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In The Pit #17 - Nailz
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02-05-2011 12:57pm#1
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Well it starts off when I was around 6/7, it was my brother who was going into secondary school at the time who was listening to lots of Metal and was a Metalhead in a certain sense of the word - all of which spawned from our Grungey/Alternative cousin who used to babysit us - she used to bring over her CD's and acoustic guitar when our folks were away. As my brother is 7 years older than me he was obviously going to be way ahead of me in musical knowledge at the time and he preached to me the word of gospel according to PanterA, Slayer, Black Sabbath and Morbid Angel.What got you into Rock & Metal in the first place and what keeps you interested in it?
So my musical tastes are pretty much indebted to my brother, along with my openness to all other musical genres and niches, and the total evolution of these tastes as I got older; including stuff he hates and finds unlistenable! Funny how things work
. Also due credit to my father for his 60's and 70's orientated tastes, things like Sabbath, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Taste, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Yes, Pentangle, The Doors, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Hawkwind, etc. Naturally he doesn't have any interest in Metal and is also big into his folk, among other things, but he appreciates it in a sense.
I reckon my music tastes and open-mindedness was quite extensive compared to most other children when I was, say... 12. And now I'm in college, and I'm up to my torso in all types of shit!
Again, that was through my brother, he was a boards user sinse 2001 I believe. It was more just out of becoming a member of Boards in order to use the video game forums, as well as wrestling, and I just started visiting R&M over time.How did you come across the Rock & Metal forum on Boards?
Good discussion and helpful information on gigs, albums, interesting nincompoopery a way of exploring new Rock and Metal bands that I haven't listened to yet. Also it's more friendly that a lot of other Metal forums out on the Interweb, far less arseholes.What keeps you coming back to the forum?
Studenting, as my dad calls it. I am a second year Business Studies student, that covers stuff like Commerce, Economics, Markerting, Administration and Management, Accounting (manual and eAccounts), Technician, Quantitative Methods, Communications, IT, and all that jazz. FUCKING METAL!!! \m/What do you do when you're not rocking out?
I commute from my hometown of Shercock everyday, so I waste a lot of time on Boards through my phone (and no, my location was not just a clever name :pac:). I also work as an Accounting Technician on a part-time basis with a local engineering firm here in County Cavan.
Good question. That's a tough one, if it's Rock and Metal only it would be between PanterA's Great Southern Trendkill, Faith No More's Angel Dust, Immortal's Sons Of Northern Darkness, Down's N.O.L.A, Fear Factory's Demanufacture, Kyuss' Welcome To Sky Valley or Mr. Bungle's Disco Volante.What album do you feel had the greatest impact on you?
Not really narrowing anything down, but it's probably going to be Angel Dust, it's just such a complete album, some awesome song on it. Angel Dust isn't just a Metal album though, it has numerous genre's and they do each of them brilliantly, that type of thing sets you up for the likes of Disco Volante which is what broadens the mind. They have everything from Funk Metal to Country ballads, Industrial Metal, Death Metal, Japanese Synth Rock, Alternative, Piano Pop ballads, Easy Listening Soundtrack themes and Dirty Wahwah Rock with Cheerleaders
. You just don't do that on one album, and so well!
A WWF Wrestler from back in the day, when it was the WWF, notable for his prison inmate attire and feud with Big Boss Man, among other authority figures. This dude right here;Where did your username come from?
Won't be able to answer the other two for a day or two, because I just don't have the time I'm afraid, sorry lads! I have exams on today and for the rest of the week, so I hope you can forgive.
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It's between Fear Factory "Mechanize", John Zorn's Moonchild "Ipsissimus" or Mike Patton "Mondo Cane". It's probably Mechanize, was praying that it wasn't going to be a let-down and it ended up kicking arse. Was quite delighted with that purchase to be honest.What has been your favourite album out in 2010?
