The Shred Room II (with extra youth)

James wrote: birdwithteeth11 wrote: James wrote: This album is amazing.  sh*t...! I bet mine's better. *checks last.fm* Nope 'cause I've never heard of Disillusion. So mine is more amazing.

What typical James logic.

Mikerinos wrote: I used to like TFK but now I'm kind of apathetic towards them.  I think they could shorten almost all their albums in half, and it would be better if they experimented with their style.  Even Ozric Tentacles are less samey and at least they're way better (in my opinion, which kind of goes without saying). :P

That part.
*Runs from Alex*

James wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: "Heavy Machinery" thats sextuplets at 200bpm (20nps) God lord, I had no idea Allan Holdsworth could play that fast. All on a humble 6-string.

My max is sextuplets at 155bmp, which is 15.5 notes per second, which mind you, is fast, but christ, 20 notes per second is inhuman to say the least.
Allan Holdsworth deliberately doesn't play guitars with more than 6 strings anyway, since he has this belief that he has enough trouble with 6 strings.
His excessively humble attitude can get annoying, christ, he is one of the most technically accomplished musicians alive, and he always down talks himself and says he can't play for sh*t.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Mikerinos wrote: I used to like TFK but now I'm kind of apathetic towards them.  I think they could shorten almost all their albums in half, and it would be better if they experimented with their style.  Even Ozric Tentacles are less samey and at least they're way better (in my opinion, which kind of goes without saying). :P Ozrics are amazing.

Not to mention highly underrated on this site. They deserve more credit and they definitely take close listening to to understand that they really aren't samey often.

birdwithteeth11 wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Mikerinos wrote: I used to like TFK but now I'm kind of apathetic towards them.  I think they could shorten almost all their albums in half, and it would be better if they experimented with their style.  Even Ozric Tentacles are less samey and at least they're way better (in my opinion, which kind of goes without saying). :P Ozrics are amazing. Not to mention highly underrated on this site. They deserve more credit and they definitely take close listening to to understand that they really aren't samey often.

LinusW wrote: Pat. How many Area albums do you have? And to all of you: what can I expect from Stormy Six?

AMF, Crac!, CRA, Maledetti, and Are(A)zione.

A crude description of Stormy Six is a more RIO and more Italian version of Gentle Giant.

NaturalScience wrote: LinusW wrote: Pat. How many Area albums do you have? And to all of you: what can I expect from Stormy Six? AMF, Crac!, CRA, Maledetti, and Are(A)zione. A crude description of Stormy Six is a more RIO and more Italian version of Gentle Giant.

Really now?

You've just inspired me to want to hear them sometime soon.


Edited by birdwithteeth11 - January 07 2009 at 22:41

Right. I definitely need Stormy Six then.

Maledetti and Are(A)zione - how would you describe them in comparison to the three I've got?

James wrote: Ah, fair enough.  I didn't think the debut was as easily findable, that's why I was asking. I need both on CD.

Both CDs at Wayside.

MovingPictures07 wrote: Mikerinos wrote: I used to like TFK but now I'm kind of apathetic towards them.  I think they could shorten almost all their albums in half, and it would be better if they experimented with their style.  Even Ozric Tentacles are less samey and at least they're way better (in my opinion, which kind of goes without saying). :P Ozrics are amazing.

I downloaded some of their earlier stuff, it's pretty great and very different.  More relaxed and "cool" sounding, a bit amateurish but that adds some charm, sometimes it's more enjoyable than the high energy jams which is what they're more judged upon.  Unfortunately, to acquire the early stuff, you need to either buy the out of print box set (or the original cassettes which are lots of $), or download, I went for the latter.