Load

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With Load, Metallica takes a dramatic left turn with their music, continuing in the direction suggested by Metallica, their previous album. The songs on Load have groove; they're slower, with far fewer of the lightning-fast riffs that have been Metallica's trademark since their inception. While songs like "Ain't My Bitch" and "Wasting My Hate" are up-tempo and full of the vitriol one would expect from the quintessential heavy metal band, "2 X 4" is hard rock with a blues beat, "Hero of the Day" sounds positively mainstream, and "Mama Said" is an actual, honest-to-god ballad. While some diehard fans may find this mix unappealing, there's plenty to like about this album, including its laid-back, rhythmic orientation, and James Hetfield's characteristic growl tempered by his growing maturity as a vocalist. -- Genevieve Williams

Product Description
The band's 1996 album coupled with the four track CD single'Live In London', featuring 'Bleeding Me', 'Damage Inc' andcovers of Queen's 'Stone Cold Crazy' & Killing Joke's 'TheWait'. 18 tracks total. The single is a slimline jewel case;'Load' is in a stand

Load,Metallica,Elektra / Wea,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Pop,Rock,Speed Metal,Thrash,United States of America

Average customer rating: Metallica Bears 'Load' With Results That May Vary...4.5 stars... a band under any other name--- sell out? not really Corrosion of Metallica? Excellent!!

Load Metallica Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Reload Metallica ...And Justice For All Ride the Lightning Master of Puppets ASIN: B000002HMH Release Date: 1996-06-04

Tracks:

1. Ain't My Bitch
2. 2 X 4
3. The House Jack Built
4. Until It Sleeps
5. King Nothing
6. Hero Of The Day
7. Bleeding Me
8. Cure
9. Poor Twisted Me
10. Wasting My Hate
11. Mama Said
12. Thorn Within
13. Ronnie
14. The Outlaw Torn

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With Load, Metallica takes a dramatic left turn with their music, continuing in the direction suggested by Metallica, their previous album. The songs on Load have groove; they're slower, with far fewer of the lightning-fast riffs that have been Metallica's trademark since their inception. While songs like "Ain't My Bitch" and "Wasting My Hate" are up-tempo and full of the vitriol one would expect from the quintessential heavy metal band, "2 X 4" is hard rock with a blues beat, "Hero of the Day" sounds positively mainstream, and "Mama Said" is an actual, honest-to-god ballad. While some diehard fans may find this mix unappealing, there's plenty to like about this album, including its laid-back, rhythmic orientation, and James Hetfield's characteristic growl tempered by his growing maturity as a vocalist. -- Genevieve Williams

Album Description

The band's 1996 album coupled with the four track CD single'Live In London', featuring 'Bleeding Me', 'Damage Inc' andcovers of Queen's 'Stone Cold Crazy' & Killing Joke's 'TheWait'. 18 tracks total. The single is a slimline jewel case;'Load' is in a stand

Customer Reviews:

Metallica Bears 'Load' With Results That May Vary...4.5 stars..........2007-07-30

Every now and then, a band shells out a heavy dose of majesty album after album before they hit a brick wall that will either crash down in front of them or might remain intact. Undoubtedly, Metallica might have sensed that fans would either embrace or turn away from a change of sound and even craft, as the band expanded its sonics and metal attack with slower tempos, hints of "alternative", and even some (hold your breath) country twang on LOAD, easily the band's most interesting and varied work. It's no KILL 'EM ALL; it's nowhere near MASTER OF PUPPETS; heck, it's not even METALLICA Pt. 2. And as it stands, it shouldn't need to be a part two of that breakthrough album. LOAD did without a doubt rattle some fans nerves, even creating serious doubt in some as to whether Metallica had truly lost their minds making this record. Rolling Stone even featured a cover with all four of them brandishing brand new short haircuts, creating a false sense that they had somehow gone "alternative" and wanted to fit into some kind of trend. LOAD represents a shift in terms of style and musical tastes for Metallica, and while they lost fans in the process, undoubtedly many stuck around and embraced the sound as it sold a whopping 680,000 copies in its first week of release.

