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CrowfeatheR's influences are; Guitar:Juliana Hatfield, Jeff Martin(TEA PARTY), Dave Navarro(Panic Channell, Janes Adiction),Zakk Wylde (Ozzy), Sony Mayo (Seven Dust),Les Paul, ALAN HOLDSWORTH, Steve Howe (Yes)
Bass: John Taylor (Duran Duran), DUG Pinnick (King's-X),Chris Squire (Yes),Bootsy Collins, James Jamerson.
Vocal: Jeff Buckley, Billy Idol, Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Sound Garden), Jim Morrison (The Doors), Jeff Martin (Tea Party),Scooter Ward(November Falls, Cold), Ian Astbury (The Cult), Scott Stapp (Creed) Keyboards: Rick Wakeman (Yes), Laurence Tolhurst (The Cure)
Drums/ percussion: Lars Ulrich (Metalica), Sam McCandless (Cold)
Programming: Trent Reznor (NIN)
I cut my musical teeth in my early years being influenced by the great progressive bands of he 1970's and 1980's like Yes and Rush. Lately my musical tastes have been heavier and I think for my tasteToolis the best band actively together.
Sounds Like
Halo Guitars
Pigtronix Effects Pedals
Mangan FusionMatched guitar strings

Vocally;
Peter Murphy(Bauhaus)
Jeff Martin (The Tea Party)
Jeff Buckley(R.I.P)
Chris Cornell (Audio Slave, Sound Garden)
Chris Daughtry (Daughtry)
Lajon Witherspoon (Seven Dust)
Billy Idol
Ian Astbury (the Cult, The Doors)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)
Robert Smith(The Cure)
Sean Morgan (Seether)


Guitar;
Juliana Hatfield
Dave Navaro (The Panic Channell, Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Steve Howe (YES, GTR, ASIA)
ALAN HOLDSWORTH
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Joe Satriani
John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson)
Zakk Wylde (ozzy, Black Label Society)
Les Paul

Musically;
Audio Slave
The Cult
The Tea Party
ZZ Top
Incubus
Billy Idol
The Cure
Sevendust
Nickel Back
Daughtry
Muse
Seether
Disturbed

Imagine smooth, subtle, seamless transitions from jazz influenced chord structures to riff rock set to a familiar contemporary rock feel with catchy sing song, powerpop, vocal hooks and melodies. Guitar: this is heavily Jazz influenced, with melodic and shred metal tidbits here and there when called for. To get me out of Jazz mode I have to use alternate tunings. "CrowfeatheR" on the guitar is a nuclear-jazz guitarist with a sonic chameleon and multiple personality disorder complex. Every section of every song must have its own sonic principal and style that suits the feel of the music. My favorite guitar sound is from a HALO guitar and an EMG pickup. My primary instrument in the past has been the electric Bass. My greatest influences growing up were John Taylor (Duran Duran), James Jamerson, Bootzilla (that's Bootsy Collins to you), Muzz Skillins (living Color), Doug Pinnick (Kings-X, Pound hound), Chris Squire (YES) and of course Geddy Lee (Rush). Although I have the technical ability for endless masturbatory riffing and blazing runs faster than any guitar player could ever do using a pick, using my "cross finger picking" technique, I chose not to include too much of that in my popular music. I have put most of that behind me and I am trying to loose my musical ego. I am more worried about how things sound other than playing stuff no one else can. My favorite Bass tone is my custom made Bass through a bright, tube preamp with new sparkling Curt Mangan light stainless strings, mmmm, warm, punchy and crunchy. My percussion tracks are a Combination of live drums and percussion and digitally sampled or electronic, drum programming. My favorite drummers are too many to list , but include Morgan Rose (Seven Dust), Danny Carey (TOOL), Sam Mcandless (COLD), Jerry Gaskill (Kings-X) and the creator of the modern drumming style, Neil Peart (Rush). I prefer the sound of Mahogany drum shells, ported bass drum heads, a hard beater and a beater patch.



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Did I mention Alice in Chains totally ripped him off? Soundgarden too!

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.



1. Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
Rob Zombie
Rammstein
Deathstars
John 5
KoЯn
Dope


2. Thea Gilmore

Dar Williams
Rachel Sage
Karine Polwart
Eliza Carthy
Vienna Teng
Kathryn Williams
Kirsty MacColl
Jill Sobule


3. (hed) Planet Earth

Insolence
Primer 55
(hed) P.E. ft. The Dirtball
Bionic Jive
Snot
Kottonmouth Kings
Reveille
Dirty Womz


4. Mötley Crüe

Vince Neil
Poison
Sixx:A.M.
CRASHDIET
Pretty Boy Floyd
L.A. Guns
Brides of Destruction
Hanoi Rocks


5. The Sisters of Mercy

Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
The Sisterhood
Bauhaus
Rosetta Stone
The Merry Thoughts
Clan of Xymox
Ghost Dance


6. Nine Inch Nails

Modwheelmood
Trent Reznor
Tweaker
Halo33
Black Light Burns
Puscifer
KMFDM


7. Apoptygma Berzerk

VNV Nation
Covenant
Icon of Coil
Assemblage 23
Fairlight Children
Code 64
Seabound
Colony 5


8. Daughtry

Hinder
David Cook
Rob Thomas
Breaking Benjamin
3 Doors Down
Sick Puppies


9. Paradise Lost

Tiamat
My Dying Bride
Katatonia
Moonspell
Type O Negative
Lake of Tears
Amorphis
Anathema


10. VAST

Jon Crosby And The Resonator Band
Stabbing Westward
Tweaker
Filter
The Tea Party
ASHES dIVIDE


11. Seether

Staind
Shinedown
Puddle of Mudd
Crossfade
Alter Bridge
Cold


12. The Offspring

Sum 41
Rise Against
Green Day
blink-182
Zebrahead
Pennywise
Billy Talent


13. Ian Brown

The Stone Roses
The Charlatans
The Seahorses
Happy Mondays
Inspiral Carpets
Shed Seven
Richard Ashcroft


14. Matchbox Twenty

Tabitha's Secret
Train
Vertical Horizon
Goo Goo Dolls
Nine Days
Counting Crows
Sister Hazel


15. Bad Religion

NOFX
Lagwagon
Descendents
Anti-Flag
No Use for a Name
Rancid
Good Riddance


16. Dope

Drowning Pool
Static-X
SOiL
Powerman 5000
Spineshank
Crossbreed
Mushroomhead


17. Saliva

Adema
Crossfade
Submersed


18. Kasbian

The Enemy
Arctic Monkeys
Oasis
Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Chiefs
Editors
The Last Shadow Puppets
Reverend and The Makers


19. Theory of a Deadman

Saving Abel
Default
Nickelback
Rev Theory


20. Three Days Grace

Skillet
Papa Roach
Thousand Foot Krutch
Red




= 134

oximoronx's top albums (6 months) 1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (96) 2. Wire - Pink Flag (84) 3. Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective (83) 4. Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville (80) 5. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology (76) 6. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (76) 7. The Stooges - The Stooges (69) 8. The Monochrome Set - The Strange Boutique (69) 9. Theoretical Girls - Theoretical Girls (68) 10. Orange Juice - The Glasgow School (67) 11. Wire - Chairs Missing (66) 12. George Harrison - Wonderwall Music (65) 13. Arcade Fire - Funeral (64) 14. Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. (63) 15. Faust - The Faust Tapes (63) 16. Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language (62) 17. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (60) 18. The Chameleons - Dali's Picture (60) 19. Joy Division - Substance (60) 20. fIREHOSE - Flyin' the Flannel (59) 21. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (59) 22. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (59) 23. The Clash - London Calling (59) 24. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (57) 25. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (57) 26. Josef K - Entomology (57) 27. Ciccone Youth - The Whitey Album (54) 28. Cocteau Twins - BBC Sessions (53) 29. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (51) 30. Wire - 154 (49) 31. The Fall - Grotesque (After The Gramme) (49) 32. HEALTH - HEALTH (48) 33. Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam (48) 34. Disco Inferno - In Debt (48) 35. Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop (47) 36. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (47) 37. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (47) 38. Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange (46) 39. Brian Eno - Music for Films (46) 40. High Places - High Places (46) 41. Pixies - Doolittle (46) 42. Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violaine (45) 43. Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura (45) 44. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (45) 45. Liars - Liars (44) 46. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (44) 47. David Bowie - Low (44) 48. Television - Marquee Moon (44) 49. Cluster - Zuckerzeit (44) 50. Sebadoh - Bakesale (43)

Astroboi really loves movies. Science isn't good at english. Somehow they manage to stay alive for four hours and bring classic 80s to your radio. Wonderful. Power.

