#i also tried listening to black sabbath from the album black sabbath by the band black sabbath. nice song‚ founding song of metal‚ very -

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my relatives should stop walking in on me headbanging while listening to metal

[rolandrockover]

Reprise Vol. 1 - Master & Slave

I think it's no big secret that Paul doesn't have much good to say about Kiss' Carnival of Souls. To put it mildly. Or he simply does everything imaginable to at least create such impressions whenever this album title should rarely enough become the subject of an interview question. Of course, he's welcome to do as he pleases, but personally, from my humble perspective, I think it's a bit of a shame, because I can also remember times when he spoke a tiny bit differently about it.

For example, I can still remember the time when the subject of a reunion was still treated as fictitious, and it wasn't on anyone's horizon, least of all Paul's and Gene's. That was back in 1994/95, when Kiss' laudable motto of perseverance and giving their best was for a change increasingly emphasized in their new music.

And I still remember very well that regular little Kiss feature in the German Rock Hard magazine, which was supervised by their Kiss Die-Hard (0), and from whom one got the vivid impression that he regularly got a certain insight into the world of our favorite band. I think it must have been February or March 1995 when Paul and Gene (1), but also Eric Singer (2), apparently got in touch with the interviewer directly from the rehearsal room in a telephone interview and Paul confidently said, not without his usual side-swipe at Gene, that his songs were much more melodious and heavier than Gene's. There was a certain pride in that. At some point later he even went so far as to claim that the new album was the best and heaviest since Creatures of the Night. Oh my!

What I mean, since that's a rather thoughtful and equally rare tribute to their own music, which was previously only outspoken to give a very special shine to the indeed excellent Revenge, and the return to form associated with it. And I must add to this Paul seemed quite proud of Revenge in 1992 regardless of how hard he had contributed to the previous albums in the 80's anyway. But who knows, once again, it was probably just the latest sensationalization of the upcoming album (3). Promotion is a double-edged sword, but to wipe Revenge away so succinctly because of it, I really don't know. But maybe and probably because it wouldn't have sounded so good to say their new album was the best since... their last one.

But to get my act together and to at least briefly talk directly about Master & Slave in this context.

So, as I already mentioned in my original entry, Master & Slave had the working title: Paul's Riff. In my perception, this suggests pride and respect, not necessarily from Paul himself, but clearly from his band environment. And the fact that such a meagre, yet all-saying no-name was chosen as accepted as a working title, if not even honored from everybody involved clearly speaks for itself.

And because this is a reprise, I'll simply feature an excerpt from my original text about what I see in this song:

"What begins in Not For the Innocent with a few approaching, ominous tones, continues in Unholy as a small extension in a slightly different pitch, and a much more compact back and forth oscillation of these tones, which thereby does not form the entire riff, but only a complementary part of it. In Master & Slave the whole thing gains in drasticness, and the motif is doubled to a lower pitch, added to the previous one to secure its terrain, only to turn into a Black Sabbath motif a la After All. An endlessly repeating highly dynamic acrobatic feat in loud and quiet/guitar and bass contrast."

When writing Master & Slave, Paul must have thought to himself: Ok Gene, a dark album full of Unholys shall it be? This time I'll listen to you, then you shall get Unholy. Which must have stimulated his ambition to try to outdo Gene in terms of Unholy by more than a small margin. I think the result shows in all strength what the right ambition can achieve.

"To conjure up this wet dream of riff Paul must have really tried hard and done his very best to achieve such a result - regardless of what he claims about Carnival of Souls as a whole today."

It is a real pity that he no longer stands by it. Gene and, above all, Bruce (4) seem to have fewer problems with this.

Side Notes:

(0) Jan Jaedike.

(1) Gene emphasized the psychedelic component and compared Carnival of Souls to the Rolling Stones' Satanic Majesties Request (1967) (5) , and that they couldn't explain either why it sounded different from the previous album.

(2) Eric said the album was super heavy and exactly the kind of music he wanted to play. I love to mention this because he had also clearly distanced himself from Carnival of Souls over the past few years. Klassik!

(3) Can anyone still remember how they loud-mouthedly advertised Crazy Nights as a mixture of Animalize and Destroyer back then? There's even a Youtube video of it, but don't ask me where. Anyway, that was still was something different.

(4) Or the last of the Mohicans, as I like to call him.

(5) Hmm, which Stones album did Ace's cover of 2000 Man actually come from?

Master & Slave starts from the beginning. Unholy and Not For The Innocent are highlighted. Turn up the volume and open your ears, I assume no liability:

Master & Slave (1997)

Unholy (1992)

Not For The Innocent (1983)

I'll add After All by Black Sabbath on top.

After All (1992)

[zemnarihah]

heyy ok so I am very curious what your recommendations for getting into metal/adjacent genres would be bc i know very little about that area and i know youve been looking into it……. so if you have artists/albums you think someone should check out then pls do elaborate

DUDE this is the blind leading the blind bc I have only been dipping my toes into metal as of very recently BUT i will say it seems to be like a HUGE and super diverse genre it has about a million bajillion subgenres so I feel like almost anything ur interested in probably has a related metal subgenre. Personally next on my list to check out is industrial metal and goth metal (which type o negative is a pretty big name in, I've only been able to look into them a little bit but have enjoyed them so far so that might be a good one if goth metal sounds interesting to u but I can't necessarily recommend them)

ik you liked alcests spiritual instinct- they do kind of a fusion of black metal and shoegaze, another band that does that is deafheaven- their album sunbather is pretty good, I don't like it nearly as much as alcest but its another take on a rlly interesting combo. I wouldn't necessarily recommend going straight from that to black metal on its own, i actually tried that but it doesnt seem to be the most palatable for ppl new to metal bc its pretty abrasive.

I've been kind of starting at the beginning like with the bands that people credit a lot with helping pioneer the genre, black sabbath is a big one and I REALLY like their first two albums, paranoid and their self titled. they're actually very bluesy which i didnt expect and gives it a very interesting feel. iron maiden is the other one I've been listening to and pretty much everything I've heard from them is insanely good, they have these insanely cool instrumental textures, my fave album so far from them is number of the beast. ik ppl also cite metallica a lot as being v important so thats another one i need to listen to more in depth but I've only ever rlly heard their more popular stuff so I can't necessarily say I recommend them either. But yeah like I said I'm just recently starting to explore it as well so beyond that your guess is as good as mine! In my limited opinion so far it is a super cool genre so I rlly hope u do end up exploring it more as well:)

[jwowwsboobs]

what kind of tattoos do they have? what are their dream cars? what were their childhoods like? what were their favorite novels? would u say that jack is doomed by the narrative?

what kind of tattoos do they have? 

gale has a black flag tat on her left shoulder n a bunch of random stick n pokes on her left forearm in the early 80s. after abt '87 she stopped maintaining them n in late '88, early '89 got a desert sleeve on her right and left forearms,  something similar to this. the right arm was day and the left was night. she also has a venom welcome to hell tat she got a few years (87 iirc?) after jack passed away on her right shoulder blade and the artery tattoo i mentioned yesterday (anatomical heart pierced by 5 swords in a pentagram shape w an A carved into it) on her left also in 87

ronnie got flowers on her right thigh in 83/84 and the artery tat at the same time as gale! they went together n had a good cry abt it

jack & max never got any but jack did joke about getting a venom welcome to hell tattoo

what are their dream cars? 

they were all kind of basic LOL gale just wanted a baby blue mustang, but she was more into bikes (lovedddd modding her harley esp in the late 80s n into the modern day).

ronnie bought the bands van ('81 ford ecoline), wanted a '68 pink mustang convertible, pink corvette convertible, (probably a 74 or 72) n a bmw. i think she got the z1 even though it was never released in the us (rich bitch moment.)

jack wanted a pontiac firebird so fucking bad it was embarrassing, ideally it would be black probably a 77?

max was not into really into cars but she liked how firebirds looked the best so i guess that would have been hers. 

what were their childhoods like? 

ronnie and gale's were pretty happy! they got along w their parents n were pretty well off. jack n max were not as fortuante tho<\3 everyone but jack grew up in socal

ronnie grew up rich. like mega rich. her "modest childhood home" it was a huge house w a waitstaff ("it was only jim (butler), tom (valet) n cathy (cook) n the cleaning ladies on tuesdays!" thats still a waitstaff fuck off ronnie) n in southern california. like girl🙄. but anyway yeah. rich girl kind of spoiled (definitely spoiled) youngest of 2, had an older brother who lived in the uk in the late 70s early 80s for school or something. maybe it had to do w the family business which idk what it was LMFAO. he would send ronnie metal albums cuz they were both into nwobhm. mother was a socialite, loved to throw lavish parties. ronnies dad adored her, shes a total daddy's girl. she started playing drums when she was 14 when she found her dad's kit (he was a big beatles fan n loved ringo) in the garage attic. ronnie went to public school but wasnt really the best student tho she tried really hard. she had like 3-7 dogs growing up cuz her parents loved dogs and giving strays a good home for however long they stayed.

gales dad was a single parent, worked as a college professor teaching literature. his specialty was american lit, esp black american lit. he collected classical music and jazz records and read books constantly. he often had his professor friends n students over for dinner, to discuss books or political happenings etc etc. he really encouraged gale to pay attention to politics and read everything and listen to everything and ask questions about everything. she took piano lessons from like 6-16, started playing bass around 13/14. she was a huge bookworm as a kid which her dad like. very much encouraged n fostered. gale went to public school. 