LOAD's sound is presented in thundering form on the record's first track, "Ain't My Bitch", a churning riff-driven monster that features Hetfield's new trademark growl, Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett's chunky riffing, Jason Newsted's roiling basss, and Lars Ulrich's hammering drums. It presents the band in a different time, a more crunchy and polished rock sheen than previous releases only barely hinted at, if at all. The first single off the album, the melodic and atmospheric "Until It Sleeps", is one of the few surprises on LOAD, as it features a crooning Hetfield pleading "so tell me why you've chosen me/don't want your grip/don't want your greed/don't want it" as the cautionary chorus taunts "so tear me open but beware/there's things inside without a care". Indeed, LOAD is a cautionary album, and it requires a careful listen to truly understand that this was an evolutionary step for Metallica. "King Nothing" and "2x4" are lean and muscular stomp-rock exercises that are both equally satisfying, with the latter even showing evidence of a little blues boogie in the groove. "Bleeding Me" is the epic centerpiece of the record, an eight minute plus opus that crawls with a roping riff in the beginning before many full-blown choruses emerge amongst the trodden beast, and Hetfield again sings "I'm diggin' my way/I'm diggin' my way to something/I'm diggin' my way to something better" like a wounded man near the light of a tunnel. On all of the aforementioned tracks, Lars drums pound hard, Hammett's leads are captivating, Hetfield's rhythm guitar shreds in chunky installments, and Newsted's bass pulses along with Lars beats. At times, though, the band does indeed try to scale back it's approach for an open breath of fresh air.

The band takes a stab at a country-rock twang on the heartfelt "Mama Said", a quiet moment featuring a country pedal steel, acoustic guitars, and Hetfield's quiet, sensitive crooning. It's almost a shock to hear something like this come from a band whose first album was titled KILL 'EM ALL, but they pull it off successfully (and, according to one website, it even charted on country radio!). Moments of "Bleeding Me" are quiet and introspective and melodic; "The House Jack Built" sounds like it could be menacing but never quite reaches that apex; and "Hero of the Day" is an aching nugget of "alternative" metal that feels like it was built for radioplay. At moments, the band does feel like it's overstaying it's welcome, as is more than apparent on the nearly ten-minute album closer, "The Outlaw Torn", and while that song has majesty of its own, it seems to drag a little in certain points. Indeed, at a hearty 78 minutes and 57 seconds over 14 tracks, you might feel like the word "filler" comes to mind, but really there isn't a mere shab of fillers save for a few spots of "Outlaw Torn" and even the rocking "Ronnie". But those extremely minor flaws are completely forgiveable as the band, throughout the album, take risks that pay off big for them in the form of big hooks, monster lean riffs, and pulverizing rhythmic attacks.

Indeed, while still many critics learned to love LOAD, many fans did not and ultimately wound up leaving behind Metallica and realizing they would never replicate the sound of METALLICA or anything before it. But many open-minded fans gave load a chance and it sold well over three million copies in mere months and found itself nominated for Grammys as well. But LOAD was a risk Metallica took and ultimately, it still seemed to pay off for these four juggernauts of metal. While many fans to this day still regard LOAD as the beginning of the end for Metallica, many others still praise the band for its willingness to experiment with different textures and grooves to give them a wider sonice palette. LOAD represents a change in Metallica's direction musically and it also paints a portrait of the kings of metal who are not afraid to take risks. Evolution, for better or worse, can pay off, and as is the case with LOAD, ultimately did.

a band under any other name---.......2007-07-23

hero of the day iz cool but beyond that the sound has changed too much. Great rock but not great Metallica. Then Lars started farting around chasing that Napster dude like he caused the end of the world or something, really they were done with the black album because everything after that was more rock oriented and alternative style. Long live Metallica 1983-1992 and selloutica should find a good new fanbase since most the youth of today are zombies and do not even realize what came before anyways.

sell out? not really.......2007-07-10

This album was a bit different that their previous ones. However, this is a huge progression even from the Black album.

These guys certainly did not sell out. If they had sold out they would have become less heavy (even less heavy then they were here) and made a crappy album of romantic music or a CD filled with fake drum clicks and a shimmering glockenspiel (like so much of the music today)

There is solid musicianship here and they realize their guitars have more than two strings and they know more than 3 chords. They didn't write some crappy corporate lyrics like so many 'rock' groups these days who only play what they're told and then let there music be produced in that way that gets stuff on the radio.

This album is better than all of that. There are actual melodies here and not just mindless riffing against pounding drums. This album is definitely a progression from the Black album, or any of their albums. Its produced well and sound great.

If you don't have this, you should. If you have it, listen to it again. This is easily 5 stars.

Corrosion of Metallica? .......2007-06-19

I was just thinking about the other day, what happened during the Load era of Metallica to make them do such an album? Well I think that I can explain alot of it, without making me or Metallica sound like total schmucks.

First of all, I think Metallica has become more than just a band, its a MACHINE. A very lucrative machine for the persons involved that is. Its a very different world, somewhat isolated from the ground. I don't know what would have happened if they would've come out with a very eighties sounding album in 1997. Would it have sold? Considering how dead traditional metal was (other than in much of Europe, etc), I could see them getting dropped after lackluster sales of an album of such music. They may have had to been signed to Castle records, or in other words go from the "top" to the "middle" rung (see the Neil Strauss/Motley Crue book The Dirt for a good explaination of this concept).
Metallica have worked extremely hard to get where they are, and this is an indisputable fact regardless of what you think of their music.

