Simple Pleasures

[Eoin McLove]

I've never heard a single note of F&J. Must give them a spin.

[Pentagrimes]

I'd say "Fade to Black" off Doomsday is the best Iron Maiden song you've never heard 

It's mad that Newstead was apparently the lead songwriter on Doomsday and came outbwith several bangers,but barely got a look in on the writing front on Metallica

[Carnage]

I'm amazed he stayed as long as he did in those circumstances. I suppose the money eased the pain.

I had No Place back in the day, it was only OK from what I remember. The Elton John cover was an odd one. Never heard Doomsday, the awful, awful cover always put me off. I might whack it on in a bit.

[The Great Cull]

Kerrang gave Doomsday a 6K (usually mac 5) review when it was released. Crying shame Newsted didn't get to write more.

[Ducky]

Yeah I'd take generational wealth vs. being known for writing a few cult classic bangers any day.

His playing is savage on it, particularly Hammerhead and Metal Shock. I remember being stunned when I first heard Doomsday with how obviously talented he was vs. what his 'Tallica Family let him do in their house.

Trujillo is considerably more capable than what he does with Metallica too. 

[Emphyrio]

Sitting outside in the sun, blasting Doomsday for the Deciever, while skulling perfectly chilled cans of Aldi mojito at 10% each. Why can't I do this every day? Why? I ask you!

I'd still swap to a different fruit based drink for the ladies but ya, you were probably on to something.

[Bürggermeister]

  

[Sworntothecans]

Kerrang gave Doomsday a 6K (usually mac 5) review when it was released. Crying shame Newsted didn't get to write more.

Kerrang gave Doomsday a 6K (usually mac 5) review when it was released.

Probably Malcom Dome (and probably because he was doing Publicity for the label)

[Barnacle Billy]

Scratching the pad of your hand on a rough cut piece of wood.

[Eoin McLove]

I might end up sounding like a smug cunt here, but that's not my intention. I just saw a post of my own from 2018 about being hungover and realised how nice it is to be off the booze. I gave up drinking 3 years ago and never looked back. I can't say I've noticed massive health benefits as such, but not having a write off Sunday because I stayed up half the night on Saturday is a blessing. I'm sure it's doing my body good too, but that I can see  The ravages of time are undoing whatever good sobriety is doing perhaps, but still! Recommended for anyone who is thinking of giving up. And zero beers are the business, by the way. At a gig or in the pub with friends or whatever, having that taste of beer without the inconvenient side effects is a winner. You feel like you're having the real experience of being in the pub which you can't really replicate with a glass of Coke. Great on the weekend to unwind as well, because the habit is well enough ingrained- I get to still enjoy that weekend feeling without being mouldy the next day. Anyway, if you're thinking of doing it but feel like you'll be missing out somehow by not being gimped at the weekend, give a zero beer a try. Might be the job!

Edit.  And fuck Taskmaster!

[ochoill]

I might end up sounding like a smug cunt here, but that's not my intention. I just saw a post of my own from 2018 about being hungover and realised how nice it is to be off the booze. I gave up drinking 3 years ago and never looked back. I can't say I've noticed massive health benefits as such, but not having a write off Sunday because I stayed up half the night on Saturday is a blessing. I'm sure it's doing my body good too, but that I can see  The ravages of time are undoing whatever good sobriety is doing perhaps, but still! Recommended for anyone who is thinking of giving up.

No you are right I have also vastly reduced my alcohol intake in the past year - bar this week because I am on holidays and on a solid week's day drinking - and in general my whole form and energy is better.  I go out once a month and have about six or seven pints.  Basically on the dry all the rest of the month, might have one pint at a gig if it's on in between.  Prefer to go home early and get up early for a hike instead and be in good form for it.

Absolute write off hangovers are long gone, the pints give me a slow day the next day but I don't just eat shit and wallow, I get up and walk and do my jobs and exercise and allow myself time to rot in the evening and generally feel way better for it.  It's not 100% dry and I still have my fun in between but the other weeks I don't miss the sauce at all and still go out to meet lads, sticking on the tea and water instead. Everything in moderation, including moderation, a lad once said to me, and I will go with that.

[Eoin McLove]

Yeah man, defo. Sounds like you have a good balance there. I'm sure I could go out on the rip the odd time without falling back into the routine of weekend drinking, but I long harboured the idea of giving it up and now I've done it,  it seems like a better idea to leave that chapter- those many fun and bleary chapters!- behind. I always half envied people who said they didn't drink,  even if I couldn't quite understand what they did with all their free, sober time    I think I would have been more at a loss as a young lad going to gigs the whole time. But being a boring tea totaller in my 40s rules 

[Ducky]

I did it kinda arseways - only drank once every few years in my teens and 20s, and only got drunk twice in that entire time period (one of those was hanging out with Barry/Bane, drinking Fosters and watching Death's "Live In LA" DVD on repeat!), but took to it around age 32.

It might sound counterintuitive, but I started drinking beer when out as I was diagnosed with diabetes a few years before, and being handed a sugary drink when asking for sugar free just made me stressed every time I ordered something, so it was easier to just order a beer.

So I guess I do drink regularly, but mostly a nice glass of wine with dinner. The only regular pints I actually have is a once-a-month sup with Barry. And I'm happy to go without for long stretches as being close to teetotal in my youth meant I learned to enjoy myself without the drink, so I've never felt like I need to to have a good time.

[Mooncat]

I had to check myself after covid as I was on a slippery slope. Took a few years of winding it back, kind of relapsing etc, but for the past year or so I barely drink at all, and even when I do it's just a couple of drinks. Would only get drunk maybe less than once a month.

The problem is all the substitution! Started off drinking enormous amounts of Pepsi as a substitute, then realized how much that was fucking me up so had to spend a couple of years tackling that habit too. Same for smartphone use, and over the past 6 months, takeaways and greasy food. It's a nightmare trying to wean yourself off quick fix stuff and onto healthier/productive habits.