Brooks

So King Crimson was Talking Heads before Talking Heads were Talking Heads? That clip had fukkin' ENERGY! I liked that a lot. i remember watching that on friday night, then saturday morning riding my bike to the mall to buy the Discipline album w/ my paper route money.

yikes, easy w/ the homophobia, we have gay members here. that's about as classy as dropping the N word or going all mel gibson. -brooks (short hetro half jew)

lotsa good ones mentioned so far. i remember soundgarden and smashing pumpkins sounding very crappy. beleive it or not, hanson sounded really good! i swear!

back to VH; did y'all see ed's pic on this months guitar world cover? ewww, whata bad plastic surgery job!!

i like the sweet, whats that live album called?

+1 on kiss alive, judas priest unleashed in the east, the who live at leeds, & frampton comes alive. i'll throw in thin lizzy - live and dangerous (also studio doctored, but better than the studio albums).

my dick's small, but i like cheap gear!

JB was a huge influence, as his stuff was the 1st non hard rawk music that i dug, thus leading me into funk & jazz. r.i.p. godfather.

those are just 80w? looks like 4 6L6's.

GET A HAIRCUT!! ha! congrats broseph!

you can get an amen, no problem. but, getting a gig playing that stuff might be harder. seriously, there's not many classic rawk gigs around here. but there is modern rawk, blues, and acoustic.

i've been going w/ lower wattages for several years (decades!) now; i grew up playing loud ~100w amps (fender twin/quad, sound city 120; i never could turn 'em past 4 at a gig). then, i played a long line of ~50w heads & combos (fender/marshall/ampeg/etc). in the last few years i've tried a few nicer <30w combos, like the reverend hellhound, & carr rambler (usually set on 14w triode setting), as well as the cheap but cool fender pro jr (15w). for rehearsals/recording/small bar gigs/gigs with full PA & monitors (basically everything except loud rawk/metal), you really don't need more than 15w (IMFO). i now own a thd univalve (and a crate powerblock for backup). the ability to swap tubes, along w/ the attenuater/line out makes the univale a great choice.

i used to use that line ("hey man, is that freedom rawk?!") at gigs all the time.

"ughhhhhh, too much cheese, i can't poop!!!!"

i think we tend to forget how picky we are because we're musicians; joe schmo usually doesn't know or care if a band has all the original members or if they have a new album. he just wants to hear the big hits. IMFO, if a band can still pull it off live, and sell some tickets, go for it. for example, my beloved sabs really sucked when i saw 'em at ozzfest last summer; time to call it a day, ozzy. but, dio still has pipes, so the "heaven & hell" tour is something i'll probably see when it rolls thru town.

killer percolating bassline, r.i.p. jaco my fave pantera tune, r.i.p. darrell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4CAQ-aOnLA wes does coltrane, r.i.p. wes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvuE_91TgNY the real reason they shelved "the rolling stones rock & roll circus" ('68 tv special) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hb1X7JH68o same show has iommi (w/ strat) lip synching w/ jethro tull http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUT_BFjd_o

i played SG's thru high school & jr college, i had one w/ a kahler, & 1 w/ a bigsby.

weed is stronger.

not true; y'all can have the thick neck duos, ha.

yes, jeffro was braggin on his new rig over the phone the other night. hey, post a pic of that badboy, jeff.

just got one here in g'boro nc. i haven't been, no need really.

oh. missed that. thanx buddy.

dave & i are playing at the G105 pig & pumpkin party saturday 3:30pm. c'mon out & represent! they were playing our stuff and singing our praises on the radio this morning (now if they'd just pay us :angry: ). http://pigsandpumpkins.com/

nice!

el natoro has bailed, 1/2 way drive deal pending w/ stokesdead.