Country Life (which I was listening to but am kinda scared to post here. Roxy Music album covers were usually pretty risque. Country Life being by far my favorite.)... Oh I can't forget Eric Clapton - 361 Ocean Boulevard. Anywho, I really need to take a listen to this.

How much Fela Kuti is out there? I've really only heard the Ginger Baker stuff, and friend played Zombie for me once. For someone who is looking for an easy entrance into the Fela catalogue, what would you suggest? Oh, and if you haven't seen the Ginger Baker documentary "Beware of Mr. Baker" you may want to check it out. There is some wild stuff about his time with Fela Kuti. An iPod nano? What is this 2005? I'm kidding.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

Gray Matter is so good.

Like Zen said, very underrated, but my favorite Dischord records will always be...

Hoover - The Lurid Traversal Route 7
Nation of Ulysses - Plays Pretty for Baby

That first Q and Not U album - No Kill No Beep Beep was pretty awesome also.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

I sometimes spell it Grey too, because I think of Grey Area, a pretty solid pop punk/melodic hardcore band that had ex members of Warzone. I have to really think to remember which band spelled it which way.

Capsized is one of my favorite Samiam songs, there's a more raw demo version that I like even better.

The vocal thing makes me think of introducing the band Choke to a friend of mine a little while ago. He likes punk but also digs technical, complex stuff. They would've been right up his alley, but he couldn't handle the nasally singing.

I need to check out that demo.
I had heard of Choke, but never really gave them a listen. I'll tell you that a young me would have loved that. Kinda reminds me of this band Keepsake. I was so into that sing/scream vocal attack. Grade - Under the Radar was on repeat back in the day.

 

[Zen Arcade]

I need to check out that demo.
I had heard of Choke, but never really gave them a listen. I'll tell you that a young me would have loved that. Kinda reminds me of this band Keepsake. I was so into that sing/scream vocal attack. Grade - Under the Radar was on repeat back in the day.

Wow, I haven't thought about Keepsake in probably 17 years. I remember listening to Infinity Road over and over.

 

[Clare2904]

Jesus Christ, Chester Bennington from Linkin Park killed himself this morning

 

[RizzleMcRib]

Wow, I haven't thought about Keepsake in probably 17 years. I remember listening to Infinity Road over and over.

I don't know if you were really into hardcore and what not, but there was this band from Chapel Hill NC, Catharsis. They had this album Samsara that is incredible. Some of the songs are a bit lengthy, but not in a bad way. If you are into that type of stuff, definitely check out that album. I don't know I thought about that. Maybe thinking about bands I used to listen to.

Were you ever into Botch?

 

[Zen Arcade]

I don't know if you were really into hardcore and what not, but there was this band from Chapel Hill NC, Catharsis. They had this album Samsara that is incredible. Some of the songs are a bit lengthy, but not in a bad way. If you are into that type of stuff, definitely check out that album. I don't know I thought about that. Maybe thinking about bands I used to listen to.

Were you ever into Botch?

I was really big into hardcore, I jammed some Catharsis back in the day for sure. I'll have to revisit them, it's been a long time, I know I have probably their whole discography on my computer.

Another band in a different vein from NC was Prayer for Cleansing, they're somewhat of a guilty pleasure because of how dated it sounds. I feel like other metalcore from that era has aged better, like Shai Hulud.

I love Botch, We are the Romans still gets plenty of play time in my car. It's still fun to sing along to Man the Ramparts.

I went through a period where I was just trying to find the most math, chaotic stuff I could. So I was listening to a lot of Botch, Deadguy and Coalesce and stuff like that.

Then I found Converge and eventually the Dillinger Escape Plan when Dimitri was still the singer. I found Starkweather through Converge, which wasn't as complex, but every bit as vicious.

I think I pushed as far as I could when I started listening to grindcore and irritating my friends with Discordance Axis.

 

[RizzleMcRib]

Wow, I haven't thought about Keepsake in probably 17 years. I remember listening to Infinity Road over and over.

I was really big into hardcore, I jammed some Catharsis back in the day for sure. I'll have to revisit them, it's been a long time, I know I have probably their whole discography on my computer.

Another band in a different vein from NC was Prayer for Cleansing, they're somewhat of a guilty pleasure because of how dated it sounds. I feel like other metalcore from that era has aged better, like Shai Hulud.

I love Botch, We are the Romans still gets plenty of play time in my car. It's still fun to sing along to Man the Ramparts.

I went through a period where I was just trying to find the most math, chaotic stuff I could. So I was listening to a lot of Botch, Deadguy and Coalesce and stuff like that.

Then I found Converge and eventually the Dillinger Escape Plan when Dimitri was still the singer. I found Starkweather through Converge, which wasn't as complex, but every bit as vicious.

I think I pushed as far as I could when I started listening to grindcore and irritating my friends with Discordance Axis.

Ahhhh. Deadguy! I broke out Fixation On A Co-Worker the other day.

I was really into Shai Hulud - Hearts once Nourished. That and Glassjaw - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang were always playing while I was A/S/L-ing the females in the Emo and Hardcore chat rooms on AOL.

Botch - American Nervoso was my go to. That guitar in John Woo still gets me every time. I was lucky enough to see Botch a few times before they broke up. So you may know this, I didn't until a while ago. So the song C Thomas Howell as the Soul Man pretty much calls out a lot of those super political bands. Racetraitor being one... Did you know that Pete Wentz and Andy Hurley from Fall Out Boy was in Racetraitor?! That blew my mind. I guess Botch was right all along.

Speaking of Coalesce. I was never able to see them. Which is a bummer. Still to this day my 2 favorite things they did were There is Nothing New Under the Sun and the Get Up Kids split. I was also a fan of The Casket Lottery.

Speaking of grindcore Today is The Day just played here a few weeks ago. I missed it, but many years ago I saw them in Columbia SC with For the Love Of. For the Love Of was insane. I don't know if you ever had a chance to see them.

Did you ever do Krazyfest or MacRock?

I apologize if my posts are all over the place. I get pretty excited when I start talking about music and my thoughts become a jumbled mess. Especially when it comes to the stuff that I don't really get to talk about with other people.