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I came across this - https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs?tab=collection&sort=title - which anyone into American guitar alt-pop should seriously have a look at, a collection of gigs over the last 30-odd years in Chicago properly recorded by this guy Aadam Jacobs, approximately 30,000 performances going up.

It turns out to be part of this - https://archive.org/details/etree - which is a very spicy meatball indeed

Better put the kettle on, this might take a while   

Just put a couple of nice Ibanez up for sale

Ibanez Prestige RG752FX 7 string

https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/ibanez-prestige-rg752fx-mij/39092360


Ibanez S540LTD 6 string

https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/ibanez-s540-ltd-1993-mij/39092527

VOIVOD + MIDNIGHT + CRYPTOSIS

Dublin - Whelans - Tuesday, 16th June

Limerick - Dolans - Wednesday, 17th June

Lovely.

With all the different Special Achiever threads on the go, why not one more? When a band reaches the end of the road, for whatever reason, and signs off with a genuine banger, it should be recognised.

Assuming they have the good taste not to hire a faceless goon to replace Geordie, Killing Joke - Pylon, as excellent and relevant as anything they released in the 40 years beforehand, I put it to you.

Any other candidates?

Just released their first new song in over 30 years and I am all a flutter. New album coming in October.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8PtResaY8

They recently put the documentary up on youtube, well worth a watch, I would say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT2ZQdF36SY

Everything in the world is going to be ok now.

Hard to believe but there you go, thought it might be of interest to some on here. No idea of details beyond the article

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2025/0807/1527384-vinyl-factory/

We all love list threads, however while listening to Mental Vortex by Coroner I find myself thinking "Yeah, I will never get tired of any of this, it's everything I need."

So pick one. Just one. Pick one album you know every second will always hit the spot.

Fuck your top 5. Wimps!

1990 USA Hamer Centaura for sale, infused with 35 years of riffs, if anyone is interested

https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/hamer-centaura-usa-1990/36458176

Those brief momwnts which encompass all you love aboout metal

That "Owwwwwwwwwwwww!" about 22 seonds in, over that fucken riff. Jesus it's everything I want in a Metal tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcp3Pf6rqHw

Yeah, Tornado of Souls is the obvious one, but a place for the other solos of exceptional merit.

Tommy from Coroner is one of the finest there has ever or will ever be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xfCmRRIPvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GVK61nDEwA

Since we were talking about bands and home recording there recently, fuck it, here's the shit I'm doing. No set genre or anything like that, just like Tipperary life in general, anything goes.

https://thehomeball.bandcamp.com/music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmFG6OutIDM

Newsted is selling off a load of rare gear, plus some shite he painted. Hopefully he can lighten up a little without the responsibility of ownership.

https://youtu.be/cAyQnes1xfY

Levinson Blade B4 and Ibanez SB900 for sale

https://www.adverts.ie/member/443484/ads

Crimson Glory are back, new album on the way with a new singer. This is right up my street, I have to say. They're playing Keep It True in October, might have to make a trip over for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K66dL16MVy0

You see the classic return to form used when an old band who lost their way is about to release a new album which, they promise, won't be as shit as the last one. Has there ever been a genuine return to form, a band who released some absolute shite but somehow found their way back with a genuine classic as good as their best material, or does return to form really just mean went shit, stayed shit but the PR guy got paid and must lie?

I used to think Stench of Redemption was one, but time has proven it was a total fluke.

For some reason, I'm suffering through Subhuman Race by Skid Row. I've never listened to it all the way through before since I first got it almost 30 years ago but, fuck it, today's the day. Everything about it is shit. The songs, the guitar tone, the production, the fucking drums sound abysmal, it's all fucking shite. It really is. There isn't a single redeeming feature. There's also Stanger, the benchmark of everything being a bad idea.

What else is there? What other albums are where an generally decent band turned entirely fucking terrible, where every part of it is just shite?

Don't know anything more than it's Jun. 28 - Dublin - Summer Series at Trinity College

With Obscura and Cryptosis

No Irish date but it looks like they're playing all of Focus so might need to book a flight, I think


March 08 - Bochum, DE @ Matrix
March 09 - Aschaffenburg, DE @ Colos-Saal
March 10 - Eindhoven, NL @ Dynamo
March 15 - Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
March 16 - Nantes, FR @ Ferrailleur
March 17 - Toulouse, FR @ Le Rex
March 19 - Madrid, SP @ Copernico
March 20 - Barcelona, SP @ La Nau
March 21 - Lyon, FR @ MJC O Totem
March 22 - Aarau, CH @ Kiff
March 23 - Milan, IT @ Slaughter Club
March 24 - Ljubljana, SL @ Orto Bar
March 26 - Munich, DE @ Backstage
March 27 - Berlin, DE @ Hole44
March 28 - Hamburg, DE @ Logo
March 29 - Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
March 30 - Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset
March 31 - Oslo, NO @ Inferno Festival

I picked up the Use Your Illusion reissues cheap after christmas, having not listened to them in a long, long time. I think everyone agrees they're bloated but the argument tends to be there's one great album among the two when you cut away the chaff.

Where is it?

There are four, maybe five, good songs among a sea of utter shite. I wouldn't even say there's one truly great song in the whole sorry bunch. It's a rambling, self-indulgent mess. To go from what is still one of the all-time great albums to this, it's a savage drop in quality. I don't see that one great album at all. Has it just aged spectacularly badly?

Latest post - is there any chance you can make clicking a link to a thread bring you to the latest post by default, rather than the start of the thread? I know you can click the small "New" icon but it's small. It's small as fuck.