Rich

One of my bands rehearses an hour away, the other 45 minutes. Both are reasonably close to my workplace, so I tend to make rehearsal days my "not working at home today" days. Luckily neither band rehearses more than once a month. An hour is about as far as I'd go.

How 'Bout US - Champaign

John Hall is on the phone to his lawyers, Messrs. Suem, Grabbit & Runne, as we speak.

Robbery, Assault and Battery - Genesis

Luxury. Any of you that ever played the Tunnels (RIP) in Bristol will well remember the changing cupboard, errm I mean room there.

Ah, but is that budget popcorn?

More for me. Yay

Neo-prog. Frost* - Black Light Machine Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here IQ - The Narrow Margin

Feet, Don't Fail Me Now - Joy Crookes

Good choice sir 👍🏻

Wait, what?

Phew, that was close!

But that's the whole point. It's a Hall of FAME, not a Hall of Quality. It's entirely about being well-known by yer average punter. I've been deeply involved in music of all (well, very many) genres since the early 80s, but I still had to google Kim Mitchell. 'Quality' is a whole lot more subjective than 'Fame'. So I fear the back-slapping canapé-infested sleazenight is going to remain on your ignore list, as it will on mine TBH.

Deadman's Curve - Jan & Dean

This is possibly the coolest thing ever. It could only be improved by racing stripes on the bass.

That I can well believe. I have a fiver on my bedside table that has been there for months. Every so often I stuff it in my pocket before going out, and every time it comes home with me again

Threads like this one absolutely make my day. This stuff is comedy gold. Thanks everyone.

Ashes to Ashes - Bowie

Oh good god, what pathetic behaviour. People like that need to just grow up. See, this is why I like rugby Being in Bristol, I know all about local football rivalries. City and Rovers fans share a mutual hatred you would not believe. I recall one gig in town where a pissed bloke was going round the pub asking if there were any Rovers fans there - a City fan looking for a fight basically. When he asked us if anyone in the band was a Rovers fan, the 6 of us all said "nah mate, we prefer rugby" and he went away

Blimey. I'm the opposite of that really, I don't think I could be in a band with people I didn't think of as friends. A big part of the reason my soul band has lasted for nearly 30 years is that we're all mates.

A 16 year zombie thread? Whoa, that must be some sort of record.

I did ask the question earlier in the thread, "So what do you mean by 'budget gear'? Do you mean cheaper to produce, or cheaper to buy?", but nobody answered, so, yeah. Has anyone got any sweet'n'salty? Dad's is running out.

I'm here. Sharing Dad's popcorn.

I only have two straps... a generic black leather one with buckles that goes very well with the black Spector, and a Maruzsczszcyk one in the 'retro' finish that goes nicely (albeit not a match) with the burst of the Shuker and Sire. More by accident than design.