z.a.r.p.e.k. (G-N) XV Final

rushfan4 wrote: This one I have only heard MDK and Western Culture.  I suspect that i would probably vote for Guru Guru, Grobschnitt, or Hoyry Kone if I had heard any of these albums.

rushfan4 wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: rushfan4 wrote: This one I have only heard MDK and Western Culture.  I suspect that i would probably vote for Guru Guru, Grobschnitt, or Hoyry Kone if I had heard any of these albums. I'm guessing you'd really like the Grobschnitt but the Hoyry Kone is fairly avant-garde but who knows. The real question is does Tori Hunter like Eminem ? One of those "surprise" bands for me is that I really like Alamaailman Vasarat (i.e. Al The Mail Man Was A Rat) and I have been told that Hoyry Kone is even better.  Unfortunately, I have not heard them and odds may be good that I never will as it appears there is little interest in ever reissuing those albums or making them available.  But maybe?   Not sure if Torii likes Eminem or not, but I have it on good authority that he likes 50 Cent, although he'd prefer 50 Million.  I think that he is a pretty good upgrade/addition to left field.  Better than if we had added Josh Hamilton or Nick Swisher or traded the farm for Justin Upton.

Mellotron Storm wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: rushfan4 wrote: This one I have only heard MDK and Western Culture.  I suspect that i would probably vote for Guru Guru, Grobschnitt, or Hoyry Kone if I had heard any of these albums. I'm guessing you'd really like the Grobschnitt but the Hoyry Kone is fairly avant-garde but who knows. The real question is does Tori Hunter like Eminem ? One of those "surprise" bands for me is that I really like Alamaailman Vasarat (i.e. Al The Mail Man Was A Rat) and I have been told that Hoyry Kone is even better.  Unfortunately, I have not heard them and odds may be good that I never will as it appears there is little interest in ever reissuing those albums or making them available.  But maybe?   Not sure if Torii likes Eminem or not, but I have it on good authority that he likes 50 Cent, although he'd prefer 50 Million.  I think that he is a pretty good upgrade/addition to left field.  Better than if we had added Josh Hamilton or Nick Swisher or traded the farm for Justin Upton.  Yeah Tori can do it all so i think he's a great pickup. I'm just hoping the Yankees don't go after Hamilton. I forgot that you liked Alamaailman Vasarat because you probably would like Hoyry-Kone then. I've been told that the band has no interest in re-issuing their two albums  unfortunately. Hopefully that will change in the future.

Yeah, I like the Hamilton to Seattle rumors.  I'd rather not see him in Yankee pinstripes. 

Mellotron Storm wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: rushfan4 wrote: This one I have only heard MDK and Western Culture.  I suspect that i would probably vote for Guru Guru, Grobschnitt, or Hoyry Kone if I had heard any of these albums. I'm guessing you'd really like the Grobschnitt but the Hoyry Kone is fairly avant-garde but who knows. The real question is does Tori Hunter like Eminem ? One of those "surprise" bands for me is that I really like Alamaailman Vasarat (i.e. Al The Mail Man Was A Rat) and I have been told that Hoyry Kone is even better.  Unfortunately, I have not heard them and odds may be good that I never will as it appears there is little interest in ever reissuing those albums or making them available.  But maybe?   Not sure if Torii likes Eminem or not, but I have it on good authority that he likes 50 Cent, although he'd prefer 50 Million.  I think that he is a pretty good upgrade/addition to left field.  Better than if we had added Josh Hamilton or Nick Swisher or traded the farm for Justin Upton.  Yeah Tori can do it all so i think he's a great pickup. I'm just hoping the Yankees don't go after Hamilton. I forgot that you liked Alamaailman Vasarat because you probably would like Hoyry-Kone then. I've been told that the band has no interest in re-issuing their two albums  unfortunately. Hopefully that will change in the future. Yeah, I like the Hamilton to Seattle rumors.  I'd rather not see him in Yankee pinstripes.    With the Hoyry Kone that is one that I would be happy to purchase in download format, which you would think would be easy for the band to authorize selling it that way.  I'm not sure if they're available for download or not. A buddy of mine paid a big price to get these used on E-Bay and then made me copies since they're out of print.

They're not on iTunes or Amazon and they aren't on Spotify for streaming.  I've not really checked anywhere else.

Hoyry-Kone is available for streaming on Grooveshark.  That's the only way I've heard it.

Mellotron Storm wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Gasp last poll in the series! Between Magma and Cow for me. Though Hillage and GonG are both great too. I'll think it over. Well last poll for this section then we have 21 polls for the final section of O-Z.

Man With Hat wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Gasp last poll in the series! Between Magma and Cow for me. Though Hillage and GonG are both great too. I'll think it over. Well last poll for this section then we have 21 polls for the final section of O-Z.   Oh I know. I guess I just wasnt expecting this one to end.

Mellotron Storm wrote: Logan wrote: I'm astounded that Western Culture had no votes, and have rectified that somewhat disturbing, or perhaps downright appaling, situation.  I like all of these albums to some extent, but  I think that You and MDK would come second for me, then others.  I prefer H-K's debut, and never really got into Fish Rising, by the way.   Yeah it's a bit of a head scratcher that Western Culture just got it's first vote, and thankyou for that. Funny how H-K's second one seems to get all the praise but i felt they were pretty close.  Always appreciate your comments.

Western Culture is one of the truly great albums in PA for me.  It took me some time to fully appreciate it.

Regarding Hoyry-Kone: I found Hyonteisia voi Rakasta more satisfyingly varied in expression, and interesting, on the whole than Huono Parturi, but both are pretty excellent.  Actually, though I was really into both albums at one time, I haven't listened to either album much over the last few years. 


Edited by Logan - November 15 2012 at 17:24

Thank god HC got a vote.

OK, let's get this nonsense out of the way first - No votes for Kanguru?!?! I'm going to fix that right now, and I'm not just voting for it because I'm being patriotic!

Love the dirty psychedelic groove on tracks like `Oxymoron'...I'm going to give that album a spin right now!

Surely the problem here is that pretty much ALL of the other albums are stunners, especially the Gong, Hawkwind and Hillage ones!

When I first started getting into prog so many years ago, one of the CD's I had was that live Solar Music Grobschnitt one, and I thought it was total rubbish, I just couldn't get my head around it. I cashed it in at a local 2nd hand music shop for a couple of bucks....

These days I would KILL (or seriously hurt!) to have that album right now to listen to! I clearly just wasn't ready for it yet....