max was the 4th child of 6. her dad was an alcoholic n her mom worked as a waitress. she doesnt talk abt her childhood. when she met ronnie she basically moved in w her n ronnies parents adored her cuz she had that california beach blonde, girl next door look coupled w a total kicked puppy sad eyes n they just loved taking in strays. she started playing guitar around 14/15 after being lent a black sabbath tape by an older sibling. not sure which one

jack was born in chula vista n her parents divorced when she was 4. she lived w her mother in the bay area but never stayed in one place for very long. her mom bought her a guitar when she was nine as a birthday present n jack taught herself from listening to songs on the radio. she was often described as a "troubled child" struggling with aggression, focusing in school, reading, and writing. began seriously playing guitar after hearing motorheads debut. was kicked out of her moms home after dropping out of school, moved in with friends. played in a bunch of various punk n heavy metal bands, eventually relocating to LA with the band she was in at the time, before joining artery in the summer of 81. 

what were their favorite novels? 

gale read too many to have a like. real favorite she would just start listing the ones she thought were good or that u would like. she really loved kurt vonneguts and bell hooks work. maybe sister outsider by audre lorde? i know why the caged bird sings? dhalgren? dune? catcher in the rye? i think dhalgren honestly but idk

ronnie's is definitely lord of the rings. like without question its lotr. fucking nerd. she'll say its vogue magazine tho

max...lolita, ariel or maldoror

jack was like. between being functionally illiterate and having (MAYBE?????????) severe dyslexia. she has a lot of trouble reading (recognizes albums by the cover, bands by the vocalist/guitarist) n struggles with writing (near/illegible handwriting, misspelling, difficulty with grammar/syntax) so. she doesnt have a favorite novel. shed call u a nerd for asking that

would u say that jack is doomed by the narrative?

definitely. there is no possible outcome of artery's story where she could have lived. she n max r both doomed by the narrative but jack was the only one who really actually literally died. max … since she didnt like. physical die its not truely being doomed by the narrative but like. she, as both the frontman of artery and as the person she was in artery around tht community… she died. completely. n hasnt been seen since 1986. so maybe she did actually die! ull never know

[chrisryanspeaks]

Mr. Gnome Discusses the Creative Journey Behind 'A Sliver of Space' and Upcoming Tour

In this exclusive interview, Mr. Gnome opens up about the creative process behind their latest album, A Sliver of Space. The band delves into the freedom they found in exploring new genres and styles, the emotional inspiration behind their music, and how they brought their expansive art-rock vision to life. They also share insights into the making of their ferocious new single "Fader," the impact of personal loss on their lyrics, and what fans can expect from their upcoming North American fall tour. Get a glimpse into the band's unique DIY visuals and the evolving sound of their live performances. 1. "A Sliver of Space" has been described as a living, breathing, shapeshifting realm of psychedelic orchestration. Can you elaborate on the creative process behind this album and how you managed to push the boundaries of your sonic exploration? We released our last album, The Day You Flew Away, right at the beginning of Covid in 2020. After the release, we couldn’t hit the road and tour like we usually do, so we pretty much just threw ourselves into the writing of our next album, which would become A Sliver of Space. I think our last album, The Day You Flew Away, really set the stage for us to go anywhere with this next one, any genre and any style as long as we were digging the direction it was going and the way it made us feel. We wrote so many rock songs, so many electronic songs, and dabbled with pop elements we hadn’t visited before. There were no boundaries set up on what we could do, no limitations. We always tried to push a song as far as it could go, and didn’t limit anything stylistically. I think allowing ourselves to go anywhere when writing allowed us to really explore ourselves and push our style. So excited to keep going…we feel like we still have a lot to say and a lot to discover. 2. Your new single "Fader" is noted for its unrelenting ferocity and sonic assault. What was the inspiration behind this track, and how did Jonah Meister's contributions influence its final form? Fader was the last song we wrote for A Sliver of Space. We wrote a ton of “rock” songs for this album, but we were searching for a massive song that would take the listener on a journey. The original riff was bouncing around and I was able to write both aggressive and soft, floaty vocals that would become the verse and chorus of the first half of this song. We loved the feel of it so much that we wanted to continue to push it further, creating the second half on a whim and creating a whole other movement out of it. We had the vocals and bass line in place for the second half of the song, but couldn’t quite find a guitar part that complimented this section. We brought Jonah in and he just started wailing over the vocal line, allowing it to be propped up and accentuated. We carved out a nice space for Jonah to freestyle over and he improvised an insane guitar solo that soared over the driving bass line. It was super exciting and we loved the old, heavy, stoner vibe of the entire song. Stylistically, we drew inspiration from some of our classic favorites - The Stooges, Black Sabbath, Joy Division, while throwing in some shoe gaze as a glaze over the whole thing. 3. You mentioned that "A Sliver of Space" was born out of personal loss and life upheaval. How did these experiences shape the lyrical and musical content of the album, and what message do you hope listeners take away from it? Covid started for us with the loss of my cousin, Greg, who was my best friend since as early as I can remember and a true brother to me. And then we lost Sam’s brother, Matt, two months later. It was all really unbelievable and shocking, and we were consumed with grief and sadness. Plus having just released The Day You Flew Away, which was about losing my Dad and the birth of our son…it was all just super confusing. We felt like we had just closed a chapter of pain, and then it all came back twofold. The lyrical content was not planned in any way, but instead I wrote these lyrics to survive and to literally save myself from going crazy. I had to work and sort through so many intense emotions and writing music has always been my way of coping with whatever life throws my way. So this album is a story about loss, love and discovery. This is a love letter to the two amazing souls we lost in 2020, but it’s also a celebration of love and a love letter to each other and to our son. The overall theme is love’s ability to save you from the darkest moments in life. 4. Mr. Gnome is known for its ambitious audiovisual presentations. Can you tell us more about the inspiration and process behind your DIY visuals, including album covers, press photography, and short films? We don’t have an exact process when creating the visuals that represent our albums, press shots, etc., but we always get super excited to start creating a visual world around the music. When making our album covers, we always want the visuals to feel like the music, to really capture the vibe of the whole thing through the colors and content. The process is usually pretty trial and error, building costumes, building sets, searching for the right colors, and finding the overall vibe that compliments the music. Much like in our song writing, we love creating new worlds and characters that represent certain parts of our psyche, and represent whatever journey we’re currently going through. We started doing our own press shots right at the beginning of mr. Gnome, and kept pushing the visual aspect of how we could present ourselves. We’ve always been inspired by artists like Frida Kahlo, Matthew Barney, etc. Artists who push those boundaries of the self portrait. So fun and so cool to transform yourself. And regarding our videos, we usually come up with pretty insane ideas for music videos, and then have to scale our ideas back because it would take years to make the visuals we see in our heads! Our video for “House of Circles,” was probably our most ambitious project we’ve completed, but it took forever to make and didn’t come out until a full year after we released 2011’s Madness in Miniature. But ultimately, we love creating a world for the viewer to get lost in. 5. With the upcoming North American fall tour, what can fans expect from your live performances? How do you plan to bring the expansive and technicolor art-rock vision of "A Sliver of Space" to the stage? We started as, what a lot of people would consider, a post punk band. So we took a very raw and emotional approach to our live set. Honestly, we still do take this approach and try to keep things pretty raw and sweaty, but over the years we’ve been building on all of this, sweetening the sounds, adding electronic elements, fine-tuning everything as we go. We’ve also added a third member to a section of our live set, our brother, Jonah Meister, who plays on our albums as well. Having him on stage allows us to do more beyond loop pedals, and gives us a fuller, more layered live sound when needed. We’ve been incorporating more electronic moments within the set as well. Just want the live set to showcase everything we are as a band, the loud, the quiet, the beautiful, the aggressive. Take our fans on a journey throughout the set. So incredibly excited to get back to it! There’s no other feeling like connecting to an audience and sharing that moment with each other. Check out “Fader” below: Read the full article

[audiofuzz]

Mr. Gnome Discusses the Creative Journey Behind 'A Sliver of Space' and Upcoming Tour