Playlist:

Herbie Hancock- Rockit
Key to the City- Back in Black Lagoon
X-Ray Spex - Identity
Velvet Underground- Femme Fatale
Urban Dance Squad - Deeper Shade of Soul
The Videodead - Let's Dance

The Cure - Hot Hot Hot
Prince - Little Red Corvette
The Mighty Defenders - Over the Horizon
Corey Hart - Komrade Kiev

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Crazy
John Cale - Leaving It Up to You
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Camouflage - The Great Commandment

Hot Little Rocket - I Want to Buy a Rug/I Don't Want to Buy a Rug
The Slits - Ping Pong Affair
The Dudes - Small Mercies
Public Image Limited - The Order of Death
Fist - Teenage Love Affair

Shift - Shake it Down
Yello - Lost Again
Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams
Numan & Sharpe - Change Your Mind
ELO - Prologue/Twilight

Aaaaand... The Mighty Movie Hour begins.
The Naughty Prowlers - Baby
Mick Smiley - Magic
OMD - If You Leave
The Hood - Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today?
Simon & Garfunkle - Sound Of Silence
Azeda Booth - Squall

Tron (Side A)
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Tron (Side B)
James T. Kirks - Theme From The Twilight Living Room

The Bloodsugars - Form/Function
Killing Joke - Eighties
Suicide - Ghost Rider
Steve Jones - Pleasure & Pain
The Big Pink - Dominoes

Bauhaus - Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
Tones on Tail - Lions
Love and Rockets - If There's a Heaven Above
Freddie Mercury - Let's Turn It On

Science: Grandma Science phoned me the next day. She told me that next time I came over to play Scrabble that she'd roll up in aluminum foil. Thanks Grandma.

I was raised on Echo and the Bunnymen, the best sixties album in the world... ever!, various [English] mediaeval songs, The Muppet Show, and my sister's compilation tapes from (I guess) when she was in high school. I hated classicalmusic and I was ambivalent to all the music that the media was forcing down everyone else's throats because I just wasn't exposed to it (much).
As I approached the age of 11 I began to care about/listen to music less and less (and I became more and more of a compulsive reader). This stopped one winter when I found myself ill, bedbound, and without anything new to read. I had received an FM radio that Christmas, and the only station that was any fun to listen to was Classic FM (they happened to be playing Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode to Joy when I turned it on). I spent most of a year gradually accepting the classical aesthetic as superior before I started to learn the piano (aged 12). As I progressed through the grades (grade 2 after 1 year, then 4, 6, 7, and 8) My teacher allowed me increasing freedom to play what I wanted. Either that, or I just played whatever I wanted to on top of all the exam pieces and ones she suggested. Hard to remember. Also, throughout this period I desperately wanted to play the harpsichord and the clarinet. These days, just the harpsichord.
Anyway, as I grew I became more fascinated by Beethoven's music, which I perceived as beautiful, well-constructed, and emotional without (in general) having to rely on extramusical texts and programmes. Reading about him and looking at his works in chronological order (paying particular attention to opus 90 and onwards) revealed a concern for pushing the (then very strict) boundaries of music and struggling to find a musical idiom that was his own. This seemed a very noble cause, and the chaotic fun of the fugue from his Hammerklavier
Sonata, not to mention the 20th-century avant-garde that continued along similarly abrasive lines, convinced me that this was a direction I would like to take with any music I might compose.
By then, I pretty much held any music that used a drum kit in contempt. :)

At this point the chronology starts to break down. Aged 16, I discovered Dada while perusing the art section of my sixth form library. Dada became a focus for my thoughts on visual art, though not for my thoughts on music until, on a whim, I listened to the dada tag radio on last.fm. Most if not all of it blew my mind, but the most memorable results were Pornoheft and Nakkilan palokunnan tanssiyhtye. NPTY is probably the main cause for my appreciation of the apskaft no-fi aesthetic.
At some point, I snatched someone's goff rock compilation off the internet, mostly out of curiosity because I had a goffick friend and no idea what her music actually sounded like. In the dark, The Hanging Garden and Transmission, among others, were surprisingly listenable, and after a while I ended up just buying the albums that contained them (and a few others). So, my approach to all rock and pop is via Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Cure, and The Sisters of Mercy.
The next thing to mention is black metal. I was unimpressed by metal in general, because it seemed to lack the subtlety of the gothic rock that I had begun to listen to. The heavy timbres and textures didn't interest me as much as the creepyier , more subdued textures (and minor harmonies) of gothic rock. However, the first piece of black metal that I heard was Des médecins malades et des saints séquestrés, which behind all the guitar noise used compound metre, interesting (and mediaeval-inspired) melodies, complex structure, and basically everything else I liked. It was a while before I went looking for other tracks, let alone other bands, but it happened.

