In The Pit #34 - D.Q

Do you play any instruments? And which instrument would you love to be able to instantly pick up and play?

Do you listen to any genres outside of rock and metal?

Underrated albums by well known bands?

What got you into Rock & Metal in the first place and what keeps you interested in it?

Always watched wrestling when I was younger, and rock and metal was a big part of their shows in the late 90s early 00s. So I was into the likes of limp bizkit, linkin park, nirvana etc. The usual first bands people listen to. Moved on to Iron Maiden then, listened to Rock in Rio religiously for about 2 years. Graduated to Metallica then and didnt look back. My all time favourite band. Still get chills listening to ecstasy of gold.

no other music comes close to giving me the feeling that metal does. When a band kicks into a filthy riff you cant help but react. Live shows are a big part of it, love seeing the effect metal has on a crowd of fans. No other music comes close, people just losing their minds in mosh pits etc, but without any real violence or malice in it.

How did you come across the Rock & Metal forum on Boards?

Joined up for the leaving cert in 2008, soon noticed the Pro Wrestling section, followed by the rock and metal forum. Two of my favourite things in life, PW and Rock and Metal are by far my most frequented forums on boards.

What keeps you coming back to the forum?

Very handy for news and that. The metallica superthread makes for interesting reading!

What do you do when you're not rocking out?

Work in a shop and currently studying computer science in college!

What album do you feel had the greatest impact on you?

Tough call. A toss up between Master of Puppets and Crack the Skye. Puppets opened my eyes to what metal can be,bone curushing power and melody wrapped up in fantastic songwriting.

Crack the Skye was just so ambitious and layered, that as a guitar player, it really inspired me as far as the scope of my songs go.

Where did your username come from?

Used to be in a band called Diesel Queen back in 2008. So that was my name for a while. Changed it to DQ when I registered a while back. Got sick of people mistaking me for a lady!

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great fun!

Question for when you come back: Which band impressed you most at Download?

****ing muddy man! But I survived! I'll get to answering the questions now if thats ok!

Did it crush your soul, as it did mine, when the Undertaker became 'the American Bad Ass' with new theme music - Kid Rock taking a massive **** on 'Sad But True'?

Cill94 wrote: »

Question for when you come back: Which band impressed you most at Download?

There were a few. Honourable mentions to:

Slash was absolutely perfect for the Friday night. Myles is an incredible singer and they put on a really good, polished rock show, few gnr classics in the mix.

Steel Panther were great on the saturday. Managed to find a security guard handing out snakepit passes so i got really close for them. They are great craic on stage, and have some good singalong tracks. Standout moment was when they brought out Corey Taylor for death to all but metal.

Skindred really impressed me, hadnt listened to them before. Really enjoyable.

Killswitch Engage with Jesse back in the fold were brilliant. Really forgot about the great songs that this band has. And Jesse really suits the band, more so than Howard, IMO.

Metallica: seen them a few times now, still as good as ever.

Soundgarden: Obviously incredible. Played beyond the wheel... Cornell nailed it, enough said.

Sooo in second place, I would have to say, Lamb of God. Absolutely ripped mainstage a new arsehole on the sunday. Band were on top form. You can really see how they have grown as a band, and they really deserved the 4th from top slot. Think its time for them to step up, and either headline or sub headline next year.

Annnd the most impressive band of the weekend. Black Sabbath. Sounded like the world was ending. Never EVER heard a heavier band. 3 oul lads absolutely schooling everyone else in how Metal should be played. Tony Iommi has the greatest tone I have ever heard, absolutely crushed it. The crowd were so into it as well.

War Pigs and Children of the Grave were my personal favourites.

TheStickyBandit wrote: »

Really?
That's mad! I never really picked up on the production issues, I'll have to listen closely next time. I think with this album they tried to push the boundaries a little and add a little prog-ness, albeit not totally radical, but the song The Number Six is definitely proggy imo!


Here's one for the thread.
Do you look/dress like a rocker/metaler?

I just thought the vocals and drums were much better on wrath, and this album was a step backwards. Having seen the songs live last week, it has nothing to do with the songwriting. The songs are fantastic. Something about the production irks me though!

Ehhh no not really. Not to an extreme level anyway. Generally have a band tshirt on, longish hair and a beard. No piercings/tattoos etc though

D.Q wrote: »

Annnd the most impressive band of the weekend. Black Sabbath. Sounded like the world was ending. Never EVER heard a heavier band. 3 oul lads absolutely schooling everyone else in how Metal should be played. Tony Iommi has the greatest tone I have ever heard, absolutely crushed it. The crowd were so into it as well.

War Pigs and Children of the Grave were my personal favourites.

Ah really glad to hear that That's one of the things I really love about metal: there's such respect for the older bands. You can still see them play over 40 yrs later and they still kick ass.