Ozzy Osbourne supported by Black Label Society, in the Point, forget the year but it's at least 5 years ago anyway.What was your first big name rock/metal gig you attended?
Well that's easy and hard at the same time; it's groups like the Blackout, Paramore, My Chemical Romance and all that bollocks, the hard part is choosing which one I hate the most.What band/artist in rock/metal can you not stand the most? (not over-rated, actually hate)
Soccer quite a bit, I am on Atheism and Agnosticism a lot but I rarely post there, I poke my head into After Hours the odd time but it's generally chaos in there so I tend to avoid it, I read the video games forums on occasion as well as Conspiracy Theories (because I find it interestingWhat other sections of boards do you frequent?) and I post in a good few of the other Music forums.
Metal more so. I am not picky though, I'm fairly open-minded when it comes to all types of music but if I had to narrow any of them down it would be along the lines of Avant Garde Metal, Brutal Death Metal, and Thrash. A notable mention to Experimental Metal, Black Metal, Groove Metal, Stoner and Sludge too.Do you prefer rock or metal, and which sub-genre of them is your favorite?
Dimebag, of course! Abbath from Immortal, Oderus Urungus from Gwar, Bobby Blitz from Overkill and Les Claypool from Primus.If you could go drinking with 5 people in metal, who would they be?
Billy Gould - BassWhat would be the lineup of your dream gig?
Dimebag - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Trey Azagthoth - Lead/Rhythm Guitar
Barney Greenway - Vocals
Vinnie Paul - Drums
Terribly unbalanced but who gives a fuck!?
Slayer, Megadeth close second.Assuming you like any of them, which of the big 4 of thrash is your favourite?
I was actually quite disappointed with "Belus" by Burzum last year (second last album), I know lads who like it and a couple who don't, so I got the impression it received a mixed reception. But it wasn't what I was expecting and I just was let down by it, it ultimately had little-to-no impact on me as an avid Black Metal listener and this is an artist I consider one of my favourites in the genre.What was the last rock/metal album that really let you down, cause you expected huge things from it?0 -
Man, you have no idea how much you made me role-eyes there. No, I am not one of those fans, thankfully, upon my many many visits to Old Trafford and you could pick out an Irish day tripper a mile away and almost embarrass me to be almost judged through those dudes.Are you one of those Man Utd fans for whom football was only invented in 1992 or are you familiar with names like Ralph Milne and Gary Birtles?
And I am well aware of those footballers, not the most popular or most effective lads to have ever played at OT, haven't seen them play too many games though, as I'm still only a gawson, but I do pick out the archives as often as I can. I know Gary Birtles more so from being an in-and-out player for a very good Nottingham Forest team. And just so you know I am a former season ticket holder at Old Trafford, so you came barking up the wrong tree.
Having said all that, Liverpool have those fans in abundance too, typical ignorant Scouse question. :rolleyes: 0 -
Pattonlord lucan wrote: »Mike Patton or Chuck Mosley?:pac:. In all fairness Chuck had some great songs with FNM, but even Patton performs them better - albeit with a little less soul and passion as Mosley would have sang it - eg. The Crab Song;
Plus Mike is a far more unpredictable frontman, he does some weird ass shit man, I remember seeing a video of him singing "Jizzlobber" and shoved his finger up his *cough* when roaring the "I'M SORRY" part, can pull it up for you if you wish, it's quite astonishing. Not to mention he's just a great musician, some great bands and broad horizons, like what else has Chuck done apart from his very "meh" work with Cement, and his only recently released album "Will Rap Over Hard Rock For Food", which was the first thing he done in over a decade and a half and surprisingly wasn't half bad.
Edit: Will answer the rest tomorrow, finishing my last exam tomorrow so I need a bit of sleep for an early commute, sorry lads!0 -
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Yes I do, my primary instrument would be the bass, I fucking love bass, my favourite basses are my Ibanez SRX360-NT and my 6-String Peavey Grind Fretless here;Do you play any instruments? What instrument would you love to instantly be able to play and why?
