Wall of Mouths

Lemo wrote:

id like them to play a one off acoustic gig, somewhere around the leeds area

then they could play our love must die, which is the most un-therapy? song they have done, and i love it

Our Love Must Die was played live on Radio 1 just as it was released (on a B side of…dammit I forget). The live version was excellent, and until I lost the knackered old tape i taped it off the radio onto, it was one of my fave T? items

The Roots, Rock City Nottingham last night. Damn good show they put on too!

Looking forward to my next one - Motorhead in Birmingham tonight! YAY!

Jobrok wrote:

Well of course they are very short. They were recorded 3 decades. All that was available were 8-Tracks and Vinyl”

The OZZY era box-set is definitely the best way to start.
Much cheaper than getting them all individually.

The DIO albums are excellent also…!!!!

Hmmmm, funny how other artists of the time managed longer albums then, huh?!

With a bit of shopping around, you can find all of the Ozzy era albums at very low prices.

Apart from the last two, Technical Ecstacy and Never Say Die, which are patchy, they are all pretty much worth starting with.

If your budget allows (or you have a vacant spot on your Xmas list) why not go for the box set of ALL the Ozzy-era CD’s?

It’s called “Black sabbath - The Complete 70’s Replica CD Collection” - 8 CD’s in total, you shouldn’t have to pay more than £29.99 if you shop wisely.

Personally, I find the albums very short and they have their fair share of filler tracks, but there are also some real gems worthy of any rock fan’s collection.

Enjoy!

Hey, let us know how the gig went/ goes mate!

Have to agree about the Squiers…

I have an old (16 years..gulp, has it REALLY been that long…?!) Squier Strat, which doesn’t compare too unfavourably with the Fenders I have seen (although of course it ain’t as good). My brother, on the other hand, got a Squier Strat several years later, and it really is just a cheap and nasty guitar. Very lightweight, where mine at least felt vaguely substantial, very thin sounding. Yeuch.

On the other hand, he has a relatively recent Epiphone SG, which I can get all my fave AC/DC / Sabbath / Therapy? sounds from with little effort, and which is rather impressive for the money it cost him.

Personally, I’ll stick with my Gibson and my Fender, neither of which I could begin to afford if they went up in smoke tomorrow, but both of which are fuckin great.

AAAArgh, you’re just teasing me, now!

I don’t get to see Motorhead ‘til next Thursday!!

This’ll be the first time I’ve caught them live, so TELL ME MORE?!

What are they playing these days?

What was the sound like?

Is Mikkey Dee fucking mental or what?!

Alex wrote:

I thought Jordy was pretty poor…

But I guess that’s just live — I like his recorded drumming, but his style, he hardly tickles the drums, is slightly frustrating to me.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You’re kidding, right…?!

Joey at Donington saved the day (well, still a ruined day, but he saved it as much as it was ever gonna get saved) and his drumming towers way above the godawful Lars Ulrich.

Personally, I prefer a simple style with a bit of bounce and the odd fast run here and there. My money at the moment is on Mikkey Dee, who has played for Motorhead for something like 15 years. Placebo have a cool drummer too. As had Panda Love Unit, til they split up this week.:(

marja wrote:

he picks out my underware. We go shopping togheter and he picks and I pay. Thank god he doesn’t like strings :)

I stand corrected. If that’s how your relationship works, you’ve got it sussed and are both winners. Fair play!

marja wrote:

for my guy it’s definately boxers. When we moved in togheter I said he had to leave all the briefs behind or I would change the locks.

The person who invented the boxershort should get a nobelprize :)

The cheek! Can you imagine the slap a bloke would get if he told his girlfriend/ wife what underwear she had to wear!!

Double standards! See what happens when we let them vote? Give ‘em an inch, they take a mile…:rolleyes:

mr self destruct wrote:

Smoked/ate copious amounts of weed pretty much constantly for eight years, stopped buying it about 6 months ago, and am now one of those really annoying people who happily puff away on your spliff at parties :)

Hah hah hah hah…are you sure you aren’t my younger brother…? The description fits him down to a tee…!

BrummieDave wrote:

I think it should be given out free to.. football supporters in Birmingham before the Blues-Villa derby.

:D Good idea, except for the fact that you’d have to be on some pretty strong drugs in the first place to big a blue-nose. Up the Villa!

Title: Rock n Roll Dave is in the house!

‘Allo peeps!

I’ve posted a few wee things over the last couple of weeks, but I thought i’d say ‘Hi’.

I’ve been a Therapy? fan since just before Troublegum came out and my fave tracks are Potato Junkie and Teethgrinder .

This also gives me the chance for a shameless plug for my covers band , Bandykoot!

http://www.bandykoot.com

You won’t see me on there yet, as I am the new kid in the group (my first gig was June) and they still ain’t got my pic up there…think they’re trying to tell me something…?

