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The Meat Puppets were one of my most listened to bands last year, but just 2 r 3 of their albums. Starting to branch out a bit more now. I'd always mostly avoided their 'grunge' album Too High To Die before now because it wasn't the sound I loved the Puppets for, but having listened to it over the weekend with neutral expectations, it's actually really good! Just a straight up good rock album.

Forbidden Places was also really good. Leaning more into the rock stuff but with a bit of the punk jangle sound from before still present.

I'm a big fan of the Meat Puppets albums from II to Forbidden Places alright, Huevos is probably the one I've listened to the most.

Gullways to Annihilation

The basketball hoop image never fails to raise a smile whenever it pops up somewhere.
I still rate a Fugazi gig as my favourite of all time. That particular day Ian MacKaye seemed deranged and soaked in sweat as they played. Turned out he had pneumonia and the rest of the Australian tour was cancelled after the one I saw as he was admitted to hospital. Joe Lally always seemed in the background alright, I've always meant to listen to his solo stuff but never got to it. He had a label that released the Spirit Caravan stuff way back then.

The compilation of the Earache years would be my go to at this stage.
Forest and Endtyme are my highlights.
I remember watching them at Roadburn with the flatmate one year, who turned to em halfway through their set and wondered why I never listened to any of these more upbeat Cathedral songs, instead listening to the morose demo CD over and over

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Those first 3 Bethlehem albums are brilliant, if you're in the mood for them, Dictius would be my favourite. RIP

The Quietus did a lengthy piece on Slayer's 3 album run from Reign in Blood to Seasons in the Abyss recently
https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/black-sky-thinking/slayer-best-albums/

An incredible album, I didn't get to hear it until about 15 years after it was released when it was highly recommended on an old Southern Lord forum offshoot.

It's "The Bees..." for me.  Always.  Absolutely top class album, as much as their other stuff is great that is just ridiculous.

Earth in the 90's and Earth part deux doing the Americana tinged stuff is 2 different bands to my ears.
I listen to the later stuff sometimes and its very good, I've never been into it in the same way I got into the earlier stuff.
Seen them twice in their new style and enjoyed it.
Would have loved to have seen one of those Earth2 shows they did a couple of years back.

Pentastar: In the Style of Demons isn't the most well-regarded of Earth's albums, but it's the one I return to the most alongside Earth 2. I prefer the hazy, drugged-up style of this album to the releases after which I find a bit boring.   

Pentastar is deadly, that and the Southern Lord EP comp A Bureauacratic Desire for Extra Capsular Extraction are the ones I would reach for first most times. And then Legacy of Dissolution, I flamed out on Earth 2 and 3 after too many listens.

Like Gods of the Sun is a cool album. Not quite up there with the peak MDB stuff, but still good in its own right.

My go to My Dying Bride album is usually 34.788%.... Complete these days, I can't hear sure why it got such a bad rep all round, including from the band themselves at the time. I also listen to The Light at the End of the World and The Dreadful Hours still and enjoy them. Apart from the odd spin of As the Flower Withers that's it for me and My Dying Bride.

Black Sabbath TYR
When I listen to it's totally badass but but apparently my ears are wrong and need to leave the hall

You are not wrong, you turned me onto this album many years ago, I still listen to it regularly.

Any idea what time Earth are on for the Cork gig?

I am trying to squeeze in travelling from North Cork into this & back out again

Doors at 6.30 and StoutandAle was mentioning a club night at 11pm when we were chatting on text yesterday.

Ray Gillen. He left shortly before the release was due so The Cat came in and copied him note for note.

I kind of thought I knew all of the main points of 80s Sabbath member roller coaster absurdity. Then this comes along.

Shudder to Think- pretty much everything but Get Yr Goat in particular at the moment. I know people talk about Pony Express Record as their masterpiece but this is my favourite of theirs. Timeless stuff.


https://youtu.be/u1m31KwYdLY?si=9cw-CnRkw3GJHSSd
Glad to see them back as well.


Also playing the shit out of the Clikatat Ikatowi box set

Oh yes. I love Shudder to Think. I've been playing the Ten Spot album regularly since the 90s. The rest not so much. But I enjoy the other ones as well.

Eurosport/Discovery pulled a stunt and rolled their snooker and cycling coverage into TNT Sports.
Thats the end of me watching much snooker anymore.
I'm not interested in paying those prices.