Aerosmith 'Rocks' - the first punk-dub album?

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Years before 'Metal Box' or 'Y' or "Police and Thieves" or 'Cut'. (Perry's whinnies and vomit noises are more varied than Levene's bandsaw) and a WAYYY better beat than 'On the Corner'. Not 'dubmetal' because everything is really fast. "Rats in the Cellar", dig the way the bass fuzzes out at odd moments. Police sirens and percussive swishes and swooshes, like Scientist, and sounds close enough to a melodica at the end. "Nobody's Fault" is Book-of-Revelations stuff complete with stoopid earthquake pun, is that 'dread' or what? "Combination", druggy delirium (sings about how he's too skinny to wear even tight jeans), with sloppy/precise dropped beats and howling noises buried deep in the soupy, heavy-gravitational Jupiter's-moons mix. "Combination" has such a weird structure (starts halfway through the 'main riff' which appears in various dismembered forms on the song's lurching path) that it sounds spliced together from various tapes and then all mixed down onto a one-track just like the best Black Ark stuff. Attack-less notes poke out of nowhere, waver a bit and disappear back into the murk, as do voices, or voices that sound like guitars or vice versa, every sound in the background has an indeterminate origin process-wise, like what IS that thing at the end of "Back in the Saddle"? Apparently a 27-string bass, could just as well be a tuba or an exploding meth lab. Their early stuff was murky and didn't rock much, later stuff 'rocked' (but what the fuck didn't back then?) but all the hazy cataracts were removed from the production leaving the dull workmanlike hall-of-fame shit these clam chowderheads are famous for but on this album they fucking nailed it. Drop your cred and go for it!

― dave q, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

This was inspired partly by somebody's jaw-dropping comment on another thread that 'Smith is 'better doing stadium AOR than Stones blooze'. If the Stones had released albums like 'Rocks' then maybe THEY (the Stones) wouldn't currently be such an embarrassment!

― dave q, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The original vinyl is great for how everything is compressed into a great dirty undifferentiated jet-engine whoosh, the CD is completely different-sounding but interesting for how all the odd noises and effects are clearly separated, which makes it even odder

― dave q, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Upsetters style crescendo-to-a-blur every time he sez "Pleeeeassse" on "Sick as a Dog," Desmond Dekker slowed down and smoked out on "Last Child": absolutely. Good call Dave.

― John Darnielle, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

first punk/dub album:

Faust IV

predating Aerosmith by a half-decade (if taking this claim half- seriously... because there is nothing "punk" about Aerosmith, then or now).

― http://gygax.pitas.com, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't know about punk/dub either, but "Rocks" is a fine album, and definately their best.

― Sean, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

there is nothing "punk" about Aerosmith, then or now

"Toys in the Attic" rocks the fuck out of most punk songs I could care to name -- and I could care to name quite a few.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Aerosmith" was, and is a great record, after that it was all down hill;"Walkin the dog","Momma Kin",and "Dream On"!! WOW! Just to name a few.

― James H., Tuesday, 16 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

dave is prolly right -- as always -- but yeah.

ROCKS

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Monday, 10 April 2006 05:18 (nineteen years ago)

un - buh - leiva - bull

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 14 April 2006 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

This album ........ one of probably the best 6 or so ever.

the production is insane (Jack Duoglas!!!?!!?!?!)

just so dubbet out and trippy and HEAVY ... my

god

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 14 April 2006 06:48 (nineteen years ago)

it's a warm blanket... so much weirdness .. so much weirdness that u haf 2 care about Aerosmith .. other wise - U like - yah bro ---
if listenign -- u Like --WOAH!!!-- DUBBBY TRIPNESS IN EFECT---

also Joe Perry. and Joe was COMBINING SUCK ASA DOG on the ASA SUCK COMBINING; --- probly is, he and Steven forgot the name

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 14 April 2006 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

great album, ace material, killer production, but as far as I can hear it's got sweetfuckall to do with dub. glam/disco song cycle?

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Friday, 14 April 2006 09:18 (nineteen years ago)

Not to mention some serious funk going on, just check out 'Last Child'
A rare attribute in a rock band.