In this exclusive interview, Mr. Gnome opens up about the creative process behind their latest album, A Sliver of Space. The band delves into the freedom they found in exploring new genres and styles, the emotional inspiration behind their music, and how they brought their expansive art-rock vision to life. They also share insights into the making of their ferocious new single "Fader," the impact of personal loss on their lyrics, and what fans can expect from their upcoming North American fall tour. Get a glimpse into the band's unique DIY visuals and the evolving sound of their live performances. 1. "A Sliver of Space" has been described as a living, breathing, shapeshifting realm of psychedelic orchestration. Can you elaborate on the creative process behind this album and how you managed to push the boundaries of your sonic exploration? We released our last album, The Day You Flew Away, right at the beginning of Covid in 2020. After the release, we couldn’t hit the road and tour like we usually do, so we pretty much just threw ourselves into the writing of our next album, which would become A Sliver of Space. I think our last album, The Day You Flew Away, really set the stage for us to go anywhere with this next one, any genre and any style as long as we were digging the direction it was going and the way it made us feel. We wrote so many rock songs, so many electronic songs, and dabbled with pop elements we hadn’t visited before. There were no boundaries set up on what we could do, no limitations. We always tried to push a song as far as it could go, and didn’t limit anything stylistically. I think allowing ourselves to go anywhere when writing allowed us to really explore ourselves and push our style. So excited to keep going…we feel like we still have a lot to say and a lot to discover. 2. Your new single "Fader" is noted for its unrelenting ferocity and sonic assault. What was the inspiration behind this track, and how did Jonah Meister's contributions influence its final form? Fader was the last song we wrote for A Sliver of Space. We wrote a ton of “rock” songs for this album, but we were searching for a massive song that would take the listener on a journey. The original riff was bouncing around and I was able to write both aggressive and soft, floaty vocals that would become the verse and chorus of the first half of this song. We loved the feel of it so much that we wanted to continue to push it further, creating the second half on a whim and creating a whole other movement out of it. We had the vocals and bass line in place for the second half of the song, but couldn’t quite find a guitar part that complimented this section. We brought Jonah in and he just started wailing over the vocal line, allowing it to be propped up and accentuated. We carved out a nice space for Jonah to freestyle over and he improvised an insane guitar solo that soared over the driving bass line. It was super exciting and we loved the old, heavy, stoner vibe of the entire song. Stylistically, we drew inspiration from some of our classic favorites - The Stooges, Black Sabbath, Joy Division, while throwing in some shoe gaze as a glaze over the whole thing. 3. You mentioned that "A Sliver of Space" was born out of personal loss and life upheaval. How did these experiences shape the lyrical and musical content of the album, and what message do you hope listeners take away from it? Covid started for us with the loss of my cousin, Greg, who was my best friend since as early as I can remember and a true brother to me. And then we lost Sam’s brother, Matt, two months later. It was all really unbelievable and shocking, and we were consumed with grief and sadness. Plus having just released The Day You Flew Away, which was about losing my Dad and the birth of our son…it was all just super confusing. We felt like we had just closed a chapter of pain, and then it all came back twofold. The lyrical content was not planned in any way, but instead I wrote these lyrics to survive and to literally save myself from going crazy. I had to work and sort through so many intense emotions and writing music has always been my way of coping with whatever life throws my way. So this album is a story about loss, love and discovery. This is a love letter to the two amazing souls we lost in 2020, but it’s also a celebration of love and a love letter to each other and to our son. The overall theme is love’s ability to save you from the darkest moments in life. 4. Mr. Gnome is known for its ambitious audiovisual presentations. Can you tell us more about the inspiration and process behind your DIY visuals, including album covers, press photography, and short films? We don’t have an exact process when creating the visuals that represent our albums, press shots, etc., but we always get super excited to start creating a visual world around the music. When making our album covers, we always want the visuals to feel like the music, to really capture the vibe of the whole thing through the colors and content. The process is usually pretty trial and error, building costumes, building sets, searching for the right colors, and finding the overall vibe that compliments the music. Much like in our song writing, we love creating new worlds and characters that represent certain parts of our psyche, and represent whatever journey we’re currently going through. We started doing our own press shots right at the beginning of mr. Gnome, and kept pushing the visual aspect of how we could present ourselves. We’ve always been inspired by artists like Frida Kahlo, Matthew Barney, etc. Artists who push those boundaries of the self portrait. So fun and so cool to transform yourself. And regarding our videos, we usually come up with pretty insane ideas for music videos, and then have to scale our ideas back because it would take years to make the visuals we see in our heads! Our video for “House of Circles,” was probably our most ambitious project we’ve completed, but it took forever to make and didn’t come out until a full year after we released 2011’s Madness in Miniature. But ultimately, we love creating a world for the viewer to get lost in. 5. With the upcoming North American fall tour, what can fans expect from your live performances? How do you plan to bring the expansive and technicolor art-rock vision of "A Sliver of Space" to the stage? We started as, what a lot of people would consider, a post punk band. So we took a very raw and emotional approach to our live set. Honestly, we still do take this approach and try to keep things pretty raw and sweaty, but over the years we’ve been building on all of this, sweetening the sounds, adding electronic elements, fine-tuning everything as we go. We’ve also added a third member to a section of our live set, our brother, Jonah Meister, who plays on our albums as well. Having him on stage allows us to do more beyond loop pedals, and gives us a fuller, more layered live sound when needed. We’ve been incorporating more electronic moments within the set as well. Just want the live set to showcase everything we are as a band, the loud, the quiet, the beautiful, the aggressive. Take our fans on a journey throughout the set. So incredibly excited to get back to it! There’s no other feeling like connecting to an audience and sharing that moment with each other. Check out “Fader” below: Read the full article

[chessclubspacehamburg]

Freitag, 31. März 2023

tip of the spoon episode 2: a seminar about hardrock and metal

dear beloved friends, 

i'll write this in small caps mostly because i forgot everything i learned at school.

i’m working at the store today and since it’s tuesday and the weather is not too nice, i won’t be expecting many customers. there is one section in the shop i rarely go to and don’t know that much about. it’s the hard rock and metal section and i think the store has quite a good overview to offer. these are some bigger band names i have heard before: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple(its the garage band dads that like to play their bass line), AC/DC ,Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motörhead, Metallica, Slayer, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen etc. etc.

first of all i noticed they always have the most creative fonds. i tried to copy them, but it’s quite hard.

the first singer is someone i always wanted to listen to since i saw the „Dark Shadows“ movie. he liked to sing about schools going out for summer. do you know who i mean?

 „yes, you?“

„i think you mean Alice Cooper, since he was in the movie and is in a hard rock band“

„yes exactly“

ALICE COOPER

and the album we are going to listen to is obviously „schools out“.

the cover shows a picture of a wooden wall or something and there’s initials and names engraved in it. it looks like the thing we used to get at school when we wrote tests to put on the table between us ,to prevent cheating, and i’m almost sure that it is this thing on the album cover.

theres also a red heart drawn on it and it has a knife stuck in it. ouch! i know this feeling.. who doesn’t?

i like that Alice is addressing the topic of emotional pain, maybe he was rejected? 

i want you to take the next 5 minutes to make a mind map, of what Alice could imply with this heart. here's a picture of it to help you get ideas, task starts 1…2…3 …now!

i think it's nice that he isn’t ashamed of being vulnerable about love, especially in the show-no-softness environment. 

but maybe that’s what hard rock is about, building up walls (wooden, or just mental ones), because feeling vulnerably hurts too much, like a dagger in an organ. they like to turn their pain into anger, a well known coping mechanism. wow. 

fun facts about Alice Cooper:

-son of a pastor

-his real name is Vincent Damon Furnier (but who cares)

-not satanist, in his shows he always killed satan or the evil

-did he have a buccal?

my favorite song on the album was 'Alma Mater', it’s a bit softer and has a nice melody, cool breaks and i want to make a cover of it someday. he’s singing about missing his high school.. a strange feeling i can’t emphasize with but i like being confronted with topics i don’t understand.

we listened to the whole album, it was very rocky but not so much hardcore as i imagined, i think the stage performances, his costumes and the face paint were more responsible for putting him into that category. 

HELTER SKELTER

now we move on to another record that i picked randomly from the shelf. the cover looks like a poster for a circus musical. it’s an air brush picture of four guys with huge wolf cuts in glam rock clothes. they are standing in front of an amusement park, like dom. in the first song we get introduced to the band by a raspy voice blabbing about a world of fantasy ,strange happenings and amazing people, and bright colors.. the voice sounds very creepy. and then the first song „ what are you doing right after the show“ starts and it sucks very much. there's this trashy 80s sound with overuse of stupid guitar solos, and it reminds me of David Bowies soundtrack to the labyrinth movie. i’m going to listen to one more song and then i’ll turn this **** off. 

0/10

MOTÖRHEAD

after this unfortunate choice i need to make a better one next, something that is helpful for my seminar. 

i need to think some steps ahead so i did the thing that was necessary and asked a customer. he said i should listen to Motörhead, and handed me their first album from 1977. it's way rougher than Alice, less corny than holterdipolter Helter Skelter. i really like it , but i would like anything after what my ears just had to consume. i can definitely say its cool, very punky. i realize punk and hard rock are not far away from each other, it goes hand in hand, especially in the early stages. but hard rock bands may be playing their solos more precisely. 

there’s a lot to read about Motörhead on wikipedia, but i’m too lazy to read it. it’s mostly about what bands the members were in before and after, about their personal fights, their issues with the big labels that unsurprisingly screwed them over, about the band casts changes BLABLABLABALBALBALBALABLABALBALABLBA, all the things that are interesting for the guys to prove how big of a fan they are. they have to know everything, every fart and shit, secure their spot in the Motörhead community. good for them! i don’t blame them i’m not a monster. i’m happy for them that wiki’s got so much to offer.

!i think this is a bop!

also very much guitar in this one of course: imagine a big bucket with a lot of snakes in it. they are crawling over and under each other, always in movement. each snake stands for one guitar solo, that’s what Motörhead sounds like to me. the solos get a little bit annoying after a while but as i’m writing this now i feel bad because i don’t want to insult them. they put their whole life into those guitars, probably even risked a minor finger injury, and i’m making fun of it, look at me...

BLACK SABBATH 

another name probably everyone has heard of before. black sabbath with their album „The Headless Cross“. it’s not really what i expected from such a big reputation. i don’t like it and i’m not sure i’ll make it through the whole album. i want to respect it but it cringes me out a bit. it's like the music Bill & Ted like to rock to. or the Ghostbusters. i thought Black Sabbath sounded different, a bit more deeper voices maybe? not all this feisty screaming.

oh! i just noticed the album is from 1989, so my mind is not made up yet. 1989 is a very unbearable year for many genres i think, especially bands that have founded in the early 70s, in my opinion. i will give them another chance one day but not now, i need a little break, so let’s continue to the next band.

CINDERELLA

a nostalgic choice for me. i grew up with the movie, and my grandma always had the videocassette in a stack with lots of other ones. every time we visited her we had to choose one and cinder was a popular pick, accompanied by Barbie Rapuzel. we used to sit on her sofa and she gave us pencils and paper to doodle around with. it was a good time, but i don’t want to get too personal. 

i chose a greatest hits album and while looking at the people on the front i notice that big wolf cuts are a common thing in the 80s hard rock times. Cinderella likes to scream a lot and she’s addicted to cowbells. i love cowbells so they get a little star for that. still not such a big fan of the screaming……………………….. but well „shake me“ is a bit fun. i would go to a cinderella show. i could imagine it having a story line of some sort like Alice Cooper had. it sounds a bit like a musical, Rocky Horror or like Queen but different kind of singing, and less poppy. i would be interested to see how they would look like without this statement hair they’re hiding behind. the music would probably sound very different, maybe they would have to scream even more to prove their coolness. i just turned the CD off, as i’m beginning to feel a bit exhausted and might end this seminar soon.

