SteveXFR

Mainstream rock has always been formulaic whether it was glam, hair metal, grunge, emo or anything else popular. If you want interesting music in any genre you have to look on the fringes where bands priorities are more likely to be creativity rather than radio friendly unit shifting. Occasionally one of those fringe bands breaks through to the mainstream (Idles for example) but it's rare. Same goes for festivals. If you want a great atmosphere and interesting music, head for one of the smaller ones where they book bands they like instead of bands who sell tickets. I used to go to Glastonbury every year but now I'd rather go to a small genre specific festival, pay a quarter of the ticket price, see better bands and drink better beer and enjoy a better atmosphere

I wanna be your dog - The Stooges

I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. Cliff Burtons bass lead masterpiece with Metallica

Three MCs and one DJ - Beastie Boys

Cult Of Luna at ArcTanGent festival. Amazing live performance. So heavy it just sounded like the end of the world but there's so much musical interest going on in that crushing heavyness, much more than just low tuned guitar riffs. I think they stopped between songs once in an hour and a half.

Guerrilla radio - Rage Against The Machine

Cult Of Luna have a lot of instrumental tracks and a lot of their music with vocals don't have much.

Exactly my style

Ive been looking local and there's a few Vintage V4's selling for peanuts. Even adding in a tonerider pickup it's still dirt cheap. Squier P basses seem to be similar price as well, generally well under £200

I'm wanting a P bass for a new project. I'll be tuning it down to A, not sure how it'll go so I don't want to spend too much and I'll be buying used. What would be a good used, budget P bass? Would it be a Squier or a really scruffy mex Fender or something like a Yamaha or even a Peavey?

Queasy lover - Phil Collins

Sick sick sick - Queens Of The Stone Age

No more heroes - Stranglers

I've just realised I have nothing lined up. No tickets booked. This is an unacceptable situation.

Sausage - Adam Ant

Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys (Elvis blows)

Behind the wall of sleep - Black Sabbath

Kick out the jams - MC5

I was a teenage hand model - Queens Of The Stone Age

I go along to a local jam session and it's always good fun. The session I go to, if there's going to be any covers then they're announced in the facebook group so those who don't know it can prepare. I always just learn the chord progression and go with the flow on the night, no one wants or expects a note for note cover. Because I'm a bit crap, I tend to end up playing when the really good guitarists play, there's so much going on that they appreciate simple bass. I always find everyone friendly and forgiving of my incompetence and encouraging. It's definitely improved my playing.

Freak on a leash - Korn

Classic cars I understand, there will never be a new car even remotely similar to an E Type or a Lancia Fulvia or even a mk1 Escort but you can still buy a P bass or J bass or Thunderbird which looks and sounds pretty similar to an original. Add it in to a band and no one could hear the difference between a 60's instrument and the modern equivalent.

Best buy a Peavey T40 just incase though. That should withstand a direct hit from a nuke.

The world is going to end soon anyway due to either global warming, nuclear war or covid 20 which I think may reduce the value of all guitars.

I was at a festival yesterday and decided that's what I want. Genre specific music festivals where crowds are much, much bigger than normal shows and you're earning new fans as well. As a bonus you get to watch the othe bands. Every band I saw seemed blown away by the size and response of their audience and quite obviously had a great time playing.