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RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

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  1. Is this joey jordisons new band? slipknot were never the same once he left . This is really good 😼
  2. Cabin fever specialist , which is a work from home position. The pay is £317.42 from universal credit . This payment may be stopped at any time if you do not stick to the set guidelines . The position is also required to go above and beyond the stated contract at any time . This includes justification by logging into a journal many times a week . My coach changes every so often at random times , often at short / no notice . This happens when you are expecting phone interviews ,which is arranged by them . The first payment is 6 weeks after you join .You must also attend their specialist offices on demand ., If you have a medical condition , then your contract is not automatically terminated , but you have to get fit notes from your doctor to justify your condition . If you have over 30 years working experience in various large companies and you have had less than a few months and years off due to recuperation , it is not taken into account . This position is not a permanent role , but could lead to a suitable part time position if I go to the lcwra group and also attend the interviews mentioned above .
  3. I thought for a moment that I may have been useful, as my playing often resembles les Dawson . I played a couple of my early gigs in the '90s with a keyboard player .The amount of plugs and wires everywhere was a serious breach of health and safety . Like drummers , keyboard players are gold dust . Having said all of that, if my keyboard friend was doing the set lists we had back then , he told me he could do it all on a laptop . The last time I saw Edgar Froese at the Astoria , I noticed the virtual stuff on his Mac laptop back in 2007 .
  4. Thanks for that Steve . Long time ago
  5. Mmm.. flotsam and jetsam blowing megadeth totally off at the hammy o ( Jason was with them then ) . Dave mustaine was mumbling . Megadeth seemed to take a few breaks and mustaine had a couple of costume changes symphony x blowing off dream theatre at Wembley arena in 2007. Never saw or heard of them before , but they rocked and owned the stage . stan Webb blowing off John May all at hammy o sometime in this millennium All I can remember about Mayall was that he looked a bit like jimmy saville in appearance trying to be cool in tracksuit bottoms . Very arrogant ,although mick Taylor played one good song as a special guest iirc . M..OD supporting Suicidal tendencies at the Astoria on a Sunday afternoon . I ended up buying billy Milano a Coca Cola . Glenn Hughes blowing Jack Bruce off at a truly miserable gig at shepherd 's bush in this millennium . It was a gig that Michael shenker was supposed to headline but pulled out , leaving a half empty crowd Frank Marino was pretty good , Glenn Hughes was excellent , and Jack bruce looked like a used car salesman struggling for business. The encore? ..Eleanor Rigby. WTF!?! Anthrax better than iron maiden Wembley arena, persistence of time tour. Wembley arena
  6. Have a stingray against the machine bump 🐠
  7. I stumbled across this today . An old episode that's probably been discussed here already after it was originally shown a few years back . anyone else see this ? wow !🙀
  8. Wow! So many similarities with my own experiences ( the Hondo/ bass mags / trying the various techniques etc). tho I'm not as good. For me , after finding out that I could actually play a few songs , and was ready to join a band , I wasted a very long time being stupid by trying the slap pop and tap , hammer ons etc . A total waste of time for me . I was working long hours , drinking loads, socialising etc . After leaving my first band , I placed an ad in loot magazine . One guitarist I saw knew that I was neglecting the basics while concentrating on the flashy stuff . " f **k stu Hamm !" Was the turning point for me to see a teacher . I learned a lot in a few months . Time, money and a long trek on the underground meant I couldn't keep it up . Mr. Teacher let me use his fretless wal , and I didn't seem to be too bad on it . I always took my usual bass along , but he just asked me to use the wal now and again . I was a very naive person who played too many notes , because o thought that you had to follow the guitarist as well as drums . ( well I was trying to do everything metal 😹) much older and relaxed I just play what I want , either finger ,thumb or pick but don't try all that flashy stuff anymore . I think playing in a relaxed way helps me a lot .
  9. After 2 mins and 12 seconds I couldn't watch any more . Two annoying Vacuous "men". The guy with the hat loves himself in the style of Jamie Oliver and the guy with the ' man bun'? looks like that food expert from Essex It has the effect of reality tv, where I switch tv off or over straight away. That was painful and annoying .