SLAYER 

now that i think, is pretty nice, i like it. but i don’t know if i actually do or if i’m unable to make an opinion after the last hours of absorbing a to me relatively unknown genre. i think its fun but very masculine. probably the most masc of all the mascs i’ve been listening to today. my eye is flinching to the beat of the bass or what is it? it’s super quick! here's a diagram i created to visualize the rhythm of slayer.

so Slayer and Metallica is 'trash metal', a subgenera of  metal and it goes like this: very fast, very fast, and then slow, but one element stays fast, a lot of drum rolls, and then very fast again. it’s like they couldn’t choose what to eat for dinner so they bought everything and mixed it together. they do it right because who is forcing you to choose? it is possible to do it all at once.

but now my stomach is full after all this mix of food.

let’s put an end to it: 

first of all i’d like to thank the male community with their big hair to let me enter their safe space for a little.

i’m not sure if i could see myself being a steady hardrock/metal fan, especially not after what happened in the end of 80s.. to be fair, i just had a very small insight but as i said i don’t feel like having opinions anymore. i’m just taking it in as long as i can.i think this way of thinking is just proving that i’m not the biggest fan. if i actually liked it, i wouldn’t want it to end.

and that was it here you go. don’t forget to get your signatures! if you have any questions, or recommendations, let me know. see you at the next seminar. have a nice day.

yours sincerely,

Prof. F. Lenzmann

PS.  yesterday me and my dad talked about the shortest song in the world. it’s exactly three seconds long and it’s called „you suffer“ by Napalm Death. i think it could either be about someone who is worried about their friend, and is now trying to bring up a conversation about it.“you've been sitting all alone on this wall for some hours and all you did was stare at the lake the rain has made. in your eyes i can see something that looks like pain, pain is caused by suffering, do you need any help? i’m here for you, look at me, here, my hand is warm, hold it i’ll take you to a cafe“

or it could be about someone who really isn’t doing well and feels misunderstood. „you suffer like me ,and then you’ll see how it feels, that it is not so easy to do things when you feel hurt like this, try that, and then you might want to rethink about criticizing me about my way of accomplishing things.“ it could be about many other things, something i really like about this song. of course you can also decide not to think what it might be about, it’s your head, nobody is forcing you to. in my seminar at least, i’m not forcing anyone to think.

this is the music video to the song, it reminds me of my sleeping paralysis, it scared me a little bit so i ask you to look at it with caution. 

bye!!

[thisaintascenereviews]

Metallica - 72 Seasons Unless you’re not in the world of rock and/or metal, or you’ve been living under a rock for the past 40 years, you already know who Metallica is. Why wouldn’t you? They’re one of just a handful of bands that don’t need an introduction, because you already know who they are. Arguably the most influential heavy metal band in existence, minus maybe Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden, Metallica helped to usher in the 80s thrash movement and the 90s alt-metal movement, both with their 80s output and 1991′s self-titled (also known as The Black Album). They single-handedly influenced two decades worth of music, but they’ve still been relevant since the 1990s, for better or worse (mainly worse). They went into a more alt-metal and groove metal direction with Load and Reload from the late 90s, they put out their “comeback” album St. Anger in 2003 that is considered to be one of the worst albums ever made, came back again with Death Magnetic in 2008, and then dropped Hardwired To Self-Destruct in 2016. That’s the cliff notes version of their history, as they’ve done a lot more and put out more, but it’s been seven years since their last record. They’ve gone through a lot of sounds and changes over the years, but one thing is certain -- they’re not going anywhere. They’ve been touring relentlessly since Hardwired came out, and they’ve even put out some other stuff since, but 72 Seasons is their first studio album in seven years. This is a big deal, simply because it is Metallica, and with how much influence and importance they have, anything they put out is a big deal. They’ve reached the status of not ever needing to put out anything new, but the fact that they keep pumping out music is a privilege to fans. Love them or hate them, Metallica gets people talking. I wouldn’t say that there was a lot riding on 72 Seasons, mainly because many fans have already come to the conclusion that Metallica will never release another Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, or even another Black Album, and that’s okay. Hardwired was a solid album, for all it’s worth, but it was a record that tried way too hard to prove to fans and critics that they’re still a totally serious thrash band. They went back to their thrash sound, for the most part, and it worked okay, but there’s a reason no one talks about it now. I haven’t listened to in years, and I’m sure most other fans haven’t, unless you have a connection to it (which, if you do, more power to you). This record, however, seemed to be a mixture of the band’s different sounds and eras, as they wanted to celebrate their entire career, versus try to relive the 80s or 90s. 72 Seasons has elements of every era of Metallica, including some 80s-influenced thrash, and 90s-influenced hard-rock and grunge, as well as stuff from their later years, such as Death Magnetic and Hardwired. As a diehard Metallica fan, I was going into this album with high but also realistic expectations. In other words, I was hoping it would be good, especially because I’ve enjoyed the singles that have been slowly released, but this band is in their late 50s and early 60s now. They’re not going to be around forever, let alone making music for too much longer, because they’re getting up there in age, so let’s just enjoy what we get, even if it’s nothing that will blow our minds to the ends of the earth. I was hoping for a good album, but I’d be a fool to think that it could even touch the holy grails that are their first five albums. With all that said, 72 Seasons is a great record, but unlike a lot of the reviews I’ve seen and watched, that dog on this record for being “another Metallica album,” that’s what I personally wanted. This is either a good or great Metallica record, and I say that depending on what era(s) you like from them, because if you don’t like their hard-rock sound from the 90s and onward, you won’t like a lot of this album. This album is a lot more accessible and catchier than their early work, and even Hardwired to an extent, but I think this album is better than Hardwired, simply because it feels less like them trying to prove something and just making some good music that they enjoy playing and writing. That’s all this is. It doesn’t need to be anything else. I don’t know why people are acting like this album needs to blow your mind when they’ve been around for more than 40 years, and there’s no way in hell they’ll ever top their best albums. Why do people keep thinking they need to? People either seem to love or hate this album, but the people who hate it always talk about how it isn’t Master Of Puppets. Why does it need to be? Metallica will never outlive their early work. Anything they put out will be compared to their best albums, and I get that to an extent, but if you’re a big fan, and you just want new music from these guys, you’ll get it with this. Sure, some of the songs drag on a bit, and this album doesn’t need to be 77 minutes, but there are a ton of great riffs and solos from Kirk Hammett (who still has it at 60-ish years old), some fantastic vocals from James Hetfield (easily one of his best vocal performances in years), and some solid grooves from Robert Trujillo (easily his best album with the band since joined in 2003). Lars is still a good drummer, too, regardless of all the flack that people give him, but the band still sound incredibly tight. I find myself having a lot of the songs on this record stuck in my head, even some of the longer ones that invoke more of a grunge and alt-metal sound. The album could have some of its fat trimmed off, ultimately making it around 45 minutes to an hour, but I’m not going to complain. Nothing on this album is outright awful, and for late-career Metallica, it’s the best album they’ve put out in 30 years. Hardwired was a good album, but I haven’t gone back to it because it had a few songs that I didn’t really like, whereas this one doesn’t have anything I don’t like. It’s very consistent, even if it’s nothing that will be in my top five Metallica albums, but like I said, does it need to? No, not at all, and I think a lot of people are treating this record very unfairly. If you look at this album for what it is, which is a late-stage Metallica record with nothing to prove, it’s great. It’s got riffs, solos, vocals, and some grooves that will keep fans entertained for close to 80 minutes. If you only love their early stuff, and don’t like The Black Album, of course you won’t like this. You probably still think it’s 1985, but for what it’s worth, it’s a great record. I’ve had tons of fun with this record, and I’m going to keep having fun with it. It’s cool to see them making music, even if it’s not going to be their best album. I don’t want it to be, nor does it need to be, because they’re older now. I really enjoy this record, even thought it’s a little too long, but there’s always something that brings me back into the fold if I find myself getting slightly bored. The riffs and the grooves are cool enough to keep me engaged, so I don’t know, folks. I’d say check it out if you’re a Metallica fan of any kind. If you only like their early stuff, or you never have liked them, you won’t like this, because this is both a late-career album from them and it’s a Metallica album, through and through. That’s all it needs to be, and for that, I love it.

[raribella]

little metal freak (don't be sad) | e.m.

Summary: Your parents didn't allow you to go to the AC/DC concert coming to Indiana soon. They were your favorite and you're frustrated. Eddie comes to the rescue.

Pairing: Eddie Munson x reader

Involves: this is a comfort blurb and it's so self-indulgent it hurts. Crying on Eddie's shoulder, cuddling, reader being upset, kind of annoying parents, Eddie singing.

Word Count: 790+

Note: Probably my last Eddie piece until I can post my Leclerc one. I had this on my mind ever since July 17th when my parents held me off from going to see covers of some of my favorite bands, I'm not still sulking, just needed to put this out. Also, the only time-inaccurate song mentioned is Nothing Else Matters by Metallica (which Eddie never got to listen to 😞), but I just needed to include it.

You were lying down on top of Eddie on your bed. Dried tears still on your face and a wet patch on his shirt, ‘Sweet Leaf’ by Black Sabbath was playing lowly on your boombox as background. Though right now you were calmer and only just sniffling, you knew your cries had not completely ceased. Other people may find the reason for your frustration silly, but not Eddie. Eddie understood you.

