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Post by Clive on Apr 27, 2023 17:46:03 GMT
Genesis played at my school…I can’t say I “discovered” them but this was in the days of From Genesis to Revelation with some material which ended on Trespass.
I saw Roxy Music too but after Virginia Plain was released - Fairfield Hall, Croydon.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 27, 2023 20:02:54 GMT
For me it was Swedish band Meshuggah. I picked up an album of their's in 1999 on a whim just walking past it at the store and their album art caught my eye.
I didn't like the music. It sounded like clattering junk. I heard no groove or rhythm.
Then in 2005 while travelling I got into an argument with the gf and went to a cyber cafe to let off steam and a song from the album was playing and it just clicked in a big way.
I've been utterly inseparable from music my entire life. No matter which other interests I pursued in life music was always as close to me as my own shadow and everybody knew it.
I swear that I've only once connected with music this deeply and completely since then in my life. I've been on an amazing journey since 2005. And I've made connections with people because of this band. And have discussed them endlessly in online communities.
I can already die happy just because I experienced my relationship with music reach a zenith and in my case it's because of this one band.
Here's a very irritating taste of the band Meshuggah. But it's the song that I think showcases the most of their personality.
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Post by Tobias on Apr 27, 2023 20:39:33 GMT
Talking about Swedish metal. I have a story also about the band Refused. Karrang magazine listed their album The Shape of Punk to Come at #13 on their 50 Most Influential Albums of All Time list. When i met my wife her best friend where living and studying in Umeå (north of the pole circle) and shared apartment with other students. One of them was the lead singer Dennis Lyxzén of Refused. Due to this we hanged out with them and saw them playing several times in small clubs. This was a few years earlier, before this iconic record, so they where not exactly known at that time... Edit: Hmm, now I just realized that this album was actually already released at that time. I guess it never took of commercially at that time and got more recognition later... It is also funny how you tent to not appreciate the things that are close to you as much as more exotic bands. I was a big fan of other types of hard music, like rage against the machine and Metallica, for example. But Refused I felt was nothing special, at the time.  |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 27, 2023 20:43:36 GMT
The only "before their first album" I think I can claim to have seen was Texas at the Town & Country Club.
They were superb and their lead guitarist was mind-blowingly good. Spiteri is no slouch with the vocals, either.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 27, 2023 20:57:52 GMT
Talking about Swedish metal. I have a story also about the band Refused. Karrang magazine listed their album The Shape of Punk to Come at #13 on their 50 Most Influential Albums of All Time list. When i met my wife her best friend where living and studying in Umeå (north of the pole circle) and shared apartment with other students. One of them was the lead singer Dennis Lyxzén of Refused. Due to this we hanged out with them and saw them playing several times in small clubs. This was a few years earlier, before this iconic record, so they where not exactly known at that time... Edit: Hmm, now I just realized that this album was actually already released at that time. I guess it never took of commercially at that time and got more recognition later... It is also funny how you tent to not appreciate the things that are close to you as much as more exotic bands. I was a big fan of other types of hard music, like rage against the machine and Metallica, for example, but Refused I felt was nothing special, at the time. Wow cool. Bizarre to see the mention of Umea here. That's is where Meshuggah are from! Wtf I just listened to Refused - Rather Be Dead and it's pretty good. Wtf. Could you mention anything of Umea? |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 27, 2023 21:06:10 GMT
How about this for street cred then ...
I saw Simply Red in a small club in Manchester before they made it big and they were actually very good.
Bon Jovi played a great show on their first UK tour supporting Kiss in 1984!
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Post by Tobias on Apr 27, 2023 21:07:05 GMT
Umeå is a college town with many students and they have always been associated with hardcore music.
On top of my head I don´t know more bands from Umeå but the Metal scene in Sweden is amazing with bands like Opeth, In Flames, Candlemas, Bathory, Ghost, Sabbathon, Entombed, Watain...
Edit: i just realized that Cult of Luna is from Umeå. Not sure if they are internationally known but they are also a great metal band.
I was never there, we only met them in Stockholm, where I live.
The video for their most known song New Noise is iconic and it doesn´t sound very old, despite being from 98.
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 27, 2023 21:35:52 GMT
Wow. Thanks I've always wondered about Umea and have often googled it and scrolled on Google Earth. But I had no idea it was a college town and full of life. Lol I pictured it quite differently.
Wtf man. This band you're showing is quite captivating they build the sound up on each track and have cool drumming. What genre is this?
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Post by Tobias on Apr 27, 2023 21:48:54 GMT
Wow. Thanks I've always wondered about Umea and have often googled it and scrolled on Google Earth. But I had no idea it was a college town and full of life. Lol I pictured it quite differently. Wtf man. This band you're showing is quite captivating they build the sound up on each track and have cool drumming. What genre is this? It is cool that their record is called "The shape of punk to come", which of course is a rip off of Ornette Colemans "The Shape of Jazz to come", but basically they both managed to redefine their genres, as intended by the album title. I should say that I am not an expert in this genre... I noticed the Cult of Luna is also from Umeå, which is a great "metal" band known in Sweden at least. Not sure if they are internationally known? |
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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 27, 2023 21:53:51 GMT
Wow.
Well I have heard Cult Of Luna mentioned in plenty of discussions over the years. I had no idea they are from Umea also.
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Post by Tobias on Apr 27, 2023 22:25:43 GMT
Wow. Well I have heard Cult Of Luna mentioned in plenty of discussions over the years. I had no idea they are from Umea also. Just to share some fun information about Refused, since they fly under most peoples radar. They where very political and where heavily involved in different human and animal rights activities, which is also something that is very much associated with Umeå. They didn´t make any money and they also didn´t want to charge money when playing concerts. They later became extremely known and appreciated by bands, all over the world, and seen as big influences on the hard core/metal scene, but not very known outside the music industry. Since they where kind of mythical, not doing a lot of records and not playing big venues, they where offered a big sum of money (millions) just to fly in to Coachella (i believe it was) to do one live gig, after not having played for many years. I believe they accepted that (they probably had families at that time...), which was kind of a shame.... But who am i to blame them. I guess you can look this up also, but this is basically what I remember. |
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 28, 2023 8:04:58 GMT
I witnessed Big Country's second ever gig. It was in Brighton in 1982, before they had a recording contract and even, apparently, before they had recorded a demo tape.
The gig wasn't a good experience.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 28, 2023 9:40:50 GMT
The gig wasn't a good experience. They were suporting someone (Bowie, I think) at Wembley Stadium (the old one). Not good for me, either, I really didn't like them much. |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 28, 2023 11:30:45 GMT
To be fair, they did innovate the sound of bagpipes on electric guitar ...
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