Favourite bands past and present

haha. Not sure i remember the clowns 'shitshow' but definitely been a few shitshows after the odd game of rimmers around the same time. Sheeesh!
haha. That's some proper screamcore Snuff. Made my ears bleed on this quiet sunday morning!

bluediamond wrote:

haha. Not sure i remember the clowns 'shitshow' but definitely been a few shitshows after the odd game of rimmers around the same time. Sheeesh!
haha. That's some proper screamcore Snuff. Made my ears bleed on this quiet sunday morning!

The Clowns at the Crown shit Show involved some one hanging a steaming nugget and wrapping it in bog roll and dropping it in the mosh pit causing a slow but mass evacuation leaving the nuggeteir in stitches. That is what I witnessed that fateful night.

hahaha! Could be any number of culprits that spring to mind from those days.

ahh the shit you find when you have a little browse of the YT files.
This was a show i would definitely have been at because i distinctly remember one of our good mates Boner, getting a haircut from Guttermouth mid set. haha. Somewhere about the 2 minute mark. Was good to see he at least had his clothes on this time!
As a sidenote, the best show i can remember our own band ever playing live was on this same stage within a month or so of this show. Flinders Uni Bar. I'll never forget that show....could have walked on water after that show. Other notable mentions were the front bar of the Crown and the Holdy hotel in Glenelg, and a few of those smaller little pubs in Adelaide with Atmosphere...Crown and Anchor, Crown and Sceptre, and of course, the infamous Middleton Tavern shows!! haha.
Price of Silence at Seacliff SLSC was easily the most violent night of music i've ever been to. That was some messed up stuff. Everywhere you looked bashings, cops, just nuts. Pretty sure that show got shut down.
As for poogate above, i suspect that Snuff and Constance may know a little more inside information than they're letting on. ;-)

What was the name of your band BD?

goofyfoot wrote:

bluediamond wrote:

Yeah thats a cracker Ben. I feel like this may have been on one of the old campaign vids. Maybe to A.I. sick song.

Mental song. One that always got played as loud as possible at 4:00 am mid bender with the lads ha ha.
I reckon you’re right too bd, Andy in Indo I think, maybe Bruce, but I think Andy. Going beserk at Macaronis

Other epic mid-bender songs while I’m on the subject are The Pot by Tool, wolf like me by tv on the radio, anything by Cog, My Pal by god, only way out by money for rope…. That’ll do for now

Love this shout out of The Pot by Tool. A rolling beast of a tune, when those drums take over it always gets me going.

Constance B Gibson wrote:

Lancelot Link...Wally Walpamur...whatever.

Meanies were soft as Yarra Valley Double Brie.

Certain bits of the 90s...a cavalcade of meh.

The Meanies as support for Beasties is just a horrible pairing, it's hard enough at the best of times being a support act for a big name band when everyone just wants to see the main band, but being a support act for a total different genre is never going to go down well, that mix is nearly as bad as when Powderfinger & Silverchair supported Pantera

Soft is a word ive never heard them described as though, ive seen them at least a dozen times and some gigs were just craziness.

Ray Ahn of Hard-Ons sums things up pretty good here

"The Meanies are still one of, if not the best, Australian band. I saw them play from their beginning, and the striking thing about the Meanies is that they do not ever put forward mediocrity. Every live show is action-packed and Link leads the way – if anybody was born to front a band, it was he.

In 1990 I saw Link cut his chest up with some sharp stage debris during their set. The blood seeped through his shirt vulgarly and many in the crowd were visibly upset and sickened. In 1994 I saw Link shove a drumstick up his date and point his entire moon at the ceiling, all the while singing his head off. After the song, whilst removing the drumstick from his person, he remarked to the audience, “They come in pairs, don’t they?” which made the audience flinch as one.

Imagine these ridiculous impromptu parlour tricks coupled with the best power-pop songs ever written and you will feel the insane legend that is the Meanies."

https://beat.com.au/30-years-of-the-meanies-spiderbait-frenzal-rhomb-and...

Not every gig is full of that crazy shit, luckily he has dropped the self mutilation shit long ago, but he still is an amazing front man and as crazy as a cut snake

Different strokes for different folks...

