Worst prog band name.
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Topic: Worst prog band name.
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Subject: Worst prog band name.
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:02
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Hmm worst as in the silliest or the most boring. Hmm i cant really come up with a example my self but i get back to it.
Edit: The Flower Kings ofcourse |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:09
I think they're all pretty cool ....but Emerson, Lake & Powel was rather silly, but then again, rather smart ....same thinh with ABW&H....
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Posted By: dalt99
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:18
Flower Kings yah, I don't care too much for that name. I always thought Can was a dull name but maybe not for those into Krautrock? 
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Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:24
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Krautrock is my favourite part of progressive rock though i'm totally with you, Can is a very dull name In Swedish, Can = Burk <--- if they change their name to this i'll quit listening to them ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |
dalt99 wrote:Posted By: Gentle Ronnie
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:26
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YES. ------------- 
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Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:26
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Flower Kings DT The Mars Volta
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Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:27
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POOR GENETIC MATERIAL GREY LADY DOWN DEAD SOUL TRIBE |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:50
| A Piedi Nudi (barefooted) , For Absent Friends, Grey Lady Down, Fruitcake and ... The Flower Kings. |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 03:52
Its so irritating with people that does not like a bands music and therefore can not be objective about them at all. I can accept that people does not like the mars volta or dream theater but i think its just stupid sl*ggering them off by saying the mars volta has the worst drummer, dream theater is the worst prog band and so on. Although you do not like a bands music you have to learn to be objective about it. Although i forexample does not like toto i surely can agree on that steve lukather is a talented guitarist even although i does not like his style i can understand why he is called good. Although there will always be people that does not manage to be objective or serious at all and just want to sl*gger off many of the more popular bands. Because i think if you think about it im sure you can find a band thats worse than yes a drummer thats worse than jon theodore and a band name that is worse than dream theater.
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Posted By: Yurkspb
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 04:07
| Van Der Graaf Generator (and mind that I do like their music!) |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 04:45
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Annexus Quam, a Krautrock band (whose first LP had one of the most interesting gimmick covers ever. The front cover could be folded in several different ways, and you could make 16 differnt covers. Very cool). -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 04:48
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surely Puddle of Mudd wins. Not prog, I know, but it makes me gag.
Kamelot is a bit corny too. |
Posted By: dalt99
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 04:48
Happy the Man (?) 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 04:53
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That's one of the band-names that I really like! Toto is a horrible name, but they aren't really prog, are they? |
Posted By: Lizard_King
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 05:08
Jethro Tull or Electric Light Orchestra
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Posted By: Progerial
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 05:16
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i like the flower kings yes |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 05:20
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My partner used to play drums in a short-lived local punk band (who never made a record). They were named "X-Prep", which is a very heavy laxative. Hardly beatable. ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: colin007
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:17
dude, dream theater is my favorite band, and i can admit that the name "dream theater" is on the cheesy side of the spectrum. it takes nothing away from the music, its just a comment on their name. ------------- This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion. |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:33
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spock's beard isn't a great name, IMO. does anyone know why they chose that name? sometimes the meaning of a name can help to make you like it - i.e. understanding the thought that has gone into the name. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 08:45
Eloy... I mean, great band but what's the deal with naming yourselves after the sheep-like sub-humans from 'The Time Machine'? Of course, if they changed their name to 'Morlock', their fan base would think they'd recruited Dorothea Peche as a vocalist.. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 09:00
If I recall correctly, it was from a joke about a parallel universe where everything was the same except Spock had a beard. |
Posted By: Fantômas
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 09:44
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The italian band names: Consorzio Acqua Potabile, Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Quella Vecchia Locanda, etc... Also: Yes (the faggiest name in this galaxy!), ELP, Rush. ------------- And above all, is punk 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 09:55
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"Premiata Forneria Marconi" were named after a shop that sold sweets.
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Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 09:57
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To maidenrulez: The problem aren't DT or Mars Volta, but the fans of those bands. I Think that Dream Theater is a funny name. And Mars Volta too. Can I think this? Please don't take fire for a joke, like those posts are. Ok, Yes is a silly name. Are you happy now?
