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<p>so, i was watching the music channel yesterday, and they had a countdown of the top 20 "hair bands". They had a bunch of aussie musos talking about their memories of each band, and some things became apparent:</p>
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<p>1. Sarah McLeod from "The Superjesus" who i thought was sexy as fuck when i got into them in the '90s, is still pretty fucking sexy;</p>
<p>2. The chick from "Killinh Heidi", a band i hated, and chick i thought just looked terrible, is actually pretty hot now she is part of "normal" society;</p>
<p>3. Lots of hair bands got famous with uncharacteristic ballads.</p>
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<p>But the one that stuck with me the most is, Skid Row were a fucking great band. Awesome live (man they shat on the Gunners in the early 90s at Mt Smart), and with really good rock songs. Sebastian Bach may look like a chick, but that motherfucker could sing. I reckon this is just about the best "hair band" song ever</p>
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<p>Note: this excludes Guns n Roses, as i don't consider them a "hair band" they were too dirty. </p>
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<p>Sarah MacLeod is damn sexy with an awesome voice and a quick search on google reveals that she is bisexual. Sweet.</p>
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<p>Mariner did you see the tv show about the group formed with Bach, John Bonhams son and Ted Nugent? He still got a decent voice but the booze has really fucked him over. Ted Nugent came across as a cock , no surprises there I guess.</p> -
<p>Ted Nugent is a gun nut. a militant gun nut.</p>
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<p>nah, didn't see it. bet he's not pretty any more</p> -
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<p>A militant gun nut who pretended to be insane to avoid going to viet nam . Recently he's been accused of having sex with Courtney love when she was about 13.</p>
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<p>That's what Courtney Love accuses, and not a lot of reasons to disbelieve her. Nugent married a very young girl. Most of us probably don't want to know the sordid details of our fave pop stars. Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, especially) was swimming in girls every night who were the same ages as the girls that had "consensual sex" with Roast Busters. It ain't pretty, and rock music has a history of it going back at least as early as Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis.</p>
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<p>Nuge is a sleazeball idiot with a limited repertoire... but he could always rock, from the Amboy Dukes to solo. Left-wing punk rock icons Ian MacKaye (MInor Threat, Fugazi) and Henry Rollins (Blag Flag) hate-despise-loathe-cannot stomach Nugent's political idiocy, but still swear to this day that Nugent kicked ass as a rock performer. Nugent's interview patter from the 1970s is also legendary - he was laying down rap before there was rap. Besides that, he pooped in his diapers to get a deferment so that he didn't have to go to Vietnam.</p> -
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<p>An oldie but a goodie.....................and back in the charts.....</p>
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<p>And this.................................</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdxcz6_buckcherry-all-night-long_music'>http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdxcz6_buckcherry-all-night-long_music</a></p> -
<p>I bought a cool brand new 3-CD set of George Jones at a Walmart discount bin for 5 bucks. The country legend died earlier this year and I figured WTH. Superb investment.</p>
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<p>Here's his first No. 1 hit from 1959 - the rockin' classic "White Lightning":</p>
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<p>The Possum looks awesomely hilarious in this video, you'd swear he was Jim Carrey's grandpappy.</p> -
<p>I'm trying out this newfangled Pandora thing. Nothing in particular - just plugging in a few artists and seeing what comes out.</p>
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<p>I got one of these</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/playbar'>http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/playbar</a></p>
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<p>and teamed it up with one of these</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/sub'>http://www.sonos.com/shop/products/sub</a></p>
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<p>In the main room - plays the TV and is pretty cool for hooking up various music Apps etc. No Google Music support at this stage :(</p> -
<p>i made the mistake of watching a countdown of the top 20 songs by bands playing at the BDO this year. Based on what i saw, i wouldn't pay $25 for a ticket, let alone what ever fucked up price they are putting on them these days.</p>
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<p>it can't purely be my age that makes it seem like all music these days is made by whiney effeminate hipster douchbags</p> -
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<p>i made the mistake of watching a countdown of the top 20 songs by bands playing at the BDO this year. Based on what i saw, i wouldn't pay $25 for a ticket, let alone what ever fucked up price they are putting on them these days.</p>
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<p>it can't purely be my age that makes it seem like all music these days is made by whiney effeminate hipster douchbags</p>
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<p>I assume it was 20 songs by 20 bands ... not the top 20 songs, otherwise it would just be between three artists.</p>
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<p>In the past I'd go to BDO as you'd be sure to uncover a couple of unknown bands just kicking off ... but this year doesn't seem like there are up and comers ... although it may just be my age. If I can fangle a free ticket I'll go but I'm not paying to go.</p>