You sure are an A grade fuckwitt though, and sadly from what ive been told and what ive seen it's sadly not an act.

The Sandpebbles for their original music and their occasional forays into Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground.

^ their best.

I dated a gal (this was in 1994) who worked as a secretary for some law firm that had to do with the first Lollapalooza (1991). She told me how Perry Farrell was in a meeting with a buncha high powered muckety-mucks, and he just opened a kit bag, tied off his arm, and injected himself with heroin. Right there at the conference table. None of the muckety-mucks said anything, but had to be uncomfortable, lol. She was a HUGE Jane's Addiction fan, so she related this story with warmth and admiration.

Constance B Gibson wrote:

Hahahahaha. The 90s called, id, they want their 'fuckwitt' back.

Keep on sadly creepin', creepy.

Hey Connie how come every thread on Swellnet turns to abusive shit as soon as you open your cakehole. For once just zip it and let the rest of us enjoy a thread about something we enjoy without your adolescent input.

It's kind of weird how people passionately hate on others taste in music or bands or styles etc.

I use to be like that in the 90s, if everyone else was listening too it, it wasn't cool and indie enough for me, my mates were right into all the drop D stuff or popular stuff, Pearl Jam, Sound garden, Tool, Grinspoon, Silverchair and i wrote it all off at the time, but now i love that stuff too.

I mean i still don't get into stuff like Korn, Screaming Jets or Spin Doctors and might make a little joke if my mate plays them, but i dont hate them, its just not my thing.

I love 90s music, but I'm also a huge fan of lots of stuff from the 80s(especially late), 70s and especially late 60s, and some post 00's stuff, i try to get into new stuff but the music scene is just so saturated its hard to know where to start and too easy to just go nah, click next instead of investing time into it, which most good music needs.

Probably one of my biggest gig regrets is not going to see Jack Johnston at some beer garden in Surfers one night with my flat mates (a couple)the first time he came to Aus, i use to say if i wanted to listen to that type of music ill listen to Ben Harper, then when i married my misses i bought her the first two Jack Johnston albums and now i love those albums, just good music for relaxing.

I dont care if its uncool anymore or whatever..

I haven’t heard jack johnson or bob marley since the pandemic started , it’s because I haven’t been to Bali in that time .

indo-dreaming wrote:

It's kind of weird how people passionately hate on others taste in music or bands or styles etc.

I use to be like that in the 90s, if everyone else was listening too it, it wasn't cool and indie enough for me, my mates were right into all the drop D stuff or popular stuff, Pearl Jam, Sound garden, Tool, Grinspoon, Silverchair and i wrote it all off at the time, but now i love that stuff too.

It's interesting that you don't look into/dismiss current music, but will reappraise these god-awful bands.

indo-dreaming wrote:

It's kind of weird how people passionately hate on others taste in music or bands or styles etc.

I use to be like that in the 90s, if everyone else was listening too it, it wasn't cool and indie enough for me, my mates were right into all the drop D stuff or popular stuff, Pearl Jam, Sound garden, Tool, Grinspoon, Silverchair and i wrote it all off at the time, but now i love that stuff too.

It's interesting that you don't look into and/or dismiss current music, but will reappraise these god-awful bands

Hiccups wrote:

indo-dreaming wrote:

It's kind of weird how people passionately hate on others taste in music or bands or styles etc.

I use to be like that in the 90s, if everyone else was listening too it, it wasn't cool and indie enough for me, my mates were right into all the drop D stuff or popular stuff, Pearl Jam, Sound garden, Tool, Grinspoon, Silverchair and i wrote it all off at the time, but now i love that stuff too.

It's interesting that you don't look into/dismiss current music, but will reappraise these god-awful bands.

Sorry but your making assumptions that are just not true.

Im always on the look out for new bands through all kinds of different avenues, but i find it really hard to find new bands/music i like these days.

Apart from the fact im getting old and set in my ways and like all humans things in the past often seem better.

I think:

1. Things are just so saturated now there is literally thousands of new bands out there so its like finding a needle in a haystack, to the find the good stuff you literally have to wade through mountains of trash.