..surely he meant Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Homes’ creator?! I’m sure he’s right in saying that drugs never did any harm at all…to fictitious people :D!!
I’m with you on the golf front, by the way. “A good walk spoit” didn’t someone once say…?

Citizen Erased wrote:

I’ve never really seen the need to try it.

Fair play - each to their own, I say. I never quite understood why some people have this attitude of “try anything once”. Some things just don’t appeal, why pretend they do?

Title: “Jazz” Fags

Following on from the “Cigarettes” thread, what’s everyone’s view on Weed?

Personally, I know a few people who swear by the stuff and who are never happier than when they have that glazed grin on their face and a rumble in the stomach (MUNCHEEEEEEZ!!!)

…but, damnit, it just doesn’t do it for me. Maybe it’s cos I’m not a cigarette smoker, so the smoking part of it still makes me wanna hurl, but…the woozy feeling, the racing heartbeat..Nah, I just don’t like the feeling.

Please understand, I am not judgmental about this at all - I used to work in a pub and I would WAAAAY prefer a room of stoned rock fans to a room of pissed up peopl, ANY day. I think if something relaxes you and it doesn’t harm anyone else, why not? I just don’t get that from weed myself..

Is it overrated, am I doing it wrong or am I just a lightweight?! :(

So, weed, good fun or waste of time?

Title: Whadddya readin’?

Currently halfway through the massive Rolling Stones biog Old Gods Almost Dead. Terrible title, great book. Prologue is really pretentious, but once the book starts it is very well written and in depth without being drawn-out and dull.

I also recommend:

John Lydon - Rotten: No Irish No Blacks No Dogs
Motley Crue - The Dirt
Whasisname (!) - Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon

Also just read Memoirs of an Unfit Mother by Anne Robinson (I kid you not). Very interesting read, indeed.

Shuff wrote:

Scopophobia will not work on regular North American DVD players. Therapy?’s DVD is a PAL DVD, and so will not work on regular North American NTSC systems. It is regionally encoded. However, some DVD players in North America don’t have regional encoding, and the DVD will work on those players. If you have a region 0 player, then you’re in luck. It’s mostly the cheap DVD players that don’t have regional encoding.

Careful! Regional coding is not the same as the difference between NTSC and PAL e.g. Sex In The City Series 1 is freely available in the UK as a Region 2 DVD,HOWEVER it is NTSC not PAL and will only play in black and white on some TVs. Regional coding is not about catering for different (existing) TV standards, it is purely and simply about controlling where in the world certain titles can be viewed at any given time.

Why does Bad Karma Follows You Around never get a mention…?

Surely it’s one of the very best T? songs?! Maybe it gets overlooked ‘cos it’s only on the Best Of ( and we all know what a rip-off it is putting out a best of with the odd one or two new songs - cheers record companies, you wankers!)

I heard them play it live before I knew what it was and it was the one track from the gig that really stuck in my mind. Great riff, great driving rhythm, great lyrics, great tune..
…or is it just me?! :(

PSYCHO SI wrote:

What does everyone think of the new T? album? I was a little dissapointed because it doesn’t really compare to ‘High Anxiety’, but nothing compares to ‘Infernal Love’…

Only heard it a few times so far (thanks to being so skint I had to wait for my wife to buy it me - which she surprised me with, bless her xxx), but I have to say I haven’t “got” it yet. High Anxiety, at the moment, for me is way ahead.

Not that this makes for bad music either, but is it me or does Andy sound genuinely fucked up on this record? On previous albums the madness has been tempered with a humorous side, but here he sounds positively manic. Hope he’s OK!!

I don’t know the first thing about Spitfire and what kind of label they are.However, the fact that Therapy? seem happy that there are people within the company who they get along with and who ‘get’what Therapy? are and are trying to do is probably enough to put them head and shoulders above most companies the guys have had to deal with. Whilst it is a shame that, for all the great music and life-affirming gigs out there, the music industry still relies on money, don’t forget that Spitfire need to ensure that they make money on Therapy? - or at least break even. If they put out loads of ads in the press/ TV and plug the record like mad, it costs a fortune - and how many extra copies of the record do we expect this to sell, if we are honest with ourselves? It has to be a huge increase to sustain a long-term high profile - or else it kills the band and the label and NO ONE gets to hear the next record.
Even getting songs played on radio/TV must cost money - there must be plenty of back-scratching going on (where do you think the term “spin doctor” originated ?!?)
I do not work in the music industry, so I’m not a music biz type whingeing, I’m just saying - BE REALISTIC!

realityfuck wrote:

But I do have a suggestion, since they’re going to pressing the live cd anyway, why not produce a few more of the cd only to sell at the gigs? The money goes straight to T? we get the cd, everyone’s a winner ;)

