What are you listening to now?

Spork said:
I hate how many bands I've loved have disappeared, especially those that didn't put out a ton of content to begin with. Definitely some from the 90's. I loved Electric Hellfire Club, and they did put out quite a few albums, but years of silence...and now I hear they are doing ONE SHOW in Tampa in December...and I'm wondering if it's way too risky to book a flight. Be my luck I'd plan to go down there, and they'd cancel it.

Also there was a little Cincinnati area band called Hogscraper that I LOVED in the 90's. Only one CD but there were rumors of another, that never (to the best of my knowledge) bore fruit. They were so much fun...*sigh*...

I've reached that sad point where nothing new sounds good to me anymore. I'm only 37. How am I going to get through the rest of my life if new music keeps sucking so much?
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I am more of an 80s metal girl. When I say 80s metal, I am not talking about hair metal. I hate hair metal. For me when I say 80s metal, it's bands like Omen, Manilla Road, Possessed, Venom, Bathory, Running Wild, Kreator, Tankard, etc. These bands are also my influence as a drummer. While it can be hard for many to get into newer bands, there are still some good ones out there. It just takes a little bit of patience that is all. I am in my late 40s and have been listening to metal since the early 80s. While it's nice to be there for what many call metal's glory years, it still doesn't mean that there are not newer bands still out there kicking ass, because there are so many amazing newer bands putting out great records and live performances.
 
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NortheastPoly said:
I am more of an 80s metal girl. When I say 80s metal, I am not talking about hair metal. I hate hair metal. For me when I say 80s metal, it's bands like Omen, Manilla Road, Possessed, Venom, Bathory, Running Wild, Kreator, Tankard, etc. These bands are also my influence as a drummer. While it can be hard for many to get into newer bands, there are still some good ones out there. It just takes a little bit of patience that is all. I am in my late 40s and have been listening to metal since the early 80s. While it's nice to be there for what many call metal's glory years, it still doesn't mean that there are not newer bands still out there kicking ass, because there are so many amazing newer bands putting out great records and live performances.
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I'm not really much of a metalhead. I love GWAR, and there were a few others in the 90's that I was into, but actually there is no one genre that really defines my taste, unless it's the broader category of "rock."

And even then...

I'm passionate about:
-All things GWAR and side projects.
-March Fourth Marching Band
-Voltaire (gothy singer guy)

And after that, it's all over the place. Classic rock (The Doors, Stones, Led Zep, Creedence) to wacky pop like the B52's and Talking Heads, the Clash and Men At Work and Men Without Hats...lots of that kind of stuff...my old goth and techno and industrial selections, lots of 90's alternative from Primus to Stone Temple Pilots, a number of themes from TV, movies, and musicals, classical and jazz, and oh...a bit of metal, a kick of punk, and a pinch of disco.

At this very moment, I think my favorite song is still The Safety Dance. A few months ago, it was Lust for Life.

I love big happy silly energy in my music, the best. Oh, and performance artists who have a spectrum of kinds of talent really impress me, especially if they are willing to be friends with me personally, which is probably behind my higher levels of support for the three I named in particular above.

At this very moment, I am listening to "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, because it's stuck in my head. They played it the other night at the bar where I was shooting pool and it keeps lurking back into my brain...
 
Pharrell Williams -- Happy (this one made me smile on a shitty day)
Lionel Richie -- Easy (like Sunday morning)
 
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Spork said:
I'm not really much of a metalhead. I love GWAR, and there were a few others in the 90's that I was into, but actually there is no one genre that really defines my taste, unless it's the broader category of "rock."

And even then...

I'm passionate about:
-All things GWAR and side projects.
-March Fourth Marching Band
-Voltaire (gothy singer guy)

And after that, it's all over the place. Classic rock (The Doors, Stones, Led Zep, Creedence) to wacky pop like the B52's and Talking Heads, the Clash and Men At Work and Men Without Hats...lots of that kind of stuff...my old goth and techno and industrial selections, lots of 90's alternative from Primus to Stone Temple Pilots, a number of themes from TV, movies, and musicals, classical and jazz, and oh...a bit of metal, a kick of punk, and a pinch of disco.

At this very moment, I think my favorite song is still The Safety Dance. A few months ago, it was Lust for Life.

I love big happy silly energy in my music, the best. Oh, and performance artists who have a spectrum of kinds of talent really impress me, especially if they are willing to be friends with me personally, which is probably behind my higher levels of support for the three I named in particular above.

At this very moment, I am listening to "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, because it's stuck in my head. They played it the other night at the bar where I was shooting pool and it keeps lurking back into my brain...
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Gwar is a fun band. If you have never seen them live, do so, but wear something you don't mind getting dirty. They shoot all kinds of blood, slime and other substances into the crowd. It's a fun show. A lot of the side projects I can take or leave. X-Cops was the best though in my opinion.