Just before going to university, I did a few things:
First, I put my AS-level music composition on last.fm (Maybe).
Second, I recorded various components of my computer (on the suggestion of everything2.com and put them on last.fm.
Third, I visited Erik Satie's grave and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Only the latter affected my music, but the former was very moving. While I was at the Pompidou Centre (which is the only thing within the bounnds of Paris worth seeing), I bought Andy Hamilton's book Aesthetics & Music; a DVD containing various Dadaist film experiments; and one of Sub Rosa's Anthologies of noise & Electronic Music. You can imagine how this interacted with my desire to be Beethovenish in pushing the limits of music...

From there it's too chaotic to write meaningfully or concisely about (Not that this is concise). Suffice it to say that I should have mentioned minimalism post-rock, spoken word, polish, neofolk, french, neoclassical darkwave, and...
Yeah anyway. Stopping now.

AlisterCrow's top albums (overall)
1. Current 93 - Island (315) 2. The Damned - Phantasmagoria (294) 3. Hocico - Memorias Atrás (285) 4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (279) 5. Enigma - McMxc A.D. (267) 6. Relatives Menschsein - Die Ewigkeit (263) 7. Christian Death - Only Theatre of Pain (262) 8. Funker Vogt - Navigator (234) 9. Current 93 - Thunder Perfect Mind (233) 10. Devil Doll - Dies Irae (232) 11. Amethystium - Aphelion (214) 12. Mad Sin - Survival of the Sickest (211) 13. Fields of the Nephilim - Elyzium (203) 14. Misfits - Famous Monsters (200) 15. Velvet Acid Christ - Twisted Thought Generator (180) 16. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (176) 17. Amethystium - Odonata (174) 18. The Cure - 4:13 Dream (171) 19. Kommunity FK - Close One Sad Eye (169) 20. Front Line Assembly - Artificial Soldier (168) 21. Skinny Puppy - The Process (167) 22. Electro Synthetic Rebellion - Post-Industrial (166) 23. Astral Projection - Amen (160) 24. Alien Sex Fiend - All Our Yesterdays (158) 25. BALZAC - Paranoid Dream Of The Zodiac (152) 26. Dreadful Shadows - Estrangement (149) 27. Frank the Baptist - Beggars Would Ride (149) 28. The Cure - Disintegration (148) 29. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (146) 30. King Diamond - Fatal Portrait (145) 31. Delerium - The Best Of (142) 32. Mylène Farmer - Anamorphosée (142) 33. TENMON & Eiichiro Yanagi / minori - ef - a tale of memories Original Soundtrack ~espressivo~ (141) 34. 45 Grave - Sleep in Safety (139) 35. SE - Epiphora (139) 36. Icon of Coil - Machines Are Us (139) 37. Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (139) 38. Enigma - The Cross Of Changes (138) 39. Stabilizers - Tyranny (138) 40. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park (138) 41. Joy Division - Still (137) 42. Empusae - Error 404: Metaphorical Loss Digipak (136) 43. Deathstars - Termination Bliss (136) 44. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Once Upon a Time (135) 45. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry (133) 46. Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches (131) 47. Front Line Assembly - Implode (130) 48. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (128) 49. Atomine Elektrine - Archimetrical Universe (128) 50. Das Ich - Re_Laborat (128)

Sat 7 Nov – Peter Murphy, minor mine

Ήταν μια περίεργη συναυλία για πολλούς λόγους η χθεσινή του Peter Murphy.
Περίεργη γιατί έβλεπα έναν μεγάλο performer με καταπληκτική ακόμα και τώρα φωνή να αποδίδει μόνο από το ειδικό βάρος του ταλέντου του και της ιστορίας του. Να μην φτάνει στο 100% της απόδοσης του και συνάμα να μας χαρίζει μερικές πολύ όμορφες στιγμές.

