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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:10 am
by Ramjet
Thank you for mentioning Soundgarden. 'Bout time. Almost forgot Staley was dead. I'd heard he recorded a solo album, then OD'ed.

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:02 pm
by Banzai-Tron
I can't believe I didn't mention Soundgarden either... probably because I've had to erase ALL memory of them from my head, thanks to our F*#$(ing government...

(You see, the Soundgarden in Seattle has been off limits since 9/11, because the paranoid bastiches think it's too close to some sort of naval facility. So you can't visit the bloody place anymore, and the MPs give you dirty looks and want to see ID and whatnot if you even ASK about it.)

EDIT: Apparently, its near an NOAA facility, that's currently (i.e. PERMANENTLY) protected by a threat condition Yellow. Good news: They've slackened their policy a little bit, and you can now visit the Soundgarden... you can now visit... BUT:
1) Only from 9am-5pm, Monday thru Friday. NO WEEKENDS
2) Photo ID is REQUIRED
3) Bags will be searched.
4) NO PICNIC BASKETS (WTF?)

What a load of bunk. But I guess it's better than the "ABSOLUTELY NO ACCESS, and we'll treat you like a criminal" policy they had.

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:52 pm
by Brawn
Black hole sunnnnnnnn. how about temple of the dog if you want a grunge all star lineup.

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 6:30 pm
by Galvatron
Ramjet wrote:Thank you for mentioning Soundgarden. 'Bout time. Almost forgot Staley was dead. I'd heard he recorded a solo album, then OD'ed.
Layne did a side project in 1994 with
Mike McReady from Pearl Jam
Barrett Martin from Screaming Trees
and a couple other dudes.

the only album they made was titled MAD SEASON: ABOVE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Season

I belive the cd is out of print.
But if you find it and you like Layne, I suggest getting it.
the song I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING is the biggest radio hit from the album.
it's one of my favorite CD's

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 9:44 pm
by Jose
Soundgarden was also great. Alice in Cahins instead, never liked them.

Something interesting must have been going on in Seattle back then!

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:20 am
by Banzai-Tron
If by 'interesting' you mean 'heroin', then, yeah ;)

And if you can listen to the "Jar of Flies" primarily acoustic EP from Alice In Chains, and NOT like it... you've got issues.

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:21 am
by Jose
Wheezel wrote:If by 'interesting' you mean 'heroin', then, yeah ;)
I was thinking more of "Starbucks". :wink:

Seriously though, port cities are prone to develop vanguards of some sort.

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 12:31 pm
by Ramjet
Galvatron wrote:
Layne did a side project in 1994 with
Mike McReady from Pearl Jam
Barrett Martin from Screaming Trees
and a couple other dudes.

the only album they made was titled MAD SEASON: ABOVE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Season

I belive the cd is out of print.
But if you find it and you like Layne, I suggest getting it.
the song I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING is the biggest radio hit from the album.
it's one of my favorite CD's
Duh. :wink: I heard tale he recorded another, though.

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 1:26 pm
by Banzai-Tron
Ramjet wrote:
Duh. :wink: I heard tale he recorded another, though.
Rumors and speculation. I highly doubt he did... and IF he did, I imagine it was complete garbage, or we'd have heard it by now.

Oh, and while I'm out it, if you dig the Jar of Flies EP I mentioned above, be sure to scrounge up a copy of the acoustic Sap EP as well. Good stuff. Though Alice in Chains collaborating with Ann Wilson of Heart is just weird.

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:19 pm
by Galvatron
there is also a collaboration with Chris Cornell on the SAP ep

I think the last recording Layne did was ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL
with Mad Season.

But I'm not 100% on that
Correct me if i'm wrong.
I'm too lazy to surf it up right now :D

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:55 pm
by Banzai-Tron
You have the song correct... but the band was actually called "Class of '99", and featured members of Rage Against the Machine, Porno for Pyros, and Jane's Addiction. (Though Layne was SO messed up, they used footage of him FROM a Mad Season video for the Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 2) video. All the other guys filmed their part.)

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:43 pm
by Brawn
i remeber that floyd cover. wasn't it on the soundtrack for some crappy movie?

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 7:45 pm
by Banzai-Tron
The Faculty, I think.

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:31 pm
by Brawn
i believe you are right

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:58 am
by AstroTrain
I listened to Nirvana with my cousin, probably not too good for a 7 year old, but I remember those times every time I hear a song from them. You know someone made an impact when you hear their music, and you can remember specific events in your life when you heard the music then as well.

The Faculty was a bad ass movie by the way, low budget---no stars at that time, except Jon Stewart and the dude that played the T-1000 in T2 (Robert Patrick?).

Alice In Chains also had a sound that I feel will never be perfectly replicated.

Foo Fighters used to be awesome.... especially Everlong...

Back to Nirvana, Kobain was the reason I picked up the box and strings and started to cover his songs...man I really have to wonder what would have happened if he was still here today...

The trio still does it for me, RIP

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:53 pm
by Trailbreaker
I remember reading an interview with Cobain (in Rolling Stone perhaps?) where he stated that he wanted to eventually change his sound so it would grow old more gracefully and commented on how he was embaressed by how Eric Clapton had to rework his music to fit his age, so maybe he would have gone for a quieter sound. Of course it's been about 15 years since I read that interview so I could be wrong. Great band though. I really miss the 90's music scene.

Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:12 pm
by Brawn
i'm with you trailbreaker. the music scene now scares me. that makes me feel old!

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:09 am
by TheTruePhantasm
Ramjet wrote:
Galvatron wrote:too bad he did what he did.
I still think she did it.
hear hear i agree with you if not her someone hired by her

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:31 am
by Optimus Maximus
Banzai-Tron wrote:It's REALLY hard to say... especially given that Kurt Cobain had said he was *trying* to make In Utero as non-commercial as possible, because he was *already* tired of the fame.

So, most likely, you'd either end up with more music along the lines of the B-sides that comprised Incesticide, or you'd get something akin to chainsaw grinding.

Long story short... Kurt was DONE. (Consequently, another reason *somebody* didn't want him around anymore, methinks).

EDIT: While we're at it, RIP Layne Staley (who died exactly 8 years to the day after Kurt) too. But good riddance to that Blind Melon guy (Hoon?)... j/k. Mostly.
Blind Melon With Shannon Hoon were better than ALL the bands being discussed here. I seen Nirvana in concert on November 8th 1993 and it was the worst concert I ever seen. That junkie was just standing there with no emotion. What a bore.

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:48 am
by Banzai-Tron
Pfft. You speak madness. No Rain? You're kidding, right?

In other news, I got to stick my hand up Kurt Cobain's butt today.

Well, a muppet representation of Kurt Cobain's butt, anyhow

EDIT: I decided I should add something: If you saw Nirvana in 1993, it's NO WONDER you didn't enjoy the show. It was very well known that Kurt was ACTIVELY TRYING to piss off everyone. His label, his fans, critics, everyone. He was tired of the fame, the notoriety, and (at least according to him) the pain. He even *tried* to make In Utero as unappealing to the masses as possible. Unfortunately (for him), he failed miserably.