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Friday, 14 April 2006 09:43 (nineteen years ago)

Heh heh...read the title & just KNEW it had to be a Dave Q thread!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 14 April 2006 12:42 (nineteen years ago)

what a ridiculously good album this is

― A nervous goat is a force to be reckoned with (teenagequiet), Friday, 14 April 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

maybe its dub— like if dub was inspired by tons of gack instead of weed…

― veronica moser (veronica moser), Friday, 14 April 2006 12:50 (nineteen years ago)

As to the weirdness of Rocks's mix: Has ANYBODY ever heard any (alleged) banjo ANYWHERE on this record? Credits say Paul Prestopino played one, yet there's nary a trace of one to be found, at least according to my ears...

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 14 April 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

Play Rocks at 45 rpm and you will find that "Nobody's Fault" is about the best thrash song ever.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 15 April 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

>>dave is prolly right

Like a busted watch. Reliably so twice a day.

― FesterBesterTester, Saturday, 15 April 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

the live vid of "Combination" is sweet.

"Rats in the Cellar" is still Killer.

Aerosmith was the band that really got me into music.

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 15 April 2006 07:43 (nineteen years ago)

woah. where is a live vid of "Combination"??

Youtube? I have not looked yet but will now. but yeah, Comibation is totally the keystone cut on this record for me ... maybe the best Aerosmith track EVER

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 07:48 (nineteen years ago)

these guys were so ferocious and FEELING IT at this point.

the double-tracked, vaguely-psychedelic vocals all across this thing are pure bliss

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 07:50 (nineteen years ago)

Perry also so totally on his game

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 07:51 (nineteen years ago)

Texxas Jam '78 or some such, i think. It was one of those rare vids you'd see at Record Time during the (very) early Clinton years.

Before the Dark Times.
Before the Empire.
Before "Get A Grip"

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 15 April 2006 07:54 (nineteen years ago)

does anybody else think that Joey Kramer is bit underrated?? I mean, he is totally no Max Roach -- I even have Aerosmith freak friend who think he's just average. but I dunno.

I think the "funk" that we all love in Aerosmith ("Last Child", "Get it Up", "Sight For Sore Eyes", etc.) totally would not be there with out him. and i listen to "Sick As A Dog", and I love the way Joey does that little roll just as the first chorus comes in..

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:03 (nineteen years ago)

also, thx KF; I will seek..

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:03 (nineteen years ago)

for proper funk, see their cover of "Mother Popcorn" on the Live Bootleg thing

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:05 (nineteen years ago)

Upsetters style crescendo-to-a-blur every time he sez "Pleeeeassse" on "Sick as a Dog," Desmond Dekker slowed down and smoked out on "Last Child": absolutely. Good call Dave.

-- John Darnielle (edito...), April 14th, 2002

i mean, soooooo otm

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:05 (nineteen years ago)

yah, that "Live Bootleg" thingy ... you know what, as much as I love the Smith, I've never heard that thing!

that was the first appearance of "Chip Away the Stone", right? jeez, what a great tune that is, too.

I love the fact that these guys were such huge Yarbirds fans too. that says it all. From the "Think About It" cover ... to, well, I think there is some Yardbirds cover on that Pandoras box, right? i think so. soemthing like that. i don't have it but probably should get it..

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:09 (nineteen years ago)

i think i tried to borrow money from my 12 year old brother just to buy Pandora's Box on its release day

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:13 (nineteen years ago)

dude, kf, there are much worse things to borrow some scratch for ....

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:15 (nineteen years ago)

i was so young and innocent and six years away from first hearing "quadrophrenia"

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:16 (nineteen years ago)

i taped the majority of that weekend's mtv "all-aerosmith day"

it featured Duff, before she got sick and starred in movies and/or TV Nation

― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:17 (nineteen years ago)

i mean, yeah, it's that "attack-less" whinny-ing on something like combination, the double-tracked vocals, etc, etc .. tats where teh "dub" comes into play..