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:33
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How come everyone is saying YES? I never had a problem with it. |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:40
I prefer the name NO. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: nimrodel
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 10:53
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camel. nothing clever in that. boring. ------------- We want... a shrubbery! |
Posted By: Pylo
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:20
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Some Japanese bands have silly "french names"
------------- Pylo |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:24
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It Bites Spocks Beard Yes Hawkwind Mostly Autumn Partially Winter (? Emerson Lake & Palmer (Sound like a law firm or something) ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:46
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Horslips Yes (not that i dont like the name, its just really confusing trying to recommend them to someone Porcupine Tree (Great band tho) ------------- 
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Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:57
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Pavlov's dog ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 11:59
Actually I think "Pavlov's Dog" is a good name. Waiting for another band to name themselves "Schrödinger's Cat" now.
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Posted By: lpd42
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:06
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Transatlantic Chicken Wicken Number Five Roger Roid And The Whirlling Butt Cherries Cherry Five (Later to become Goblin!) ------------- Blarg! My cheese has bones! |
Posted By: Infinity
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:07
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I'm with Spectral on 'Spock's Beard' it just doesn't sit with me well at all and interestingly although I just recently got into them that hasn't lessened the blow at all. It's obvious it's about some parallell universe etc etc but it's still awful... We've all got to admit Genesis is one of the best ever names!
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Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:09
Hey, I think that's a wonderful name, but I always wonder which one of the hundreds of dogs Pavlov, errr, "processed" deserves to be remembered... Does anybody know where the apparently stupid Blue Öyster Cult name comes from? |
Posted By: Infinity
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:13
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I think the worst I've seen really is WANKA! Incredible, thatnks to Jerry Lucky's Prog Rock Files I had a good laugh at that one.
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Posted By: Lizard_King
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:21
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Atomic Rooster
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 12:58
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http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=584 - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=584
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Posted By: raindance
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:12
The Mars Volta
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:21
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How about "Deep Freeze Mice"? ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: floyd68
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:22
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Barclay James Harvest (BJH) and all those 3 letter "abbreviation bands" elp, elo... Yes (Roger Dean's logo is pretty cool and I like some of their albums) Asia (nice logo and artwork too but extremely boring music) however the most stupid names can be found in metal music ;-) |
Posted By: nimrodel
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:22
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and amon düül ll... WHAT IS THAT?!!? ------------- We want... a shrubbery! |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:26
By the way, your quote is a slightly misquoted Niels Bohr quote. He stated: "There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true." ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:31
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OR PINEAPPLE THIEF ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:31
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"Amon" (or in some spellings "Ammon") is an ancient Egyptian God with the horns of a ram. "Düül" is a character from Turkish literature. And the "2" simply stems from the fact that the original Amon Düül split up, and those who left added the "2" to distinguish themselves from the others. ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:31
Nothing can compete with this thread really it can't. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 13:38
Actually one just might: http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=349 - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=349
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:11
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Flower Kings
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:16
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"10cc" as well as "The Loving Spoonful". Both names refer to the average volume of the ejaculate as the result of a male orgasm.
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Posted By: dodaro
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:23
I'm not in harmony with you... For the italian way to prog "Premiata Forneria Marconi" is a good name... Is the synthesis of the long english prog names, plus the mediterranean sound... Perfect for me... |
Posted By: raindance
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:23
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the mars revolta
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:26
I was not joking. There really is a shop of sweets somewhere in Italy that has the name "Premiata Forneria Marconi". The information is from a rock lexicon.
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Posted By: nacho
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:37
Yes, the name comes from that but I have to give my (I think) expert opinion on that. Let me explain: it's not that I'm an expert in male ejaculates (I only know about my own, at least since I was a teenager and did some competitions with friends), but that I'm a physiologist, with some expertise in reproductive physiology, and I can tell you for sure that the volume is very variable, but seldom bigger than 5 cc. So yes, those might be the most stupid band names ever...