I don't think that Metallica were just following trends 100 % either, as Load isn't like Dokken's Shadowlife or such rubbish. Load is basically where they were at the time, getting into more bluesy influences, more hard rock, and a lot of Corrosion of Conformity!

I think it was an experiment to expand their sound to include alot of different things, not to sell out to an expanded audience per se. However, I also think that the changed climate in the U.S in regards to metal was definitely an influence. Its been said that all trends start in California and I'm sure that Metallica were influenced by "alternative culture" that is inherent in San Francisco. Metallica wanted to branch out, but at the same time, sell albums (even if unconciously). I don't even think it was a conscious attempt to "Sell out" as much as it was following a certain path that is influenced by; approaching middle age, "Different" non metal influences, and also, even if under the surface, the influence of a corporation (the aforementioned "machine") and also peers and a city that has never been total metal like Gothenburg, Stockholm or Oslo (other than the bay area thrash scene of the Eighties).
Its the same reason why Madison WI's most famous "metal" band of all time is a more "alternative", "funky", or "trippy" metal band, Last Crack. So I take all this into consideration when looking at the Load's, the times were not conducive to traditional metal, but the scene where Metallica are from was not either, and their listening choices were probably not very "metallic" at the time. Lars Ulrich disowned the "metal" label around the same time, but he has always been the one to say provocative statements such as those. Lars seems to really hate alot of the fanbase he sees as unintelligent and unenlightened. It may be pretentious, but a part of me agrees with him, though making such statements is going to alienate people.

I like the Loads, but they could have been made into one album, and it would have been a good album, though definitely not the Metallica of old.

Excellent!!.......2007-05-16

The CD arrived in perfect condition and my dad really enjoys his b-day present!! Thanks

Average customer rating: Whinig f-ing maggots This was the breakthrough, not "No Cure for Cancer" Some of the greatest rants ever Not worth the money Exact Bits Leary Stole from Hicks

Lock 'N Load Denis Leary Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Shock Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: No Cure for Cancer Merry F#%$in' Christmas Denis Leary Roast of Denis Leary Uncensored Have You Seen Me Lately? ASIN: B000002GP1 Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. F**k This
2. A**Hole Of The Dance
3. Marv Marv Marv
4. Save This
5. Deaf Mute Cocktail Party
6. Coffee
7. Beer
8. F**k Santa
9. Elvis And I
10. I'm Happy
11. F**k The Kennedys
12. President Leary
13. A Reading From The Book Of Apple
14. Love Barge
15. Fat F**ks
16. Insane Cowboy (In Africa)
17. My Kids
18. Life's Gonna Suck
19. F**k The Pope
20. Lock 'N Load

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Lots of comedians like to think of themselves as rock stars, but Leary makes good on that threat with Lock 'n Load. Leary's frantic concert ranting is intercut MTV-style with comic song parodies (including a gothic mocking of the Love Boat theme), idle chatter, noise bursts, sound collages, and guest spots from the likes of Janeane Garofalo (slamming Fiona Apple) and musicians Adam Roth and Greg Dulli. Leary takes no prisoners as he goes after Michael Flatley, Marv Albert, Hanson, the Kennedy clan, the pope, ecology activists, 7-Eleven counter help, fat Vegas gamblers, and even his own kids. He's at his angry, acid best when he takes on the annoying '90s trends of multiple body piercings, microbrews, and flavored coffee. --Michael Ruby

Customer Reviews:

Whinig f-ing maggots.......2006-08-03

Leary is a darn funny guy. I do not care if he stole each and every joke from some other guy. He is a riot - and he put it out there. I am sick of reading all these little crybaby comments about how he has ripped off Hicks and blah, blah, blah. Go cry about it on some Hicks website, forum, message board, or whatever. Nobody cares about Hicks when trying to read a review of a DENIS LEARY CD. I do not know who this Hicks guy is, and I never want to know who he is, because of all the whining and crying going on here. Hicks apologists shut your cake-holes.

This was the breakthrough, not "No Cure for Cancer".......2006-01-08

"No Cure for Cancer" is the top selling album that catapulted Leary to success, but here he develops into more of a unique individual. People always bug him about ripping off Bill Hicks: On No Cure for Cancer, he may have crossed the line a few times. But by this point he had headed in a different direction; rather than becoming a spiritualist and misanthrope like the late Hicks, Leary got married, had kids, and became the "crazy guy trying to adjust to mundane, family life and never quite fitting in". A bit commercial? Maybe. But Leary's always been a talented, aggressive performer, and here he's working with a fresh perspective as well.

