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In The Pit #23 - Blastman
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23-08-2011 8:06pm#1
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This is going to sound daft, but when I was in second year of secondary school, one guy in particular had the AC/DC logo on his schoolbag with Back In Black written underneath it. For ages I thought it said Black In Black, but I became fascinated with trying to copy the logo and wondering what a band with a logo that cool sounded like. At the time I'd only been interested in music for about a year and it was still about the charts (plus a Gary Numan fixation!). I eventually persuaded my mum to buy me Powerage on cassette, and the rest is history.What got you into Rock & Metal in the first place and what keeps you interested in it?
By accident, really. Poking around through the forum menu one day and saw it, thought it might be worth a look. So far, so good.How did you come across the Rock & Metal forum on Boards?
Without getting soppy about, the posters. The laid-back attitude and the feeling that anyone is welcome. And the sexy mods, of course!What keeps you coming back to the forum?
I play 5-a-side football a few nights a week, and try to prevent anything falling off my old Honda as much as possible. I have an interest in photography and gig photography which may be about to become expensive. I seem to spend quite a bit of time fixing PCs for people, too.What do you do when you're not rocking out?
Back In Black or possibly The Number Of The Beast. I was young and impressionable when they were released and they ruined my life, dammit!What album do you feel had the greatest impact on you?
I used to work for Creative Labs back in the day when sound on a PC was an expensive extra. Soundblaster was a pretty cool name for a sound card, I thought. In retrospect (especially after being made redundant!), I could have chosen better.Where did your username come from?0 -
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I don't play, although I did pass Grade 1 violin when I was at school, much to my surprise and my music teacher's downright amazement. I couldn't see a future in heavy metal though, orchestral/symphonic metal was a long way off on the horizon at that stage.TheStickyBandit wrote: »Do you play an instrument?
and if not what instrument would you love to be able to play?
I fancied being a bassist for a while, but it didn't come to anything.
Nashville Pussy. I've met Karen Cuda so I'm almost family anyway...TheStickyBandit wrote: »What band would you love to go on tour with?
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TheStickyBandit wrote: »What's your top 5 rock/metal albums?
Do you mean top 5 rock and top 5 metal, or just my top 5 albums?
Because I'm not that bothered about genres, I'll do a top ten of albums I like or were important to me:
Powerage - AC/DC (My first AC/DC album, one I didn't get into intially as I preferred Back In Black which I got shortly afterwards, but it has since become probably my favourite album by my favourite band)
Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden (Again, The Number Of The Beast blew me away when I heard it first, but this album is probably my favourite. Still Life is Maiden's most underrated track, IMO)
Black Metal - Venom (Something completely different when it came out, I got quite a few weird looks when I asked the guy who ran the local record shop (remember them?) to order it for me! I still have that vinyl copy of it)
Ride The Lightning - Metallica (Picked this up in HMV Oxford St. when it came out, and like Black Metal, it was so different to what came before it and I was hooked. Dare I say I think it's a better album than Master Of Puppets?)
Script For A Jester's Tear - Marillion (I saw the video for Garden Party on The Tube and liked it, bought the album and was completely hooked).
The Wall - Pink Floyd (Again, I bought it on the strength of the hit single, but it took me a long time to really appreciate the album as a whole. It was also the worst cassette I ever owned, as the album was so long it would always wind itself the wrong way and I spent hours manually winding it with a pencil in order to be able to play it again!)
Reign In Blood - Slayer (Their finest moment and the heaviest sound I'd ever heard in my life).
Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper (First saw him perform the title track on The Muppet Show, another of those life-changing moments)
Play More Music - Consolidated (The follow-up, Business Of Punishment, is almost as good, but I'd plump for this as the album that made me notice them. Criminally ignored, and later albums petered out into weird avant-garde noises, but this is where it all came together).
Reise, Reise - Rammstein (Took me long enough to realise how good they are, this was the album that did it).0 -
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I think there's less genuine innovation and fewer games that make you go "wow!". People tend to remember the first time they saw Quake or even Doom, but we're pretty much still playing those games today, allbeit with nicer graphics as each generation of hardware comes along. I guess all the great ideas have been used at this stage. Maybe it's just me getting older, though...Assuming you've kept up with it, how does the current PC gaming scene compare to that of nineties?
The AWE32 was a huge leap forward at the time (as well as being bloomin' enormous!), but I'd say the X-Fi is still the best card overall. I really miss mine since my PCI bus died and I had to go back to on-board audio!Which Soundblaster card was your favourite?
Not really Rock & Metal, but I did meet Suzanne Vega briefly at her last gig in Dublin. I also met Jason and Warner from Jason & The Scorchers which was a big deal for me. I'm not Motley Crue or scudzilla, though, haven't met any of the really big stars.Who's the most famous musician you've met?
