I was 13, 1997 or so, and thought it was badass. Still do, honestly.

Awesome.

Maynard James Keenan…whom I will be seeing perform in Berkeley in a few hours here.

And for the record I’m 100% on board with artists who don’t care to bro down with their fans.

This is the best Perfect Crime. Axl throws an absolute shit fit during the second half of the first verse and it never fails to crack me up.

https://youtu.be/7udsqYlJrkI?si=WzGAlYJw7qOHhAhx


Glad Slash is giving it some love. Doubt we’ll see it from GN’R again.

Cringing at the thought.

The one scene that would be fun early in the plot is a story Eddie told about when he first came to America and didn’t speak much English and he apparently answered in the affirmative to a kid asking, “Do you want me to hit you with this?”

It’s why I try to see them at least once every tour, you never know when it’ll be the last time. That’s how I approach all of the artists I love. GN’R toured super hard last year. Changed their setlist significantly. Axl was in the best shape he’s been in probably 15 years. Vocally it’s not getting...

I wonder if he’s got a memoir coming out or something? Back in those 2008 message board chats he said he was 40k words into writing it. At the pace he works, maybe it’s almost ready?

Tattoo is without a doubt the worst song on ADKOT but all things being relative it’s a great album and Tattoo isn’t a bad song per se, just pretty basic and boring compared to the others and it doesn’t help that it was the first song and first single. Without You is one of the less-weak songs on an ...

It’s why I try to see them at least once every tour, you never know when it’ll be the last time. That’s how I approach all of the artists I love. GN’R toured super hard last year. Changed their setlist significantly. Axl was in the best shape he’s been in probably 15 years. Vocally it’s not getting ...

I don’t believe I’ve seen anyone mention this at Sludge? https://youtu.be/jJ6DbH-X-L0?si=ADeKubDYynuZxqhb https://youtu.be/7h9nn40ktpA?si=Z4gJcEncfQCXCv_0 Saw them (for the first time, finally) in 2022 and then one more time last March. I knew they at minimum had a ton of autotune going on and just ...

I put yes because I love their music but I’ve never really had a Doors phase where I listened to every album and grew obsessed or anything like that. Just not a poetry guy and so I could never get into Jim’s thing. The best Doors-related thing I ever saw was Travis Meeks (Days Of The New) covering “...

Was surprised to read this a couple days ago.

The intro to “Without You” sure sounds like Alex to me. If that’s Ed, wow.

Also I guess Alex hadn’t actually been sober since the 80s.

If they’re done like the last couple of albums, sure.

Or if Zakk’s the main guitarist. As far back as Black Rain I listened pretty much just for the Zakk solos and they’re always great.

Fuuuuuuuuck.

Nearly 30 years’ worth of Slash solo material. The two songs out of the gate for this project are the only two songs I’ve ever felt compelled to send to people like “Holy shit you’ve gotta hear this!”

If I was searching for a drummer and saw that description in The Recycler or on Craigslist or whatever, I’d give you a call!

“I think it’s a sound argument.” Bless your heart. Also this isn’t me saying “stick to music” because I don’t do that, but considering he was the new guy in Van Halen and they were not at all a political band, I dunno, I’m surprised they were cool with this. I think Sammy said some anti-death penalt...

Not bad, but my favorite instance of a thrash band covering Sir Elton is Flotsam & Jetsam's cover of "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOA6USLxSsw This is not even one iota different from how I was expecting it to sound before I clicked the link....

https://youtu.be/yYRx1K6uggA?si=2hUdYQX_ghAHyVJK I get that it’s the edgiest thing on the internet to give Metallica shit but they really don’t have to be this good or put in this much effort. Pretty ambitious and respectful for a one-off tribute imo. I remember years back Slash was whining about ho...

Might have to be in Seattle that weekend. If not I’m gonna have to check this out! Long time coming.

Shameless plug - “Sludge Factory” video cover posted on 4/5/22 to mark 20 years since Layne passed.


https://youtu.be/1uIJCD0NJNY?si=sPk3biHvkrHcJeqs

This has been a fun thread to read, thank you for the insight and the recommendations! On it.

Gotta love the “he was great, now he’s good” sentiments from old time fans - uh, yeah, a 74 year old is good whereas a 30-50 year old is great. That’s sort of how it works!

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