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by alexleehooker
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:23 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Band lineups you wish would have gone on for longer
Replies: 133
Views: 6696

Re: Band lineups you wish would have gone on for longer

Bono Nettencourt wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:02 pm
alexleehooker wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:37 am coverdale/page
Never realized til recently that Restless Heart was the C/P band with Vandy subbed in for Page.
woah! me neither. I shall have to revisit that!!!!!
by alexleehooker
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:18 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Realistically, how much longer does GN'R have? OR ANY OF THESE BANDS??
Replies: 37
Views: 1988

Re: Realistically, how much longer does GN'R have? OR ANY OF THESE BANDS??

I feel like I'm in some weird groundhog day type situation when I turn on the radio, it hasn't changed in like 30 years, it's pretty freaking weird. The world is changing at a much slower pace now than in the 1900s. Just look at fashion. Walking around in 1988 dressed like in 1968 would look ridicu...
by alexleehooker
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Band lineups you wish would have gone on for longer
Replies: 133
Views: 6696

Re: Band lineups you wish would have gone on for longer

DLR Band
coverdale/page
GnR with Adler
Dogs Damour with Bam/steve/jo
Crue with Corabi (and then bring vince back later, as a 5 piece,. touring best of everything and NOT making those sixx am albums with the crue logo on the front)
Brides of Destruction with corabi and Nikki for the second album
by alexleehooker
Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:13 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Jellyfish - Bellybutton vs Spilt Milk?
Replies: 37
Views: 2401

Re: Jellyfish - Bellybutton vs Spilt Milk?

Bellybutton by a short hair Favorites: New Mistake, Ignorance is Bliss, and That is Why, So you pick two songs that came AFTER Bellybutton? Yep, I just think Bellybutton is the more consistent album. If I expanded my favorites to my top 10, there would be more from Bellybutton than Spilt Milk. 4) a...
by alexleehooker
Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:07 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Tribute Bands
Replies: 43
Views: 1974

Re: Tribute Bands

The thing about KISS tributes is that no one, and I mean NO ONE ever gets Paul right. Ever. It’s never happened and I’ve been seeing KISS tribs since the mid-‘90s. The voice is never quite right and the body language is never even close. Until thru get a guy flamboyant enough to loosen up or whatev...
by alexleehooker
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:22 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Jellyfish - Bellybutton vs Spilt Milk?
Replies: 37
Views: 2401

Re: Jellyfish - Bellybutton vs Spilt Milk?

1) 'king is half undressed' is a decent somg

2) Jason faulkner is a very underated songwriter

3) overall they're boring ELO revival and not rock nor metal

4) are they related to 'imperial drag'? that was a better band I seem to recall a link
by alexleehooker
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:35 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Best Debut EP
Replies: 52
Views: 2547

Re: Best Debut EP

Live Like a Suicide (GnR)
The Soundhouse Tapes (maiden)
Wasted but Dangerous (wolfsbane)

....to name just 3....there will be more
by alexleehooker
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:47 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Favorite Rock and Metal Drummers
Replies: 41
Views: 1940

Re: Favorite Rock and Metal Drummers

Off the top of my head here’s a couple:

Clive Burr
Bam (dogs damour/wildhearts)
by alexleehooker
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Hands up, who called it "Power Age"
Replies: 29
Views: 1726

Re: Hands up, who called it "Power Age"

Here's Angus and Malcolm talking about it and they say the name of it a few tmes so y'all be the judge. Its at 5min 37 secs. https://youtu.be/Or9uSQuonq0?si=biMgwPnegvskQScv Yep loud and clear “the Power Age” Although their way of talking sounds like Power Rage but that’s just accent Nobody calls i...
by alexleehooker
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:08 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Generation Swine revisited
Replies: 29
Views: 2321

Re: Generation Swine revisited

'Afraid' is a good track, but sounds nothing like why I listen to Crue. Enjoyable though. It is to the Crue catalogue what 'Jaded' is for Aerosmith: decent track, a bit more melancholy than their usual, but standout on a dull album. As for New Tattoo getting panned as being a worse album, I disagree...
by alexleehooker
Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: So SLAYER is back?
Replies: 44
Views: 2800

Re: So SLAYER is back?

Dead Horse Flogged
Raining Cash
Etc etc
by alexleehooker
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Concerts you regret going to
Replies: 68
Views: 3973

Re: Concerts you regret going to

IIRC I was at that Water Rats show. It was a regular place for showcase gigs. Just saying. I don't regret going. yeah for the opening band Ginger from the wildhearts did a set with friends as 'the unrehearsed'. I don't regret that gig either it was awesome If it was the Unrehearsed show, I was defi...
by alexleehooker
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Concerts you regret going to
Replies: 68
Views: 3973

Re: Concerts you regret going to

IIRC I was at that Water Rats show. It was a regular place for showcase gigs. Just saying. I don't regret going. yeah for the opening band Ginger from the wildhearts did a set with friends as 'the unrehearsed'. I don't regret that gig either it was awesome If it was the Unrehearsed show, I was defi...
by alexleehooker
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:16 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Concerts you regret going to
Replies: 68
Views: 3973

Re: Concerts you regret going to

I saw BYB around then they began doing regular gigs in London starting with a showcase at King’s Cross water rats they’d recently signed to I think East West. IIRC I was at that Water Rats show. It was a regular place for showcase gigs. Just saying. I don't regret going. yeah for the opening band G...
by alexleehooker
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: ONE album since 2000
Replies: 45
Views: 2212

Re: ONE album since 2000

The yoyos 'uppers and downers' sub pop , released 2000
by alexleehooker
Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Concerts you regret going to
Replies: 68
Views: 3973

