Dr. Gonzo

I hated Tupac when I was younger but really like him now though I prefer his earlier stuff (2Pacalypse Now my favourite album) - he still has some great stuff later on but got too caught up in the East/West gangster rubbish. Agree on Kendrick, haven't heard of Dave will have to give him a listen.

That's the thing though - seen in the context of their time vs compared to everything that came after. Part of my affection for certain artists (whether musical or otherwise) is valuing them in the context of the time and what they helped inspire. Not everyone sees things that way though, it's just about whether they like what they're viewing/experiencing at that moment and for some The Beatles don't hit that mark.

Agree 100% and not only that has missed goals from less than 20m out on the run with no-one in front of him on multiple occasions.

I saw Rammstein live at the Big Day Out about 10 years ago. Now that was a show! Iggy Pop and Tool played the same show, unbelievable.

I've seen Tool at least half a dozen times (I've actually lost count) although unfortunately I missed out on tickets for the Aenima tour ☹️ Rage are one of the few bands left I still haven't seen live - was 5th in line for tickets when they came out around 2007 and played Festival Hall I think and tickets sold out after the 2nd person. I can't remember if they played Big Day Out but I didn't go. Would also love to see Metallica and Guns n Roses live but I am extremely hesitant to pay hundreds of dollars for a gig at a footy oval. I just can't imagine it would be any good. I had level 2 tickets at Docklands to see Metallica in 2019 I think but Hetfield went into rehab so the tour was cancelled I saw Sabbath when they came out in 2013 and had a blast, it sucked when they played songs from the new album they were promoting but when the sirens started blaring for War Pigs at the start of the gig my god! A couple of other great gigs I've been to are Cypress Hill at Metro and also at Festival Hall, Electric Wizard at the Green Room (Supercoven & Return Trip were immense), Tomahawk/Fantomas/Melvins at The Palace, Melvin's playing Houdini live at Ding Dong Lounge and Nine Inch Nails at the BDO. Would love to see Run The Jewels as well if they toured with Rage would be awesome but not sure that's gonna happen any time soon.

That entire album is amazing, from memory it was recorded in the Tate house where the Manson murders occurred. An absolute masterpiece of 90s post-modern nihilism. I remember watching Fight Club and about 30-40 minutes in going "this story is following the same story beats as The Downward Spiral" - a few years later I read an article with Chuck Palahniuk where he said he was listening to Downward Spiral on repeat while writing the book.

I know a lot of people hate The Beatles especially those in the punk scenes. For some they were the next generation rebelling against The Beatles for some they just don't like their style. I don't like everything they did but there is gold in their catalogue - I can see why some people wouldn't like them though but I guess it also depends on what they've heard of them. I always get a laugh out of the Simpsons saying The Beatles are the songs on Maggie's tape player - it's true, one of the things that actually got me to listen to The Beatles properly was my kids watching this show called Beat Bugs when they were younger where animated bugs put together the Beatles songs 🤣

Some is but like every genre there is great stuff along with the dross. I have Kendrick Lamar's good kid maad city as my favourite album of the 2010s, I can listen to it on repeat for days. I'm not a fan of Drake and the mumble rap stuff but Snoop, Ice Cube, Dre, Nas, Tupac, Cypress Hill, Ill Bill, Necro, Eminem - there's serious talent there creating another spectrum of music. Even bands like Rage Against The Machine who fuse rap and rock although as good as they were they could also be charged with paving the way for nu-metal 🤮

People thinking Hurt is a Johnny Cash song breaks mine 🤣

I'm the same, never got into country music other than Johnny Cash. It's the only genre of music (other than formulaic pop music which I don't really count) that I just can't get into. On The Beatles it's only in the last 5-10 years I've really got into. Always thought they were overhyped as a kid though I did get that at the time they would have been revolutionary. But I've really come to appreciate them in recent years. King Crimson are a bit of an enigma band to me - I absolute love their debut In the Court of the Crimson King but haven't been able to get into any of their other work much. As a teenager I turned my nose up at electronic music and hip hop/rap as "not real music" but I've come to appreciate and love certain acts.

Never got into Sabbath swyl? I love that 70s heavy rock, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zep, St Vitus, Pentagram, Motorhead almost heavy blues rather than heavy rock. Early Metallica are outright classics too but a progression to the faster 80s metal - Kill Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All all classics from start to finish.

I love Hawkwind! In Search of Space is a great album, very much like a "rockier" early Pink Floyd (thinking Saucerful of Secrets/Meddle).

What's your all time fave WCW? I love a broad range of music styles but Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by Hendrix is my all time #1.

Such a unique instrument, have you seen this movie/doco on it's creator?

All the music talk on the usernames thread got me thinking about this one from last year - one of my favourite threads on Demonland. Post what's currently on your playlist here. And if anyone has a spare hour or two and wants to indulge in a musical masterpiece give these two tracks by Boris a listen.

Back on the topic of usernames, I assume Mincho Mania is an Gardner Minchew/NFL fan when I see the username. @Mincho Mania

Cruelty is an album where every so often (maybe 6-12 months) I go through a phase where I just listen to it on repeat. The "re-mistressed" version where they've cleaned up some of the sound is another level. It's one of those albums where I wish the band would've made an accompanying movie like Pink Floyd's The Wall. Gone slightly off track now haha.

I saw Dani Filth do this live on the Midian tour at the Palace - really an experience seeing this live! Do you have a link to the vids you mention in the final para? Would be interesting to watch.

A Federico Fellini movie if I'm not mistaken? A far stretch from black metal though would be an interesting experiment to get them to do a soundtrack accompanying the film 🤣

If I'm not mistaken Trigon is a DC comics character? I recognise the avatar from a cartoon my kids watch Teen Titans Go! Funny show 🤣

Thanks for the link WCW that was great. I like my metal but the farthest I go is Cradle of Filth and even then really only Cruelty & the Beast and Midian (love those albums). I prefer my metal with a bit more of a "groove" (if you can call it that) than thrash but if it's good I'll listen to it. Great music to listen to at the gym though 🤣

Too weird to live, too rare to die 😉

I assumed it was a biblical place or mythological name, like Golgotha

No unfortunately, it's solely an homage to gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson - Dr Gonzo is the alter ego of his sidekick/attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.

I agree, if the AFL/govt are looking at connecting the MCG with Richmond station in some way we should be looking at incorporating our facilities into that somehow. Build above Brunton Ave and the rail lines.