Eddie understood how, ever since AC/DC announced the ‘Fly On The Wall��� tour, you were excited, worrying if they'd come by Indiana, and when they did confirm a concert date near you, you absolutely freaked out, talking about your savings and how you'd both attend and have the "best day of your lives". Eddie remembers how he felt like drooling and his eyes were sparkling as a reaction to your excitement. How he matched your energy. But now, you had a family trip coming soon and, in the name of the holiday savings – even though you knew it was also because of their thoughts on rock n' roll concerts – your parents had decided not to let you go. 

You tried to bargain with your parents for at least two whole hours, your throat burning with tears you were holding back in the process as you shared your pleas about being able to afford the ticket and figuring out with Eddie how’d you get by the venue. As you kept hearing firm “no’s”, you grew weary and gave up, going to your room. As you called for Eddie, the final strength you had to keep yourself from crying disappeared as you muttered in a thick and wobbly voice, “No, I don’t think I’ll be able to make it, Eds..”. Eddie simply asked you if he could come over, to which you responded with a “please,” leading you both to be in your current position. Eddie consoling you, saying there would be other opportunities and that he wouldn’t go without you.

“But I wouldn’t want you not to go, I just wanted to go with you,” you paused, sniffling when you rested your chin on his chest, looking into his eyes. “They’re one of my favorites, Ed, I can’t believe mom and dad are doing that!” more frustrated tears were threatening to go down your face, to which Eddie pouted, reaching his hand to the line of your jaw, thumb caressing your cheek. “You’re such a cute little metal freak… I don’t wanna see you cry, sweetheart… They’re kind of doing this for you… in a messed up way,” he chuckled lowly, and that made the smallest of smiles make their way to your lips, which would suffice to your metalhead boyfriend for now.

After that, you and Eddie were quiet for a moment, enjoying the white noise of ‘The Thing That Should Not Be’ from the latest Metallica album playing on low, you layed your head back on his chest, and he was playing with your hair when he broke the silence. “You know… ‘till the opportunity comes, we could keep seeing covers, it’s still pretty fun, hm? At The Hideout? I’ll even play some of your favorites with the band if you promise to not keep sulking for too long.” The sound of his voice made you rest your head up on your chin again, and you met Eddie already looking down at you, with a mushy smile that made his dimples show up. “You’d do that?” You wondered aloud, losing control of how much happier your voice already sounded. The boy let out a huff of air through his nose, chuckling again, and leaned to kiss your forehead, staying silent for a few seconds.

“I can tell by the look in your eye, I can tell by the way you sigh, that you know I've been thinking of you… and you know what I want to do…” Eddie started to sing the lyrics of Love Song, one of your favorites from AC/DC, and you started to give in, smiling wide.

“When you smile, I see stars in the sky… When you smile, I see sunrise…” Eddie flipped the both of you over, now hovering on top of you as he showered you with kisses and you laughed. He was happy he could actually make you feel better, the situation was pretty upsetting, yes, but it happened, and he wanted you to know you still had a lot of metal and love to share; live concert or not. “Oh, I've got hearts and flowers for you,” he sang lastly as he rose up from the bed, pushing you up by your arm directly into a hug, ‘Nothing Else Matters’, still by Metallica, was just starting to play, as swayed you side to side, arms still wrapped around you.

[wildieflower]

how bout headcanons on eddie with a rlly sarcastic metal head gf?? 🫶🫶

Eddie & His Metal Head [Headcanons]

Summary: Headcanons about Eddie if he were to have a metal head gf!

Pairing: Eddie x Reader (romantic)

a/n: AHH omg!! my first ever request done :D hope you enjoy!!!! :D

Warnings: None!! ;)

One FATEFUL day you guys met at the town record shop

You had one objective: finding a copy of the “Love At First Sting” album by the Scorpions on cassette

You were both looking in the same section, but due to your intense focus you hadn’t noticed Eddie’s presence

To you, the cassette was like the oasis in the middle of the desert, so of course as soon as you laid eyes on it you just had to have it!

However, things took a turn when a hand that didn’t belong to you grabbed it first

Unbeknownst to you, Eddie had gone in with the same objective

You tried to see if there was another copy, but to your dismay he had taken the only one in the entire shop

*sigh*

Luckily Eddie was still idling around the shop looking over other albums, so you approached him to see if there was any chance he’d give it up for you

Once Eddie caught a glance of you, he never wanted to look away again

From your Metallica shirt to your bitchin’ hair, he knew he wanted to get to know you more

And judging by your shirt and choice of music it was beyond clear that you had at least one common interest

A common consensus at school was that he was a “freak”, and you were no stranger to the concept of “Eddie ‘the freak’ Munson” that was attached to the boy, but you had never really gotten a chance to talk with him before now, and you weren’t going to judge someone just because others found him weird

Eddie ended up giving you the album, but on one condition: you guys had to listen to it together first

Eddie ended up inviting you to his trailer to complete the requirement

He wanted to show you some of his favorite songs while he had the chance, and opened your eyes (or should I say ears) to the mystical wonders of Black Sabbath

One thing that certainly did pique your curiosity was the sick guitar hanging on his wall

From there Eddie was MORE THAN HAPPY to show off his musical skills

You two began hanging out more often, listening to music together and showing each other new songs

You even helped Eddie come up with new guitar riff ideas and helped with scrapping up some lyrics too

Things really took off from there

Eddie really enjoyed your presence, and wanted to take things a step further after a little while

Knowing your favorites from all of your music sessions, he made you a personalized mixtape

At the end of the set list, there was something other than a song, but it was still music to your ears!

Eddie had recorded a message asking you if you were interested in being his girlfriend!

Of course you were super happy, and called him up as soon as you got to that part of the cassette and made it official

Eddie eventually introduced you to the band, and of course they all thought you were BEYOND COOL

You went to all of their gigs and even some of their practices

It made Eddie so happy that you supported him in his musical endeavors

You also thought it was super cute how passionate he was about D&D

He would always bounce ideas off of you, which at first you didn’t always understand as you hadn’t really played the game much before

But after a few lessons from the Dungeon Master himself, you created your character together and became a part of the Hellfire club

Overall Eddie was so smitten with you, and he adored that you both loved each other for who exactly you were :)

[mellosakicc]

thanks for 200 followers! miniset

it is nice to be able to fill a serious deficit in sims 4 cc and to contribute some things to represent who we are irl in our sandpit of sims. and along the way i’ve found some other sick creators who make stuff i love.

here is a little set of cc to celebrate. i tried to focus on things which you all seem to engage with most since it is for you guys :)

separate items and their names & details are below the cut. all of it is BGC.

download (simfileshare)

rare tank

a tank with designs from recent/local bands which i always want to shout out in the drone of the titans. seriously, how are some of these guys not huge yet? just listen to them!

i’ve had the chance to support Lanzerrath since their first album as well as the chance to work and chat with another musician who i couldn’t feature here but would still like to signal boost as i love his music - Forgotten Torment.

links for other featured artists: Gravevoid, Left Behind, 200 Stab Wounds

m&f - teen thru elder

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custom cas thumbnails!! yay i wasn’t too lazy!!

doom? sludge? stoner? jacket

featured bands listed in preview. you can’t really see the black sabbath cross.. oopsies

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baggy print jeans

featured bands listed in preview. afterwards i found that someone else also turned this mesh into jeans.. but hey, great minds think alike. i thought the shape fit the reference i had

m&f - teen thru elder

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[tisthenightofthewitch]

Q&A With Ghost’s Tobias Forge Before The El Paso Show

Swedish heavy rock star Ghost arrives in El Paso, co-headlining alongside Volbeat at 7 p.m. Monday, February 28 at the Don Haskins Center with special guests Twin Temple.

El Paso Inc. caught up with the band’s frontman, Tobias Forge, who onstage leads the band of nameless ghouls as the evil Papa Emeritus IV. He opened up about Ghost’s upcoming fifth album, “Impera,” his love for “divorce rock” and whether he’ll ever work with Taylor Swift’s producer.

Q: Tell us about your love for Blue Öyster Cult.

I think the BÖC thing was a bit overdone because people early in our career were skeptical. They thought we were copying everything from them because we were doing some kind of 70s rock with tight vocals on it.

It’s by no means a disagreement with BÖC, I’m a fan, but they never really meant as much as people think. I really like 70s divorce rock – big grown man rock as opposed to punk rock. … In general, bands like Boston, Foreigner or Genesis are probably higher on that kind of AOR list for me.

Q: Did you call it “divorce rock”?

Yeah! Because they were always talking about divorce. They were always talking about love. If you listen to Boston, Journey, Kansas, Toto, it’s always grown men getting divorced. … It’s always ‘Oh Diane! We spent a few years together…’ you know?

That’s why I call it adult rock. It’s a good hi-fi system, well produced, with very good vocals. I love that stuff, and Ghost has always been inspired by that, combined with younger extreme rock, punk and metal that has a bit more of a teenage bite to it.

Q: Many metal bands are afraid of getting too catchy, but bands like Ghost and Volbeat often have catchy teeth. Does any of it come from Sweden, where a lot of pop music producers/writers come from?

I am very radio. I had popular youth culture from day one. There were no borders. I was exposed to a lot of music.

My mom was born in the 1940s, so she had all the 60s stuff: Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Neil Young. My brother was a big music lover. I got hard rock and punk rock from him. He was also very fond of pop music.

All of that combined is definitely why Ghost is what it is. It’s a combination of top 40 rock music from the 80s – and it can range from Nik Kershaw to Survivor. “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, “Shadow in the Moonlight”, “Owner of a Lonely Heart”.

Q: It’s funny that you mention “Total Eclipse of the Heart” because Bonnie Tyler covered a Blue Öyster Cult song on “Going Through the Motions”.

I think what’s really polluted the (metal) genre over the last 40 years is that a lot of bands have always played rock to sound like a specific band. In the 70s every band wanted to sound like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple or Black Sabbath, depending on your level of stoner I guess.

