Re: THehttp://www.naxja.org/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2 NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
I'm a music nerd, and I have no immediate tasks at work. Let's see...
Master of Puppets was the song - and specifically the guitar solo - that made me want to play lead guitar. I heard it when I was in 5th grade, and at the time I'd had very little exposure to anything metal. My friend's brother was taking guitar lessons and played that song for us, and I was hooked immediately. Ironic thing is after 16 years of playing I still haven't sat down and learned that solo. :laugh:
All that Remains is pretty decent, I don't turn it off when it comes on XM/Octane, but I don't have it on my iPod and haven't gone looking for any of it. I dunno, just something a little too generic about it. I already have enough 'stuff like that'...something really needs to fill a gap I don't have if I'm gonna put it in rotation.
GNR...I'm glad I'm not the only one on here that thinks Axl Rose is annoying as shit. It's iconic hard rock for sure, but he is really damn near unlistenable to me. Slash's solo album is a much better alternative IMO - the GNR 'sound' without the dying cat wailing over the top of it. Especially on the song you mentioned - give me Bob Dylan or Eric Clapton anyday.
Collective Soul's 'Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid' was another one of my 'first' albums. 1994 was an incredibly epic year for music and this album was no exception. The fact that it was originally only intended as a demo album, but instead released as-is as their debut from the record company, says a lot about the band. To put 1994 in perspective, here's what I remember off the top of my head:
Alice in Chains,
Jar of Flies
Green Day,
Dookie
Soundgarden,
Superunknown*
Nine Inch Nails,
The Downward Spiral* <-- came out on the SAME DAY
Dream Theater,
Awake
Nirvana,
Unplugged (followed by Cobain's death the same year)
Pearl Jam,
Vitalogy
Bush,
Sixteen Stone
Pantera,
Far Beyond Driven
Offspring,
Smash
Live,
Throwing Copper
Blues Traveler,
Four
Dave Matthews Band,
Under The Table And Dreaming
Weezer,
Blue Album
Hootie & The Blowfish,
Cracked Rear View
Stone Temple Pilots,
Purple
Toadies,
Rubberneck
Oasis,
Definitely Maybe
Jimmy Eat World,
(self titled)
I mean, really? Seriously? That year alone XXXXing blows my mind, not even thinking about the stuff +/- a year or two on either side. Not only was that music unbelieveable, but the amount of it that's still
relevant a decade and a half later amazes me.
Anyway. Killswitch Engage. Good stuff, I actually bought End of Heartache and As Daylight Dies, and keep selections off both in regular rotation on my iPod. Nice contrast between screaming & melodic vocals.
Yes, it's more than 3 lines. Suck it.