As a follow-up, I don't begrudge anyone whose wheelhouse is highly technical, detailed, excessively produced, rhythmically sophisticated metal. I just don't enjoy myself listening to it. I DO begrudge metal purists who can't appreciate some butt. I contend that you can love Gojira, Dream Theater, Opeth, Mastadon all you want, but if you have no appreciation for even just Tesla, you're not metal.
Binged Cobra Kia over the past week. What a fucking soundtrack! If you would have told 10 year old Omega Potato that at 46 he'd be sitting in front of his TV hoping Johnny pushes Daniel's teeth down his throat while Ratt blasts in the background... I probably would have cried.
I have witnessed pnk$krtcrÿnästÿ utter "Oh FUCK YES!" very loudly many times when certain butt is played. In fact I'd guess he did that exact thing, Omega Potato. Truly a marvel of butt synergy
A common utterance whilst listening to Ratt's sophomore LP, Invasion of You Privacy (or, Vaginacy, as it is called in some parts (pnkskrt's garage)) I have to ask myself if that is, in fact, my favorite album of all time everytime it's on. It's perfection. It's like Buddy Holly with hepatitis. It's aesthetically perfect
Proud moment for me last night, wanted to share. While driving to the store with my 18 yr. old last night he plugged his phone into the radio and started kicking this old favorite from an unsung great band of the era: We were both like: I asked him if he was just rifling through all my old ripped albums and he was like: So I said, "So you have Last Decade... on there? And he's still like: So I said play And when it started he was like: ....... And I was all: ....... And that was the thrill of my Tuesday night.
I don't hate this stuff out of hand but calling bands like Opeth "over produced" compared to, like, Sammy Hagar's bands or Tesla... idk man
With the exception of the incredibly weird spoken word 'Four More Years' Last Decade Dead Century is a perfect album imo. That closer 'In Conclusion' hammers so fucking hard!
I think I've listened to it twice all the way through. Way too convoluted with very few payoffs. Mikael's rock dude voice sounds incredible but he uses it like twice. I was pretty disappointed.
If this is "butt rock" then I'm all in I saw a guy wearing a Saxon shirt at the grocery store earlier tonight. burnttatertot was that you?
I saw Baroness live and I don't think I've gone back to their good stuff more than a few times in the past 5 years, on the other end of the spectrum
supergroup thread got me wonderin what the best butt supergroup is. Some contenders: Whitesnake Blue Murder David Lee Roth's band ? Fuck Damn Yankees
Was Contraband any good? Guess you could consider some of George Lynch and Don's post-Dokken bands, of which Don's band with John Norum is the clear superior
I envy you that first listen all the way through. I played the living shit out of that album when it first came out. The political nature of the lyrics was on point back then, now it almost seems prophetic. And those fucking riffs.... They were based in NYC in the mid-90s and I remember talking about them with this guy I used to work a summer job with. He was in a band that used to take a gig wherever they could and he said they played on the undercard a few times for Warrior Soul. Told me they were great guys and even said he'd let me know if they were ever on the same bill again and I could come hang out and meet them backstage at the club or wherever. But he did give me this one warning, he says, "thing about those guys is they are BIG into the drug scene. BIG! If you want to hang out with those guys you're probably going to have to be ready to take some shit that could get you arrested." I could drink with anybody back then but drugs were never my thing. He never contacted me anyway.
Oh Jesus. That's hilariously dead on I actually organized my textbooks by what bands n shit i drew on my book covers. Life Science would be Krokus, History would be Van Halen
I want so badly for Johnny to absolutely kick the shit out of Daniel while something from this thread pumps over it.
His obsession with Iron Eagle is absolutely killing me. Johnny Lawrence rules. Also, that Iron Eagle soundtrack was fanfuckingtastic
the two dickheads puttin together this original soundtrack for Cobra Kai know what the hell they're doing, too. Sounds Bloodsport as fuck.
Bordering Butt, Hittman has their first new album out in nearly 30 years... and I kinda like it. They were a tad heavier in the 80's, they're mainly known for their one hit - Metal Sport.