Or, if you like makeup, you wanted to look like Kiss or The Sweet. In the 80s, you had your Judas Priest fans, your Maiden fans, your Venom fans, and your Kreator fans.

If you go down to the demo level of bands that never really made it, they sound like a clone of those bands. And if you look at a group photo, they’re all wearing that group’s shirts.

I’ve always wanted – even in my old death metal bands – to combine influences. Everything I listened to was there, like melodies. They were hidden, but I could still point to something like, a transition that was taken from Blondie or whatever…

Ghost is a bit more androgynous, and that can be a bit of a red flag for some people.

Q: Have you ever wanted to work with Max Martin, the producer of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, P!nk, The Weeknd and Coldplay?

That would be great! We’re kind of in each other’s orbits. Klas Ahlund (producer), with whom I made two records, is very good friends with him. …

One thing that’s important to know about songwriters and co-writers is that the ones I work with are the ones I have a relationship with and have worked with before. We work together because we have something…

I tried to write with others, but it doesn’t work, because if you don’t have a spark, then it doesn’t work.

Q: Each Ghost record had a different producer until now. What prompted you to return to Klas?

The thing is, you have to keep moving so you don’t get stuck in a friendly, comfortable mode. “Meliora”, the record I made with Klas, was really good, but the recording and the production itself left a few things for improvement. …

When it came time to record “Impera,” the writing and demo had been done in 2020. But in early 2021, the American producer who was supposed to make the record couldn’t come because of travel restrictions, and I couldn’t go to America.

And because Klas is also a very programmed person, he had a failed project. All of a sudden, he had a few months off, and I was like, “That’s good, because I don’t have a producer, would you like to produce the record?”

El Paso Inc

[gyllenhaalstories]

SOUTHPAW, PART 1: HEADCANONS.

notes: dear anon: thank you for making me appreciate jake the rapper! also i know nothing about rap, so i’m sorry if this is pure trash! i never finished watching southpaw because it was too dark for me, but i took some very loose inspiration from it. warnings: mentions of dark past, mentions of sexual content... this got really long (2k words). gifs credits: alphalewolf. extras: if you want more informations about rapper!jake, please scroll through my blog. i have edited some older posts with the tag: topic: rapper!jake, so check it out if you’re interested. i have taken some ideas and put them in this list. (at the end of the list i provided some goodies!)

PART TWO WILL BE UPLOADED SOON, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT!

attention, attention! please note i know absolutely nothing about rap. i very rarely enjoy listening to rap music, it’s simply not for me. this might be inaccurate and off compared to the actual world of hip hop and other similar genres. i apologize for my lack of knowledge! this is an au in which jake is not an actor or a producer or anything of the sort. his fame, he built it with his music. you must keep that in mind while reading these headcanons or else it will get confusing. also, i’ve taken some loose inspiration from jake’s actual work, but that’s just for the sake of backstory. are you ready to dive in this twisted fantasy?

Jake Gyllenhaal. Known as Hall. He exploded the charts after being picked up by one of the biggest record companies for his first album: Hall of Fame. He was a rookie, yet he was older than most of the rappers you can think of today. He worked his way up undercover. He started participating in poetry and slam nights at local cafés. He became a songwriter, through connections. He sold some songs that are absolute classics today, but he does not care. He did not feel like they fit him anyway.

Growing up, Jake had it rough. There was a lot of fighting at home. His older sister was the perfect angel and him? The absolute disaster child. It was not like he ran after danger and trouble, he seemed to always be at the wrong place in the wrong time, he hung out with the wrong crowd. He managed to avoid juvie on some miracle. What was the miracle, you might ask? He was caught robbing some local bank with his “friends” and the cops, at first, did not believe he was innocent. While his friends were screaming and threatening the innocent clients of the bank, Jake actually tried to help them out of the building safely. The cops arrived at the same moment and thought he was keeping the strangers hostage. He was arrested on the spot. The other guys played the victims, blamed it all on Jake but it was only when Jake wrote the whole story, from the beginning where his friends manipulated him and made of him their puppet to when he felt this adrenaline rush telling him he needed to save the strangers that night. His writing was too sincere, too raw to be a web of lies. The police released him, but they kept an eye on him.

His escape were writing and music. He impressed all of his teachers at school. Talented, gifted, magical. That was how they described Jake at every parent and teacher meeting. Writing dumb sentences that made very little sense and playing with a guitar after school, that did not make his parents very proud compared to his sister who was on top of all of her classes and working hard for a future of wealth and success.

Music was his entire life. He would come home from school and blast music until he was called out for dinner. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Heart, Pink Floyd, Metallica, name it. He liked it loud. He liked it weird. He liked it with a deeper message, with double meaning.

He worked all types of jobs, some legal and some not so much. He was saving money for college. He applied. He got in. He started his classes. He had big dreams, too, he had ambitions. Maybe he could his talent to good use? He wanted to study philosophy, literature, music, creative writing... Anything that required thought and depth. He made friends, there. He befriended the edgy punk guy, he had tattoos everywhere, he listened to the same bands, he was quiet but his essays spoke volumes.

Jake was disappointed, his illusions were broken. He hated the format of his classes, the feeling like his opinion and his inspiration did not matter, it was always about meeting some stupid requirements to please a rich professor who did not care about passion, about talent, about originality. Jake dropped out, soon followed by his friend. His friend was hired at a tattoo parlor and Jake hung out there all the time. He would stay up until 5 am, 6, 7, all night and all day long. He loved the clients there. He would write and read his writing out loud to the clients when they were tortured by the needle shooting the ink in their skin. Talented and gifted, they all the same thing.

He started to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

He wrote, not just stories and opinion pieces. He started writing songs, melody and lyrics. He started playing them, he started writing his own poetry too. He was introduced to freestyle battles. And as he fought against other talented thinkers, he noticed he spoke with a tempo, with a rhythm. He was rapping and he did not even realize it.

His career sky rocketed from the moment a music producer attended one of the rap battles. He was famous, he got quite the thick wallet and the connections. Jake was introduced to legends of hip hop. They all influenced him as his career grew to become something overwhelming and terrifying, yet thrilling and addictive.

Hall had a style of his own, though. It was romantic, yet absolutely disgusting and dark. It was aggressive, yet vulnerable and philosophical. He spoke of his trauma, of his hatred, of his envy, of his fears... He used his songs as an escape. He was becoming his own escape.

And his own prison. His family did not care about him, he was a shame, even. Aside from his old college friend, he never built strong friendships. They were all after him for fame and cash. He slept around, guys and gals, threesomes, foursomes... He did not care, anything for some genuine connection, even if it lasted for a very lazy and messy fifteen minutes in the trashy bathroom of a concert hall. Rumour had it he was a great lover, but he was so bad at loving.

Now it gets interesting...

Hall rapped alongsides Eminem, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott... The biggest pop stars were fighting just to get him to rap a line in their songs. Rihanna wishes he was the one singing Love the way you lie, does that give you an idea? He appeared on duets. He wrote more solo albums, sold them instantly. He never left the top of the billboard in weeks, months, if not years. It never really got to his head. He was still that sensitive boy writing about knights and princesses in his bedroom with walls covered by band posters. Fans did not care about this side of him, they loved him for his lyrics about snorting coke, drinking his pain away and fucking whoever wore the tiniest skirt around.

His latest album, Southpaw, was an even bigger hit. Pure filth. Pure gold. Imagine 13 tracks, Cardi’s and Megan’s WAP but reversed. He does not rap about how good he fucks people. He raps about how good they feel. That’s some real depth here, no pun intended.

You met him at one of his concerts. Your friend won VIP passes, so you were standing in the front and got to take a picture with him. You did not understand the hype around taking a photo with this guy, he just stood there and looked absolutely emotionless.

You hated rap, or perhaps you loved it. You did not care much for Jake, that was for sure. You thought he was just another lame rapper who thought he was the real deal because his lyrics were so explicit, even the clean versions made angels cry. The truth was, you did not know much a bout him. You found him too commercial, like he was scared of becoming irrelevant.

You saw right through him already.

But him? He already cared too much about you. You caught his attention as he rapped his songs. He could not take his eyes off you. You weighted heavy on his mind, caused him to stutter and forget lyricvs. Fans laughed, they said he was probably too drunk or too high too focus. Drunk in love, that’s what it was.

There was something about you. Maybe it was the Black Sabbath shirt you wore. Maybe it was the unimpressed look on your face. Maybe it was your plump lips he wanted to kiss. Maybe it was the sight of you laughing with your friend that made his heart skip a beat. Maybe it was the fact you treated him like a normal person even if you had not spoken to him first.

So, you met backstage.

Your friend was beaming from ear to ear, showering Jake in compliments.

“Did you enjoy the show?” Jake asked you.

“For someone who shows no emotion, sound dead inside and look like they wish they were doing anything but making dozens of thousands of dollars by singing a couple of semi mediocre tracks, yeah, it was not that horrible.”

He was up for a challenge.

You two exchanged insults like it was a boxing match. Each round was getting more and more intense. It was no longer insults, it was straight up flirting. You noticed when your bodies were so close you could smell the scent of watermelon chewing gum that escaped from his warm breath. You could hear the way his raced even faster than yours.

You were snapped out of this fantasy by his bodyguard, indicating other fans waited for him.

He remembered the name your friend called out, saying he needed to bring you home before something bad happened.

It was the most beautiful name he had ever heard.

He hung out around that concert hall for the next couple of days. At the bar nearby, at Starbucks, at McDonald’s, anything for the sake of seeing your face again.

And he did.

You were walking out of the record store with a vinyl of Heart squeezed under your arm. You looked so happy. You had paint stains all over your clothes. You were erasing the memories of a terrible relationship by decorating your tiny apartment, and you needed to set the right ambiance. You needed guidance, you found it in the strong minds of the ladies behind Heart, in Joan Jett, in Stevie Nicks. You found your silver lining in music.

