Suede Room 2

James wrote: LinusW wrote: James wrote: LinusW wrote: James wrote: I've decided I cannot do VdGG justice with my reviews (see my Real Time review as an example of my ineptness), so they shall forever remain unreviewed by me. Coward You have read my reviews, haven't you? Can't find anything wrong with them. That's my point. They're mediocre... and that's the problem.

So are mine. We're all happy amateurs.

James wrote: No, I'm a genius. It's just my reviews morph into something else when I post them on P.A.

You are indeed unfortunate.

I'll leave you with your delusions of grandeur and watch some X-files to clear my mind. That says a lot! 

Yep.

Feelin' RIO as always!

MovingPictures07 wrote: Bj-1 wrote: Feelin' RIO as always! RIO is always good.   1000 CD's? I though I had much at 670 Yeah, well, I'm a completionist.   And Fates Warning are awesome. One of my favorite Prog-Metal bands!   I'm still wondering why I haven't heard them yet. My favorite metal band is Dream Theater. I like Porcupine Tree even more, and other metal bands I like are Meshuggah and Opeth (though Opeth's first two albums don't do much for me). What specifically do you think I should check out?

One thing I'll never understand is why most Magma fans always forget to mention Attahk as one of their really good albums. I mean, it's pretty different from MDK, but isn't Kohntarkosz just as different?

Listening to it now... Great stuff.

Bj-1 wrote: Attahk is very good indeed. Very overlooked!   I guess it's too "normal" for some fans

I guess I can see that more so instrumentally, but vocally I still think it's way out there (particularly Vander).

The fact that a CD sounding like Attahk would be too normal to generate more praise really says something though.

Out of curiosity, since you know more about RIO/Avant than I do... what bands can you think of are there that utilize bassoon? I'm curious if there are any I still haven't heard of before.

Bj-1 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Bj-1 wrote: Attahk is very good indeed. Very overlooked!   I guess it's too "normal" for some fans I guess I can see that more so instrumentally, but vocally I still think it's way out there (particularly Vander). The fact that a CD sounding like Attahk would be too normal to generate more praise really says something though. Out of curiosity, since you know more about RIO/Avant than I do... what bands can you think of are there that utilize bassoon? I'm curious if there are any I still haven't heard of before.     What bassoon related Avant bands do you know of already then?

Umm... let me think. Hopefully I won't leave out any that I've seen mentioned before but haven't listened to.

Univers Zero and Henry Cow easily spring to mind first. (Gryphon as well, but they're prog folk). Those are the main ones. I also know that Art Zoyd and Comus did (I think), but I'm not too familiar with them yet. Are there any others that notably use it?

I really like the sound, so I was hoping to find something that utilizes them as often as Gryphon, but I doubt that there are many out there, if any, that use it as often.

Bj-1 wrote: U Totem comes to mind. I only have their first, but it does feature a lot of bassoon. Oh, yeah, I do really need to hear that. On my list!   Also, Combo FH, a very obscure RIO band heading from Czech Republic, uses bassoon a lot. Not available on CD though, but I can provide a little link for you if you want.. That would be extremely appreciated.   I love Gryphon, BTW! Awesome. They're really fantastic. I especially love all of Red Queen and the title track for Midnight Mushrumps. I can't wait for their new CD!