What are you listening to, right now................
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And since I'm in the mood, a little Motley.
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Eddie is known for his solos and tapping etc but it is his rhythm playing that sets him apart.
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A worthy effort in overthinking it:
“A Never-Ending Wheel”: The Heroic Quest in Dio’s ‘Holy Diver’
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I don't know if this has been on here before
http://static.echonest.com/BoilTheFrog/
This site creates a Spotify playlist to take you seamlessly through different genres/artists, when you enter a starting and an ending artist.
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Hurricane Smith produced several Beatles LPs, including Rubber Soul.
He also produced early Pink Floyd albums -- Piper at the Gates, Saucerful of Secrets and Ummagumma. One time Nick Mason couldn't get the drum part right, so Hurricane played the part himself. Genius!
The man had all the pedigree any recording engineer would want, but in the early 1970s Hurricane got out of the game producing these teeny-boppers to make his OWN righteous progressive music. As Johnny says here in the introduction, Hurricane makes his U.S. debut at age 49. (What are the chances that's a wig?)
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@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Eddie is known for his solos and tapping etc but it is his rhythm playing that sets him apart.
Comparing his chops to longtime VH bassist Michael Anthony is ridiculous....he only played one note!!
For what its worth my latest top ten all time Guitarists goes like this....
Hendrix.....
Jeff Beck
Richie Blackmore
Jimmy Page
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eddie Van Halen
Tony Iommi
Carlos Santana
Johnny Winter
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@mn5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Comparing his chops to longtime VH bassist Michael Anthony is ridiculous....he only played one note!!
Eh? I wasn't comparing EVH to MA at all. Just highlighting that Eddie also plays rhythm guitar, not just lead. Check out the song 5150 for another example.
For what its worth my latest top ten all time Guitarists goes like this....
Off the top of my head:
Hendrix
Beck
Blackmore
Clapton
EVH
Gary Moore
Eric Johnson
Allan Holdsworth
John Petrucci
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@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Comparing his chops to longtime VH bassist Michael Anthony is ridiculous....he only played one note!!
Eh? I wasn't comparing EVH to MA at all. Just highlighting that Eddie also plays rhythm guitar, not just lead. Check out the song 5150 for another example.
For what its worth my latest top ten all time Guitarists goes like this....
Off the top of my head:
Hendrix
Beck
Blackmore
Clapton
EVH
Gary Moore
Eric Johnson
Allan Holdsworth
John Petrucci
Paul GilbertYou're taking the piss with Clapton and Moore. Surprised Joe Bonomassa didn't make the list to complete a 'dreary white boy pentatonic blues' triumverite.
When I mentioned MA I was mainly pointing out he's pretty much the most undynamic bass player I can think of.
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@mn5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You're taking the piss with Clapton and Moore.
Clapton in his Bluesbreakers days was very good but I wasn't initially going to include him.
Gary Moore was a great guitarist and played everything from jazz fusion to rock to blues. Plenty of guitarists list him as a big influence.
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@bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@mn5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
You're taking the piss with Clapton and Moore.
Clapton in his Bluesbreakers days was very good but I wasn't initially going to include him.
Gary Moore was a great guitarist and played everything from jazz fusion to rock to blues. Plenty of guitarists list him as a big influence.
Fair call. Also in the Cream days too but those periods were brief. Once the 70s rolled around pretty much all he did was lame covers of other people's songs.
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So after some really shitty management where bands have not been paid we actually have another metalfest heading to Australia. Download fest will be in Melbourne next year in March, the lineup is very 1999 with Korn and LimpBizkit headlining but hopefully this will just be a foundation for bigger and better festivals over the next few years. I've been looking at a number of aussie bands playing and if this vid is anything to go by these fellas will be worth a watch
