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Post by grumpyminer on Mar 29, 2008 1:26:42 GMT
blah blah blah, jeff scott soto blah blah blah his talent is undeniable, but as i understand it, he's another stroppy git in the same vein as seb bach. JSS certainly isn't a big ego front man, he is revered as one of the nicest guys in rock. He always spends time with fans after shows, before shows and sometimes during them. Where did you hear he was a stroppy git? Was it from the Skid Row gig? If so then there was a reason. JSS were booked to play in the Rig...then the Skid Row gig was re-scheduled for the main room...on the same night as JSS. It made sense that they should share the main stage. JSS was promised a 70-minute slot but Skid Row messed them about with soundcheck and equipment "issues" which meant they lost 15 minutes of their set. Jeff was annoyed as he knew there was a lot of fans hearing him for the first time and he and his band were being short-changed. Last November, JSS were due to play a show on a Tuesday in Glasgow. Ticket sales didn't go well as there were lots of bands touring at the time (Thin Lizzy, Meat Loaf, Heaven and Hell) so the venue pulled the show just 5 days before it was to take place. Jeff may well have got annoyed by this but made nothing public. Instead he got on his phone to find another place to play, on the Friday morning his website announced a new show for the following Tuesday, Junktion 7 at Nottingham. With no time to advertise apart from the EG section of the NEP and Radio Nottingham, they didn't even expect the 30-odd people they got to play for. Apparently they played for just a proportion of the door money just so they could play.....it was a brilliant show as well. In November 2004, JSS was booked to play at JB's in Dudley on the 5th, then a tour was announced by Tyketto and a date at nearby Wolverhampton on the same night, the 5th. Tyketto singer Danny Vaughn realised that both bands would attract the same audience and would suffer for this clash of dates. He contacted JSS and a co-headline show was set up at Wolves...and it was awesome!. Then in 2007, when JSS had the Journey gig, the band were looking for support. JSS remembered the good deed done by Danny Vaughn and convinced the guys in Journey and the tour promoter to get Danny Vaughn in as support. When Jeff was unceremoniously dumped by Journey, you would expect him to be angry. But he has never publicly shown any anger towards them, his own press release stated that they were entitled to choose who they wanted to sing in their band but "it would have been nice for them to call me and tell me first" and "...I guess I won't work with them again!". He is extremely talented and a nice guy with it. *** sorry that it went on so long, just wanted to set things straight ***
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Post by Fraggle on Mar 29, 2008 11:01:18 GMT
You know way too much Steve - I suspect you are actually Wikapedia made mortal! Am counting the days til I get to see [glow=red,2,300]James[/glow] live again (couple of weeks til Sheffield Academy gig), my all time fave band, recently re-formed and new album is out in just over a week - can't wait! I too love Nickelback, much to my other half's despair. ;D Oh and Buster's a teacher? - am truly shocked, and a little horrified.
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Post by supermattytrickett on Mar 29, 2008 11:27:47 GMT
Looking forward to going to see one of my favourite bands this coming Wednesday as Marah (from NJ) are back in town down at the Basement in Rock City. There's probably only going to be about 50 or so folks there so I would imagine tickets are still available!
Thought that deserved a mention as others have talked about the Boss earlier in the thread, and Marah certainly have a significant Springsteen quality about them, albeit generally more rocky. If you like bands who have musical influences along the Bruce, Dylan and even the Replacements in places, dressed up with an rockier edge for 2008, then i'd certainly recommend Marah to listen to.
Also excited about gigs by the Drive By Truckers and Chris Mills in the near future.
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Post by buster on Mar 30, 2008 12:37:33 GMT
You know way too much Steve - I suspect you are actually Wikapedia made mortal! Am counting the days til I get to see [glow=red,2,300]James[/glow] live again (couple of weeks til Sheffield Academy gig), my all time fave band, recently re-formed and new album is out in just over a week - can't wait! I too love Nickelback, much to my other half's despair. ;D Oh and Buster's a teacher? - am truly shocked, and a little horrified. not a teacher yet, im training! just goes to show that people arent always as they seem on here
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Post by mark82 on Apr 1, 2008 21:19:37 GMT
My fave band at the minute are a small band from Manchester called Oceansize. They may be fairly unknown but have done some big things. They supported smashing pumpkins at the arena back in feb, also had their songs used on an Orange mobile advert and in an episode of the O.C. I know buster likes has a pretty diverse taste so I hope you check them out! www.oceansize.co.uk also www.myspace.com/oceansizeuk They are playing at junktion7 on 30th May (fri) and its only about £8 tops. thoroughly recommend you give them a listen. Cheers!
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Post by jmc on Apr 1, 2008 21:26:07 GMT
Just Heard Radiohead do some live stuff on BBC Radio2. Its frightening how good they are.
Also heard REM do a live set about a week or so ago. Just great tunes.
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Post by mark82 on Apr 1, 2008 21:33:43 GMT
REM bast band I've seen live. Milton Keynes 1995 supported by Radiohead and The Cranberries. At the M.E.N in 1999 and at City Ground '05 with the Zutons! shame the upcoming one doesnt bring them close by again
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Post by buster on Apr 1, 2008 21:36:50 GMT
My fave band at the minute are a small band from Manchester called Oceansize. They may be fairly unknown but have done some big things. They supported smashing pumpkins at the arena back in feb, also had their songs used on an Orange mobile advert and in an episode of the O.C. I know buster likes has a pretty diverse taste so I hope you check them out! www.oceansize.co.uk also www.myspace.com/oceansizeuk They are playing at junktion7 on 30th May (fri) and its only about £8 tops. thoroughly recommend you give them a listen. Cheers! you need to listen to Isis and Red Sparowes mate, im sure i was pimping them on the first page of this thread! yeah, i like them, they have had my approval for some time now.