2. Most new music you do listen too is on a digital platform, so if you do find a new band, you need to be disciplined and put the time in listening to them enough to really know if it clicks, in the past you didn't have this issue because, you bought an album and that's all you had, so even if on the first few listens if you were like this isn't so good, you kept peservering as it was all you had and otherwise you had wasted your money, even with tapes recorded from friend you put in more time as you just didn't have access to so much new music.

3. I think a lot of us into older music have ears for an analogue sound, or certain periods where things were mixed or produced a certain way, for instance im much more likely to get into a band i never knew about from the 90s rather than new music and this is the only reason i can nail it down too.

4. I just think everything has been done before, no matter what band you listen to now, you naturally compare it to something else, i also find a lot of bands im like, yeah this sounds good, and then the vocals kick in and your like argggh his vocals are terrible if only they had a different vocalist.

But that said i use to hate John Garci's vocals of Kyuss and now Kyuss are one of my favourite bands, but i was kind of forced into giving then a real good listen as my flatmate flogged them.

Supafreak wrote:

I haven’t heard jack johnson or bob marley since the pandemic started , it’s because I haven’t been to Bali in that time .

Ha ha Yeah its like the soundtrack of Bali played everywhere, and Indonesians also love Gunners and Bon Jovi.

Bon Jovi, ID?! I wouldn't've seen that comin.

wax24 wrote:

Bon Jovi, ID?! I wouldn't've seen that comin.

Mostly the girls they love em, Nirvana are still pretty big in Indo too.

Not sure if u guys are up with celebrity gossip but this weird,sounded kinda a bit fishy story just came out on face book about Bon Jovi's long lost sister,Anne.
She is just about to release an album and go on a concert tour.
The first song is going to be called 'Seafood Puttanesca' by Anne Jovi.

Constance B Gibson wrote:

The Circle Jerks, first time in Oz. Touring with some other dudes this September.

No fucken way! Shame it'll be full of middle aged Pennywise loving bro's, but still.

Re new / current music, That Surfbort clip posted a few weeks ago was a ripper. New to me anyway .

That was great Constance.
I havn't heard that before.
Top shelf.

Second that! Masterful guitarist indeed and what a voice too! Great post

Billy Bragg does a version of that song, possibly his best recorded song imo. Caught these guys at a local festival in London, un-announced, in a small side tent. “One way of life” was going great guns in the charts, so they were about as famous as they we’re going to get. 40 minutes of brilliance, with a couple of dozen watching. They headlined at Glastonbury later that year.

Yup, his live act is a treat, solo and with band. Pretty full sound for a bloke solo on guitar and a gorilla amp. Always ended with the 3 chord progression to finish New England then “thank you and goodnight.” Good times indeed.

Great way to ruin some great songs...

I dug it Seeds, felt the guitar needed more 'grunt' in the mix though. She rips

In keeping with the theme...

Starts at 8.54

Favourite version of Depreston by Courtney Barnett

One more for good measure....

I've mentioned this guy before but if you've never listened to him, I highly recommend it.

I used to say my favorite band was any band Mike Patton has been in, I also used to say my favorite movie was any movie Megan Fox was in so you be the judge. These days my favorite songs are all ones I love playing on the guitar.
Stairway to heaven Led Zepp.
Babe I'm gunna leave you " "
Damage and the needle done Neil Young.
Hey hey my my " "
More than a feeling Boston.
Wish you were here Pink Floyd.
Breathe " "
Dust in the wind Kansas.
Under the milky way. The Church. ( 12 string).
Put your lights on. Everlast and Santana.
Black Jesus. Everlast.
Space Oddity. Bowie.
Wicked Game. Chris Issacs.
Summer Breeze. Seals and Crofts.
Behind blue eyes. The Who.
Imagine. John Lennon.
All of America and Breads hits.
Tragic I know, but don't laugh too much as someday you will be an old bastard too. I love all music except opera. Cheers.

AndyM wrote:

I've mentioned this guy before but if you've never listened to him, I highly recommend it.

fela kuti rules!
"music in the weapon" fela kuti documentary

Music is a weapon.
Music is the future.
Music is the weapon of the future.

This one's for you chook.