Punctuations in life

Sunday, December 18, 2005

punctuations in life Current mood: exhausted Ok, so I'm tipsy and remeniscing (check spelling) about old times in the NOLA music scene. I got to thinking about how much "Vulgar Display of Power" changed my life. I soon realized, that it was not he first album to change my life. There have been so many, and for various reasons. Here's a short list in no particular order: 1. Led Zeppelin (untitled 4th album)-Greatest band ever. Hands down. This album saved my life. 2. Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath - What more needs to be said? Geezer rocks on NIB, Tony Iomi has done more with missing fingers than most guitarist with a full set. Bill Ward, well, he's a drummer and they're easy to find. OZZY... 3. Pantera-VDOP - Introduced a young and impressionable catholic high school boy to the local scene. By the time this came out, I was already a freelance pharmacist. I used to sneak into Zeppelin's with the bands just to see the shows. Thank god Forbidden Glory filled in a last minute slot that Acid Bath bailed on. Because of Forbidden Glory, I got to see soooo many groups that I normally couldn't have seen due to the age limit. Shit...saw Acid Bath 1000 times, Pantera, Crowbar, Soilent Green, TUNGSTEN (Al, where are you??) and soo many more. The way Dime shredded on lead was totally unheard of at that time. Opened up my eyes, I guess. 4. Type O Negative-Bloody Kisses - Kinda found Type O by accident. Fell in love with the sound. Begged and begged my cousin in CA to talk to Rikki Rachtman about getting them on Headbanger's Ball. When Pete finally got on, Rikki made an ass of himself. The album itself led to some of the best sex of my life. Been a huge fan ever since...Saw them live more times than I care to admit. 5. Fat Boy Slim-Better Living Through Chemistry - Made me start spinning again. This white boy from Brighton, England took techno and made House cool again. Plus, I'm a sucker for a remix...and a Who remix at that... 6. Who-pick any album - Pete Townshend is a genius. Flat. I can listen to any Who LP and get lost. Tommy (soundtrack, not the album) turned my interest back to piano for a while. 7. Pink Floyd-The Wall - The only time I've watched The Wall and have it make sense is when I dropped acid for the first time. I don't do drugs anymore, but if I ever win the lottery, my wife has been instructed to lock me in a tiny padded room with 10 pads of paper and a bunch of pens and pump this album in over and over. 8. Motorhead-Hellraiser - What can I say...Lemmy is god. nottheir best album by far, but this one woke me up. 9. Alice in Chains-anything - If you know me at all, you know I HAAAATE Seattle. the music, coffe, and weather suck. the only good things to come out of Seattle were Jimi Hendrix, AIC, Soundgarden (one album only), and that's about it. AIC intro'd me to "alternative" that didn't sound like Nirvana or Pearl jam, both of whom turned my tummy. 10. Tool-Undertow - I was young and impressionable. The videos sucked me in, OK? 11. Primus-Sailing the Seas of Cheese - So I played bass, and Les Claypool did things that couldn't be done on bass. funky lyrics to boot. 12. Sepultura-Arise - Sophomore in high school...played this for a priest and got 3 days detention. Well worth it. Saw them open for Ozzy on the "No More Tours" tour. Best show I ever saw. 13. Morbid Angel-Altars of Madness - Discovered them accidentally while on spring break at the tender age of 15. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Mom and dad thought I was staying with friends and studying for finals. I was on the beach popping any kind of pill and chatting up any kind of chick I could find. Set the stage for later solo vacations (ie-Europe). All of the above have changed my life (or at least defined a moment of my life) in one way or another. There are many more, but I figure 13 is a good number with which to stop. Don't tease me too much about Fat Boy Slim. I haven't even broached the subject of Hip Hop (Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, etc) yet. that's another rant for another night I can't sleep.