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Post by mark82 on Apr 1, 2008 21:44:43 GMT
not heard of them to be honest mate you got any links? glad you like the 'size! fans seem to be a rare breed! into a lot of Seth Lakeman and Nick Harper at the minute too, both a bit like Jeff Buckley
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Post by jmc on Apr 1, 2008 21:49:26 GMT
not heard of them to be honest mate you got any links? glad you like the 'size! fans seem to be a rare breed! into a lot of Seth Lakeman and Nick Harper at the minute too, both a bit like Jeff Buckley Jeff Buckley he was awesome shame he never got chance to record more than one album. Such a shame Sony have used him as a cash cow
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Post by mark82 on Apr 1, 2008 22:00:02 GMT
an album was released just after his passing I think, it was rough cuts of his new stuff I think its called 'Sketches for my sweetheart, the drunk' like you say though Roy it seems to be Sony cashing in. such a waste because 'Grace' was a blinder of an album.
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Post by buster on Apr 1, 2008 22:52:02 GMT
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Post by mark82 on Apr 3, 2008 20:11:06 GMT
They certainly are! buster a good find there! do they have a cd in selectadisc I wonder? wouldn't mind catching them if and when they play on these shores?!
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Post by Yotes on Apr 3, 2008 20:55:17 GMT
not heard of them to be honest mate you got any links? glad you like the 'size! fans seem to be a rare breed! into a lot of Seth Lakeman and Nick Harper at the minute too, both a bit like Jeff Buckley Jeff Buckley he was awesome shame he never got chance to record more than one album. Such a shame Sony have used him as a cash cow Sony, or his old mum? Agree with you though, Grace was a great album, the rest, whoever's idea it was, is a little unnecessary.
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Post by buster on Apr 3, 2008 22:48:47 GMT
They certainly are! buster a good find there! do they have a cd in selectadisc I wonder? wouldn't mind catching them if and when they play on these shores?! they dont tour so much. red sparowes that is. i whole heartedly recommend 'At the Soundless Dawn' it is their debut album and their best. with Isis, its best to get the album 'Oceanic' and start from their, it's their most accessable, though Red Sparowes were formed with members of Isis, so you might see the connection...
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Post by buster on Apr 3, 2008 23:54:28 GMT
as a big fan of the tunes from the kooks debut album 'inside in, inside out' i can say that i received a copy of their new outing the other day, and while taking a couple of days to gigest it fully and produce an impartial opinion, i have come up with this...
the songs are as instantly catchy as they are on the first album, the music is no more complex than before and doesnt seem to have changed much, the kooks seem to be working from a formula that is succesful, which poses the question 'why do they need to change it?'.
more of the same from the brighton lads, which is by no means a bad thing, more heartfelt ditties of love thats been lost and the coming of age, though it does leave me wanting something more, perhaps a slight progression in sound rather than following the creative blueprint to the letter.
8/10
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Post by jmc on Apr 4, 2008 23:28:57 GMT
Gonna be pricking my ears to gang of gour! now they were a band.
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Post by grumpyminer on Apr 5, 2008 1:22:30 GMT
Mrs Miner has been telling me that the best band for exciting,fun and bouncy music for hockey is The Wildhearts. Now I know they have been around for years, but i have only just discovered their brand of hi-energy rock'n'roll. Gill says I Wanna Go Where The People Go would be best because ther are gaps for clapping along to. TV Tan and Vanilla Radio would make great warm-up songs. Personally I love Sick Of Drugs and the awesome Caffeine Bomb. How anyone can sing that fast is beyond me! It is phenomenal to hear live!
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Post by jmc on Apr 5, 2008 8:50:26 GMT
Wow the Wildhearts! recorded alot of their stuff in Nottingham you know.
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Post by buster on Apr 6, 2008 1:20:26 GMT
the wildhearts are ok, but they are nothing spectacular.
just another one of the british bands that deserved more than they got (in my opinion, please dont hold that against me oldman) like 3 colours red...
i had my picture taken with a black midget dressed as elvis about 6 years ago, i think he was something to do with the wildhearts.
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Post by Yotes on Apr 6, 2008 22:45:50 GMT
Mrs Miner is spot on, fantastic band, one of my all time favourites. Only problem with I Wanna Go might be some of the language, we'd all have to cough when he gets to "I wanna be where the ****s like me...", or mute it like Aunty Beeb did there. Red Light Green Light would be one I'd use for game music (great vid there, lol).
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Post by jmc on Apr 10, 2008 19:25:03 GMT
love hearing bands demos.
Loving this verson of 'There, There'. The guitar sounds a lot sharper than the album verson. Most probally using a thinline Telecaster on this verson.
Loving hearing three drum parts on hear, although the backing vocals are very muffeled.
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Post by heatley on Apr 22, 2008 15:28:34 GMT
Just downloaded 'The Crossing' by Big Country, to my i-pod. They were one of my fave bands in the 80's, & I saw them live about a dozen times. Not listened to this paricular album for ages, & I had forgotten how good it actually is. Stuart Adamson (R.I.P) was a fine man, & a great musician.
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Post by buster on Apr 23, 2008 16:11:57 GMT
i'm totally hard for springsteen at the minute, i cant believe i'll be seeing him in about a month.
plus his songs are full of harmonica licks, and im trying to learn and play them by ear at the minute!
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Post by oldman on Apr 23, 2008 22:31:38 GMT
you are trying to learn to play the harmonica with your ear thats novel, as for the boss not the force he was i feel, but well worth seeing live!
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