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silentsinger

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Foo Fighters is cute but they’re a bland, generic arena rock band that churns out a slightly different version of your standard radio rock hit + filler every couple years. Nowhere near best of all time.

I saw them live in 2018 and it looked and sounded like the most well rehearsed, calculated act to reach out to an audience of brainwashed smartphone young people- everything that rock is not supposed to be. When they dared to play a song that doesn’t have a video on mtv people would flock to buy junk food.

I walked out mid show while they were playing “big me”
I didn't say "the best", but I really do enjoy them. I started taking them more seriously with Light Grenades, the documentary was really good too. I saw them in Sacramento in 2018 as well, I enjoyed it but at 3 hours it was way too long. Way too long.

They're a croud pleaser for sure hence why a lot of dare I say more normal people are into them. Proper radio friendly to most people's tastes, I just like them.
 

PlatinumHands

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Jan 30, 2020
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I feel like a right dollop but I was a kid so fuck it. When they won a Radio 1 best track vote thing years ago in the UK I cried...I felt it was so unjust that U2 didn't win it and came 5th or something.

My mother ripped me about it for years.






































u2 is gay homie
 

PlatinumHands

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You're fooling fucking no one that SYL is rock.
/Devin Townsend everything fan
Well I had to post some metal, I got tired of the whole butt rock arguments you guys keep having. It's a good song and in it's age it might as well be another rock song now.
 

silentsinger

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Well I had to post some metal, I got tired of the whole butt rock arguments you guys keep having. It's a good song and in it's age it might as well be another rock song now.
Fuuuuuck. I don't listen to him enough. Sticking Ziltoid on now. Only seen him once with SYL and it was epic.
 

silentsinger

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Nobody listens to him enough
Voice of an angel that Devy
And by all accounts seems like a really nice bloke.
When the first words you hear at the beginning of a set are "stick this in your fucking c*nt", you know you're in for an interesting set.

His stuff with Vai I will accept as rock....a bit.
 

PlatinumHands

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Know I might cop some shit for this but I think I preferred Killswitch's cover. Sorry, @Rhino
Won't get shit from me, I think Killswitch did it better too, but their nothing wrong with the classic either, Howie just has a better range than Dio, and Killswitch had more advance recording equipment too. Both soilid versions
 

silentsinger

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Won't get shit from me, I think Killswitch did it better too, but their nothing wrong with the classic either, Howie just has a better range than Dio, and Killswitch had more advance recording equipment too. Both soilid versions
Actually not hugely fond of either version, I do like it...just not OMG awesome about it.
 

Coast

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I know we've debated this here before, but there's recently been a massive shake up to my top 5 that may surprise many of you.

Coming in at the new #1 spot....

QUEEN

After watching Bohemian Rhapsody, I've been listening to them hardcore & learned what a legend that Freddie Mercury was. Probably the greatest vocalist and frontman of all-time.

2) Eagles
3) Zepplin
4) Pink Floyd

And also breaking into the Top 5....

5) Fleetwood Mac






PS - Fuck the Doors...come at me bros.
I grew up with Queen, Mam and Dad were massive queen fans and road trips were mostly Queen or Glam Rock tapes. I never really appreciated them, until I got much older. Queen wasn't just about about Freddy though, although he gets all the fame. Brian May is one of the greatest Guitarists of all time, Roger Taylor one of the greatest Drummers and Joe Decon one of the greatest Bassists. Basically, every one in the group was maestro.

Have you seen Flash Gordon and Highlander? I swear those movies would not be as good without the Queen soundtrack.

When Freddie died, it was a massive deal in the UK. I remember being at school the day his death was announced, we were all took out of our maths class and given an 'emergency' lesson on safe sex and HIV/AIDS. Freddy was the wake up call for HIV/AIDS education in the UK.

I love rock music, dont have a particular favourite group with the exception of Guns n Rose, Aerosmith, and of course Queen.

Cheesy but good -

 
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Wild

Zi Nazi
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I grew up with Queen, Mam and Dad were massive queen fans and road trips were mostly Queen or Glam Rock tapes. I never really appreciated them, until I got much older. Queen wasn't just about about Freddy though, although he gets all the fame. Brian May is one of the greatest Guitarists of all time, Roger Taylor one of the greatest Drummers and Joe Decon one of the greatest Bassists. Basically, every one in the group was maestro.

Have you seen Flash Gordon and Highlander? I swear those movies would not be as good without the Queen soundtrack.

When Freddie died, it was a massive deal in the UK. I remember being at school the day his death was announced, we were all took out of our maths class and given an 'emergency' lesson on safe sex and HIV/AIDS. Freddy was the wake up call for HIV/AIDS education in the UK.

I love rock music, dont have a particular favourite group with the exception of Guns n Rose, Aerosmith, and of course Queen.

Cheesy but good -

Very nice post sir.
 

silentsinger

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Jun 23, 2015
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I grew up with Queen, Mam and Dad were massive queen fans and road trips were mostly Queen or Glam Rock tapes. I never really appreciated them, until I got much older. Queen wasn't just about about Freddy though, although he gets all the fame. Brian May is one of the greatest Guitarists of all time, Roger Taylor one of the greatest Drummers and Joe Decon one of the greatest Bassists. Basically, every one in the group was maestro.

Have you seen Flash Gordon and Highlander? I swear those movies would not be as good without the Queen soundtrack.

When Freddie died, it was a massive deal in the UK. I remember being at school the day his death was announced, we were all took out of our maths class and given an 'emergency' lesson on safe sex and HIV/AIDS. Freddy was the wake up call for HIV/AIDS education in the UK.

I love rock music, dont have a particular favourite group with the exception of Guns n Rose, Aerosmith, and of course Queen.

Cheesy but good -

No, not just about Mercury, I saw them with Adam Lambert a couple of years ago and they were still brilliant...so entertaining.
Not gagging to see them again because because it’s only something you need to see once to me, but I liked it loads. Lambert was the perfect replacement.

didn’t know you were British. I saw about it in like a Radio Rentals ship window college lunch break the day he went. I didn’t appreciate them loads till way later in life.
 

megatherium

el rey del mambo
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Jan 15, 2015
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Have you ever really loved a woman?
I met Adams when he was a teenager. It was the summer of '77 and Adams was around 17 years old.. He had replaced Nick Gilder as the lead singer of a local glam rock band called Sweeney Todd playing the club circuit around Vancouver. He was banging my friend's rock groupie sister at the time.

Seemed like a really nice kid, though a little naive for his age, especially considering his work environment. Buddy and I were weighing up some ounces of weed and Adams said it was the first time he had ever seen weed. He basically abandoned sis to talk with me and my friend about drugs and listen to his records for most of the night. He was an odd, but really likeable kid. Tiny little guy with a Rod Stewart shag hairdoo and wearing coca cola running shoes