SteveXFR

Police Truck - Dead Kennedys

I want those for playing doom. My band mates will hate me

Next Monday it's Alcest at SWX in Bristol then on the Tuesday it's Cult Of Luna at Marble Factory in Bristol. Alcest play shoogazey post metal. All very atmospheric. Cult Of Luna is a wall of progressive metal, a super intense assault on the senses

If you want to play with others, have you tried going to local jam sessions? I met my current band mates at a local pop/blues jam and we ended up forming a stoner/doom metal band. None of us could jam very well but we could see that we could all play in time and talk rubbish

Play whatever works for you, don't worry about whether it's "valid" is that even a thing? I play drop A# and found I couldn't get decent string tension and clarity with a low tuned 4 string even with the low four from a five string set. I now play a multi scale five string and its so much nicer to play in A# and has much more clarity on the low string.

Marijuanaut - Sleep

I think it was their records up to black than are the reason they're so huge. Everything after that was good but not amazing and they've made some terrible choices in mixing. Master of Puppets and Ride The Lightning are both top class metal records.

In my opinion (others may have different/wrong opinions) the best grunge album. Mike Star's bass sounds amazing on every track

If it's still available when my p bass sells then I may very well buy it.

Overrated - Behringer Super fuzz clone. Sounds like fried butt holes on bass and guitar. Some people rave about these things. Underrated - Peavey International IV. Sounds great, plays great and cost £80 used Ashdown MAG300 combo. Really sounds great, cost £150 quid and loads of volume.

My Orange Terror Bass amp. The preamp isn't good. It doesn't do clean and the overdrive tones are woolly and a bit crap. I'm still using it but with a Two Notes Le Bass in to the effects return to bypass the orange preamp section. I wish I'd bought an Ashdown ABM600 instead.

Stored Energy - Suam

Another worldly device - Prong

Shocking. Old man dislikes rap.

Time Bomb - Rancid

Avenues and Alleyways - Rancid

I believe Stranglers have a larger following in the US than the UK.

Change in the house of flies - Deftones

Frost hammer - High On Fire

Hypnosis hemorrhoids- Angella Peters

They were certainly no better than any of them. For some reason in the US they liked the super bland rock that came along after grunge. I saw Bush supporting someone (possibly Pearl Jam?) back in the late 90's and I couldn't fault their playing or singing in any way, they were competent but boring.

I rarely follow through on my commitments

I've been guilty of the gig emissions. I'm not going to say I'm innocent. At Arctangent festival last month, I drank ale and ate jerk and then got in the pit for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. Apologies to anyone behind me.