I know music is subjective and everyone’s tastes are different etc etc but I think Limp Bizkit made objectively the worst music ever to have been created.
I went to their free gig at Finsbury Park. Six or seven other bands supporting…crowd really did give Fred Durst a hard time. He ventured into the crowd at one point and ended up having plastic pint glasses full of piss lobbed his way.
My curiosity to know what sounds other people enjoy led me, stupidly as it turned out, to have a listen to Break Stuff. Vile “lyrics” and a gross cacophony of sound. I’m not surprised their fans turned against them at their own gig (or more likely innocents abroad who’d not heard them before and decided to give it a go, given that it was free).
I don’t think too many people would pay to listen to garbage like that.
Talking of Break Stuff, there is a Netflix series called 'Rompen Todos' which charts the rise of rock across South America / Latin America. Really good value for new sounds and a lot of cultural and political topics of the time are discussed as well. It's Spanish language, subtitles available.
Regarding new stuff, caught the first two episodes of Ripley on Netflix - that is seriously well shot and there is a real tension, it's one of the best things I have seen for a while. Someone early mentioned Shogun and that too is very good, I saw the Richard Chamberlain 9-parter in the 80's which I loved but it was very much from Anjin's perspective and this series does keep much of his viewpoint but you feel like you are seeing events unfolding much more from the point of view of Toranaga and his subordinates. The costume department and the sets are phenomenal, I think I read somewhere that it was done on a huge budget and it shows.
Anybody watching This Town on the BBC? I'm 3 episodes in and I think it's been excellent so far. As well as having very interesting characters, its sense of the factionalism, decay and general rancour of the early 80s seems to me spot on.
Anyone wanting some good Wycombe-based music could do worse than check out Cholly (real name Chloe Tennant), who's released some great stuff over the last year or so. Quite glitchy and experimental with some drum'n'bass influences but at its core pretty sweet electro pop.
I finally saw, heard and felt Sunn O))) in Coventry on Tuesday. A transcendental experience of sound pressure. The crowd stood almost motionless for the 90 minute experience as the duo carved sonic sculptures of astonishing volume with frequencies down to 20Hz from two guitars and the valve amps that they take their name from.
There is no sense of time passing whilst listening to and feeling the sounds created. It is mindfulness for the metalhead.
Sadly I've never seen Sunn O))) live but they are pretty incredible even on record. When they played Temples Festival in Bristol a few years ago they actually caused structural damage to the venue, they were so loud and heavy.
Loudest band I've ever seen were Swans back in 88/89ish. Monstrous. People were vomiting from the oppressiveness of it. You don't get that with The 1975, do you.
Indeed you don’t. And I can see the risk of structural damage being a concern to many a venue.
The Sunn O))) crowd seemed to know what to expect and some were discussing the best places to stand to maximise the experience. One woman wept gently at one point but I think it was the experience helping her process something significant rather than in pain or horror. I’ve never seen Swanns but heard good things about their shows and have some of their stuff on my playlists. I’m off to the Doom metal specialists Bell Witch in a few weeks.
I did have an honest attempt to find Cholly and Rompen Todos. Search for the former only produced Choli, an Eastern/Middle Eastern curvaceous scantily clad waily waily dancer cum singer. Netflix search for the latter produced no matches.
I saw Field Lines Cartographer, Polypores and Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan at the same venue last year. All excellent, Field Lines Cartographer was probably the best of the three for me.
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Baggy jeans have come back in but not much else. I'm still recovering from the sight of Flea starkers.
So you're saying they don't keep rollin' rollin' rollin'?
I think Break Stuff is still a great song, genuinely.
Yeah I like Break Stuff and Re-arranged.
I do really like a lot of that late 90s nu metal and pop punk stuff - I'm a big blink fan, was lucky enough to see them before Tom DeLonge quit
I know music is subjective and everyone’s tastes are different etc etc but I think Limp Bizkit made objectively the worst music ever to have been created.
I love Blink 182 also actually, like you said, more pop-punk. They are more tongue-in-cheek
I think I would choose the pop-punk over numetal, but I did also love Linkin Park for late 90's also.
Mate, Korn
I went to their free gig at Finsbury Park. Six or seven other bands supporting…crowd really did give Fred Durst a hard time. He ventured into the crowd at one point and ended up having plastic pint glasses full of piss lobbed his way.
