Pool Boy Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 This link is an excellent resource for discussion of all of the myriad subgenres of metal. It is pretty fascinating and a good jumping off point for finding stuff you never knew existed. Find a few bands from the linked snippets and Spotify (or other streaming tool of your choice) and prepare to find 50 other bands. Some only have a single song you might like (and think the rest are crap), but you never know! One band, In Mourning, I like only one song from, but I love it. Colossus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 When worlds collide, it can be pretty awkward. Believe it or not, I *think* I used to go out to the Black Rooster Pub with the drummer of Tank, Gary Taylor. I had *no* idea until just this minute that they were a known band. It's under "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal" which, from what I know, pretty much describes where his band would be. I'm telling you, this guy was Spinal Tap incarnate. And the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet, too. If this is him, the circle of my life has been completed. --- Well, I'll be damned. Here's a response to my email: --- Dude, Look at this. I remember going to the Black Rooster with Gary, and that he was a drummer in a band called Tank in England. Is the band "Tank" in this map the one with *our* Gary?! Like, Black Rooster Pub Gary?! If so, this is two worlds colliding that are so far apart that I'm speechless. --- It is indeed. Tank was considered pretty influential - they even have their own wikipedia page. I also knew their guitarist from London, Cliff Evans. Coincidentally enough, I just 2 weeks ago re-connected with Gary via email after over a dozen years. He's living in LA and is in a band called "The Deserters". Small world, eh? So, how are you these days? - Curtis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 OK this is just awesome. Truly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 OK this is just awesome. Truly. Well, it gets deeper. In a follow-up email: --- You didn't realize you were drinking with a legendary drummer, eh? Before Tank, he was in a band called Streetfighter (in his hometown of Blackpool), the guitarist of which went on to form Whitesnake (another very famous British metal band). --- I should also add: Curtis's email/website is upto11.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza man Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Ok. I've been looking at, and listening to this website for the last hour. Thanks fer the trip down memory lane, Pool Boy! Drone, Doom, and Goth are winning presently.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 If "Glam Metal" is one of the subgenres that interest you, don't miss the M3 Festival held every year at Merriweather Post Pavillion. This year's lineup includes: Friday: Kix (Fri headliner) Dokken (well, Don at least, busted pipes and all) Jack Russell's Great White (as opposed to the version that is just Great White that tours without JR) Quiet Riot (current frontman Jizzy Pearl, RIP Kevin) Trixter Dio Disciples (some of the guys that were still playing with RJD when he passed, playing old Dio, Sabbath, Rainbow, etc.) Saturday: Europe (Sat headliner) Tom Keifer (apparently Cinderella is no more) Queensrí¿che (not the Geoff Tate version) Krokus Warrant (Robert Mason, formerly of Lynch Mob, replacing deceased singer Jani Lane) Y&T Winery Dogs ("supergroup" with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, and Ritchie Kotzen) L.A. Guns (the Phil Lewis version, not the Tracii Guns version) Vixen Bang Tango (the Joe Lesté version, not "Bang Tango Redux" with the rest of the classic lineup) Black N Blue Tyketto Rhino Bucket Killer Dwarfs Bad Seed Rising (Baltimore local teen metal band - they invite one most years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Ha that is a hoot. I remember a lot of them from MTV days. It's not my thing, but I can see why people like the style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 On 3/24/2015 at 3:17 PM, Pool Boy said: Ha that is a hoot. I remember a lot of them from MTV days. It's not my thing, but I can see why people like the style. "Hair Nation" on SiriusXM is essentially the patron saint of M3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 "Hair Nation" on SiriusXM is essentially the patron saint of M3. I thought it was the E30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Why is it that so many metal bands insist on white lettering that is impossible to read, all always on a black background?! When you read about the various festivals, there are 100 logos and they all end up looking the same. This week, driving to work, I was behind a car from NY where they had maybe 20 metal band bumper stickers,only 2 or 3 I could decipher. Oh and the license plate was custom -- SKULLZ. And for those of you that missed it the first time around, the map of metal still exists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 3/22/2015 at 5:38 PM, Pool Boy said: OK this is just awesome. Truly. This is about the funniest thing I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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