Chris and Amanda are more all over the place than I am. They will go from something like Overkill to something like John Cougar. At times it can drive me crazy, because I like consistency. Some of the non metal stuff they listen to is okay, but a lot of it makes me roll my eyes. I can be open minded about music, but when they are going from one thing to another with no tie in, it sometimes gives me a headache. When they play Kiss and other hair metal, that is when I get the most irritated. I've always hated Kiss. Their songs are crap. My band wants to cover Kiss songs, but I always veto it. But that is somewhat of a rule in my band. If one member vetoes a cover, we don't do it. I always veto Kiss. Megadeth is another veto of mine too, as well as Metallica.
 
NortheastPoly said:
Gwar is a fun band. If you have never seen them live, do so, but wear something you don't mind getting dirty. They shoot all kinds of blood, slime and other substances into the crowd. It's a fun show. A lot of the side projects I can take or leave. X-Cops was the best though in my opinion.

Chris and Amanda are more all over the place than I am. They will go from something like Overkill to something like John Cougar. At times it can drive me crazy, because I like consistency. Some of the non metal stuff they listen to is okay, but a lot of it makes me roll my eyes. I can be open minded about music, but when they are going from one thing to another with no tie in, it sometimes gives me a headache. When they play Kiss and other hair metal, that is when I get the most irritated. I've always hated Kiss. Their songs are crap. My band wants to cover Kiss songs, but I always veto it. But that is somewhat of a rule in my band. If one member vetoes a cover, we don't do it. I always veto Kiss. Megadeth is another veto of mine too, as well as Metallica.
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Have seen GWAR 35 times in 12 states. The fluids they shoot aren't that unmentionable anymore. They used to put weird stuff like egg noodles, or coffee creamer, or other more unmentionable substances into it, but now they've streamlined things to the point where it's pretty standard powdered food coloring in water. I'm not even sure if they still use carrageenan, but they might. I know that was one of the better additives they had discovered over the years.

I have a bunch of stained shirts. Several of them are signed. GWAR is an easy band to get to be friends with, and I've been friends with them for about the last 8-9 years or so. They are good people, very real, very DIY punk rock ethics behind what they do. In fact I'd argue that no matter what they sound like at any time, they're more punk at heart, than metal.

I saw the X-Cops set at GBQ 2013. I wasn't that into them before that. I've got a metal badge and a couple of t-shirts in my collection though. The live performance of "Barbells" with Brad Roberts doing vocals was especially great, whatever anyone thinks of him personally, he does well with vocals. Though I am always harping on them to get Derks to sing more, because Mr. Awkward Silence is actually a great singer, too.

All that said, my favorite side project is the one I never did get to see live and now I never will. DBX. May my friend and favorite assclown of all time rock in peace... :(
 
Mannheim Steamroller -- Amber (from Fresh Aire III)
 
Somebody is on a serious Mannheim Steamroller kick! :)

One of the projects I worked on for "me time" this weekend was to rip CD's. I have stacks and stacks of them and I don't use them for listening anymore, I go for the MP3's, even in the car I use a thumb drive. So I needed to digitize my collection.

What is super fun about this, is digging into music I have loved in years past but not visited in a while. And on that note, OMG MOBY! I forgot how much I love Moby!!

I have a fantasy in my mind, one day I will be in a cool loft apartment, the kind that is the second floor above a business in a city, in an old brick building, and I'll have the front windows open and Moby playing and there will be rain falling outside, and I'll be working on art.

One day.

It's gonna be GREAT.

In my head at the moment, the Moby song: "Natural Blues." It's freaking beautiful.
 
I'm usually not listening to music when I'm on here, but I pretty much ALWAYS have a song in my head. And it's...well, it's like I'm listening to it. Sort of.

Today, it's "A Beautiful Day" by U2.

Yes, the GWAR fan likes U2. A fun fact, as well, the singer of GWAR who died a couple of years ago, founding member Dave Brockie, was a HUGE U2 fan. In fact the last time I saw him alive in person, we shared a hotel room one night when the bus broke down in Albuquerque (no, we did not get frisky, I was married and we were friends--he just didn't want to crash with his bandmates)...and he showered in my bathroom and I was out in the room hearing him sing along to the U2 song, "No Line on the Horizon." That, and not a GWAR song, was the last song I was ever to hear him sing in person.
 
Cool that you knew the guy.
 
kdt26417 said:
Cool that you knew the guy.
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It was cool to know him...though not THAT special, 'cause he was really outgoing and he knew about a bajillion of the fans. He treated people really well. I sometimes think he gave too much of himself, and it contributed to him eventually messing around with the hard drugs again and OD'ing on 'em. But he'd been going through some hard times, anyways.

The guy doing vocals now is really nice, too. And smart as all get-out, he was a college professor actually. I'm not sure I'd be so obsessed with GWAR if I hadn't gotten to know them as such great dudes and just really want to support their work, y'know?
 
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