I have a ridiculous notion that one day, long, long from now, record companies will start listening to common sense suggestions like these from the people who know far more about the music business than they bother to learn, i.e. the fans. The fat, greasy bast*rds in boardrooms moan about how mp3 downloads and pirating is cutting into their (undeserved) profits, but they consistantly fail to give value for money and consistantly fail to give people WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT and what they would be quite willing to shell out their hard-earned money for. Instead, they milk the cash cow by rereleasing albums in “special edition”. Hey great, I LOVE buying all my favourite albums twice over instead of something new and exciting! Wankers!:mad:

I’m a regular Bulldog Bash-er but, no, I’m not a biker (OK, OK, I admit, I drive a Metro!! Oh the shame…!)so I can’t say I really follow why you wouldn’t wanna go there, but each to their own, and fair play, I respect your opinion.
Do you go to any Bike events? Me and the wife are looking for other bashes, etc, that we can investigate - three days of getting drunk in a tent doesn’t quite seem to be enough for her!

What bike do you ride? I have never gotten round to getting on two wheels, purely from a monetary point of view, as I would still need to keep my car on the road too :(
I always fancied the streetfighter type set up rather than something hidden in a pile of plastic at the front. Never been a Harley fan either, but as i say, I don’t ride, so I’m just going on looks!

Ah, now I get you! Excuse the ignorance, I didn’t realise the Academy was split into two rooms. One thing I will say though, is that if the good people of the Midlands had such good taste as us , Therapy? would pack ANY venue round here to the rafters. (Any yes, the Wulfrun is cack for gigs!!)
Just one thing though, can Michael just try and use the phrase “Fan-f*ckin’-tastic” a wee bit more sparingly!!!!!!

BrummieDave wrote:

Hopefully Birmingham will get a look in this time. Nothing against the Wolves venues but Brum is easier for me and yes I am being selfish.

Seriously though, I reckon a rammed Academy 2 would provide a better atmosphere than a half full Wulfrun Hall. Plus the service up the bar in the Wulfrun is shocking.

Well, obviously a half-packed venue is worse than a rammed one, but surely the Academy is much bigger, so if Therapy? only get a half-full Wulfun, how they gonna get a rammed Academy…? !

And no offence intended to the Therapy? boys, but when I last saw them at Wolves, it did indeed seem to be half-empty. Cracking gig, all the same, though…

I’m off to the Academy in November to see Motorhead - anyone else going to that? It promises to be one hell of a (loud) gig!

Why won’t you go to the Bulldog…?!

Title: Therapy? at the Bulldog Bash

Did anyone else out there see Therapy? at the Bulldog Bash in, er I think it must’ve been 2000, around the time of the So Much For The Ten Year Plan compilation?

It was one of the best gigs I have ever seen - I have never seen a band enjoying being on a stage so much in my life, and that’s what really rubs off on a crowd to turn a good gig into a great one. If anyone has a set list of this show, could they post it up here, it’s been so long, the old memory is going. Better still, photos…?!

Good to see the mainstream press picking up on the album rather than just the ‘metal’ press.

Can I just add, for no particular reason, that Therapy? at the Bulldog Bash a few years ago was one of the most enjoyable and downright ROCKING gigs I have ever seen? Ta!

Was anyone else there…? They threw in a few snippets like Breaking The Law which went down great with the bikers.

Thank God! I have finally found someone else who actually rates Load-era Metallica!!!!
Yeah, I agree there is a ‘jamming’ feel to Load - with a bit of the groove that Metallica usually lack.
As far as NANE goes, I have only heard Rise Up so far, but I can see what you meant with the St Anger comparison. Metallica were going for thet “loose but tight” thing so many bands have strived for…and failed. What I like about Therapy? is that so often the energy in the songs is so in-yer-face that the songs sound like they could come apart at the seams at any point, yet it all manages to keep together, somehow. I guess that the idea of that is that it reflects a state of mind, too - I’m sure we’ve all had days when it all looks like it’s gonna come apart in our hands, so to speak.

Title: Therapy? on daytime radio!!!!

Hi guys!

Living in the West Midlands, we are lucky to have Kerrang! 105.2 FM blasting out across our airwaves - although they don’t play enough ROCK for my liking (hell, they even have a bloody Hip Hop show every week…!)
Driving home last night I was pleasantly surprised to hear them play the new Therapy? tune, Rise Up.

It’s about time people like Kerrang! and others in the industry woke up to the best kept secret in rock and started backing a sure fire winner! Could this be the tides turning in T?’s favour for once…?
If ever the time was right for T? to break back into the wider attention of the public and media without having to water down or soften the music, it has to be right here, right now. Dontcha think?