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    worst rock tattoos

    Worst Rock Tattoos of All Time – Part 2 http://ultimateclassicrock.com/worst-rock-tattoos-nirvana-kurt-cobain/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/worst-rock-tattoos-nirvana-kurt-cobain/
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    how do you listen to your music at home?

    when you listen/watch a music dvd/blu-ray, or a cd how do you listen to it? do you always use the stereo feature on your receiver, or do you listen to it via surround sound? i always listen in stereo.
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    time vs comfortably numb solos

    for me its easy, its time! i'm sure most will vote for the other solos and i should add that i love them too. 'numb' always gets in the top 10 solos doesn't it? i think time is equal or better, perhaps its because i heard time first?
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    the best stereo albums.

    which albums have the best stereos effects on it? when dark side of the moon came out one of the things that really blew peoples minds were the stereo effects. no one up til then had really explored stereo much before, i don't think.
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    advice from genesis fans wanted.

    i love the genesis lps a trick of the tail and wind and wuthering. i've tried listening to the gabriel version of the band but can't get into it. however is there a gabriel led album that is closer to the 2 albums that i have? also i love the bass on the albums i've have and the use of bass...
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    similar to pink floyd

    which bands are the most similar to floyd? i'd love to hear some. floyd from dark side of the moon onwards i mean. although floyd are classed as prog rock they have nothing in common with genesis or yes for instance. maybe there aren't any good floydy bands?
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    graves, statues and plaques of the departed rock and rollers.

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    the greatest classic rock songs

    don't include your favourite songs because they're your favourite. its not about what are your favourite songs. try and take a step back and view all songs as an observer. i think a person can appreciate a great classic rock song even if they don't actually like the tune itself. so its the...
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    the most versatile band.

    which has been the most versatile band through rock history?
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    albums/songs that bring out the air-guitarist?

    do you ever play air-guitar? i've been playing it a lot longer than my real guitar so i'm pretty much a virtuoso on it. which albums or songs tend to make you break out your old air-guitar? one for me is the floyd album, wish you were here.
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    friend requests

    this is going to sound really stupid but what exactly are friend requests? i've not come across these before and i've got some. the confusing thing is that no one even says anything with the request, wouldn't you want to say something if you want to be a friend? obviously its not what it...
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    Are You Experienced vs Axis Bold As Love.

    which one do you prefer. their first album may be the best ever debut imo. however axis is great too, although not so loud. axis has my favourite hendrix song, little wing. the american and canadian 'are you experienced' was quite different than the version i'm used to, some of his hits...
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    songs that need to be heard.

    do you have any songs that you believe need a wider audience because they are simply more or less unknown? songs that you feel are fantastic, and that other people will really enjoy? limited to TWO songs only. my two are bands from nz. they were very popular there but unknown to the rest...
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    PHD (Official Thread)

    PHD on Wikipedia Jim Diamond Official Website Tony Hymas Official Website anyone here like the band phd? jim diamond and tony hymas are the two people in it. hymas has worked a bit with jeff beck, he's on keyboards. diamond has one of those voices you love or you cannot stand. he's had...
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    please recommend a progressive rock band.

    i'd love to get into a good prog-rock band. i'll tell you what i like and dislike in that genre. do not like yes-too many keyboards. do not like elp- same reason. do not like jethro tull. don't like peter gabriel genesis. i like some of marillion. i own two phil collins's genesis...
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    Female Singers of Today.

    i suppose this is an old guy talking when i say a huge majority ofl the girl singers i hear tend to sound the same. but its true! i personally haven't heard any female singer who is unique in the same way bjork is, for example. you know its her straight away, don't you? i was listening to...
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    mark david chapman!

    i've just finished watching a doco about this guy and of course the tears started flowing when it gets to lennon's death. if you knew mark chapman was sitting in a particular room and you could actually go in and meet him one on one, would you? what do you think you'd say or do to him?
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    jade warrior, anyone heard of them?

    not a lot of people seem to of heard jade warrior. i've got their 1972[i think] third album, last autumns dream, which is great. on my album their are a few instrumentals, which i like. its extremely hard to describe them. ethereal maybe. flutes feature here and there. i think i've seen...
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    Guitarists That Shouldn't Sing.

    there are a few guitarists here and there that have the belief they are as good a singer as they are a guitarist, but they're not imo. satriani on his lp flying in a blue dream started to sing on a number of tracks. some of the tracks are 'ok', but his voice isn't very good. he doesn't do it...
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    Strawberry Fields Forever vs I Am The Walrus

    two similar songs from the same period. which do you prefer?
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    super fast guitarists.

    whats your take on these players? years ago i was into yngwie and bought some of his albums. i was impressed as i'd not listened to his type of playing much at all. however i ended up getting bored in the end. satriani i like. well a few of his albums. i've got them all up to and...
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    the 'almost made it" bands.

    how about a top 5 or 10 that have the bands that didn't quite make it for whatever reason. thin lizzy at their peak of popularity were touring the states,[may of been the jailbreak album?] one of them get very sick and the tour in over. i think that made a big impact on their status in...
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    favourite song from each artist.

    just list a load of bands and say what tune of theirs is your favourite. only ONE song. bowie-life on mars the smiths-reel around the fountain ac/dc-ain't no fun van halen-eruption ufo-meanstreets genesis-afterglow thin lizzy-wild one...
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    music listening history

    what is your music history, specifically music tha first got you in to music? plus the 'special' big bands that have been in your life? i have 3 older brothers and i often would listen to their singles on an old plastic, mono record player! it was the sixties. stuff like the stones, beatles...
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    from qld

    hello. this place looks good here, hope it is. i live on the sunshine coast, qld. started getting into music, british glam rock, around 1971. slade were the first band i got into in a serious. first album i had was in fact 'slade alive.' once the first queen lp came out i became hooked...

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