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:43
| I love Supertramp, but I consider it's rather a stupid name. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:44
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:52
"Hatfield and the North" are named after a sign on the M1 motorway in England. I saw that sign myself.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:53
I always knew men were exaggerating, no wonder I'm a lesbian.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 14:56
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The Enid ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: CaincelaOreinim
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:04
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The Flower Kings have by far the worst name...and they wonder why they have trouble attracting a wider audience? Tool is also in this day and age a painful name for them to have chosen seeing as homosexuals are branded that through slang. And c'mon, Pain of Salvation? That's cringe-worthy as well. I happen to think the Mars Volta is a good name; in an explanation (for those who don't know) the founders said volta is a word an Italian director used meaning constant change, and mars comes from both their obsession with sci-fi elements and as the god/ddess(? i forget which) of war...why not? Note: I enjoy all these bands. |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:09
Probably except The Dayjob Orchestra all those names are great. Especially Godspeed You! Black Emperor. |
Posted By: Keke
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:12
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The Flower Kings is a nice name. I dislike Asia, myself! [ Horrible band, horrible name. ] Camel and Can aren't really the most immaginative names I've heard, as well, I'd say. |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:31
I think Can is a very good name - it doesn't mean only the thing you store food in, but also "to be able to do something"; in Turkish it means "life" and "soul"; in Chinese - "feelings", "emotions" and "love". This multitude of positive meanings was the reason they adopted this name in the first place.
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Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:31
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Pazzo Fanfano di Musica
Flied Egg Floh De Cologne Acqua Fragile Alluminogeni Consorzio Acqua Potabile Electric Sandwich Fruupp Incredible Hog 
A Piedi Nudi Kultivator Light of Darkness Lucifer's Friend 
Marsupilami Naked Sun
Le Orme Paradiso a Basso Prezzo La Pentola di Papin Prof. Wolfff Rain Tree Crow Reale Impero Britannico
Sarcofagus
Silerbart
Spock's Beard Virus
Vox Dei Yes
Yezda Urfa
Yoninbayashi
and last but not least Ladies W.C.
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Posted By: Mr. Asdf
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:33
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hey, what the heck is " 5uu's " ?!
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Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:33
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Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:35
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Although I agree with some of your choices, 'weird' doesn't have to mean 'bad'. ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 15:42
"Marsupilami" are named after an animal from a French comic book series, "Spirou et Fantasio". It looks like a Jaguar with an extremely long tail and even made its way on a French stamp.
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Posted By: ExquisiteCorpse
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 16:21
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ELP. I mean, come on. Like their music fine, though. ------------- No, her name is not Beatrice. Yes, it's true: Movon invented cancer. Josh and Peanut for President in '06! |
Posted By: LDGuy
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 18:14
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Tool? There songs have class names, and i guess they MAKE tool a good name, but it is a little dull, dont you think? |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 18:16
Like "Prison Sex", "Stinkfist" & "Hooker With A Penis"? I like Tool, I'm just playin with ya.
They do have very EVOCATIVE song titles, don't they?
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 18:23
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I agree, Tool's song names makes them look very very very mature indeed |
Posted By: Cinema
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 20:51
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Gentle Giant - Hate that name.
Tool -- That one too. Can -- And that one. GTR -- Geez, that's the best they could come up with? Asia -- I never thougt it too hip to name yourself after a chunk of land. Boston -- See Asia. Kansas -- See Asia. UK -- See Asia Europe -- See Asia. Van Der Graaf Generator -- Um ... okay. The Flower Kings -- What the heck was Roine thinking about? Atomic Rooster -- Not that bad, but not that great either. U I Blue -- Whatever And the Number One worst name is: Spock's Beard |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 21:14
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Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 21:20
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Tool------->it just dounds ROUGH and wierd, don't like it........
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Posted By: Gaston
Date Posted: June 01 2005 at 21:56
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The Allan Parson's Project. Sounds like a FRICKEN lazeurbeam or something... -------------  
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