Jake ran behind you, he pretended he was out jogging and he mysteriously bumped into you. He grabbed your vinyl before it could fall on the ground.

“Nice pick.”

“We finally agree on something.”

Another round of flirty insults...

... That ended in the two of you fucking like animals on the floor of your apartment.

And fucking on the couch the next day.

On the kitchen counter the morning after.

And finally, on the bed. That was a really special one. Jake was the first person to be on your bed since the departure of your ex. He could feel that you were not in the mood for a rough battle for dominance.

That night, he made love to you.

For, quite possibly, the first time in his life, he expressed his love directly to somebody. “Princess, baby girl, beautiful, gorgeous, amazing”, he showered you in compliments, and praises. The slow movement of his hips, the intense passion in his eyes and love in his heart spoke louder than the music you were playing in the background to set the mood.

You were not just another trophee to hang on the wall. You were special.

He was special too.

He bought you every record that reminded him of you. He bought you collector items of your favourite bands. From the silliest decoration to a new car to replace your crappy one, passing by tickets to exclusive and sold-out shows, Jake had never felt more famous in his life than when he was with you.

His fans noticed the change in his songs, in his lyrics. They were just as explicit, just as rotten and just as corrupted. However, they came from a place of light and love, not of darkness and rage.

He sang about how good your felt when you climaxed around him. How drenched he was whenever he made you squirt. How he loved to taste himnself on your lips. How he was full of love and of lust for you. How he would quit everything if it meant he would live a normal life, for once, and with you.

You inspired so many songs that became massive world-wide hits.

You travelled the world with him on tour. You helped him design his new merch and you wore his t-shirts with pride. You attended concerts in your freetime. You loved staying up all night, painting and drawing while he was writing about this mirage of a goddess, blessing his existence with a smile and a sparkle in her eyes.

He was addicted to you.

He was crazy for you.

And he went crazy on you.

for research purposes and not because i wasted my time hearing eminem talk about stuff i don’t understand so i could stare at jake’s thighs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_cKP4OjsA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whV5oQDvVWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqC9URTJIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5imXD1LPnwo

and finally, for good measure :

@gyll-yee-haw​ ily

[ritchieblackless]

[Ranking Of Cozy music eras]

Well, as many of you know, Cozy did A LOT of things with many musicians and playing different styles. He appeared on at least 66 albums and counting another session work, some hidden works (Like Supertision and Ballroom Blitz) in total is nearly 90 things that he did! (that's why it took me so long, I had to listen to all again) but always one era will be better than other so... at the request of @thespiritofvexation (and I wanted to because is a excellent idea) here are the ranking of Cozy music eras.

Note: I'll try to be objective about this but also you'll get my opinion.

9. Whitesnake.

(As you can notice, Cozy's solo album is there. I put it because is in same era. I did this with all Cozy's solo albums 'cause the poor boy didn't have the time to make a proper solo career... he didn't like that very much anyway.)

Well first thing I'll highlight about this work... is the fact that his drumming is plain, so plain... for being Cozy Powell. You know, Blues rhythm, one bass drum and tomb with a little bit of cymbal... plain. But it's alright because the album needed that type of drumming (Not pun intended of course) I'm just saying that his drumming is so plain because the songs (Blues/Hard Rock) needed that, otherwise, it would have sounded a bit Rainbow-ish. Remember that Cozy was so versatile. He had a strong style but if the song needed the opposite of his style, he was going to do it.

Whitesnake era for me is not his best but LIVE. He on stage was another story. He was amazing.

Songs with Cozy's signature: Hungry For Love.

A side from Whitesnake we have his solo album which is one of his best works. Octopuss was a successful album. We have his mix between classical music and his drumming which is mind blowing. Hard Rock tracks like The Rattler, Formula One (Good one, Cozy) and Princetown and one ballad (Because he liked... a true sweetheart.) Dartmoore.

8. Michael Schenker Group.

His work here is what I like to call "Angry Drumming"

He didn't get along with Michael Schenker so they were fighting everytime. So all he did in this only album with MSG he did it angry... that's why is so good. He was "in mourning" trying to get over Rainbow so he had no better idea that making his drumming sound Rainbow-ish (I can relate) taking advantage of the situation that MSG was a heavy rock band. Not Rainbow, but still. There are a lot of Cozy's fills and Cozy's arrangements on the songs too more than Whitesnake.

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Attack Of The Mad Axeman, But I Want More and Feeling Like A Good Thing (Live). 

Now, a side from MSG we have his second solo album. Tilt have jazz-fusion songs like Cat Moves. A  rock tracks too like The Blister and Hot Rock. And with some funky thing like The Right Side with another ballad (Because he is a sweetheart) Sunset. Tilt was an anti-commercial album with a nice success. Also, the album have two “Dark” songs which are Living In A Lie and Jekyll Hyde (Inspired of course in Mr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde... Cozy’s favourite book... such a nerdy.)

7. Brian May Band.

We know how important Cozy was for Brian May’s solo career and Brian himself... (But I’ll not going to talk about this now, because I’m focused only on his drumming.)

Basically Brian told him “Be yourself, I don’t need a type of drumming” So that is what you listen when you listen those three albums... a free, happy Cozy. So powerful as always and creative. Of course Cozy had to be powerful because he was trying to cheer Brian up (He is so sweet). Believe me when I say that this is his best work in his last days! Its amazing the heavy-hand that he still had. For moments you think that you are listening Rainbow by the power of his drumming and the songs are completely stunning. 

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Cyborg, The Guv’nor, Resurrection, Rollin’ Over.

Now, his solo album. The Drums Are Back was not a successful album with bad reviews saying that Cozy was recycling himself. I personally don’t think Cozy was recycling himself, I just think that he had his own way to do songs and make albums.In spite the bad critics and no success, the album was top ten in Japan.. HA! The Drums Are Back have really groovy songs like The Drums Are Back, Legend Of The Glass Mountain (He really never got over Rainbow..). Rock songs like The Rocket and Ride To Win. And three ballads (Because he is a sweet-... well you get it) Battle Hymn, Cryin’ and Somewhere In Time.

6. Peter Green Splinter Group. 

This album is a proof of Cozy’s versatility and still young drumming. 

He and Peter Green got along really well so their chemistry was reflected in the music and live performances (Unfortunately a very few with Cozy) Yeah, the whole album is basically blues, okay? But the thing is that Cozy, no matter how slow the blues was, he would let you know that was him playing the drums.And I need to say that: HE PLAYED BLACK MAGIC WOMAN WONDERFULLY... (just that, back to the point). 

Peter didn't tell him how to play drums in Fleetwooc Mac’s songs, Cozy just did it and he did it fantastic. Also, his drumming sounded so young, so strong and with presence. Its mind blowing really because you don’t expect Cozy at the age of 50 playing strongly but he actually did. He did his drum roll thing with just one bass drum, he was still so noisy as always (I’m so sorry just this era puts me soft)  

Songs with Cozy’s signature:Homework, Going Down. 

And his solo-... oh... right... *Runs to bathroom to cry*

5. 80s Work.

 Well, time to time (For not saying always) Cozy liked to participate in his friends’s albums when he had a little free time with the band that he was in at the time. I did this 80s work section here because I cant believe that amount of things that he did while he was playing in other bands (I mean, u r for real?)...I put the most popular ones but out there are a lot of unknown Cozy works in the 80s with several bands. I just felt that his 80s works deserved a position in the ranking. This is another proof of his versatility but, with a little of his style of course. 

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Tender Babes by Jon Lord, Night Games by Graham Bonnet, Slow Dancer by Rober Plant, Believe by Tom Galley (Phenomena) Shakey Ground by Bernie Marsden, Running from The Storm by Gary Moore and well.. ETC (and many many etcs)

4. Black Sabbath

This is when Cozy turns his “Beast Mode” on.

I don’t know why, maybe because he knew what Black Sabbath was (Tony: Join my emo band.... Cozy: okay) and what it needed..? because that is his normal drumming..? (I'm sure that is his normal drumming.) But he literally blows your mind in every- fucking *wheezes* song. The three Black Sabbath albums are filled with unexpected Cozy's fills (No matter how many times you've listened to those albums, he is unexpected.) His beat is very heavy and very exact too. He was a fan of Bill Ward so I'll be not surprised if he tried to get that heaviness! (I mean, Cozy has his own heaviness but what I'm saying is that maybe Cozy wanted to make a proper Black Sabbath sound) 

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Headless Cross, The Call Of The Wild. Basically all TYR and talk about Forbidden is forbidden... (I’m joking. Is a good album too)

3.Jeff Beck/ RAK 

Well, for start I put them together because when Jeff Beck Group disbanded, the following year he signed a contract with Micky Most and RAK. So, he was a secessionist, a well-known secessionist. He was in the circle for someone who needed a powerful-jazzy style. It’s like the 80s works really (omg Cozy get a grip). He was a really demanded drummer, everyone wanted him and he eventually worked with everyone. He had a very well-known beat by that time, you easily can tell was Cozy but he also had to be more open to the different styles that he was asked to play (Basically he can’t play like him all the time). He also had some discredited stuff, like Ballroom Blitz by The Sweet (It’s so obvious) and Superstition by Steve Wonder (I know, I know that it says Stevie played everything BUT NOT IN THIS CASE DON’T BELIEVE HIM. What you hear in the song is Cozy playing.) and more like some Suzi Quatro’s songs.

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Ballroom Blitz, Superstition, Cosmic Wheels, Band Of The Salvation Army Band by Tony Ashton and Jon Lord.