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 15 April 2006 08:38 (nineteen years ago)

for proper funk, see their cover of "Mother Popcorn" on the Live Bootleg thing
-- kingfish ubermensch

Man, I yearn for the day when that entire show (from '73 or thereabouts) is released.

Can't believe you've never owned "Live Bootleg", Stormy! It's never gotten a lot of praise but it's my single favourite 'smith release. "Toys In The Attic" "Train Kept a'Rollin" and "Lord Of The Thighs", all in "blazing renditions", as they say.

― Myonga Von Bootylicious (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 15 April 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

I've been addicted to "Nobody's Fault" for the past two weeks. Tyler's phrasing is incredible in this song. He really delivers the woozy drug lyric in an inimitable manner. And Perry - can't say enough about the guy. Tone central.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Saturday, 15 April 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

Stormy otm re Joey Kramer. 'Get The Lead Out' is undeniable proof of Kramer's grooviness. He belongs up there with Charlie Watts and Phil Rudd in the 'My band would suck without me' club.

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Saturday, 15 April 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

Man, Rocks makes me cry every time I hear a new Aerosmith song on the radio... They were SO RIGHT and have gone SO WRONG.

― js (honestengine), Saturday, 15 April 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)

the part (ok, "bridge") in "Sick As A Dog" when it all opens up ... just Joe and Joey .... such a breath of fresh air in this unrelenting album.

what the fuck is Tyler doing with his voice on "Nobody's Fault"? weird. he was kind of awesomely intelligent back in the day.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 16 April 2006 05:55 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, Aerosmith made some good records in the distant past. However there is nothing punk about them and nary an iota in their catalog that could possibly pass for funk. So what if they cover JB? Are you gonna tell me that the Black Crows cover of hard to handle is "Soul" ?

Furthermore,their last twenty years of pop schlock material penned by hacks like Desmond Child completely cancels out whatever musical good the US Stones did in the 70s.

― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Sunday, 16 April 2006 06:22 (nineteen years ago)

However there is nothing punk about them and nary an iota in their catalog that could possibly pass for funk

oh, c'mon you can find punk, funk, metal or whatever in anything if you look hard enough. chuck eddy's made a career out of this!

― latebloomer: Ambassador With Training In Righteousness (latebloomer), Sunday, 16 April 2006 06:31 (nineteen years ago)

thats not a dis btw

― latebloomer: Ambassador With Training In Righteousness (latebloomer), Sunday, 16 April 2006 06:32 (nineteen years ago)

Uncle Tom, name me a funkier heavy gtr band than this lot.
Aerosmith are funky + AC/DC swing. Just is.

― dr lulu (dr lulu), Sunday, 16 April 2006 09:50 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone know where I might find a list of all Aerosmith gigs? I have this memory of seeing them in a very small venue in about 1986 and it's bugged me for years because common sense says that shouldn't have happened. Another thing is I have the memory that Fishbone opened for them, but it could be that was just another gig at the same venue.

― Porcupine Kiss, Novacaine Lips (Bimble...), Sunday, 16 April 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

Furthermore,their last twenty years of pop schlock material penned by hacks like Desmond Child completely cancels out whatever musical good the US Stones did in the 70s.

Funny thing, I don't feel this when I'm listening to Rocks or a Night in the Ruts super fuckin; loud. Yes, modern Aerosmith sux but nothing can diminish just how good they were for a good chunk of the '70s.

I've been on a big Peter Green-era Mac kick, and I realized that Aerosmith were really influenced by them.

― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Monday, 17 April 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

Peter Green-era Mac is the FUCKING BOMB!

Yeah, Aerosmith really was a logical extension of the late-60s british blues boom, with some street funk thrown in to the mix.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Monday, 17 April 2006 01:00 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

OK, I can't get enough of this album. For every reason listed above, and more. It's like they were the most natural amalgam of funk, stones swagger, zep thud without the fairies and crowley. So there they are at the 70s end of "the" continuum - strains of 50s chess chicago blues, the rave up, the garage rock snear, yet somehow always managing to sidestep the excess of 70s rock. the bravado is there, but the nonsense and the indulgence is nowhere to be seen, musically speaking.