Some of the greatest rants ever.......2005-09-06

The "Coffee" rant is one of the best I've ever heard. The fat f-cks routine was great and his jokes about his kids was excellent. My only complaint was that there some short songs that were lame. Still, there were so many great takes this album is well worth buying.

Not worth the money.......2005-01-14

I thoroughly enjoy listening to Dennis Leary rant and rave about life. But, this was a dissapointment. Too many skits (not even funny), this was more of a let down than I had hoped. There are moments where it is funny, but I do not recommend purchasing this

Exact Bits Leary Stole from Hicks.......2005-01-07

Leary is a hack. He wasn't "influenced" by Bill Hicks, he STOLE material. That makes him a hack. How can you Leary fans argue with the definition of the word hack? Take it up with Webster's Dictionary.

The exact bits Leary stole are described in the book AMERICAN SCREAM on pages 201-202. Bill Hicks was incensed when he heard Leary's tape.

On behalf of Bill's memory, give credit to the original.

Average customer rating: Unholy racket eye twitch I needed this please... My neck still hurts

Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt Manufacturer: Load Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ride the Skies Hypermagic Mountain Lightning Bolt - The Power Of Salad Super Ae Pink ASIN: B00008NGDD Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

1. Hello Morning
2. Assassins
3. Dracula Mountain
4. 2 Towers
5. On Fire
6. Crown of Storms
7. Longstockings
8. Wonderful Rainbow
9. 30000 Monkies
10. Duel in the Deep

Customer Reviews:

Unholy racket.......2005-09-12

I almost feel like I should write a negative review of this, like maybe it would be more appropriate or something. After all, the negative reviews are (expectedly) less deferential, more honest, and generally more like the kind of criticisms you'd expect the band would want to hear (bunch of no talent musicians, nothing but noise, blah blah blah, you know the drill). Also, they're not wrong. This is loud, visceral, retarded, noise rock, and listening to this album is like listening to the best parts of Shellac, Painkiller, JSBX, Jesus Lizard, Ministry, Cro-Mags and Minor Threat all at once.

eye twitch.......2005-08-15

A mere 2 months ago, I was completely unexposed to this amazing band. Complex, intense, experimental, noise/punk/free jazz/metal fusion. A guy with a bass that has one banjo string, and a guy who plays drums with a microphone taped inside of his mouth. This will change your perception of rock and roll, either for the better or for the worse. It has done nothing but good for me.

I needed this.......2005-07-05

This band compeled me to write my first review on this site for something I bought here. I have been wanting to here some new great music. This is it. This band is just a drummer and a bassist but they put out a lot of sound and they just rock. Visit their website at www.laserbeast.com and you can see some clips of them playing live. They play on the floor with the crowd literally standing right next to them. Very energetic. This is my first album I have heard by this band and I intend to pick up the rest of their albums. I am going to check out some more bass/drum duo groups. I know of another band called Death From Above 1979. They have a more "pop" sound than Lightning Bolt, and they are another good band.

please..........2005-04-23

it sucks. this group should stop making noise. it gets old. weak. get some talent.

My neck still hurts.......2005-02-08

Oh Jeebus, this is one intense album. For those unfamiliar with Lightning Bolt, the loud, hard-pounding Wonderful Rainbow should serve as a suitable introduction to this manic drum-and-bass duo. There may only be two instruments being played, and a few wordless vocals scattered throughout, but Wonderful Rainbow is anything but minimal. This is one busy album, filled with dense, complex, and occasionally playful pieces of noise rock that will have you banging your head in no time at all.

If you ever thought a bass couldn't be used as a lead instrument, this album will provide you with a resounding rebuttal, as Brian Gibson finds more uses for the instrument than you might think possible. His work here ranges from big fuzzed-out riffs to screeching bouts of feedback and everything in between, while Brian Chippendale contributes some drumbeats that you'd have to send away to NASA to calculate. Go ahead, try to sit still while listening to the crazed intro to 30000 Monkeys. I dare you.

There are a few rather mellow moments to be found here, but they basically just serve as counterpoints to the monstrous sonic onslaught that's typically on display. As someone else has already noted, Lightning Bolt makes a great antidote to the Belle and Sebastians of the world. This album is a must for serious noise enthusiasts everywhere.

Average customer rating: I Love This Album awesome debut album If you love dancing, you'll love this!

