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Best Rock and Roll band ever

 

I'm pretty fond of them myself.

 

I forgot how good this album was, actually not my favorite song on it but still a good one

 

I saw them in 1991. Gabby Haynes was a trip. Shooting LOUD blank rounds from what looked like some kind of antique rifle or musket on stage in time with the music.

 

Favorite band ever. My wife I connected over them. She thought I was an old fuddy duddy until I started talking about LIVE and when I started listening to them (early 90s).

 

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She's not wrong!!

 

LOL. Got that right!

 

That's awesome, I never saw them. I have a cuz Im close with in California, he sent pics of himself hanging out with Paul Leary at a video shoot for a band called sprayAllen, (it's a side project for Eric Wilson, the bassist from Sublime, my cuz has been hanging out with him). He had great pics, said keep a lookout for this band.
The Buttholes for me are up there with Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Melvins… bands that kind of defined a time and sound. Expanded my palate, which was mostly thrash metal and hardcore punk up till then.

 

I also saw Dinosaur Jr. around the same time '90 or '91. Tiny club. They were SO FUCKING LOUD. Like thumping groundshaking loud bass and drums the whole time but I still remember the vibrating feeling way deep inside my ears every time J Mascis stepped on a pedal and put that that guitar into overdrive. Great show. I never saw them again, and kind of lost interest after their first few records but "Yr living all over me" "Bug" and "Green Mind" from that period are all amazing heavy records.

 

I saw Tim Armstrong on an episode of the new Twilight Zone about an alien octopus, pretty cool. I didn't recognize him, he grew a duck dynasty beard. I always liked Rancid and Operation Ivy. This solo album was great, all old school dub.

 

Another Tim Armstrong side project, I love this tune

 

I saw an interview one time where Mascis said he was originally a drummer, and when he picked up the guitar he wanted to play it like the drums.... like a percussion instrument. I think he found what he was looking for.

 

I'm going to shamelessly promote my cousins band one more time. They just played at Eric Wilsons B day party at his house a few weeks back (Sublimes bass player. His side project Spray Allen also played. You can check them out on Sound cloud. Different than Sublime, but I thought it was pretty good.). I almost flew out for that one, he brought half my fam, including the Sasquash Rosin Press crew. Lots of cool guests, including Bam Margera.
They are finishing up a new cd in the studio. I love it cause my cuz is older than me, and is not about to stop anytime soon. It keeps him young.
Quick shoutout to his guitarist Jimmy's other band, Bag Of Humans, from Baltimore. I dig them too.

 

Fuggg yea. Outerspace themed metal is f***ing dope.

 

Chicago had a crazy music scene growing up. Not like the west coast, or dc, or nyc. House music was huge in the early to late 80's, you couldn't get away from it. It blended with all the punk, hardcore, and metal to form Industrial. So many crazy clubs, Medusas, The Shelter, Smart Bar, The Crow Bar, Lounge Ax, it was fun. Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Big Black, I can go on, and these guys, so fun live.

 

Yea man... Big Black, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, NIN... wow. Memories....

 

My wife has been dog sitting lately hence the song

 

There is a great show coming up in September in Chicago, the Riot fest. These guys plus Mike Pattons little side project, Faith No More, the Circle Jerks, The Pixies, Devo, the original Misfits lineup(at least Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle, original enough, doing the walk Among Us album), and many more..
Going to plug Spray Allen really quick, they have a show in Poway at the elks lodge really soon (sublimes also playing the Riot fest), A lot of my fam will be there, my cuz is doing guest vocals on a song. Great to see shows coming back.