And then I can just picture little Westerberg and Malkmus listening to this and going "oh yeah".

Sick As A Dog? C'mon. What is going on there?

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 19 May 2006 00:47 (nineteen years ago)

"Lick and a Promise"

― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Friday, 19 May 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

Like the ideas. I appreciate the LP on a simpler, more conventional level. 70s hard rock was one of the purer strains of rock. Cut out every last extraneous element. Result: the single purest album of that pure form--and it's not even overly long. And then on the famously fitting cover, put a line of 'fishscale'...well maybe just a picture of 5 of the purest stones on earth onto black with just the band name and 'ROCKS'.

― Carlos Keith (Buck_Wilde), Friday, 19 May 2006 02:20 (nineteen years ago)

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maybe i should put that on the Funkadelic thread

― Stormy Davis, Friday, 13 April 2007 19:58 (eighteen years ago)

i'm not saying aerosmith is a super funk band

I am!

damn to say that they didnt rock as hard as aerosmith or werent as funky...that's just unusual

It's also true.

If Aerosmith's done anything heavier than "Super Stupid" I haven't heard it.

I have.

i bet george clinton later records have a shitload of crap worse than livin on the edge

They do.

Nothing against Funkadelic, though; they were great! (And nope, I'm not expanding on this. If you're curious, um, check the archives yo.)

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)

Okay, maybe saying Aerosmith "weren't as funky" as not true. I'll leave that open for debate. But saying they rocked harder (at their best, and more consistently) is hardly an outrageous statement. And I say that as somebody who almost always played both "Chip Away At the Stone" and "Can You Get To That" in his DJ sets (neither of which necessarily represent said bands at their "funkiest" and/or "hardest," not that I care.) Given the choice, Aerosmith is more likely to make me dance.

I am not returning to this thread, so don't ask.

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 13:02 (eighteen years ago)

oh pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaze?

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, 14 April 2007 13:08 (eighteen years ago)

Any love for 'Critical Mass?' I think it was their last great song.

― calstars, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:40 (eighteen years ago)

The bass part especially, and the double-tracked "celebrate - celebrate - celebrate yicks!' vocal...

― calstars, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:42 (eighteen years ago)

fucking love that song! it's sort of strange, isn't it...really weird and odd changes, but i love it...lyrics are really vague and odd as well.

i like most of draw the line actually

― M@tt He1ges0n, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

and the false ending and the backwards guitars.

― calstars, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:43 (eighteen years ago)

My choice for best Perry solo is 'Lord of the Thighs,' though he also kicks it on the studio version of 'Train Kept a Rollin.'

― calstars, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

"Critical Mass" has that "Blockbuster"/"Jean Genie"/"Muckraker" thing going on too

― Stormy Davis, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 21:08 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

Never properly listened to 'Rocks' until I replayed it today and it just clicked - whatever was going up their nose back them sure did come out in some kick ass songs ...

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 29 May 2009 20:26 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

might as well

― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 27 May 2011 20:06 (fourteen years ago)

question: is this thread the origin-point of the intense display of fanship on ILX for 70s Aeromsith?

― pax raggetta (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 27 May 2011 20:07 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

those mini guitar solos in "nobody's fault" are so frickin badass.

― 2am chopped top (brimstead), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:36 (twelve years ago)

I just had that going through my head the other day. Which is weird because I've only heard it a few times.

― flared bass (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:43 (twelve years ago)

listening on headphones the other night I discovered all this crazy shit going on just underthe music during "Back in the Saddle". Nice work Jack Douglas.

Back when I used to listen to headphones on a regular basis, this was one of my fave albums to do it with. There's a lot of creepy stuff going on that you miss w/out 'phones, esp. in Saddle, yeah.

There's no other record in their catalog that has a production as murky, as layered, or as rich. I mean murky in a good way, too.