Get a Load of This Slunt Manufacturer: Repossession Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: One Night Stand Slunt In Distortion We Trust Best Thing American Heartbreak ASIN: B0007UVX2W Release Date: 2005-03-29

Tracks:

1. Intro (Jillian)
2. Ok Ok
3. All That I've Got
4. Loved By You
5. I Wanna Be Your Only One
6. Not About You
7. Never Say Never
8. Fast City Girls
9. HAWG
10. The Best Thing
11. Waiting For You
12. Cliche' Rock N Roll Song (New York City Rock N Roll)

Product Description

1. Intro - Jillian
2. OK OK
3. All That I've Got
4. Loved By You
5. I Wanna Be Your Only One
6. Not About You
7. Never Say Never
8. Fast City Girls
9. HAWG
10. The Best Thing
11. Waiting For You
12. Cliché Rock N Roll Party Song (New York City Rock N Roll)
13. My Cats Gay

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

I Love This Album.......2005-08-26

I happened across SLUNT's video on Yahoo one day and have been hooked ever since. They are an awesome hard rock band with a great female lead singer. This is one of the best rock CDs that I have bought in years and puts me in mind of AC/DC with their simple yet effective riffs and lyrics. They are extremely cool people that I got the honor of meeting while they were out touring on their own and they are destined to make it big. Buy this CD but be careful...it can be addictive

awesome debut album.......2005-04-03

I also saw Slunt when they opened up for Marilyn Manson back in November of 2004. They had great energy on stage and really got me in the mood for Marilyn Manson to come out. I checked out their website the day after the concert, and I'm still in love with them. I picked up their debut album and it's one of the best albums I've heard in a while. The *hidden track* makes it well worth the money. :)

If you love dancing, you'll love this!.......2005-03-30

Slunt has to be one of the hardest hitting true rock and roll bands. I saw them last November when they opened for Marilyn Manson. The lyrics to "Best Thing" are so cruel it makes you wonder "Wow, that guy must've been really bad in bed..." Their energy is amazing. They really can get a crowd going. This is one of my top 10 CDs. Check out their EP as well.

I recommend this CD for fans of No Doubt and Bif Naked.

Average customer rating: Well, nearly 10 years later... Ugh. imagine The Misfits with nothing but women in the band STOP , NOW! MORE GREAT CHICK ROCK

In The Night!!! Famous Monsters Manufacturer: Bong Load Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Around the World In 80 Bikinis ASIN: B00000DD4B Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

1. Murder Beach U.S.A.
2. In The Night!
3. Lone Wolf Massacree
4. Destroy Puny Earthlings
5. Bloody Mary
6. The Haunting Of Planet Earth
7. Hairy Eyeball
8. Outerspace Deathrace #13
9. Satan Sends A Rat !
10. Vampire Cosmonaut
11. Oui Monstre, Oui
12. F Is For Fiend
13. Clock Strikes 10
14. International Monster Presentation
15. When I Grow Up

Customer Reviews:

Well, nearly 10 years later..........2007-02-22

I'm listening to this album for the first time in years. Theoretically I should love this because (a) It's surf rock played by girls, (b)They dress like monsters and (c) They cover Cheap Trick, but sadly it's mostly cornball. Some nice little Man or Astroman style instrumentals are ruined by the "Woo-Hoos" and "Yeah Babys" they shout over top. Don't buy.

Ugh........2002-06-21

Its surf rock in all of its cheesy, awful, stero-typical kitschy glory. The guitar riffs are less than mediocre, the samples are poorly chosen and ill-timed, and the bubble-gum lyrics and vocals go from sexy to scary when you take into consideration that they come from a bunch of 30 something women. The fact that its recorded to sound like a poorly recorded 50s album is the clincher of the deal. Don't waste your time, don't waste your money, and learn from the fact that you can buy a used copy for less than 3 bucks.

imagine The Misfits with nothing but women in the band.......2000-01-04

this is the result. and its very cool!

the songs sound like they come from really terrible 50's b horror movies and those beyond cheesy 60's exploitation films whick is of course what they were going for.

i still can't help thinking about the misfits everytime i listen to this band(famous monsters is also a fits album F is For Fiend has the misfits written all over it).

good stuff, if they got together with the fits the results would destroy the world.

STOP , NOW!.......1999-11-06

OK FIRST OFF IF YOU ARE A HUGE WHITE ZOMBIE FAN LIKE ME, YOU MIGHT THINK YOU NEED THIS ALBUM, BUT TRUST ME, I BOUGHT IT AND IT IS NOTHING LIKE WHITE ZOMBIE, IT IS ALL SURFY AND STUFF. BUT ILL GIVE IT TWO STARS CUZ IT IS A GOOD EFFORT FROM SEAN, AND IT IS GOOD THAT SHE GETS HER OWN BAND NOW, BUT IT ISNT WHITE ZOMBIE AND IF YOU ARENT WHITE ZOMBIE.......WHAT ARE YOU?

