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When I was in a band, we were the only sludge metal band in our area and our lyrics were weirder than anyone else's.

Naked in the rain - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (when they were good)

I've found that darkglass pedals work perfectly well with active basses (they have to, active is really common in metal) but my main source of distortion now is a Two Notes Revolt valve preamp pedal. I usually run it in to my amp but it sounds just as good as a DI

Zombie Eaters - Faith No More

Death in April - Made out of Babies If you like creative, heavy rock music, check out this band and Julie Christmas with her solo band. It's all really good

Gravedigger Song - Mark Lannegan

Dead skin mask - Slayer

Holy crap that's good

I'd start with Repeater then 13 Songs

It's only one riff (with slight variations) but an awesome riff.

Today I decided to learn some Fugazi songs. I knew there were some great bass parts but I'd never realised how great. I learned Waiting Room first, dead simple and absolutely brilliant then on to Turnover which was much more tricky and so much fun to play. Going from the fast middle riff back in to the main riff is really tricky (for me) Any recommendations for more I should learn?

Green machine - Kyuss

Milquetoast - Helmet

Two cups of tea - Star F***ing Hipsters

I bought an Ibanez SR800 from them a few years ago. The preamp made a horrible noise but you wouldn't know unless you turned the amp very loud. They took it straight back and paid for the return courier. Things go wrong sometimes and it's how they deal with it that makes the difference and I couldn't fault how they dealt with it.

I'm looking forward to the road worn Steve Jobs signature model app

Will there be a cheaper and better quality Japanese version of Reverb?

There was nothing like a 90's mosh pit.

They've got loads of shows booked. I highly getting out to see them.

There was some really great metal coming from the south of the US at that time. Plus we also had Sepultura, Life of Agony and Fear Factory plus British bands like Therapy? and The Almighty and the whole grunge scene as well. It was a great time to be in to noisy music. It all ended when Limp Bizkit and Blink 182 came along. They were just terrible.

Battle Axe - Deftones

I had it on in the car this morning. 1000 Year Internal War - Crowbar

Eternal Kingdom - Cult of Luna / Julie Christmas / Pertubator

Their glam records? Metal Magic, Projects in the jungle, I am the night and Power metal?

This an interesting interview with the most under appreciated member of Pantera. If you're not aware of his work, have a listen to this. The bass behind the guitar solo is absolutely brilliant. He does such a good job of backing up Dime's guitar wizardry