Bizarre given it was actually their show!
New Vampire Weekend album is excellent (no surprise there)
My curiosity to know what sounds other people enjoy led me, stupidly as it turned out, to have a listen to Break Stuff. Vile “lyrics” and a gross cacophony of sound. I’m not surprised their fans turned against them at their own gig (or more likely innocents abroad who’d not heard them before and decided to give it a go, given that it was free).
I don’t think too many people would pay to listen to garbage like that.
l’ll stick with Vampire Weekend.
Now I want the @micra review of 100 gecs
Talking of Break Stuff, there is a Netflix series called 'Rompen Todos' which charts the rise of rock across South America / Latin America. Really good value for new sounds and a lot of cultural and political topics of the time are discussed as well. It's Spanish language, subtitles available.
Regarding new stuff, caught the first two episodes of Ripley on Netflix - that is seriously well shot and there is a real tension, it's one of the best things I have seen for a while. Someone early mentioned Shogun and that too is very good, I saw the Richard Chamberlain 9-parter in the 80's which I loved but it was very much from Anjin's perspective and this series does keep much of his viewpoint but you feel like you are seeing events unfolding much more from the point of view of Toranaga and his subordinates. The costume department and the sets are phenomenal, I think I read somewhere that it was done on a huge budget and it shows.
Bloody hell. We’re doomed I tell ya.
Anybody watching This Town on the BBC? I'm 3 episodes in and I think it's been excellent so far. As well as having very interesting characters, its sense of the factionalism, decay and general rancour of the early 80s seems to me spot on.
Anyone wanting some good Wycombe-based music could do worse than check out Cholly (real name Chloe Tennant), who's released some great stuff over the last year or so. Quite glitchy and experimental with some drum'n'bass influences but at its core pretty sweet electro pop.
Sounds very much like my kind of thing, I’ll give it a try.
I want the @Micra review of this!
https://youtu.be/5WpehZ3dSxM?si=XkxY_VUDGxG3aR0W
I finally saw, heard and felt Sunn O))) in Coventry on Tuesday. A transcendental experience of sound pressure. The crowd stood almost motionless for the 90 minute experience as the duo carved sonic sculptures of astonishing volume with frequencies down to 20Hz from two guitars and the valve amps that they take their name from.
There is no sense of time passing whilst listening to and feeling the sounds created. It is mindfulness for the metalhead.
Sadly I've never seen Sunn O))) live but they are pretty incredible even on record. When they played Temples Festival in Bristol a few years ago they actually caused structural damage to the venue, they were so loud and heavy.
Loudest band I've ever seen were Swans back in 88/89ish. Monstrous. People were vomiting from the oppressiveness of it. You don't get that with The 1975, do you.
On a more contemporary music note, went to see Big Special last night. Absolutely brilliant. Gonna be huge, I reckon.
Indeed you don’t. And I can see the risk of structural damage being a concern to many a venue.
The Sunn O))) crowd seemed to know what to expect and some were discussing the best places to stand to maximise the experience. One woman wept gently at one point but I think it was the experience helping her process something significant rather than in pain or horror. I’ve never seen Swanns but heard good things about their shows and have some of their stuff on my playlists. I’m off to the Doom metal specialists Bell Witch in a few weeks.
I do like a bit of Bell Witch - very stately. Are you a fan of Wolves in the Throne Room? Been revisiting them a lot lately.
I feel I’m fumbling amid the alien corn here.
I did have an honest attempt to find Cholly and Rompen Todos. Search for the former only produced Choli, an Eastern/Middle Eastern curvaceous scantily clad waily waily dancer cum singer. Netflix search for the latter produced no matches.
Here you go Mr Micra: https://cholly.bandcamp.com/album/anomaly
And one of her videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-ezkg-tPII
New Libertines album out today, yeah he is a bit of a tit but lots of them are.
@MindlessDrugHoover This all-dayer might be up your street - https://ra.co/events/1851973
I saw Field Lines Cartographer, Polypores and Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan at the same venue last year. All excellent, Field Lines Cartographer was probably the best of the three for me.
Doherty? Is he really that much of a tit?
He's definitely a tit, but I warmed to him a little when I watched the Louis Theroux with him.
ask Mark Blanco's mother
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan has got to be the funniest 'made-up John Peel session' I've seen on here so fa......oh