Large Oilrig, surely there's no need to explain why!Who do you think is the biggest idiot in metal and why?
In my younger days, Lee Aaron, especially when she did that centerfold for Kerrang! (not naked, but I was at an age where I was easily excited!). Nowadays, it's great to see more wimmin in metal bands and at metal shows. Now, I'll just remove my PC hat and say that Simone Simons is a bit of alright, isn't she?!Who would be your favourite metal babe?
The album cover that really got my attention was AC/DC's If You Want Blood... You didn't see that sort of thing on the cover of Country&Irish records as a rule! I always liked covers like Derek Riggs' stuff for Maiden and Hipgnosis.What's your favourite Rock/Metal album artwork?
Yes, but not as sick as I am of people asking me if they should trust the Indian guy from "Microsoft" telling them their computer is broken!Do you get sick of the "503 - Service Unavailable" errors that are plaguing Boards at the moment?0 -
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120_Minutes wrote: »If you could be a fly on the studio wall foe an album, what would it be?
I read the article recently in Classic Rock magazine about the recording of Led Zeppelin 4, which made me think it would have been interesting to be at the recording of that or a similarly milestone album. Would it be apparent to you at that stage that this was going to be a monster record?
Failing that, maybe St. Anger, just to be able to say "Lads, seriously..?" 0 -
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Any sub-genre within metal that you just cannot stand?
As I said, I don't really pay much attention to genres and sub-genres. However, bands that use Cookie Monster vocals wouldn't be high on my list of things to listen to. I like the music, but I'd like to be able to hear the lyrics too. I don't see the point if you're going to completely obliterate them.Malice wrote:What was your favourite gig this year?
It's been a bumper year, in my opinion, so it's hard to pick one. Rush were great at the Point, Iron Maiden in the Odyssey was another good one. For sheer spectacle, though, probably Roger Waters' second night in the Point, for three reasons. The sound was much better than the first night, I had a much better viewpoint and I love The Wall as an album.Malice wrote:Any upcoming gigs you're looking forward to?
A few, although I still have to pick up tickets for most of them! Rammstein next February should be awesome, (that's one I have a ticket for!). Also looking forward to Black Stone Cherry in Whelans, Volbeat/Black Spiders in the Academy and of course, Manowar!Malice wrote:Do you keep up to date with the Irish rock/metal scene and, if so, any bands we should watch out for?
I have to confess that I don't, quite an oversight on my part. I always had the impression there wasn't a strong metal scene in Ireland and even though it improved over the years, at that stage I was off in other directions.Malice wrote:Could you name your all-time favourite band?
AC/DC. The band that opened the door to rock and metal for and still my favourite band. Seeing them live in Sydney and Melbourne last year was a real highlight for me.Malice wrote:What is your favourite aspect of the rock/metal scene and, conversely, what is your least favourite?
I like the fact that the scene is very open, and that anyone who likes the music, or even just certain aspects of the music is accepted as a part of it. There is a feeling of being part of a group/scene/collective/whatever, even though the age and image differences can be huge as the rock and metal scene has stuck around for so long. Conversly, there can be a small (in my opinion, anyway) element who are very precious about certain bands or genres. I've no time for any of that. Live free or die, as they say in that well-known metal stronghold, New Hampshire!Malice wrote:Is there a rock/metal band out there with loads of fans that you just don't get?
Apart from wondering how Guns 'n' Roses have held on to so many fans despite Axl's best efforts to p!ss everybody off, not really. I understand that people like different things and there's some bands that I'll just never get. Each to their own, I guess. 0 -
Motley Crue wrote: »Do you like any tribute bands in particular, find they're better than the original?
I like Metallitia, but I am a bit biased as I know one of the guys reasonably well. Plus they're as close as I'm going to get to seeing Metallica live again. I hear that Ireland Maiden lot aren't bad either!Motley Crue wrote:As a dedicated PC gamer, what do you think of the games Beneath A Steel Sky and Monkey Island, two of the first games I ever remember playing on PC I'd be interested to know if you played them and what you taught/think?
I think Creative actually bundled Under A Steel Sky with one of their early multimedia kits, but it's not a game I played much, to be honest. I did like Monkey Island though, along with some of the later Lucasarts adventures. I think Monkey Island only supported Adlib music, there was no digital sound until the second game in the series. I loved Sam & Max Hit The Road and Grim Fandango, great games!Motley Crue wrote:What are your feelings (if any) on the new Metallica/Lou Reed album?
Curiosity, mainly. It's not an immediately obvious partnership so it's hard to predict what will come out of it. New York by Lou Reed is one of my favourite albums, though, and Magic & Loss wasn't far behind so yeah, I'l definitely be interested in hearing the outcome of this.0 -
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