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Post by cypher on May 2, 2020 3:27:35 GMT
Mott The Hoople - Thunderbuck Ram
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Post by cypher on May 2, 2020 3:54:37 GMT
Bang - Our Home
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Post by Ass_E9 on May 3, 2020 3:31:20 GMT
"All Night Long" - Rainbow
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Post by cypher on May 3, 2020 14:18:58 GMT
Three Man Army - Butter Queen
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 6, 2020 15:39:57 GMT
Okey, maybe not proto or early, but damn some of the stuff Scorpions put out was some heavy and very impressive things, I think this brilliant instrumental from their Lovedrive (1979) might just be my favorite.
Gotta love that sleazy albumcover though, reminds of the all those classic 80s sci-fi body-horror movies.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 7, 2020 13:50:16 GMT
I guess the King Crimson lineup from around 1973-74 that consisted mostly of Fripp, Wetton and Bruford during the Red era should fit right in here, or at least so I think.
Anyway, a fantastic record that still holds up, as it sounds as heavy as ever, and I sure love all those evil and dark guitar riffs of Robert, Wetton's fat and "groovy" basslines, and of course Bruford's sharp and precise drumming, which all just "crashes" into a complete monster of an album.
I am not sure why I posted One More Red Nightmare, instead of any of the other album cuts, but to my "shock", Robert Fripp has actually not deleted this newly uploaded video yet, so I hope that is stays like that, at least for a bit more longer.
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Post by NJtoTX on May 7, 2020 13:53:20 GMT
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Post by cypher on May 7, 2020 14:36:38 GMT
Wild Turkey - Battle Hymn
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Post by NJtoTX on May 7, 2020 14:44:37 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on May 7, 2020 15:42:12 GMT
The Beatles' Birthday, Helter Skelter, I Want You (She's So Heavy) certainly had that hard chording. Of course the first two were cut in 1969.
Lennon once said that Ticket To Ride had that sound.
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Post by cypher on May 11, 2020 0:49:14 GMT
Stone Axe - Slave of Fear
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 11, 2020 21:04:48 GMT
Wow,  where do all these King Crimson videos coming from? Have Robert Fripp somehow been notified that they are been uploaded? Incredible, I have almost been looking for so many of these classics, week in and out, over many years but almost given up hope, yet here they all are, in great sound quality and even put out by the official King Crimson channel as well. Well, I guess the big question is just how long they will "survive".  Anyway, the first one, or one of the first "songs" I thought of when I saw this fine thread, was the sheer brutality and hard hitting guitar riff that is of the final album closer Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II and I love how it just relentlessly goes to work right away, builds up, then slows it down and just keep on going, all before it explodes into this monstrous riff by Fripp at 03:41, and well, damn that sounds so deliciously evil, even the violin just works so well. Might just be one of the best instrumentals, ever made in my humble opinion that is. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II (1973) |
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Post by maxwellperfect on May 12, 2020 1:17:39 GMT
Jerusalem
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Post by cypher on May 12, 2020 15:20:39 GMT
Bloodwyn Pig - See My Way
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Post by maxwellperfect on May 12, 2020 16:34:05 GMT
Incredible Hog
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Post by cypher on May 12, 2020 18:18:41 GMT
Groundhogs - Cherry Red
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Post by cypher on May 14, 2020 20:12:33 GMT
Randy Holden - Fruit & Iceburgers
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on May 15, 2020 1:58:52 GMT
Wow, where do all these King Crimson videos coming from? Have Robert Fripp somehow been notified that they are been uploaded? Yes. Much like Tool, King Crimson are recent converts to uploading their catalog onto YouTube. Thank Rob for that! For years it's been almost impossible to really recommend KC to people because you couldn't post any sample tracks. Larks' Tongues in Aspic is probably my second favorite KC behind their debut. Such an ingenious album that sounded like nothing else out there at the time, and had this truly bizarre mix of hard rock/metal, modern classical, jazz, and world music. Part 1 of the title track may be my favorite thing from them: That riff that hits at 3:44 is just devastating. Listening to that at reference volume in surround sound feels like apocalypse crashing into your living room. But the entire track is just such a journey through such a diverse range of soundscapes, tones, and moods. King Crimson always had an almost unparalleled ability to sound genuinely menacingly, probably because of how weird they allowed themselves to get. On tracks like the above there's almost something innocent and comical about how it starts, but then it slowly builds tension and when that riff drops it's scary... kinda like that scene in Jurassic Park with the Dilophosaurus that looks all cute and sweet at first until it unfurls its cowl and starts hissing.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 15, 2020 9:27:19 GMT
