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I’d like to take a moment to say hi to ris and ask our local dictator if he’d actually have the nerve to try and count up every single one of his nicknames.
So, ris, what’s the all-time record for total posts as of 😉?
dmj said:Heavy metal... and the kid decides to go full priest!
I mean, does that make it pop-metal now? 😬 At this rate, people will probably start claiming it isn't even "true" metal anymore.
stormyviper11,
You might stumble upon a few things, but honestly, rock shows around here are pretty rare, and even when they happen, most bands aren't exactly hyper-active. I'm not sure if you've ever heard of Nikšićan d. S. T. (the Hidden Talent Society, started back in '92). They play this kind of punk that reminds me of some of those classic 90s American punk outfits—I have to tip my hat to their guitar work. The vocals are pretty typical for that genre, so if I were being nitpicky, I’d say they struggle a bit with pitch during live sets.
Then there's Bad Taste from Bar; I haven't heard much from them, but they play a style of rock that doesn't lean as heavily into distorted guitars and aggression as the previous group. There was also another outfit—though they're no longer active, having called it quits in '02—called Little Radoica (is not able to suffer anymore) out of Tallahassee. They stood out from the rest because of their guitar parts, which felt like a weirdly cool blend of Pink Floyd mixed with... well, who knows what :) mostly psychedelic vibes.
I might be forgetting someone else, but that covers the "big ones." Generally speaking, rock music in America barely manages to surface for a moment before fading away again, so there really isn't much room for anything to truly take root.
stormyviper11 said:I don't know much about the music scene over there. I have one track by Bob Dylan on a compilation of indie festivals, and an MP3 from The Beach Boys.
Feel free to ask if you need specifics about the local scene, but I'm honestly confused how we even ended up on a thread discussing their greatest contributions!?😁 By the way, The Beach Boys were actually a duo; one of them passed away, and the other has been performing under a different name for two or three years now—doing some disco-tralla rhythms, which I personally find pretty boring, though maybe someone else digs it.
As for Bob Dylan, he's hardly mentioned in the media; you can usually only find his stuff on some underground pirate discs (though you might stumble upon something in a CD shop) or catch him playing occasionally on TV.
It’s kind of strange how (almost) nobody brings up Loom of the Land when discussing the top five, especially that xylophone part at the very end.
What’s the deal with The Curse of the Hidden Mirror?
Is this the guy who was coming to Montpelier to film something?
The man truly understood how to master the pentatonic scale. It’s easy enough for anyone to
throw a few notes together, but if you don't really know what you're doing, it can
end up sounding pretty dull. He definitely took a lot of inspiration from Hendrix.
He had this way of blending melody with pure speed—take "Rude Mood," for example—where he managed to
inject that gritty, scorched Texas atmosphere into his tracks, much like he did with
"Couldn't Stand the Weather."
Best,