SteveXFR

I'm surprised it's worth that much considering how little streaming services pay.

Sub genres are useful when looking for something new to listen to. As an example, if I want to find something similar to Kyuss, I can search for stoner metal and know I'll most likely get a similar wall of heavily distorted, low tuned guitars playing blues based heavy music.

The mention of White Zombie made me wonder what Sean Yseult is doing now, her bass in WZ was always solid. She played for the Cramps for a bit and is now in a band called Star And Dagger who definitely won't be reaching the heights of White Zombie at their peak.

Thunderkiss 1965 by White Zombie and Gardenia by Kyuss are my two favourite covers to play. Gardenia is such a simple riff but there's just so many fills in there that it's fun and I think it would be impossible to play it the same twice. I can never remember all the variations of the fills so just improvise.

Good point. I remember bands like Guns N Roses, Motley Crue and Def Leopard being referred to as metal at the time though. Our local shop used to have their records in the same section as Slayer and Anthrax.

There was nothing metal about them.

I saw Extreme at Donnington monsters of rock in 1994. Someone decided it was a great idea to put them on between Sepultura and Pantera so they absolutely bombed. They played well, they were just victims of poor planning.

I think I could ignore Lars if it meant I could tour the world and play to huge audiences of excited fans. Lars is a decent enough drummer, it's when he's not playing that he'd be difficult to be around. Trujillo is very talented, Metallica have always had amazing bassists to play not very technical music.

Love like blood - Killing Joke

Bush were terrible. British but most of there success was in the US. Proper grunge with some White Zombie, Kyuss, Helmet, Rollins Band and maybe some punk.

Everyone and their mum plays guitar. Drums are what you need to learn.

But it won't weigh as much as a cow

There isn't. I've been looking for a while now. Lots of people wanting to start bands but they all seem to want to play pop punk. I'd be quite happy playing a good mix of grunge and 90's alternative.

I'd like to play grunge covers. I think it would be fun.

Planets - Teenage fanclub

Cheer up London - Slaves

I feel like he needs to swap one of those cheap far Eastern engines for a vintage US engine from the Harley custom shop.

Celebrity skin - Hole

If you follow all the rules all the time, you'll end up with Ed Sheeran and no one wants that. You can't have character without imperfection. Sometimes a carefully used very out of key note can really add interest.

Down in a hole - Alice In Chains

I think a 130 string tuned to C# might snap the neck of a Thunderbird

I'd have thought most can play above the technical level of the song. Especially in rock and metal, you want a bit in reserve so you can still play well while moving around the stage. It's pretty boring to watch someone stood perfectly still while they concentrate on shredding.

This morning I've been listening to Total Invasion live by Killing Joke. I don't normally like live albums but this one seems pretty good. Even Youth's bass is tight, he's been a bit sloppy when I've seen them before.

I think it all went wrong when O2 Academies moved their ticket sales to Ticketmaster.

I was about to book tickets to see Killing Joke in Bristol O2 Academy but been put right off by the price. £45 to see them in a venue with terrible sound and ridiculous drink prices just isn't appealing. I love seeing Killing Joke live but for that price I could pay for two gigs in Bristol at venues with better sound, better atmosphere and not get fleeced when I get thirsty. Last time I went to Bristol Academy, it was a double headline show with Skints and Interruptors and tickets were £28 and that was shortly before first lockdown. If they want to get people back to gigs, pushing up ticket prices isn't the way to do it.