― Doctor Flange, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago)

two months pass...

listening to this right now for 70s rawk poll, Perry's leads (which fade in and out of the mix) sound a little like Fripp on Scary Monsters

― Josh and D.A.M. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:26 (twelve years ago)

Perry's leads on "Rats in the Cellar", I mean

― Josh and D.A.M. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:30 (twelve years ago)

ah my favorite thread title

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:31 (twelve years ago)

otm

― Josh and D.A.M. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:31 (twelve years ago)

okay Nobody's Fault slams

― Josh and D.A.M. (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 18:36 (twelve years ago)

those little guitar accents in "last child"

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:24 (twelve years ago)

and "rats in the cellar"! all those screaming guitar noises just barely escaping the mix

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:30 (twelve years ago)

Drugs - I knew you'd like it.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:30 (twelve years ago)

note how the drums mutate into a walking fleet of giants at the end of "combination"

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:35 (twelve years ago)

this is the best album ever

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:39 (twelve years ago)

otm

― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 19:44 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

A reminder: This album more than makes up for 30 years of shit Aerosmith.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:10 (eleven years ago)

favorite ilx thread title

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:19 (eleven years ago)

I spent most of December listening to "Lick and a Promise."

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:20 (eleven years ago)

i'd have said "favorite ilx thread" but the other rocks thread has a lot of incredible posts

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 18:27 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

yes, this album is some kind of formal breakthrough.

it's a very strange mix of the textures being so shambolic that it feels like it is going to break down into musical chaos at any minute, and yet all the parts are held in what repeated listenings reveal to be a very precise balance. it's kind of perfect example of a certain paradox of hard rock and metal, which is that many of the greatest and most paradigmatic examples of a music whose ethos is all about chaos, haggardness, a kind of studied macho indifference, can in fact be the result of considerable expertise, care, and attention to detail.

― wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 20:23 (nine years ago)

^^^^^^^^ hell yeah

― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Tuesday, 3 November 2015 20:32 (nine years ago)

love this album. combination is my jam

― dynamicinterface, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 13:37 (nine years ago)

ragin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hplDR4TPGTM

― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 15:05 (nine years ago)

Sick as a dog, um, cat got your tongue
Sick as a dog, you'll be sorry
Sick as a dog, 'cause you really ain't so young

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 15:08 (nine years ago)

that houston show is just peak awesomeness. those guitars....man oh man. everyone sounds great. punk-dub echo on the vocals sound so cool. epic funky lord of the thighs.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 15:17 (nine years ago)

amateurist otm

― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:48 (nine years ago)

the guitar solos on "nobody's fault"... hell "nobody's fault" on its own is just ridiculous. and "sick as a dog" is punk as fuck, imo

― brimstead, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:50 (nine years ago)

i think i said this in the other rocks thread but imo you can hear r.e.m. being born in "sick as a dog"

― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 18:53 (nine years ago)

R.E.M. actually covered 'Toys In The Attic'!

Yeah, this album rules and this band were totally on fire in the '70s... that they didn't end up really getting much commercial success here in the UK until their best years were long behind them will always have me scratching my head.

― Turrican, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:10 (nine years ago)

I think I'm gonna play this album really loudly when I get home today

― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:16 (nine years ago)

that houston show made my morning. i was almost late for work. so cool. i never really listen to aerosmith anymore. they are kinda just a part of my dna thanks to years of exposure. my brother worshipped them.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:37 (nine years ago)

my brother went to this show. it was the rock event of his summer.

http://theconcertdatabase.com/sites/theconcertdatabase.com/files/1978-08-06.jpg

― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:39 (nine years ago)

Not cheap!

― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 19:50 (nine years ago)

Seriously, I don't see a date on that poster, but that's mid '80s pricing, not '70s pricing. (Woulda been a hell of a show, though.)

― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:06 (nine years ago)

1978

― new noise, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:18 (nine years ago)

yeah, '78. my dad took him. but would my dad take me to see maiden and priest in new haven in 1982? noooooooooo.....

― scott seward, Wednesday, 4 November 2015 20:31 (nine years ago)

Just lost an evening to that '77 show upthread.

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 5 November 2015 08:09 (nine years ago)

four years pass...

like what IS that thing at the end of "Back in the Saddle"? Apparently a 27-string bass, could just as well be a tuba or an exploding meth lab.

― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 28 May 2020 23:55 (five years ago)

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