Περίεργη επειδή ήταν ξεκάθαρο ότι δεν ήθελε να παίξει Bauhaus (τουλάχιστον τους πρώτους δίσκους τους), ενώ κουβαλάει ίσως πλέον δυσβάστακτα, την κληρονομιά του πρώην συγκροτήματος του. Γιατί νομίζω ότι πλέον δεν τον πρεσβεύουν. Διασκέδαζε παραπάνω στα δικά του τραγούδια (ή ακόμα και με το Too Much 21st Century από την τελευταία δουλειά των Bauhaus) παρά στο She’s In Parties και στο Bela Lugosi’s Dead που ούτως ή άλλως μας το έδωσε αποσπασματικά μαζί με το δικό του Strange Kind of Love. Δεν είναι τυχαίο ότι και τα παραπάνω τραγούδια ήταν νομίζω τα μοναδικά που ερμήνευσε από τους Bauhaus. Κατά τη γνώμη μου έπρεπε να δώσει βαρύτητα σ’ αυτό που πραγματικά θέλει να παρουσιάζει παρά σ’ αυτό πρέπει. Το κάνουν οι Tuxedomoon και κανείς δεν τους λέει τίποτα. Θα προτιμούσα να ακούσω 20 δικά του τραγούδια ερμηνευμένα με κέφι, παρά 3 άκεφα από Bauhaus. Το τελευταίο συνδέεται και με την επόμενη διαπίστωση μου.

Περίεργη επίσης ήταν η συναυλία λόγω της διάθεσης του. Ή μάλλον της έλλειψης που είχε. Οι λόγοι δεν με ενδιαφέρουν, μπορεί να ήταν κουρασμένος, ξενερωμένος, βαρεμένος, αλλά αυτό φαινόταν στη σκηνή. Οι κινήσεις του βγαίνανε επειδή έπρεπε να βγουν και όχι επειδή τις ένοιωθε. Το «Γέρασες!» που ακούστηκε από την αγενή κοπελιά, κατά τη διάρκεια της παράστασης δεν θέλω να το πιστέψω. Απλά δεν είχε όρεξη κατά τη γνώμη μου και είναι κρίμα.

Το κοινό ήταν περίεργο. Η μεγάλη πλειοψηφία πήγε για να ακούσει Bauhaus. Ζήτημα να ξέρανε 10 τραγούδια από τις προσωπικές δουλειές του. Έβλεπες αρκετά γκοθάκια να περιμένουν και να αγωνιούν μάταια να γίνει η συναυλία πιο σκοτεινή. Μάταια. Έβλεπες αρκετούς μαλάκες να φωνάζουν τραγούδια, ακόμα και όταν ξέρανε το setlist!! Άλλα περιμένανε οι περισσότεροι και άλλα είδαν επί σκηνής.

Περίεργες θα μπορούσαν να θεωρηθούν και οι αντιδράσεις του κοινού στο setlist. Ότι γλέντι έγινε, έγινε σε τραγούδια άλλων. Είτε αυτά ήταν των Bauhaus, είτε ήταν διασκευές. Με το Transmission από Joy Division και το Ziggy Stardust από David Bowie τα πιο χαρακτηριστικά παραδείγματα.

Περίεργος ήταν ο προγραμματισμός με τα support. Από τη μια είχες τους δικούς μας minor mine που για ακόμα μια φορά ήταν απολαυστικοί και από την άλλη είχες τη Lettie, τη μουσικό που έφερε ο Peter Murphy, που ήταν κυριολεκτικά αστεία. Από τη μία μας ζέσταναν οι Minor Mine από την άλλη το κορίτσι ήταν αλλού. Δεν ήταν άσχημη, ίσως σε κάποιο άλλο μέρος, κάποια άλλη στιγμή να γούσταρα, αλλά τώρα ήταν κανονικά άκαιρη.

Με όλα τα περίεργα που είπα πιο πάνω δεν αμφιβάλω ότι επίσης περίεργος είμαι και εγώ!

Αναλογιζόμενος την πορεία του Peter Murphy, από τη στιγμή που αυτός και η παρέα του (Bauhaus) μπουκάρανε στα στούντιο του BBC πριν 30 χρόνια με το demo του Bela Lugosi’s Dead και υποχρεώσανε τον παραγωγό να το παίξει, μέχρι το παρών όπου συνεχίζει να γράφει και να περιοδεύει μόνος του πλέον, αδικείται από τη χθεσινή συναυλία. Μπορούσε να μας δώσει παραπάνω πράματα. Και δεν αναφέρομαι στις δουλειές του με τους Bauhaus, το λέω για τη διάθεση του να προσφέρει. Εν τέλει μου φάνηκε κορεσμένος. Αυτό πάντως δεν είναι κάτι που ακυρώνει της αναμφισβήτητη αξία του και ταλέντο που έχει. Το είδαμε στο Strange Kind of Love, στο Deep Ocean Vast Sea και στο δικό μου χθεσινό αγαπημένο In Every Dream Home A Heartache (όπου κ αυτό δεν είναι δικό του, αλλά του Bryan Ferry και των Roxy Music), που για μένα όμως δεν ήταν αρκετά.

Βαθμολογία: 7/10