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Suicidal Tendencies have just showed up in Miami Vice as themselves, playing Institutionalized in a club. This show is awesome 

Frank Zappa was in the previous episode...

Could be wrong but doesn't Phil Collins show up as some sort of drug kingpin as well at some stage?Or ia that the A Team?

Side note, you'd get another fine thread from 'Irish bands you wish put out something/put out more' too. There's a few unreleased albums lurking around that I'd love to see get some kind of release.

Yeah, with a couple of exceptions, seems most Irish bands have big gaps between releases, or put out one or two great demos or albums then split up. On the upside I'd say the scene here is definitely quality over quantity

The good thing about that though is that they don't outlive their usefulness and end up putting out albums thst dimish in quality. But yeah, with such  tiny scene relatively it's no surprise longevity is rare.

I'd easily take Idles over Sleaford Mods. Saw them once and can confirm they were great live,  wouldn't reach for the recordings very often. That lad from Sleaford Mods just comes across as a smug prick, don't find that with Idles at all. Nothing at all alike musically either.

Ps:I can just about hear the soundchecks from my flat 🤣

I read The Third Policeman a good twenty years ago. In my memory it was hilarious and completely nutty. I wonder if it would impact me the same way today. Probably!

Funny you mention that, it's about 30 years since I read it first, started rereading it recently and couldn't get into it at all. Found it annoying actually. I'll pick it up again at some stage.

Lately it's been strictly non fiction for me.
Just finished "The Stranger in the woods" by Michael Finkel, about a guy called Christopher Knight who lived in the wilderness in the US for 25 years.

Just starting Tiffany Francis Baker's "Dark Skies" which is, unsurprisingly, about night.

Not heading in to this but hey, if its anything like QOTSA in  there I'll be able to hear the whole gig simply by opening my kitchen window  might just sit in the beer garden of my local while Deftones play

DO IT QUIRKEY

There was definitely a Half Mast demo, a CDR I think

Pre both those bands in that Noel and Eoin were in all of them, but probably morphed into Rev

Has anyone digitized the Unearthly or Crypt demos yet? Two more old favourites

Azatoth- Carnal Lust of Blasphemy
Young Finns busting out some evil Death Metal that blends bits of their own heritage with Grotesque circa "Incantation" and Tucker era MA. Great stuff.

Most important one for me is that Asphyxia/Morphosis "Conflagration" demo anyway- that alerted me to the fact that there was actually a death metal scene here.

The Thy Sinister Bloom discography is never far from my ears. More recently the Unyielding Love discography and first two Malthusian eps. The Primordial demo is still my favourite thing they've ever done, best black metal to ever come off this island. Oh, the WoTh demos are up there too, still godlike.

Not metal but the Jackbeast discography is also impeccable and essential.

Rediscovered the Exploding Birds demo recently and it still holds up. I'll take that over Crowd Control (most of the same members)

Must give that a go, love the Whigs
Giraffe-The Towering Inferno woth Bongo Drums
L'Rain-Fata Morgana

Absu-Baratharum V.I.T.R.I.O.L
Worm-Necropalace/Bluenothing
Starseed- Cosmic Conspiracy
Dark Tranquility-Skydancer

This Worm KEXP session

https://youtu.be/a0TBSi4KVSg?is=JXCMzEssh-Yaw7Zy

Both absolutely ludicrous and wildly musically impressive. I must actually give this new album a go. Outrageous guitar action.

Nice to see them feature heavier bands. The Oranssi and Iron Lung ones were ace.

Also consider there was a chunk of people who attended both nights. Still, solid turn out last night

That was great. Delighted when they opened with Brutal Truth,wouldn't have expected to hear that at all. There was one new one they played towards the end that was great, I think he said it was called Funeral?

Ragana were pretty dreadful tbh. Shocking that a band that dull are touring and putting out records on a reputable label.

Speaking of anniversary screenings, I urge all of you to go see "the Devils"once its re-released in October. Absolutely top tier film.