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Detonator

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  1. No one has mentioned Brian Howe? That guy has amazing voice. One of the best rock singers ever, imho. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMKtiS6UEQ[/media]
  2. Overrated: None Underrated: Red Tide, Turn the Page, Prime Mover, Manhattan Project
  3. Subdivisions performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8KWcrbGkII
  4. Amazing numbers. There aren't many bands and artists anymore who could fill all those buildings.
  5. More numbers are up: Tried to edit my initial post and add these there but can't. Doesn't make any sense. Double date: Air Canada Centre, Toronto ONT Attendance: 14,182/14,182 (Gross: $1,270,992) SELLOUT Air Canada Centre, Toronto ONT Attendance: 14,182/14,182 (Gross: $1,270,992) SELLOUT Bell Centre, Montreal PQ Attendance: 13,024/13,024 (Gross: $939,304) SELLOUT Madison Square Garden, NY Attendance: 13,554/13,554 (Gross: $1,507,393) SELLOUT Amalie Arena, Tampa Attendance: 13,435/13,923 (Gross: $1,176,535)
  6. 15-year old girl Stina drumming Tom Sawyer. Good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C00BpiE52mM
  7. Yeah it's this one. Pretty damn good and original way to perform the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4vd9OVLO7Q
  8. Marathon Middletown Dreams The Garden Between The Wheels Subdivisions Time Stand Still Manhattan Project The Analog Kid The Camera Eye Natural Science
  9. Me too dude. It's making me crazy. What do we do? Wanna come down to Goatnut and play GI Joe? Become a Stones fan. They're not going to quit anytime soon. PS: Here's the latest photo of Mick Jagger. http://www.theemailadmin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/old-man-no-teeth.jpg
  10. Moon was a great drummer. But I think Pete Townshend is the Who. I'm in my mid-30's so I can't say anything about the "good old days" with Keith... but Simon Phillips 1989 was a good stunt. They performed Tommy with a big band... Phillips on the drums... loved it. Kenney Jones was shit though.
  11. This. Is. Good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWOuzYvksRw
  12. Presence is a good album... a band like Zep has never made a bad one. Achilles is among the best songs Zep ever recorded... .but in their catalog is among the worst as an ALBUM, imho. Coda has its moment (Bonzo's Montreux, Wearing and Tearing) but that's their worst. Presence close second. PG isn't all that great, either. Why? It's called.... "music taste". :D
  13. Tea For One is hugely overrated. Funny how ITTOD is regarded as a keyboard-dominated album, but at the same time it has some of Jimi's greatest guitar solos: In the Evening, South Bound Saurez, I'm Gonna Crawl...and All My Love takes the silver medal for tackiest keyboard solo in rock history, with Light My Fire taking gold by a landslide. You know... Led Zep was my "first band". I worshipped them. Still do. They moved to "progressive waters" with ITTOD and tried something new. They experimented with a lot of interesting stuff. That era tried to take rock music one step forward... but then came punk and took it 20 years backwards. Album like ITTOD was bound to get bad reviews... using synths was a major no-no... Tom Scholtz even recorded Third Stage (great album tho) 100% without synths... it was something to brag about. Ridiculous. Somehow I've always felt that ITTOD has some similar elements as Moving Pictures. Can't put my finger on it... but it represents the same era of rock music. MP of course is much more complete album... but as a lifelong Zep fan I always thought that Rush's 80's albums continued where Zep ended. When Rush took the keyboards away they lost their magic... when they came back with CA (songs like The Garden) the magic was back. Big time. Also... the Presence sucks (besides Achilles of course) partly because the material isn't that great... partly because JPJ's keyboard have been mixed so "behind everything". It would have been interesting to hear more keyboard-oriented Zep albums. Probably doesn't make any sense but I wrote it anyway. :D
  14. Excellent, underrated album. Fool in the Rain and Carouselambra are great. Even Hot Dog is funny rockabilly. Better album than Presence, which has only one great song (Achilles). Tea For One, for example, is boring as hell.
  15. I got booted off one of the main ones a few years ago because I got tired of the majority of posters and even moderators crapping all over newer QR and let them have it. I was sticking up for records like Tribe and American Soldier and they didn't like it. One of the most "clique" boards I've ever seen. To get criticized for actually sticking up for the band. Liking Sammy Hagar's Van Halen created the exact same reaction here. I'm European,,, and I found out it's against the Great American Culture to dislike a drag-queenish, ultra-egoistic, shitty singer that is Dave. :D PS: QR's Empire is a kick ass record.
  16. Do they live in huge mansions or just in ordinary houses? They could afford to live in a castle and drive fancy cars but that's probably not their style. Given their modest image I suspect they own just normal houses and cars. Geddy probably owns a Volvo. :D
  17. Led Zeppelin fans asked the same question in 1982 after Coda. Or actually 1979 after ITTOD. That's 35 years ago. The band and its members never went away and became more popular than ever. I am happy that Rush go away now... still on top of their game. Clockwork Angels is a fantastic album. If that was the last one, I'm happy with that as well.
  18. Rush kicks Shania Twain's arse easily. Not bad for a band that has no hits. :D New Kids on the Block are on the list too? WTF!!! They're still touring? Seriously?
  19. I seriously doubt that that includes merch. While talking with "some people" last tour, the subject came up of how much each of them (Geddy, Alex, & Neil) make per show. What I was told is between $250K and $300K. So, in answer to the other thread question: What are Geddy, Alex, & Neil doing right now? My guess would be... counting piles of cash! :D After 40 years of touring... last 30 in the biggest arenas in the US and Europe... there's no ifs and buts... those "modest guys from Toronto" must be rich as hell. :D
  20. The band hasn't been reliant on ticket sales for decades. They get a guarantee from the promoter. I believe Madison Square Garden was a sellout too. And several other venues. Numbers are not just up yet. If you think about it, how many bands/artists (besides country shit) can sell out venues like that year-in-year out... everywhere around the US? Of course U2, AC/DC, DMB, Springsteen, Stones, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac and the other old farts... but besides them? Not so many. New bands and teen idols come and go... only these old guys are guaranteed draws. 2010 Rush ranked nicely among the top grossing acts (per gig) http://archive.is/FDCj
  21. Oops sorry.... I accidentally just recopied the Philly numbers. Fixed.
  22. One of the best rock bands ever. Too bad all the members are total fuckwads. I'm surprised if this tour doesn't end prematurely.
  23. I guess it's just ticket sales.
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