MORE GREAT CHICK ROCK.......1999-08-01

Not only is this album fun, but it's by chicks (which makes it rock even harder!) I was never too much of a White Zombie fan, but this album was not what I expected! Famous monsters rock in the night and in the day!

Average customer rating: Crazy, clattersome and hella fun! Dazzling Western Swing

Get a Load of This Dave Stuckey & the Rhythm Gang Manufacturer: Hmg Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tarheel Boogie Door to Door Maniac Hollywood & Western Let's Get Wild There's Nothing Like an Old Hillbilly Lost and Found Treasures 1991-2005 ASIN: B00004S515 Release Date: 2000-03-21

Tracks:

1. (Ol' Daddy's Got A) Brand New Love
2. You Better Wake Up Babe
3. They Did The Boogie
4. Nobody's Sweetheart
5. I'll Take My Old Guitar
6. Pick-A-Rib, Pt.1
7. Whose Honey Are You?
8. Coyote Blues
9. You Shoulda Thought Of That
10. Lookin' Around
11. Kansas City Kitty
12. Hitch My Wagon
13. Some Of These Days
14. Beauty Is As Beauty Does

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Formerly half of the Dave & Deke Combo with Deke Dickerson, Dave Stuckey's more musical, less campy solo debut focuses on thoroughly exhilarating Western swing created with help from members of Ronnie Dawson's and Wayne Hancock's bands, the Asylum Street Spankers, and the Hot Club of Cowtown. What they've wrought is an explosion of first-rate Texas-California swing that outguns even Asleep at the Wheel. By eschewing the dreary, meticulous revivalism that's foiled other, less astute artists, Stuckey and friends capture the spirit, sound, and loose, uninhibited fun of 1930s and '40s swing as few have. The leader contributes vibrant originals with "(Ol' Daddy's Got A) Brand New Love" and the goofy "Hitch My Wagon." Like Ray Condo, he picks his oldies with impeccable taste. The most perfect choices: A dazzling version of the 1930s Benny Goodman instrumental "Pick-a-Rib," the Fats Waller favorite "Whose Honey Are You?" and an obscurity from Texas Western swing bandleader Adolph Hofner, "I'll Take My Old Guitar." And from there it just gets better. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

Crazy, clattersome and hella fun!.......2002-08-22

I always suspected that Dave was the brains behind the late, great Dave & Deke Combo, and that Deke just had the looks... Now, with the release of Dave's first solo album, my suspicions are confirmed. This is a flat-out awesome ton of fun -- Dave Stuckey playing upbeat western swingabilly along with a passel of hot-shot pickers from Austin and surrounding environs. Among the musicians pitching in on here are the picker's pickers, Biller & Wakefield, Whit Smith and Elana Fremerman of the Hot Club of Cowtown, and several other Gang members of equal note. The best part, though, is Dave himself. Half the songs on here are his originals, but they're so true to the style that you'd easily believe they were written back in the '40s and '50s, along with the oldies by Boudeleux Bryant, Benny Goodman and Harold Hensley. Stuckey is a for-real scholar of authentic, old-time, smirk-while-you're-singin' countrybilly music, and he stands heads above many other would-be retro-novelty singers, in his depth of knowledge, his excellent comic timing and feel for the material. (Plus, as a big Decca Records fan, I really dig the album art!) If you dug the Combo, you gotta check this album out.

Dazzling Western Swing.......2000-07-10

Captures the Bob Wills & Texas Playboys era perfectly. Swagger, dance, sing along, whatever. Loved this CD, which I first heard on KPFA Berkeley.

Average customer rating: more elemental ( ! ) Machine Gun Orgy I LOVE JOLT COLA, AND THIS ALBUM!!!! Bolt from the red

Hypermagic Mountain Lightning Bolt Manufacturer: Load Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wonderful Rainbow Ride the Skies Feels Lightning Bolt - The Power Of Salad Black One ASIN: B000B9E2E0 Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. 2 Morro Morro Land
2. Captain Caveman
3. Birdy
4. Riffwraith
5. Megaghost
6. Magic Mountain
7. Dead Cowboy
8. Bizarro Zarro Land
9. Mohawkwindmill
10. Bizarro Bike
11. Infinity Farm
12. No Rest for the Obsessed

Customer Reviews:

more elemental.......2007-01-09

For many who come across this page, you might be largely unfamiliar with Lightning Bolt's work. These poetic descriptions of "a chainsaw through pudding meets a baseball bat and trash can" are more than a bit misleading.

