OccultHawk

Happy Flowers for Sonic Youth.

Frownland

They won't be broken forever. I dropped a link into it as well too, you dunce.

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Exo

It's being worked on right? I haven't been here in a few days.

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The Batlord

Are you that old? I don't care if I'm young I'm jealous as ****. Of course I'm gonna go see Anthrax and Death Angel open for Slayer in a couple months. So I guess I'm gonna be alright. Just so long as Joey is still in Anthrax.

I like some of the John Bush stuff, but if I'm gonna pay money to see Anthrax they better have their second singer. Or their first. Mostly for the novelty factor, but I would also dig hearing the band play their first album.

The **** kinda mod are you?

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Exo

Look, I don't get alerts on my phone updating progress on here and I don't spend six hours a day logged in like you do so suck my dick.

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OccultHawk

Pretty ****ing old. Fat, too. A weird isolated loser. That's me. ****ed up from years (decades) of hard living. Soggy noggin. All of it.

The Batlord

Look, I'm not saying you're a bad mod, all I'm saying is that you should kill yourself and mail me your severed head. I realize this will be logistically difficult, but just make it happen.

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Exo

That could actually be possible. I'd have to hang upside down and rig a buzz saw horizontally to cut off my head. Gravity will pull my head down to a waiting cardboard box lined with plastic wrap being held in the air by two support beams with clamps. The impact will dislodge the cardboard box and send it toward the ground. Hopefully the box will not turn in the air and when it impacts with the ground the flaps should have enough inertia to close themselves. I'd have to pre-tape the flaps so that when they close they adhere to each other.

The box will be pre-stamped and if all goes according to plan I should be able to mail you my severed head all by myself...


...just as long as you know, the UPS guy doesn't notice the headless body hanging by it's feet 20 feet above a mostly red and bloody cardboard box.

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Chula Vista

Knew of Rick Derringer from his work with Edgar Winter (remember Frankenstein and Free Ride?).

Saw Aerosmith at their most wasted and terrible peak in the mid to late 70s and Rick's solo band opened. They tore the roof off of the old Boston Garden.

Music and energy was killer but the thing that sticks out is at one point Rick and the other guitarist stood on each side of the stage and in perfect timing, heaved their guitars to each other and then didn't miss a beat in the song.

Seeing Steven Tyler barely able to stand or keep his eyes open for the next 45 minutes paled in comparison.

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I saw the Grateful Dead open for Jefferson Airplane when I was too young to appreciate what I was seeing & hearing. As for the ones from my teens to the present day, which I remember because they stood out as top-notch acts...

Santana/Allman Brothers Band (each band played a full 2 hour set)

Steve Winwood/Allman Brothers Band (Steve Winwood played songs from The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith for all but two songs during his set)

Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray Vaughan (they even jammed together at the end of the show)

The Bentmen/Tiny Tim (The Bentmen also did double-duty as Tiny's backing band)

The Blind Boys of Alabama/John Fogerty (I'm not much into a cappella groups but those guys were very impressive. Their version of The Star-Spangled Banner is the best version of that song I've ever heard)

Cheap Trick/Blue Oyster Cult (Cheap Trick were just starting to get some radio airplay and were largely unknown at the time)

Jeff Buckley/Juliana Hatfield (went for the opening act. Didn't care enough for for the headliner to bother staying after the opener)

Bush Tetras/The Fall (went for The Fall, thought the opener put on a better show)

Mazzy Star/Cocteau Twins (perfect combination)

The Delta Generators/Barrence Whitfield with The Grits & Groceries Orchestra (had never heard of the opener and became a fan after seeing the show)

Ronnie Earl/Guitar Shorty (no opening act was scheduled but Ronnie Earl was at the venue and heard that the headliner was going to be a couple of hours late arriving for their gig so he went home, picked up some equipment, returned and played a free show to keep the crowd entertained while we waited for the main act)

Earthless Meets Heavy Blanket/Sleep (went for the opening act and thought they put on a much better performance than the headliner)

Elder/Earthless (went for the headliner, had never heard of the opener but was quite impressed)

Sonny Landreth/Peter Frampton (had seen the opener a couple of times before and he's always impressive)

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers/Peter Green (first time seeing either one. the opener was good but Peter Green was fantastic!)

Maneja Beto/Grupo Fantasma (had never heard of the opening band but bought their debut album at the show after hearing them play live)

Eric Johnson/Buddy Guy/B.B. King (one of the best triple bills I've ever seen)

Derek Trucks Band/Hot Tuna (Derek Trucks was around 18 at the time and just starting out with his own band)

Mark T. Small/Albert Lee (had never heard of the opening act and became a fan as a result of seeing that show)

The New Orleans Suspects/Glenn David Andrews (went for the opening act)

Hill Country Revue/North Mississippi Allstars (first time seeing either one)

The Word/North Mississippi Allstars (second time seeing the headliner, first time seeing the opener)

Silverchair/Red Hot Chili Peppers (I went to see the headliner. The guys in Silverchair were all around 16 years old at the time and I thought they blew the headliner off the stage)

Sebadoh/Flaming Lips (Sebadoh delivered a great show but the Flaming Lips had a bad night and were lackluster at best)

Barrence Whitfield & The Savages/The Sonics (great garage rock combination)

Subarachnoid Space/Acid Mothers Temple (Acid Mothers Temple sounded boring and dull after Subarachnoid Space)

The Sugarcubes/Public Image Ltd./New Order (another memorable triple bill. Bjork was already starting to outgrow her second band)

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