For those about to chat...

xerces

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Just finished through Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'

Really interesting book with bucket loads of info . I read it alongside watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos Series not so long ago.

Malice

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I completely forgot that I used to be a mod here.

You did? That must have been before my time. Did that pre-date Mr. Hungus?

slavetothegrind

How is mr Hungus and his nice guitar and amp collection? Putting them to good use I hope!

dr.bollocko

Malice wrote: »

You did? That must have been before my time. Did that pre-date Mr. Hungus?

No he brought me in here.

It was a nice way of telling me to shove my classic rock forum idea up me hole.

Malice

slavetothegrind wrote: »

How is mr Hungus and his nice guitar and amp collection? Putting them to good use I hope!

Yep although there was a smidgen of jealousy when I visited a couple of months ago to demonstrate my new 8 string guitar .

dr.bollocko wrote:

It was a nice way of telling me to shove my classic rock forum idea up me hole.

:eek:

dr.bollocko

8 string guitar?

That's not a guitar. It's either two basses or half a harp surely.

Malice

dr.bollocko wrote: »

8 string guitar?

That's not a guitar. It's either two basses or half a harp surely.

It's just two lower strings than a six string guitar or one lower string than a seven string guitar. Now a 9 string guitar would just be taking the piss.

Links234

Malice wrote: »

It's just two lower strings than a six string guitar or one lower string than a seven string guitar. Now a 9 string guitar would just be taking the piss.

http://www.rondomusic.com/intrepid928rnnat.html

Links234

or how about this one malice?

'cos you totally need that 1 more string

http://www.rondomusic.com/interceptor930rnblackflame.html

GLaDOS

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

The width of the neck compared to his hand!

This is even more ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29mrAEw_8sE

slavetothegrind

meshuggah fans only i think!

I have enough trouble with six strings still fair play to ya boy!

Must pick one up sometime is it not really uncomfortable for the fretting hand with the neck so wide?


side note picked up a floorpod for 50 euro on adverts there, bit of a bargain! :-)

Max Power1

Malice wrote: »

I was wondering where this thread had disappeared off to.

Acceptable necro-thread?

Somnus

Max Power1 wrote: »

Acceptable necro-thread?

It's just for general chat though. It's good to have a place to post random bits and pieces that aren't big enough for their own thread

rednik

A couple of supergroups, one that could have been and one that could still happen,

Malice

Links234 wrote: »

or how about this one malice?

'cos you totally need that 1 more string

God damn it I must resist the GAS attack that picture is giving me!

slavetothegrind wrote: »

is it not really uncomfortable for the fretting hand with the neck so wide?

It takes a bit of getting used to but once you are used to it you can pick up a six string guitar and marvel at its narrow neck .

Nailz

How come nobody told me that Sleep were playing tomorrow!? Argh! Fuck sake, there's no way I can head down to it now...

Angron

Nailz wrote: »

How come nobody told me that Sleep were playing tomorrow!? Argh! Fuck sake, there's no way I can head down to it now...

I rely on Dublin Metal Events on FB and last.fm to figure out when most concerts I'd like are on, otherwise I'd miss loads

Nailz

Denny M wrote: »

I rely on Dublin Metal Events on FB and last.fm to figure out when most concerts I'd like are on, otherwise I'd miss loads

I have Dublin Metal Events added to my Facebook too, but I rarely ever look at it, which is ultimately a bit pointless, isn't it? I might start looking at it a bit more now, cheers for that!

Knifey Spoony

Nailz wrote: »

How come nobody told me that Sleep were playing tomorrow!? Argh! Fuck sake, there's no way I can head down to it now...

I'm heading down to it myself. Have one more exam left, coming up on Friday, but there was no way I was gonna miss this.
Can't wait to see them. Never thought that I woud get the chance to them, nevermind here in Ireland.

Jemmaa

Nailz wrote: »

I have Dublin Metal Events added to my Facebook too, but I rarely ever look at it, which is ultimately a bit pointless, isn't it? I might start looking at it a bit more now, cheers for that!

http://dublinmetalevents.com/mailing-list?PHPSESSID=4c2d0314554ca7bfc6eeefd18fffc7fe

dr.bollocko

Nailz wrote: »

How come nobody told me that Sleep were playing tomorrow!? Argh! Fuck sake, there's no way I can head down to it now...

You...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuqEbRzy_t8

Can't get no sleep?

Links234

DrumSteve

Can anyone point me in the direction of some good Dream Theatre... Individually all amazing musicians, but musically I really can't stand them!

dr.bollocko

DrumSteve wrote: »

Can anyone point me in the direction of some good Dream Theatre... Individually all amazing musicians, but musically I really can't stand them!

Can't stand em.
The most interesting thing I have seen about dream theatre is their guitar set up.

Just all seems kinda juvenile to me.


/runs for cover.

Angron

I don't have an issue with Dream Theater so much as I do with prog in general. Bar Opeth (and that's only the stuff prior to the last album) I don't like it, I find it kinda.. Long-winded I guess is the term.

DrumSteve

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Can't stand em.
The most interesting thing I have seen about dream theatre is their guitar set up.

Just all seems kinda juvenile to me.


/runs for cover.

Yeah his guitar set up is awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7ZnJdi2rY

Somnus

DrumSteve wrote: »

Can anyone point me in the direction of some good Dream Theatre... Individually all amazing musicians, but musically I really can't stand them!

What albums have you listened to so far?

I would recommend:
Images and Words: A classic
Awake: (My personal favourite, great musicianship but also great songs. I think they nailed everything on this album)
Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory: Kinda considered their magnum opus. Concept album, and it is fantastic, but just doesn't have the special something Awake has IMO.
Train of Thought: Their most "metal" album. It's technically heavy and I suppose it could be considered wankery to an extent, but I think it's full of great tunes.

Most of those albums are different enough, so you could check out each there. I would go with Awake just because I f*cking love it! It has an amazing atmosphere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6SjyRLKy70

Jemmaa

Knifey Spoony

And for another rock/metal related meme/comic:

Max Power1

Now im at a loss as to who to vote for in the AOTW!!