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Worked on a metal festival in 2005 lasting three or four days - they played on the last day. Drunk and wrecked people were lying everywhere so we thought excessive use of smoke cannons was a bad idea and turned them off to prevent people get trampled over. The room was filled with smoke when the decision was made and it made for an interesting half hour at work. To their credit they were loud enough to make most people pinch their eyes anyway so no smoke was really needed . Man they were loud. Which reminds me of an anekdote: A friend did lights at a Motorhead show and asked their sound engineer if they were always this loud and got told they used to be way louder in a manner that made me laugh: "It wasn't LOUD, it was like -squints eyes and shouts desperatly- YOU COULDN'T SEE!!". For further interesting info , look up the Tensor Tympani muscle which is usually coming into work when people squint their eyes because of noise. I can control it without squinting and probably many here can out of necessity for blocking loud noise/music. It produces a "distant thunder like" sound.

double post. -sigh-

😁 I thought for the better of mankind I'd remove it, but I am now forced to release it. 😁 The "song" got stuck in my brain for more than a month, every silent moment it appeared, and I had to actively think of other crap songs to replace it. I hope my vaccination from being exposed to it keeps it out, and I hope this Russian weapon of madness inducing pain doesn't leave a wake of mad people here. It's on YouTube and it's called "Trololo". If you find it fascinating and amusing you are standing too close to the hellfire.

please ignore.

One of my favourite albums and I hope someone here loves it. ps. it likes being played loud and probably your preferred streaming service will sound better.

Complete stranger here, and I don't know the situation but I'm sorry to hear it's come to this for you. I maybe speaking out of place, feels like it and I hope you do not take offence of a stranger butting in.., but I think you should keep a your favourite bass or a bass you love the sound of as I think you're going to miss it. I mostly play guitar these days. No band. Sold my bass/es once. Missed it and I bought another and blew a lot of money on it. When making music and recording at home a guitar with an octaver soon becomes a reminder of..no bass. Ended up buying a new more expensive bass to rectify. Still miss the Sabre and will "never" buy another one. I wish you the best no matter what you do. Keep making music and enjoying it.

Revisiting "A Journey Into Fresh Diggin : Quasimoto Meets Himself" by Dj Troubl for the first time in years. Very not me at the time I heard it being into punk at the time (and still am) but still caught me by doing something that shook things up. I haven't a clue or any interest in who DJ Trouble is, but he did give me a treat of jazz music and cool samples. I don't know where they're from but "Come on feet, cruise for me (do your thang!) - trouble is nowhere to be!" made sense and made me smile and still does. Here's a link to the album on. Soundcloud, give it a whirl if you're into som freshness of the 90's or naughts I can't remember: https://soundcloud.com/djtroubl/a-journey-into-fresh-diggin-quasimoto-meets-himself

My best friend used to listen to him when we were in our teens, more than 30 years ago. I loved Sebastian but hadn't listened to It since until now. It really is a beautiful song. The power music has to evoke memories, takes me back in a flash.

I brushed with Steve Earl a bit more than intended when I accidentally locked him and myself in in a tiny space between two sets of sliding glass doors. His security entourage's hurried movements outside of the building told a tale of stress and worry. I'd intentionally locked them out of the building so that part went right whether they were happy about it at that point in time or not. We had a brief chat Steve and I. I said "I'm sorry about this". He said "Its ok". Didn't feel quite as good at the time as it may sound tbh. Time really stands still sometimes when in the presence of great artists.

Halla @Rolf! Welcome! Nice basses! 7 is a healthy number. We seem to share the same approach of lurking/reading/learning. I'm mainly doing that and have added the skill of releasing those emoticons. Lots of good people here. Enjoy!

Ah, I missed that (and probably more), thanks, just saw they were apparently going back to the states again soon. Seeing them at Rebellion would be cool.

Dead Boys a few days ago. Having seen videos of shows at the start of their tour my expectations were quite low, but being on tour for some time has done them a world of good - I thought they were excellent. A few new songs that were fillers/time to buy another beer/chat with people I hadn't seen for a long time. Loved hearing the best songs from Young, Loud and Snotty live. Never thought I'd get the opportunity. One of the best nights out for years for me. Looks like their last gig is in Leeds in a couple of days. If you're thinking of maybe going, I'd recommend you go.

NT. please ignore.

I had to magnify it thrice to be able to see clearly so you're not alone👀 It seems you may have got the answer from @2pods

The serial number appears to start with an F, not a P. I'm pretty sure F means Fujigen factory in Japan. I'm sure you'll get detailed info on the bass from more knowledgeable folks. It's a nice looking bass! And thanks for your effort to make sense of my previous post @Grooverjr !