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Post by Nick Pace on Mar 9, 2006 4:01:30 GMT
I just re-discovered Ozric Tentacles after many years  I used to go & see them live a lot back in my drug crazed youth, (& always liked the reggae bits) but never listened to any of their albums before. Erpland & Tantric Obstacles are excellent albums ! |
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Post by ekki on Mar 9, 2006 9:56:28 GMT
Go away, Nick  |
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Post by ekki on Mar 9, 2006 10:49:40 GMT
My rediscovery of the weekend was this fine Eyeless In Gaza album:  Transcience blues for sure  |
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Post by admin on Mar 9, 2006 11:47:46 GMT
Get the mushrooms out........... Respect Gordy |
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Post by rosko on Mar 9, 2006 12:07:22 GMT
Get the mushrooms out........... Respect Gordy Seriously... I'm about to go digging in the vaults for "Starless and Bible Black" by King Crimson. Maybe follow that with a heapin' helpin' of Gentle Giant. Mmmm... shrooms. |
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Post by zapatoo on Mar 9, 2006 13:50:10 GMT
The Ostrich's Testicles wren't THAT bad - and they were mostly instrumental, which as many would know, suits me. I had a couple of albums years ago (though not any more) - "Arborescence" was on, but I can't remember t'other  Nice, occasional, fairly tuneless racket  |
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Post by Varese on Mar 9, 2006 14:34:23 GMT
Ah, the osrics... Pungent Effugent was always my favorite ;D Loved the way they'd play your back garden if you said it was a festival too!
I was always a bigger fan of their techno offshoot, Eat Static, who did some very nice crusty dub stuff.
And the Orb...
(Drifts off into multi-coloured flashback which affects avatar)
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Post by Varese on Mar 9, 2006 14:39:23 GMT
Get the mushrooms out........... Respect Gordy Can you still buy these from head shops? Just had a plan for the weekend... ;D |
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Post by rosko on Mar 9, 2006 18:45:28 GMT
FLASHBACK ALERT: Is Laser Floyd still around? Most intense night of my life involved a fistful of New Brunswick's finest psylocybins (sp?) and Pink Floyd matched with laser images on the roof of a planetarium.
I remember "Run Like Hell" accompanied by a laser stick man running "like hell" across the roof.
Good times. (?)
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Post by Nick Pace on Mar 9, 2006 20:45:21 GMT
SO, Ekki, you don't wanna here about my discovery of Neu!, Ash Ra Temple & Van Der Graaf Generator then ? I did just get the re-released Gene Loves Jezebel - Promise double cd from 1983, probably much more your cop of tea Yes Varese, I used to prefer Eat Static too, however lost interest in them in a big way when I stopped taking E. I dug about 8 of cd's out a few months ago, but they didn't do a lot for me |
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Post by ekki on Mar 9, 2006 22:07:33 GMT
Somehow I discovered Van Der Graaf & Peter Hammill in the 80's (didn't notice them in my art rock phase in the 70's). I still got all VDG albums on vinyl and about 15 or 20 by Hammill. I saw him 3 times live. And that Krautrock stuff never really did it for me, except for some Amon Düül II, some Can, some Kraan, Nektar... It's either too esoteric for me, or I gave up the drugs too early |
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Post by trinitymlk on Mar 9, 2006 23:06:06 GMT
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Post by ekki on Mar 9, 2006 23:41:24 GMT
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Post by bmd on Mar 10, 2006 0:15:04 GMT
the Ozrics,, jeesuss..... lots of my frineds loved that lot, not me though, waflled a little too much for me. I used to run with a head band called Madragora years back, and friends of mine have been involved with Hawkwind and Inner City Unit all that stuff, that was where I was a good long time ago..
Talking pure Progger..
I even saw Yes once...
Oh god!!
