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This is just wrong....

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:39 -0500

Chipmunk version of Hot Action Cop's "Fever For The Flava"

Happy April Fool's Day!!!!

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:01:00 -0500

Courtesy of Frank Wood

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:39:49 -0500

YOU'RE A REAL MUSICIAN WHEN ...

You realize that the cheers from the audience after a particularly difficult passage are for a sports play on the big screen TV over the bar, and that in fact, no one is listening to you.

When the gig you drove 200 miles for to make $100, and had to pay for a hotel room, is later referred to as your "summer tour".

When your most sincere, heartfelt comments are made by people that are drunk and who won't remember you in the morning.

When you are repeatedly told that the lead singer who can't read, never practices and has been singing for only six months is "The strongest part of the band", primarily because she has big tits.

When you are pleased that the pay for the gig, when looked at hourly from the time you leave your house to when you return meets minimum wage.

When someone comes up to you to tell you how much they love your playing, because they didn't think anyone played those things anymore.

When someone seeks you out to complement your playing as the "best sax player they have ever heard", and you're the trumpet player.

When you realize that a small piece of equipment - such as a wireless mike you need- will take months of weekly gigs to pay for.

When you have to add $30 or $40 out of your pocket to find a sub, because no one will cover you for what you are paid.

You aren't offended when all of the young wedding guests leave after the second set to dance to the DJ at a club down the street.

When you are told that you must play until the very end of when you were contracted for, when your only audience is the bartender, and you're being paid 40 or 50 bucks for the night.

When the bandleader or club owner wants to pay you in food or drinks, and you have $100,000 in school loans to pay off for that music degree.

When the guy collecting money at the door for the band's performance makes twice over the course of the evening what you do as one of the band members.

When you know that other musicians who routinely claim they don't work for less than $100 a night only work a few times a year.

When people who are drunk tell you that what you are doing is absolutely great and the best thing they have ever seen or heard, but refuse to pay more than $5 at the door.

When someone calling the cops for noise is a good thing. You get to go home early and you still get paid.

When you realize that asking women out that you meet on gigs doesn't work, when they know you're a musician.

When you get invited to play the same gig the following year, which means that you don't have to tear down after this year's gig.

When you have, for several years, been paid the same amount for a gig, but are afraid to say anything about it for fear that you might lose the gig.

When you spend more on the bar tab than you get paid for the gig. When you finally have to resort to playing Proud Mary or (insert local favorite here...) in order to get the audience dancing.

Live - Walk The Line

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500

Layne Staley

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500

"Everbody expects us to run around in black, but we're like the Monkees"

Green Day

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500

Green Day received the Rock Song of the Year Award at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards.

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Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:52:50 -0500

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Motörhead

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:01:00 -0500

On Parole (1975)

Motörhead (1977)

Overkill (1979)

Bomber (1979)

Ace of Spades (1980)

Iron Fist (1982)

Another Perfect Day (1983)

Orgasmatron (1986)

Rock 'n' Roll (1987)

1916 (1991)

March ör Die (1992)

Bastards (1993)

Sacrifice (1995)

Overnight Sensation (1996)

Snake Bite Love (1998)

We Are Motörhead (2000)

Hammered (2002)

Inferno (2004)

Kiss of Death (2006)

Motörizer (2008)

The Jam

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:01:00 -0500

Studio albums

In the City (1977) #20 UK
This Is the Modern World (1977) #22 UK
All Mod Cons (1978) #6 UK
Setting Sons (1979) #4 UK, #137 US
Sound Affects (1980) #2 UK, #72 US
The Gift (1982) #1 UK, #82 US

Live albums

Dig the New Breed (1982) #2 UK, #131 US
Live Jam (1993) #25 UK
The Jam at the BBC (2002) #33 UK

Compilations

Snap! (1983) #2 UK
Compact Snap! (1985)
All The Choice Cuts (1990)
Greatest Hits (1991) #2 UK
Extras (1992) #15 UK
Wasteland (1992)
Beat Surrender (1993)
The Jam Collection (1996)
The Master Series (1997)
The Very Best of The Jam (1997) #9 UK
The Sound of the Jam (2002) #3 UK
The Best Of The Jam - The Millennium Collection (20th Century Masters) (2003)
Gold (2005)
The Jam Story (2006)

Box sets

Direction Reaction Creation (1997) #8 UK
45 rpm: The Singles, 1977-1979 (2001)
45 rpm: The Singles, 1980-1982 (2001)

MC5

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:59:58 -0500

Albums

Kick Out the Jams (1969)
Back in the USA (1970)
High Time (1971)

Compilations

Babes in Arms (1983)
Black to Comm (1994)
Power Trip (1994)
Looking At You (1995)
The American Ruse (1995)
Ice Pick Slim (1997)
66 Breakout (1999)
The Big Bang!: Best of the MC5 (2000)
Thunder Express (1999) (Recorded in 1972)

Live

Teen Age Lust (recorded 1970, released 1996)
Phun City, UK (recorded 1970, released 1996)
Live At The Sturgis Armoury (recorded 1968, released 1998)
Are You Ready To Testify?: The Live Bootleg Anthology (2005)
Live At The Grande Ballroom 68 (2006)

Box Sets

Purity Accuracy (2004)

Singles

"I Can Only Give You Everything" (1966)
"One of the Guys" (1967)
"Looking at You" (1968)
"Kick Out the Jams" (1969)
"Ramblin' Rose" (1969)
"Tonight" (1969)
"Shakin' Street" (1970)
"Over and Over"/"Sister Anne" (1971) (Never officially released, only test pressings exist)