I also play drums, guitar, and keyboard. One instrument I would absolutely adore playing would be saxophone. Why, you ask? So I could play like the musical genius that is John Zorn, Avant Garde master.
"Enemy Of The Music Business" by Napalm Death, not that it's even consider a bad album, but once a band makes so many exceptional albums as Napalm Death has, certain albums tend to get overlooked and even disregarded, which is a shame because it's a brilliant album in my opinion.Any albums by well known bands you feel are underrated?
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Big fan of an up and coming Doom band called Dark Castle, it's cool stuff, two piece, guitarist and a drummer.Any unknown bands that you're familiar with that you'd like to share?
I'm friends with a Black(ish) Metal band from Virginia in Cavan called Wound Upon Wound (probably the name's taken from the Gorgoroth song, but I can't be sure on that), they've supported a lot of Death and Black Metal bands whenever coming over, aswell Warpath and the likes, they frequent those Extreme Metal nights that Fibbers have every-so-often.
I'm not the best at it in fairness, although I go see what I can. I'm quite intouch with the North East Metal scene in Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, I'm in the ideal location for it. I know plenty of bands in Cavan town, Castleblaney/Carrickmacross/Monaghan town, and also around Dundalk and Drogheda. Came across some good bands over time, like Speedking, Paradym, Wound Upon Wound as mentioned, Unholy Alliance — who sound like Slayer, surprise surprise, Redneck Nuns, who have now disbanded, Saint Slaughter, Brown Sound (not Metal, but good), I'd Fight Gandhi, and bands like Black Swan and Words That Burn, if you're into that generic stuff that you hear on WWE.Do you keep up to date with the Irish metal scene?0 -
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Hey bro, cheers for the question! That's a tough question, considering the choice of artists, but I'm fairly certain it would have to be Mr. Bungle — as you probably could've guessed I would have said yourselfYo bro... If you could choose one to reform and play together again who would it be?. They are just a great band in my opinion, great music, surreal live shows and generally odd. It's hard to believe such a talented group of musicians befriended each other at a small High School and started playing together around 15/16 years of age, especially considering the type of music they played. The main members all had a great musical career outside of Bungle too, like Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance, "Bär" McKinnon, Mike Patton and Danny Heifetz.
The thing is I can never see it happening, none of them are even bothered with it anymore and have expressed that they don't want to get back together, even though they've all crossed each others paths musically since Bungle split up; Trevor plays in Fantômas with Mike, in Trey's band Secret Chiefs 3, in Bär's band Ümlaut; Bär & Danny, along with Trevor, have also played in Secret Chiefs 3; and they've all played together in different combinations at one stage or another whilst working under John Zorn, especially Zorn's improv bands like Cobra.
Plus, they just don't have the financial backing to persuade them back into tour together again, unlike, say, Mike might have had with the Faith No More reunion, surely there must have been good money in it and that possibly played a factor. Avant Garde is not popular and that's the hard truth of it, most people find it as a genre intolerable, incoherent, random, aggrivating, annoying, highly unpleasant to listen to, not in good taste and downright repulsive. Avant Garde bands find it hard to develope massive fanbases in any one area so they find it hard to pull in a crowd when touring, this is one of the many reasons why Zorn rarely leaves New York, Jazz festivals being one of few exceptions and he doesn't play many of them either. Same goes for other artists like Zu, Kaada, Merzbow and Yamatsuka Eye. It's still very much so underground and that's not going to change any time soon, and Ireland's certainly not the place for this type of music, I don't mean to sound elitist, but the music here is awfully primitive. Ah well...
Here's one of my favourite Mr. Bungle songs, it is split into two, the second part is called the "Secret Song" or "Spy". It starts at the end of "Carry Stress In The Jaw" around 4:40, I love that part of the track. Great drumming during "Carry Stress In The Jew", very odd type of percussion techniques.
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