All is not lost

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Hey guys, I remember a thread here about one of ye trying to start a metal radio station, but it fell thru. Well, all might not be lost yet. Me and two other guys are starting a heavy metal show on Trinity FM (Trinity College's radio station) on saturdays from 10am until 1pm, starting on freshers week (last week of september). I'll be going into the college this weekend for training in the equipment. I know its only 3 hours in a week, but hey, its better than nothing.
Anyway, the timeslot has yet to be finalised, so I'll keep ye posted in the meantime.

cournioni

What is going to be on the playlist?

Pugsley

Good luck with the radio station

cournioni

Originally posted by Pugsley
Good luck with the radio station

That too.

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Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
What is going to be on the playlist?

Playlist will be really good. The three of us have a pretty varied taste and we'll be prepared to give anything decent a lash anyway. PLUS, I have the backing of the guy who owns the sound cellar in dublin (great metal store for anyone who doesn't know it) so I'll have access to some great ****.....that said, I have almost 400 CDs and a $hitload of stuff downloaded off the web too!!!
My idea of decent stuff would be the likes of Meshuggah, QOTSA, Slayer, Sepultura/Soulfly, Machine Head, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Anthrax, NIN, Misery Loves Co., Devin Townsend, G'n'r, System of a Down, Pantera, Amen, Arch enemy, Pitchshifter, Fear Factory, Godflesh, Ministry etc etc etc. As for the other lads, they're into other stuff.
Anyway, after I've done the training and gotten things in order with the other lads, I'll fill yizz in. And I'll get yizz the frequency too, all important. And if things go well, maybe ye could make some requests too.
I know its only one 3 hour slot, but its better than nothing, doncha think?

cournioni

Don't forget In Flames.

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Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
Don't forget In Flames.

Don't worry, I'm sure I could squeeze in 'Bullet ride' and/or 'Only for the weak' somewhere

Pugsley

A MUST song to get is

'Dark Tranquility - Nether Novas'

One of the greatest songs Ive heard, and I have heard quite a few.

Another few great bands which deserve at least one song:

Arcturus
Opeth
Iron Maiden
Sinergy
Sonata Arctica
Nightwish
Megadeath
Sentenced
Dimmu Borgir
Old Mans Child (may not go down too well tho, this is an aquired taste )

xx

Originally posted by Pugsley
A MUST song to get is

'Dark Tranquility - Nether Novas'

One of the greatest songs Ive heard, and I have heard quite a few.

Another few great bands which deserve at least one song:

Arcturus
Opeth
Iron Maiden
Sinergy
Sonata Arctica
Nightwish
Megadeath
Sentenced
Dimmu Borgir
Old Mans Child (may not go down too well tho, this is an aquired taste )

I'd be pretty much on to play a bit of everything, whether I particulaly like the bands or not, or whether I've heard of them before or not. Fear not, ye shall not be disappointed

cournioni

Children of Bodom, Morbid Angel and Decapitated should be in there too.

xx

Went into the College yesterday and had a go of the equipment with the other guy who's doing the show with me. Its handy to use really. Fade this in, fade that out etc etc.
Anyway, we've actually been given a second slot to do, on sunday night from 7pm until 9pm (just like the ol' rock show on 2FM). Bit of a bonus that.
Gotta question for ye though - the radio station needs sponsorship to keep it up and running for longer, but alas, where to get this sponsorship? I reckon I could go a-calling to places like HMV and Golden Discs etc, but has anyone any other ideas that I might not have thought of???

cournioni

Originally posted by xx
Went into the College yesterday and had a go of the equipment with the other guy who's doing the show with me. Its handy to use really. Fade this in, fade that out etc etc.
Anyway, we've actually been given a second slot to do, on sunday night from 7pm until 9pm (just like the ol' rock show on 2FM). Bit of a bonus that.
Gotta question for ye though - the radio station needs sponsorship to keep it up and running for longer, but alas, where to get this sponsorship? I reckon I could go a-calling to places like HMV and Golden Discs etc, but has anyone any other ideas that I might not have thought of???

Sound Cellar, Music Maker, Asha... all those types of places.

gucci

please play system of a down!!!i used to text those scum bags on 2fm every day asking to play it as their "dandruff shaker" at 4.30.....total number of times they played anything by system of a down=ZERO.but they did play some alright stuff,made my day at work tolerable!

xx

Originally posted by gucci
please play system of a down!!!i used to text those scum bags on 2fm every day asking to play it as their "dandruff shaker" at 4.30.....total number of times they played anything by system of a down=ZERO.but they did play some alright stuff,made my day at work tolerable!