At its heart, Lightning Bolt is a constant jam: Brian Gibson's fuzzed out, tuned up bass lines over Brian Chippendale's frantic, yet fluid drumming. It isn't just cluttered noise, there is rhythm and melody involved. What you won't find are sing along choruses, just monstrous sounds from unorthodox setups. The bass is tuned up to Cello tuning (in fifths, starting at C) and the drummer doesn't play on a hi hat (he uses a large ride cymbal's bell and a "ping" cymbal). Occasionally (on this album, "Dead Cowboy" is one of the few...) Chippendale sings through a phone receiver mounted in a mask (allows him to play).

While not as "accessible" as their last album, it does a better job of conveying their "magic". This album was done in a more "jam econo" (to borrow a term from the Minutemen) format: recorded on a 2-track DAT in a home studio.

The album's few lyrics touch a little on the political, instead of the tongue-and-cheek allusions of their earlier releases (a combination of the two has basically fueled other noise-rock bands, like The Blood Brothers). If you can understand it, there is a bit of GW Bush skewering... but that sort of brings up an undeniable point about the band: this is the true heartbeat of punk.

It's not a haircut, or 1-4-5 song structures that are co-opted by the mainstream... if anyone forgot other, more idealistic bands (Refused, Fugazi), Lightning Bolt is a bit refreshing. They have been together over ten years and continue to get better and just rock out. They haven't been hemmed in by scene kids or given an inch in artistic vision. Ultimately, the music is as much art as it is music: you don't paint to get famous, you do it because you have to ("...never trust an artist that tells you he has a choice...").

Lightning Bolt goes for the guts, loud and abrasive. If you are at least familiar with the bigger art/noise bands that have come into indie vogue (Test Icicles, The Blood Brothers, and to a lesser extent, DFA) then Lightning Bolt is worth checking out.

If any of this piques your interest, I implore you to buy this album (support the band). At the end of the day, Lightning Bolt is just two guys who are good at what they do, stick to their guns like few others, and do it all with very little ego (that is something unique in music).

( ! ).......2006-12-29

I picked up this one and Wonderful Rainbow out of curiosity. I sat with the headphones on and did nothing else; just let the hyperactive tunes sink into my head... the music flat out Godsmacked me.

I found the sound is actually a bit more melodic and less "noise" than a lot of reviews are describing, but then again attempting a description here is a challenge. Be brave and pick up a disk by this band; they are a breath of fresh air.

HIGHLY recommended.

Machine Gun Orgy.......2006-11-06

OK, so if you are just cruising around amazon and don't no anything about lightning bolt, let me fill you in. I've heard people describe this band as the following: Two Helicopters kissing, getting hit in the chest with a sonic MACK truck, getting beat over the head by a beatiful girl with a baseball bat, a duel between jack hammers and chainsaws, and being stoned to death buy speaker feedback. Personally i like it, the first time i heard their album "wonderful rainbow" i was in my car and thout of it as just noise; then i got out of my car, fell to my knees and realized my soul had melted. no joke, its a true story. well anyway, they were born out of an art school in rhode island as a rock power duo (bass guitar and drums) even though it sounds like 30,000 monkeys... their early "work" are random pieces of musical information that your head finally pieces together into kinda music before the "song" throws your head under a tractor. their new stuff (Hyper magic mountain) is less rediculous.. and kinda catchy...kinda, you realy have to hear this band to understand what i mean and hypermagic mountain is a good start. its hard to get into the feel of Lightning bolt, so its best to take baby steps.

so here is what you are gonna do.
1)buy hypermagicmountain
2)fall in love with lightning bolt
3)buy the rest of thier music
4) prepare yourself
5)see them live and try to survive... i almost exploded

I LOVE JOLT COLA, AND THIS ALBUM!!!!.......2006-08-04

OK, here's my take this peace of work. I think this is one of the most intense, brutal, and "in your face" cd I've ever owned! Lightning Bolt is one of my favorite bands, and I've had all their cd's before this one, and I have loved all of them. I was so excited when I got Hypermagic Mountain. Like others I was expecting Wonderful Rainbow or Ride the Skies, but when I put the cd in, it blew all my expectations away! This album makes everything else I listen to a yawn (even the other Lightning Bolt cds)! So, I think this is Lightning Bolt at their best and loudest! I can't wait to hear these songs live, 'cause there's no doubt in my mind that I'll go crazy along with everyone else!

Also, how could I forget the art-work!! The art-work alone is worth buying! There isn't an inch of this cd that isn't cover in crayon!! So, Hypermagic Mountain keeps my ears and eyes overwelmed with excitment and joy.

Bolt from the red.......2006-01-29

Boy this is something else! It sounds like a jam but obviously isn't. The basic riffs define the song backed by over played drum madness a la Mitch Mitchell but always in harmony with each other. Truly this is western music returnd to shamanic presence more than will allow our western minds to split animal from Victorian thought over it. Bestial.

Average customer rating: Another near-perfect Prurient disc.