  10. With the power of computers , I still have the history . will eventually get round to printing and framing these..
  11. Speaking of autographs and meeting people ( again ), I met Alice Cooper when he was signing copies of his constrictor album .He was a miserable bar steward . His band were great . Alice didn't look at anyone and just looked at the desk the whole time . It wasn't until years later the penny dropped ( this was all pre internet) At the Wembley arena gig the previous Friday , the noose was too tight on him and he nearly died apparently. i was wandering around hmv in oxford street on a Friday evening I'm the 90s and I was standing behind him . Just then barriers went up and he was doing a signing session. I didn't bother as I expected him to be rude . Shame really . I just caught him on an off day .. Bob Calvert on the other hand was a top bloke 😼👍👍
  12. Great story about Ozzy . Keep the Motorhead stuff though ..especially the excellent space ritual 😼
  13. Can't go wrong with maiden . I had the original soundhouse tapes ep I sent off for back in the day . Back in 2015/ 16 I was on hard times and sold for about £385.00 I didn't realise that there are forgeries of I met the buyer in a cafe Nero in Baker Street . We had the iPhone torches out 😹I met Jim Marshall at the Wembley music fayre back in the 90's . He signed a poster for us . It was damaged over time. Oh well..
  14. I was talking to a friend a couple of times about his concert tickets . I never kept many myself really , but did say he's got a good collection and it may be worth a lot . Seems like I was wrong . I would say though that anything signed by Kurt cobhain or cliff Burton would still be worth a lot tho.
  15. I have a Charlotte and the harlots t shirt which is now my painting top when st hunger came out , I thought that it's time to get rid of some of their rare stuff. So I sold a white label 12" of jump in the fire which I purchased for £1.20 on a stall in Camden market . I queued up in shades in 85 and got the band to sign it, plus the hell on earth tour poster . Lars was puzzled . I sold both of those for about a grand . I scanned before selling so I still have memories . The poster was quite worn . The master of puppets and helloween tour posters are staying tho 😹
  16. I had regrets about dumping my old metal tour t shirts from over the years . I did that years before eBay , so not so sad I guess. Probably the daftest thing I did was washing my Metallica ride the lightning sweat shirt which was signed by Lars in the duke of Cornwall pub next to the hammy o where him and James were . 🙀😹
  17. Radio station coming through my faulty active pickups from my Washburn status bass in band rehearsal . Odd, but also amusing .
  18. While having a thorough clear out , I looked at a few concert tickets I stumbled across . Out of curiosity , I looked in flea bay , and realised that in a lot of cases original stubs from big names are just sitting there , with no bidders . not outrageously priced either . Same with your programmes , although iron maiden fans are always interested . When times were hard a few years back, the most money I made from tour programmes was the AC/DC highway to hell tour, and motley Crue theatre of pain tour . of course autographed stuff by legendary figures would be worth more . A lot in some cases. Not sure about autographed basses .. Anyway , your thoughts ..
  19. Going through my collection , I'm getting too many duplicates by the same artist . what do you prefer ?
  20. Totally gutted . Favourite ever drummer . Percussionist and all round genius RIP 😿
  21. Howdy! I need to concentrate and get myself back into the right frame of mind and actually make proper use of the stuff that I have. After moving into a smaller flat and coming to terms with health issues that make me not want to do anything , I'm beginning to declutter my mind and stuff in flat. I have recorded bits on sound cloud ( Mellowcat ) , but struggle to find out how to actually record anything properly and they become demos. Gear: I have all the gear and no idea ..imac / Mac mini / bass/ moog Grandmother not used much and various bass effects . I use reason 10 and before Xmas treated myself to launchpad mini 2 which includes Ableton live lite . I was thinking of paying for online lessons for reason and Ableton live . I was looking last night at the reed website and they have a sale on until March . I have an old Roland sp202 sampler and dr 202 drum machine . I love the launchpad and blocswave apps at the moment what are your thoughts ? Thanks
  22. Funny thing about Andertons: I saw a you tube clip of the captain and chappers totally slagging off headless guitars and basses . They went through various players and just said that the majority went back to headed as nobody really plays headless as they just don't look right . Interesting to see how many they get in stock or shift Those Ibanez basses do look good..second thoughts after looking on the Andertons website I'm not too keen on them . I have a Washburn status ( wine red) . If I were to get another headless it would be a proper status . After
  23. Thanks booom:) I managed to do the pram thing, when I put the installation disk in to repair . What I'll try and do is erase the external hard drive and dump the Mac mini .
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