That riff that hits at 3:44 is just devastating. Listening to that at reference volume in surround sound feels like apocalypse crashing into your living room. But the entire track is just such a journey through such a diverse range of soundscapes, tones, and moods. King Crimson always had an almost unparalleled ability to sound genuinely menacingly, probably because of how weird they allowed themselves to get. On tracks like the above there's almost something innocent and comical about how it starts, but then it slowly builds tension and when that riff drops it's scary... kinda like that scene in Jurassic Park with the Dilophosaurus that looks all cute and sweet at first until it unfurls its cowl and starts hissing. I went in, back in 2006 or early 07, not knowing anything else of the sound of that record, beside maybe a 30 seconds sound sample from Amazon, Oh yeah, that was not a "great" way of trying to "prepare" yourself for, well as you put it so well, devastating and crushing power of when Fripp and company hits full force, as the Amazon sample, only contained the relaxing and upbuilding parts. For me, that was quite the shock, as I had pretty much finally gotten to "ease up" to stuff like Islands which I really enjoyed, but to go from that to what came up next, was, I guess just why I love the band so much, you never get what you "expect", and they would just continue on in that manner, ever since. Speaking of Tool, I remember reading some interviews or reviews from a Prog magazine special, back when I began to really grow an interest of that music genre, and I think King Crimson toured with them in the late 90s or early 00s, and I guess some of the audience expected much heavier stuff when Crimson came on, and I think Fripp just took the absolute piss out of them, by instead going for something far more relaxing and calming, and from what I remember I guess it did not sit well with the audience who began to throw shit at the stage and so on, but then I think some of the Tool members came on stage, and told those "booers" where to go with their disrespectful behaviour, also that if it were not for bands such as King Crimson, Tool would not have existed. However, I think also it was mentioned that the next time Crimson played before Tool came on stage, the audience where now kind of "expecting" these "old" guys to continue on playing relaxing "elevator" music, but suddenly Fripp and the gang just burst out these sheer brutal stuff, that even Tool did not manage to compete with later on, and it was said it left much of the audience stunned. I guess that is classic Robert Fripp for you right there. I would have loved to seen some of those video clips.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on May 15, 2020 23:32:17 GMT
That riff that hits at 3:44 is just devastating. Listening to that at reference volume in surround sound feels like apocalypse crashing into your living room. But the entire track is just such a journey through such a diverse range of soundscapes, tones, and moods. King Crimson always had an almost unparalleled ability to sound genuinely menacingly, probably because of how weird they allowed themselves to get. On tracks like the above there's almost something innocent and comical about how it starts, but then it slowly builds tension and when that riff drops it's scary... kinda like that scene in Jurassic Park with the Dilophosaurus that looks all cute and sweet at first until it unfurls its cowl and starts hissing. I went in, back in 2006 or early 07, not knowing anything else of the sound of that record, beside maybe a 30 seconds sound sample from Amazon, Oh yeah, that was not a "great" way of trying to "prepare" yourself for, well as you put it so well, devastating and crushing power of when Fripp and company hits full force, as the Amazon sample, only contained the relaxing and upbuilding parts. For me, that was quite the shock, as I had pretty much finally gotten to "ease up" to stuff like Islands which I really enjoyed, but to go from that to what came up next, was, I guess just why I love the band so much, you never get what you "expect", and they would just continue on in that manner, ever since. Speaking of Tool, I remember reading some interviews or reviews from a Prog magazine special, back when I began to really grow an interest of that music genre, and I think King Crimson toured with them in the late 90s or early 00s, and I guess some of the audience expected much heavier stuff when Crimson came on, and I think Fripp just took the absolute piss out of them, by instead going for something far more relaxing and calming, and from what I remember I guess it did not sit well with the audience who began to throw shit at the stage and so on, but then I think some of the Tool members came on stage, and told those "booers" where to go with their disrespectful behaviour, also that if it were not for bands such as King Crimson, Tool would not have existed. However, I think also it was mentioned that the next time Crimson played before Tool came on stage, the audience where now kind of "expecting" these "old" guys to continue on playing relaxing "elevator" music, but suddenly Fripp and the gang just burst out these sheer brutal stuff, that even Tool did not manage to compete with later on, and it was said it left much of the audience stunned. I guess that is classic Robert Fripp for you right there. I would have loved to seen some of those video clips. KC is really one of those bands that somehow managed to incorporate influences from each era in which they made music but always managed to sound like nobody but themselves. So late 60s it was psychedelic prog rock, but they sound nothing like The Beatles or Pink Floyd or Jimi Hendrix; then in the 70s it was hard rock/metal, but they sounded nothing like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, or Deep Purple; then in the 80s it was post-punk/new wave, but they sounded nothing like Talking Heads, Joy Division, or Devo; in the 90s it's alternative rock, but they sound nothing like Tool, or Pearl Jam, or Soundgarden... and on it goes. Another really cool thing about about that Larks' Tongues track is that little funky, almost samba section in the middle, that sounds almost like the funk-jazz fusion that Miles Davis had just started with On the Corner, but nobody else was doing; but even Miles wasn't doing heavy metal, or those long stretches of eerie ambiance like with the outro. It's truly Sui generis. Interesting story about KC opening for Tool. I knew they had toured together but I'd never heard any stories about how the shows went. Tool has always invited pretty unique and diverse opening acts for them (The Killing Joke is who they had the last time I saw them, which is another band that don't sound much like Tool). I can imagine a Tool audience not being much into KC, and I can also imagine MJK (especially) berating the audience for not liking them. I can also imagine KC turning around and bringing the brootz the next time they played! I do know that when asked about Tool, Robert Fripp said he didn't hear much influence from KC in their music, but that Tool had definitely influenced them. You can definitely hear that influence in how complex and polyrhythmic KC's drumming got on THRAK and the albums that came after. The fact that KC's current touring lineup still has 3 drummers might say something about how amazing Danny Carey is too! LOL
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