Pleasure Ground Prurient Manufacturer: Load Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: People ASIN: B000IZJ1L6 Release Date: 2006-11-14

Tracks:

1. Military Road
2. Earthworks/Buried in Secret
3. Outdoorman/Indestructible
4. Apple Tree Victim

Customer Reviews:

Another near-perfect Prurient disc........2007-01-26

Prurient, Pleasure Ground (Load, 2006)

Anyone who's been reading my reviews for more than a couple of years knows that where Dominick Fernow is concerned, I am a raving, drooling loony, a shameless sycophant who exists for nothing but the news that someday there will be a new Prurient album. (Or, even better, a new Football Rabbit album, but that's neither here nor there.) Every once in a while, Fernow fulfills my need for more slabs of digitized tin, most recently with Pleasure Ground. And, as usual, Prurient have fulfilled my expectations (which are orders of magnitude higher than my expectations for any other act out there) and then some.

I spend much of my time listening to loud, nasty, brutal, violent stuff that sounds like a firefight in a steel mill. So when I say something makes my head hurt, it means something entirely different than it would if, say, Michael Flatley said something made his head hurt (or, god help us, if Britney Spears said the same thing). I'm used to this sort of thing. I can listen to the infamous The 150 Murderous Passions album without batting an eyelash-- on infinite repeat. (I used to do it on the bus to keep people away from me.) In fact, there are a total of three albums in my entire collection that made my head hurt: the untitled Merzbow/Slugbait split released by Dirter Promotions in 1997, Caldwell's Disregarded cassette from 2001, and now Pleasure Ground. The first two have long held elevated status in my collection, so needless to say this one pretty much rocketed to the top of the must-play charts from the moment I dropped it in the CD player.

Four tracks, all hovering around eleven and a half minutes, give or take a minute. Fernow starts off with the intent to tear your eardrums apart with "Military Road"; no buildup here, he attacks from the get-go. "Military Road" may be the recorded track closest to the live performances I've seen from Prurient, an all-out sonic assault leaving you little, if any, room to breathe.

The album quiets down after that, with the low point being "Outdoorsman/Indestructible," the third track, which grumbles along ominously with the same relentlessness as "Military Road," except now the thing that was tearing your flesh from your skull is stalking you from the shadows.

This is a scary, dangerous album that will make your head hurt and your friends avoid you. In other words, you must have it, and you must have it now. ****

Average customer rating: Rules!

Noxagt Noxagt Manufacturer: Load Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Chromosome Gun The Iron Point Turning It Down Since 2001 ASIN: B000F8DTM8 Release Date: 2006-05-30

Tracks:

1. Histrionix
2. Wall's End
3. Soft Sugar
4. Ninety Parallels Ago
5. Ceofficient Ascender
6. Satin Vengeance
7. The Impious One

Customer Reviews:

Rules!.......2006-07-14

This third album from these Norse warriors is my favourite of 2006. The heaviness is just mindblowing! Think a stripped down High On Fire crossed with Melvins and perhaps a dash of Godflesh or Jesu for good measure. Gone is Nils Erga's viola (he played on the first two albums) and in comes Anders Hana on guitar. The latter is known from acts such as MoHa, Jaga Jazzist and Ultralyd (whom also feature Kjetil D. Brandsdal from Noxagt).

Noxagt always deliver (both live and on vinyl) and this record is no exception. Go on - order it!

Average customer rating: wooowooo

Shame Fantasy II Pink & Brown Manufacturer: Load Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Double Death Wonderful Rainbow ASIN: B00008W2SX Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Black Pearl
2. I Looked into the Chi-Chi
3. Messy Bessy, Get Undressy
4. Puddles of Acid, Pt. 1 and 2
5. Poison Arrow
6. Sherriff Jessum
7. So Long Special Treat
8. Union Bomb
9. Famous Anus
10. Prison in My Eyes
11. 888 Freeze
12. Soccermoms
13. Enter Officer, Exit Wound
14. Je Suis Nasty
15. Christ Balls
16. Two Clicks Communicator
17. I'm Tired He's Dead
18. Meter Reader
19. Space, Ladies
20. Frozen Secret
21. Eyes Peeled
22. Tunnel

Customer Reviews:

wooowooo.......2003-10-29

just bought this album last week. its alright. got some fun stuff in it, but most of it sounds the same. noisey punk rock. reminds me of some of my old bands.

Rock Music:

1. Madness
2. Maktmissbrukare (Abuse the Power)
3. Martha Splatterhead's Maddest
4. No Parole from Rock 'N' Roll
5. Now Hear This
6. Parallax
7. Peat
8. Peel Sessions
9. Phantom Blue
10. Phantom's Divine Comedy, Part 1

Rock Music

rock music

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