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Post by zapatoo on Mar 10, 2006 9:35:36 GMT
Talking pure Progger.. I even saw Yes once... Oh god!! Yes were amongst the best of the early mid 70s Rock bands, IMO - though I didn't particularly like them and certainly didn't buy any of their albums. Rick Wakeman (and his Mum) were in the next bed to my older sister (and my Mum) when they were born at the long-gone Perivale Maternity hospital. And in an unrelated coincidence, when he was a teenager, he used to drive my wife (she would have been about 13 then) and her younger sister up to the dustman's club in Alperton, where my father-in-law would be drinking - sometimes getting up and playing the piano in the bar too. My father-in-law still claims that Rick Wakeman never paid back the 10/- he borrowed back in about 1967 ;D ;D |
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Post by nickbug on Mar 10, 2006 10:17:33 GMT
Talking pure Progger.. I even saw Yes once... Oh god!! Yes were amongst the best of the early mid 70s Rock bands, IMO ;D ;D Joe I reckon you and Mikey should get your coats |
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Post by Rob on Mar 10, 2006 10:33:09 GMT
Yes were shit-hot around the time of The Yes Album - powerful driving stuff with great basslines, and not the stereotypical waffle we associate with prog - tho the lyrics occasionally strayed into whimsy.
Saw them with Bill Bruford drumming reight well - shan't tell you what I was on, but it were great!
Also shook Bill Bruford's hand once when he came in the record shop.
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Post by zapatoo on Mar 10, 2006 10:44:10 GMT
Nick - my coat (whether physical, metaphorical or figurative) is never far from my side at this time of year I can recommend Rick Wakeman's post-Yes LP "Criminal Record" from 1977 as a surprisingly enjoyable set: A1. Statue Of Justice A2. Crime Of Passion A3. Chamber Of Horrors B1. Birdman Of Alcatraz ( my personal favourite on here) B2. Breathalyser B3. Judas Iscariot |
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Post by james on Mar 10, 2006 11:41:06 GMT
The Ozric Tentacles! Hah hah... I remember taking loads of drugs and seeing them playing in Camden many many years ago. They were the ultimate crusty-dance crossover... even heavy metal freaks liked them... Ah, the happy follies of youth...
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Post by alireggae on Mar 13, 2006 19:40:45 GMT
Oh god, Nick! I'm losing hope for you!!! My flatmate in Salford used to play the Osrics at a high volume every morning.... GRRRRRRR!!!! Of my other 2 flatmates, one used to play Iron Maiden at a high volume and the other.... Wait for it.... JAZZ!!!! AAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHH! Including a jazz version of 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On'
My tastes of the time were not much better... A typical student mix of Bob Marley (good), Oasis, Happy Mondays, The Boo Radleys and The Levellers.
My metal days which I still return to now came earlier and included, GnR, Aerosmith, Slayer AC/DC etc.
Hmmm! Hard house and trance came a little later along with the pills
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Post by Nick Pace on Mar 13, 2006 20:18:30 GMT
it's ok Ali, we can't expect someone who doesn't like Jazz to understand The Ozrics  |
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Post by Nick Pace on Mar 13, 2006 20:18:46 GMT
it's ok Ali, we can't expect someone who doesn't like Jazz to understand The Ozrics |
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Post by alireggae on Mar 13, 2006 20:41:03 GMT
it's ok Ali, we can't expect someone who doesn't like Jazz to understand The Ozrics Hehe! |
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Post by ekki on Mar 13, 2006 22:05:20 GMT
I understand lots of prog rock, but do I enjoy it? Now that's a total different question |
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Post by grumpy on Mar 13, 2006 22:15:47 GMT
The Yes album. I seem to remember the track "Yours is no disgrace" as the one you tried out your new stereo record player on after shifting from mono. Actually that was an OK track. Don't remember too much of the rest of the album.
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Post by Nick Pace on Mar 14, 2006 3:50:51 GMT
just picked up a copy of Hawkwinds Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, after failling to find it for about 15 years. Damn, I love Bob Calvert Can't say I enjoyed the Van Der Graaf Generator much Ekki, but really liked Neu!1. The Ozrics just remind me of mid 70's Miles Davis & John McLaughlin, but with better synths & guitar fx, & a lot less trumpet of course |
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