Topic: The Music Thread

Yeah, when it comes to Faith No More, I would recommend Angel Dust, as that is an all-round music fan's cup of tea, however, you may also like King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime, but THAT is much heavier. From what I know of your music taste I would highly recommend Angel Dust over KFAD, but try it if you find the odd heavier track on Angel Dust enjoyable, I think there's only two of them that meet that criteria.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic The only thing I really feel about Faith No More is that at least they aren’t Mr Bungle, my least favourite band of all time. Their self titled album is probably the worst album I’ve ever heard and I listened to that Corey Feldman album in its entirety. Haven’t listened to that Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall yet though, which I’ve heard is genuinely unlistenable.

@nessisonett Yes, but surely we can agree Mike Patton is a great singer? He's very talented imo, if you don't like Mr Bungle, my advice is to stay away from KFAD as that has some quite Bungle-ish moments, but Angel Dust is pure gold. Do you think you'll listen to that one when you get the chance?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’ll probably get round to Angel Dust, it’s on my list. I find Mike Patton quite grating, his voice definitely borders on ‘nails on a chalkboard’ at times. I listen to loads of bands where the singer can’t sing but his voice just hits a certain nerve.

It’s incredible how good condition this is even though I bought it for £5. I swear, they just don’t make them like they used to, the sound quality isn’t bad at all but I’m not a fan of the Dolby noise reduction, it flattens the audio and I actually like the fuzz. I have a few cassettes but my collection isn’t as big as my vinyl collection. I know they don’t sound as good but certain albums are hard to find on vinyl and cassettes were unjustly displaced by CDs.

@LN78 They’re a much nicer collectors item than a CD. Obviously I understand that at the time, CDs were the better option but now that we have digital, streaming etc, tapes are a neater, cheaper package that I honestly believe have more relevance today.

@LN78 There are so many albums that are either incredibly expensive on vinyl or just haven’t been printed on anything other than cassette. I’d rather own them physically and shoegaze benefits from the hiss.

@LN78 Chuck Pearson’s Eccojams is one album that I’d love to own but is only on tape and is £1500 and above despite being released in like 2010. Then there’s all the old demo tapes from bands back in the 80s and 90s that aren’t exactly going to get an LP release. It’s way easier to curate a collection of lo-fi content than waiting for remasters which may never come. To be fair, I do agree there’s a hipster trend of releasing new music on tape that I’m not exactly fond of, like who would buy Harry Styles on tape...?

@LN78 Loads of underground punk and hip hop albums have been lost to the passage of time in the same vein as those B-movies. It’s not really any different from all those NES games that’ll never get a remaster for reasons such as licensing.

@LN78 I have nostalgia for Minidisc just because of GameCube. They were great little discs although I didn’t quite get why the boxes were the same size as PS2 boxes like why not take advantage of the medium?

@LN78 Ohhh right! They actually look a bit like a cross between UMDs from the PSP and a floppy disk! That plastic cartridge is a great concept though, makes them easy to store and stops the disc from getting scratched.

Ordered an absolute gem of a cassingle for only £5, The Only Ones’ Another Girl, Another Planet with The Psychedelic Furs’ Pretty In Pink as a B-side. Strange pairing but two classic songs and I don’t own any 2 band singles on any format. Will sit pride of place next to my translucent pink Barbie Girl 7”.

@nessisonett I clicked on this thinking it was the TV thread and wondered what on earth you have been watching! 😂

@nessisonett A proud addition to your collection!. I recently got a couple of Bill Orcutt's records on vinyl. Avant-blues experimentation and improvisation, really dig it.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Enjoy! I’ve not really listened to much jazz in a while, been in a bit of a mellow mood so I’ve been delving into my shoegaze backlog. Highlights probably include Galaxie 500’s On Fire, Ride’s Nowhere and Catherine Wheel’s Chrome. I came across Jesu’s self titled album as well, which is brilliant, hazy, droning metal if you’re into that sorta stuff.

@nessisonett Yeah! Jesu! - Do you like any Neurosis or Isis stuff?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Panopticon by Isis is an absolute classic of sludgy drone metal, along with Feedbacker by Boris. I’ve heard good things about Neurosis too, along with Agalloch. I’m into post-rock as well though and those bands are pretty much a crossover with metal. Growing up, I was always going over to my uncle’s when he was making music and I was exposed to a lot of stuff like his influences so my tastes are pretty eclectic! I think the first album that really grabbed me was Bowery Electric’s Beat, he used to put it on and it’s a great, atmospheric trip-hop/drone crossover. Obviously I only went properly looking for it later on but it’s incredible what sticks with you at that age.

@nessisonett Panopticon by Isis is indeed a behemoth of titanic proportions. Neurosis are great, I would start with Times Of Grace if I were you. I think I grew up with a lot eclectic influences too, well, in my late teens and early twenties, then I wasn't listening to a lot of music for a while and didn't really care about what I bought, then I started getting seriously into jazz, and now, more recently, left field stuff and folk.
It sounded like you had some fun socializing with your uncle. I think the first song that got me seriously into music was Last Resort by Papa Roach, I think that was the first "heavy" song I heard in my life. Obviously when you listen to stuff like Suffocation years later it can seem pretty tame, but I was listening to 60s soul and disco before that, so it came as quite a shock

@nessisonett Can you recommend any good blues guitarists? Preferably from the modern era and similar to artists like Kenny Burrell if possible.

Also, what do you think of these guys?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Hmm, in terms of modern ones, I don’t really have much clue I’m afraid. The only blues I’ve listened to is old Delta Blues like Muddy Waters and Son House. Lead Belly’s worth looking at as well despite being like really really old. I guess Stevie Ray Vaughan is probably the closest person I’d recommend, despite being more electric blues/blues rock.

Didn’t see that video there! I really liked Dead Roots Stirring but haven’t actually listened to any more of their stuff. I’ll get round to it eventually hahaha