Any song in particular? Maybe 'Spiders' or 'Suite-pee' or maybe 'Toxicity'???
Oh yeah, Pornapster, I didn't mean the names of other stores. I meant, sort of, other ideas.

af666x

Some form of auction or something.

Or a raffle. Try lay your hands on something like a guitar/amp/lots of beer and sell tickets for it. HAndy way to make money. Or a sponsored head shave.

Doctor J

Originally posted by xx

Gotta question for ye though - the radio station needs sponsorship to keep it up and running for longer, but alas, where to get this sponsorship? I reckon I could go a-calling to places like HMV and Golden Discs etc, but has anyone any other ideas that I might not have thought of???

Try hitting MCD or Aiken for concert tickets and raffle them off or have a tolled phone number - there are so many gigs which sell out so quickly, there's bound to be a demand for that.

gucci

on the system of a down thing-play anything its all good.

on the sponsorship thing,how bout you run a protection racket or threaten to play garth gates/brooks....money will flood in to stop that!!

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Nearly all ready to roll fro the morning. Its on 97.3 by the way. We'll be on in the morning at 10am, then tomorrow at 7pm. Can't wait. I've been looking into that list Pugsley, and I'll try to throw out some stuff from it. But it won't be $hite anyway, never fear. It'll make a nice change to have some decent music on the radio.

xx

Had an absolute riot on the radio today, folks. Gonna have more craic tomorrow too. Anyway, just in case yiz are interested, here's the playlist of what we got thru:

Faith No More - Epic
Carcass - Corporal jigsaw quandry
Soundgarden - Jesus christ pose
Sepultura - Roots
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Hatebreerd - Proven
In Flames - Only for the weak
Rollins Band - Liar
Static-X - Otsegolation
At the Gates - Into the Dead sky/suicide nation
Arch Enemy - Burning Angel
KMFDM - Ultra
Akercocke - For menstrual blood and semen
Guns'n'roses - Welcome to the jungle
Deicide - Serpents of the light
Raging Speedhorn - Chronic Youth
Slipknot - Purity
Pantera - Domination
Slayer - Raining Blood
Machine Head - Davidian
Mudvayne - Not falling
Type O negative - Angry Inch
Nine Inch Nails - Wish
My Dying Bride - The songless bird
Fear Factory - Replica
Cky - 96 quite bitter beings
Amen - Down Human
Soulfly - No hope = no fear
Metallica - Blackened
QOTSA - Go with the flow
Downthesun - Enslaved
Prodigy - Smack my bitch up

ferdi

Originally posted by xx
Prodigy - Smack my bitch up

ah here now

Pugsley

Great variety of music there, really is something for everyone. I missed it myself unfortunately, ill try to catch it today tho.

xx

Originally posted by ferdi
ah here now

I know what yer thinking, but I like the attitude of this song. The prodigy are probably the only dance-orientated band that I think have rock sensibilities. When they play live, they lash in geetarzz, drums and the whole nine yards. They are as close to industrial metal as you can get. To not play them would also mean that I shouldn't have played NIN, Static-X, Downthesun or Fear factory because they happen to use keyboards and samples too.
Anyway, bit of variety doesn't hurt.
Playing again tonight from 7pm to 9pm again. Gonna throw some Emperor into the mix, maybe some Dimmu Borgir and deffo System of a Down (sorry gucci, didn't get to fit it in yesterday).

xx

Tonights session went really well too. Playlist was:

Nirvana - Lithium
Kill II this - The way of all flesh
Pissing Razors - Dodging Bullets
Pantera - I'm broken
American Head charge - Violent reaction
Carcass - No love lost
The entombed - Like this with the devil
Sepultura - Propaganda (live)
System of a Down - Shimmy
Misery Loves Co. - Kiss your boots
Alice in Chains - Them bones
Godsmack - Awake (didn't work!!!)
Dry Kill Logic - Nightmare
Clawfinger - Biggest and the best
Rammstein - Buch Dich
Deicide - Repent to Kill
Anthrax - Only
Slayer - Stain of mind
Hell is for heroes - you drove me to it
White Zombie - More human than human
Strapping young lad - Detox
Emperor - Curse you all men
Raging Speedhorn - Thumper
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
Ministry - Jesus built my hotrod
Nickelback - Leader of men
The refused - New noise
In flames - Bullet Ride
NIN - Hurt (live, with David Bowie)
The pixies - where is my mind?

Gonna record a show this week just for the website. Might do it on friday, mayhaps.