Re: Concerts you regret going to

In 1997, Clawfinger played a restaurant in a shopping mall close to where I lived. Never liked the band but the openers were Backyard Babies and Drain so I went to see them. First shock. BYB had transformed from Guns/Skid Row lookalikes to 90s punk pop wannabes. They played a very short set focusin...
by alexleehooker
Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Blind Melon were better than Pearl Jam
Replies: 36
Views: 1895

Re: Blind Melon were better than Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam debut has 4 or 5 stunning songs Blind Melon debut is consistently a better listen but doesn’t have quite the same high points, but is a more cohesive single listen I wish blind melon had officially released the electric version of ‘soul one’. I wish Pearl jam had kept the songwriting of th...
by alexleehooker
Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Steve Harris British Lion club tour
Replies: 11
Views: 846

Re: Steve Harris British Lion club tour

Support act is Tony Moore who was first keyboard player in Maiden, 1977-78, doing a one man show some keys, some guitars, vocals. Did he do the Cutting Crew song? Or was he scared the metal heads would throw shit? haha no he definitely did not Hre played a prog rock concept album that is coming out...
by alexleehooker
Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:41 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Your top 5 90s grunge/alt rock/metal bands
Replies: 50
Views: 2387

Re: Your top 5 90s grunge/alt rock/metal bands

Not in any order BUT... Nirvana Screaming Trees Alice in Chains Blind Melon Pearl Jam (first album) Bubbling under: Mudhoney Tad RATM (first album) Some Soundgarden was amazing, some grating Some Type O Negative was very good and very funny, maybe genius, quite a lot of it just boring or half develo...
by alexleehooker
Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:07 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Steve Harris British Lion club tour
Replies: 11
Views: 846

Re: Steve Harris British Lion club tour

I was there on the opening night. Yes was a great experience. Pedantic point: it's not even quite a club tour, it's more like a pub tour. The venue on the first night was sold out with about 150 fans attending. They are doing three nights there though. Support act is Tony Moore who was first keyboar...
by alexleehooker
Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: is Christian Woman the best heavy metal song ever?
Replies: 18
Views: 989

Re: is Christian Woman the best heavy metal song ever?

It’s not even in the top 5 of type o negative songs
by alexleehooker
Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: The moment_________went to shit as a band?
Replies: 61
Views: 3614

Re: The moment_________went to shit as a band?

Def Leppard - Firing Pete Willis Motley Crue - Hiring Vince Neil Motley Crue - Anything after SATD KISS - Going by Characters instead of their names after the reunion Aerosmith - Going way to Commercial starting with Permanent Vacation Van Halen - Becoming Van Hagar The thread isn't called what ban...
by alexleehooker
Tue Dec 26, 2023 2:43 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: What Was The Deal With Marillion?
Replies: 67
Views: 3714

Re: What Was The Deal With Marillion?

One of my favourite marillion songs is a Hogarth era b-side ‘the bell in the sea’ It’s about a folk legend of Whitby and Saltwick Bay. A couple of weeks ago I drove out there and walked from one to the other and back. Got some good photos at saltwick bay and sang the song to myself as I walked the b...
by alexleehooker
Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:37 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Mars vs. Motley
Replies: 5
Views: 611

Re: Mars vs. Motley

I hate to end your thread with this one post, but neither. It’s 2024. Mars is 72. His riffs are still decent, but it all sounds like generic, late 90’s, drop tune, drivel. That vocalist he picked is a garden variety, no character, hack. Don’t even get me started on Motley. They haven’t had an inspi...
by alexleehooker
Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:54 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: DUFF MCKAGAN Defends GUNS N' ROSES' Three-And-A-Half-Hour Live Performances: 'What Songs Do You Take Out?'
Replies: 31
Views: 2280

Re: DUFF MCKAGAN Defends GUNS N' ROSES' Three-And-A-Half-Hour Live Performances: 'What Songs Do You Take Out?'

:oops: Love Duff and love me some 3.5 hour GN’R shows but that’s one of the most classic willfully obtuse responses ever. “What would the point of a Guns N’ Roses concert even be without Absurd and that Glen Campbell cover?” :lol: I actually really like both of those. I think Absurd is the best thin...
by alexleehooker
Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:07 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Best Bassists that AREN'T Slap/Poppers or Funk
Replies: 72
Views: 8017

Re: Best Bassists that AREN'T Slap/Poppers or Funk

For me it’s the ones who you can tell from their style and/or can write a song as well as play within it:

Lemmy
Duff
Steve Harris
Nigel Mogg
Kelly nickels
The guy from the stranglers

To name just a few
by alexleehooker
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:07 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Does Axl hate Matt Sorum?
Replies: 34
Views: 2963

Re: Does Axl hate Matt Sorum?

To clairfy, Gilby Clark wasn't asked to rejoin the band. https://blabbermouth.net/news/ex-guns-n-roses-guitarist-gilby-clarke-clarifies-his-non-involvement-in-not-in-this-lifetime-tour He was offered an Adler-style guest appearance. Gilby is a cool dude but of any GnR live footage I’ve seen him in ...
by alexleehooker
Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:45 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: STILL GOING … Riley’s L.A. Guns Announce Show as Surviving Members Move Forward w/ Blessing from Riley’s Family
Replies: 27
Views: 2472

Re: STILL GOING … Riley’s L.A. Guns Announce Show as Surviving Members Move Forward w/ Blessing from Riley’s Family

Just call it Nickels L.A. Guns? "Nickels' Riley's LA Guns" or....do this as a one off or a year-long tribute, and like i said years ago call it 'life of riley' or 'rileys last command' and play stuff from throughout his career including WASP especially songs they don't play but he was beh...