Music: Metal/Punk Rock

Seul

Small revision: I bought the 42 (or 43?) track "Endless Resistance" CD… I think I got "The Solution..." on vinyl later on...

neph93

Great read Eli. Thank you for that.

Filthy2123ozjunkie

@Seul I had a Resist LP on red vinyl and also a couple 7" and a flexi disk. I loves a lot of those Portland punk bands like that. Especially Masskontrol.

Filthy2123ozjunkie

This was the very first punk tape I ever got. And I bought it just because I thought the cover was awesome.

Edit: these play lists don't embed right so I will just post these and you can click on the playlist of you want to.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk7tobAeCasxnv1sODM7QeF5yaTxHi892

Speaking of live albums. This one is my all-time favorite. The sound quality is so incredible it could possibly pass for a studio recording… but you can hear the crowd. It's like the recording quality of one of those MTV Unplugged albums they put out.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8UntfzJidqvbPaWV2nwnZMubZnexbGYc

Obituary is one of my favorite bands. But I never got to see them live. About 10 years ago, my best friend at the time arranged for them to play at this bar near where I live and the lady that owned the bar never paid her rent. So the band showed up (in the tour bus in the parking lot) but the doors were padded up.

It was super shitty and they didn't give any refunds, and it ended up being a con job and the band didn't get paid either. Right around this time I also found out my wife was cheating on me too. I also unfriended my best friend for some shit he did to his girlfriend... So it was really depressing. Maybe I'll get to see them one day.

scooter

@neph93:

Nothing like a bit of old school metal @scooter. If you fancy it check out an album by The Sword called Gods of the Earth. It was released in 2008 but they manage to pull off an amazing retro metal sound.

Thanks for the recommendation. Definitely my speed. Since getting married, and having my daughter, in 2006, I've fallen into a bit of a musical rut. Nowadays, with how much stuff is out there, weeding through the garbage to find some gold is a little too time consuming, for me. Thinking about those old school metal bands, it's quite a stark contrast to today. Back then, new music came at a much slower pace, giving it more time to grow on you. Much of it had no radio play, and with no such thing as the internet, word of mouth was all you had.

scooter

1984…..

Stuart.T

I've been away, but damn I've got to join in. These are some of the records that have meant the most to me over the years, and still get regular rotation

tody

Leatherface!
One of the best bands in the world no one knows about…
Check out the solo stuff from Frankie Stubbs, it really shows that he is an outstanding songwriter. Saw him live in 2019, that was incredible.

Stuart.T

@tody I remember being at the gig at The Garage in London in the mid 90s, midway through the set a very drunk Frankie stopped playing, said 'I cant do this anymore', and Leatherface btoke up until hot water music seemed to get their music known in the US.

I agree, for me they are one of the best punk bands period. Frankie's poetic and prophetic lyricism, the melodic yet dissonant guitars, and the way they can layer instruments to a crescendo of emotion is pretty much unrivalled. Some of the best gigs of my life.

Filthy2123ozjunkie

Oaktavia

@neph93:

Great read Eli. Thank you for that.

Agreed, a fun read.

Tago Mago

@Stuart.T:

I've been away, but damn I've got to join in. These are some of the records that have meant the most to me over the years, and still get regular rotation

Love Bolt Thrower. I was lucky enough to see them live twice before they decided to call it quits. Quality from start to finish