Now his solo stuff: Here comes his baby, his household, his precious treasure, his (okay you get it) Dance With The Devil single. It’s a friendly instrumental which they did for a laugh but it became seriously successful... (Yes, they didn’t mean to do it but they did) Micky Most ask to Cozy if he wanted to be a single and Cozy said yes thinking that it was not going to be a big deal but *BUM* 1 Million of copies sold (Literally Cozy stayed at home two days laying looking at the ceiling because he can’t believe it) Of course they did the Dance with the devil part 2 which is Man In Black but it didn't work as well as the first one.They did Cozy Powell’s Hammer but it was kinda a fail too although the band had several tour dates. 

This is when Cozy met his lost brother (okay no) This is when Cozy tried his best to play good jazz but instead came up this.. jazz fusion-rock-weird thing. So the thing here was: Jeff didn't know how to explain Cozy what the wanted him to play and Cozy was getting mad about it (Jeff: You can do ta.. tatada tss, ts ts ta da ta... Cozy: Honestly Jeff wtf?) so he did what he thought was better for the record and Ta-Da! Rough And Ready was born. Cozy’s drumming is a bit lighter and he uses a lot the cymbals for a swing-jazz rhythm.  

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Going Down, Ice Cream Cakes, Situation, Short Business.

2. Rainbow.

(Omg Martina are you fcking crazy????) Yes I didn’t put Rainbow in the first place...A new hope for Cozy (This sounds like Star Wars movie or something)

Okay, this is one of his best eras because he was all recovered of his disappointment in music business in 1975. He literally gave up with music (poor babe) until Ritchie called him (Ritchie: Join my emo band... Cozy: okay) . He was ready and decided to show that he wasn't a poor drummer... and he did.He played all his tricks, he was so unpredictable and powerful. He actually was lead drummer (I’m not sure if that exists) He didn't played with the bass like a normal rhythm section, he played with Ritchie. Cozy live with Rainbow was so unbelievable, like the unexpected fill in Catch The Rainbow, Man On The Silver Mountain... To be honest, the first Rainbow album sounds so plain without Cozy, it’s like.. something is missing (Basically Cozy changed the band). His beat is so heavy, strong and incredible.Also his 1812 Overture which is just mind blowing. He was a happy Cozy in Rainbow, that’s why he played so brilliantly (and he was Ritchie’s goal friend... what is better than that?) Cozy did an amazing job in Rainbow... (No words...)

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Stargazer, Run with the Wolf, Mistreated (Live), Lost In Hollywood, Eyes Of The World, Gates Of Babylon, Light In The Black, All Night Long and.. all.(Literally all)

Now, his first solo work: Basically he had nostalgia for Hammer and the press still had bad relationship with Cozy saying things like “He is just Dance With The Devil and nothing more” so Cozy want to make an album so fantastic to shut them up. He called to his friends and all was ready... but they needed a bassist so Cozy took his chance and asked Jack Bruce if he can play in his album (Cozy was such a Cream/Jack fanboy.. he was almost his male crush lol.) Fortunately for Cozy, Jack said yes and they recorded it. The album had a fantastic success, extremely high success. The album had fantastic songs like Theme One (Courtesy of George Martin), The Killer, El Sid, Heidi Goes To Town and one sweet ballad (Sweetheart) The Loner (Dedicated to Jeff Beck... That is actually very cute). 

1. ELPowell

(ARE YOU JOKING?????) No, i’m not joking and i’ll tell you why. Also this is when Cozy became a prog nerd. 

The only one reason that I chose ELPowell as best Cozy music era instead of Rainbow... it’s because he stepped out of his Comfort Zone. This is the REAL proof of Cozy’s versatility. He did amazing things in Rainbow yes but in the end was rock and roll... This is different, this is progressive rock (I don’t really care about Progressive people’s discussion about 80s progressive rock... I’m talking only about Cozy) and Cozy didn’t know a THING about progressive and he still did it amazing. Of course, he took what Carl did and he simplified it to carry it to what he can do... and he did it very well. He had to learn all the ELP’s songs studying them (That’s when he accidentally listened to all elp discography and some Genesis, Yes and well... he became a nerd) He started to experiment with new percussion instruments that Carl used before.. (Like those bells that you hit them with a little hammer... no? okay) He became a KONG BOY too. He literally learned a whole new drumming style but of course with his Cozy sound. Tarkus played by Cozy is amazing, and when he is doing the Congas in From The Beginning kills me every time (That tank tee and those muscles...) and those drum solos...(Damn) they are really something else. And this is the same case of Rainbow.. he was recovering from his disappointment in Whitesnake so he was so enthusiastic about playing with Keith and Greg.  

Songs with Cozy’s signature: Touch and Go, The Score, Mars the Bringer of War. 

THIS IS THE END... GOD this took me an eternity and I explained so much i’m so sorry this is not going to happen again. This is the first and the last time that I’ll make a large post! (For my own mental health) This is so large, I didn’t mean to, sorry! Nobody will read it to the end but I don’t care... and if you do thanks very much this costed me two nights <3 (And sorry if there are any grammar errors) 

[freddie-moments]

Hey Kathrin! This is super cool, I have so many! I hope you're having a fantastic day!!Black Sabbath, Barenaked Ladies, Honeymoon Suite and do you know this little band called Queen? Hehehe!! 💛💛💛

<3 thanks for sending them my dear! I had a great day, hope yours were also good :)

Black Sabbath

Do I know them already?: yes | no -> I know them by name, but not really their music

If I don’t know them:

First song youtube took me to: Paranoid - surpise! I know the song :D

First Impression: aaah, Ozzy's band, right? looks cool (I've seen a record from 1970)

Do I like it?: oh yes, this song is really cool

Would I listen to more from them?: I don't know, it's not my favourite but I will check some other songs :)

Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Barenaked Ladies

Do I know them already?: yes | no

If I don’t know them:

First song youtube took me to: Theme song of "The Big Bang Theory" :D

First Impression: they seems to be fun!

Do I like it?: I now listen to It's all been done and I really like the song!

Would I listen to more from them?: oh yes! they have a great style!

Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Honeymoon Suite

Do I know them already?: yes | no

If I don’t know them:

First song youtube took me to: Love changes everything

First Impression: long haired men playing rock :)

Do I like it?: I tried, but I don't get into it, sorry :/

Would I listen to more from them?: no

Rate (from what I heard): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Queen

Do I know them already?: yes | no

If I know them:

Favourite Song: as if I could choose only one song .... Under Pressure, Don't stop me now, It's a hard life, Somebody to love, Nevermore...

Least Favourite Song: not really, but The Invisible Man

Favourite Album: The Game <3

Least Favourite Album: maybe Flash Gordon, but I haven't give it already a try

Song that got me into them: hmm... it was the movie ... but if I should choose a song I would say Somebody to love (because it was the opening song of the movie <3)

Seen Live?: no :(

Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10!!!!

Big music ask game

[voughtcorsair]

do you have any music recs o.O

AAAAAA another late response but yes i do !! first of all ->

velvet goldmine soundtrack - obviously you should watch the movie first BUT its a very nice intro to all things glam....i love roxy & t rex in particular, slowly working on getting into the new york dolls :0) 

high powered explosive - ok im biased i know this is my own killjoys playlist. BUT it has a lot of the influences for danger days and a lot of my own personal musical stylings that u might enjoy....the vast majority of it is punk/classic/glam/alt rock with a few funky pop songs thrown in for fun! i update it fairly often (adding/removing songs, messing with the order, etc) so check back every couple weeks <3 ... also its meant to sort of follow the album’s story but i got sick of listening to dd/cw bc thats all spotify would play so i took most of those out JHFSDKJFHSDFJS

mychem newbie version - ideal for getting ur pop/indie friend into mychem, it has a lot of the softer songs + some of the greatest hits <3 

placebo intro playlist - placebo’s greatest hits + most epic covers + some of my personal faves.....their music is a lot more diverse than this but i tried to keep it to similar-ish energies and more popular songs bc those r easier to get into! i highly recommend em AND brian molko + stefan olsdal r openly bi & gay respectively. 

transvision vamp intro playlist - if u like joan jett, blondie, & the bangles u will love transvision vamp i promise....umm wendy james is really pretty <3 hiiiiiiii. anyways!!! theyre a smaller punk-y pop group that was around in the late 80s/early 90s and they just have rly good vibes idk what to say!!!!

jobriath intro playlist - ok i did find it genuinely interesting that theres not a jobriath song on the vg soundtrack unless im TOTALLY misremembering something? ANYWAYS he was the first openly gay rockstar and he sings a lot abt like.....space n stuff. a lot of ppl say hes a bowie ripoff but i do think a lot of his stuff is a little bit more on the psychedelic side, anyways i digress but his story was very tragic and i cried after reading his wikipedia page :( 

recs that aren’t playlists: misfits, smashing pumpkins, t rex, joan jett and the blackhearts, the runaways, r.e.m., roxy music, dead kennedys, the clash, blue oyster cult, dio, black sabbath, cheap trick, smashing pumpkins, nirvana, pearl jam, heart, bad religion, social distortion, operation ivy, x ray spex, the troggs, the stooges, cake, cyndi lauper, ramones, sweet, creedence clearwater revival, eagles, johnny cash, dolly parton, green day, styx, the damned, against me!, talking heads....

umm i think thats all i can remember off the top of my head lol. none of them are super small artists or very new recs but i havent had a lot of time to really explore genres past very surface level due to . time constraints and mental illness but i hope you can find at least one cool band in there!!! i love you and thank you for asking <3

uhhhmm also last general disclaimer. i’m aware that some of these artists aren’t great people but theyre either dead / idk what’s happened / their financial gain from spotify is insignificant and/or i pirate their stuff. if i’ve linked an intro playlist about them, i havent been able to find anything bad or shady that they’ve done.....cannot vouch for anyone else tho & i am always open to being informed of stuff.