YTSEJAM Digest 1050 Today's Topics: 1) Guitar Rack Setup by email_address_removed (gary ake) 2) to Andy Sprague re: Saga by "cam (c.s.) wilson" 3) Z-Rock!/Bland Lemon/Etc.... by "Craig Newmeyer" 4) 5 fav bassists by email_address_removed (Brian K. Diefenderfer) 5) Short: YTSEJAM pronounciation by email_address_removed.de (Steffen Barabasch) 6) Re: YTSEJAM digest 1044 by email_address_removed 7) yo by zebrowski steven 8) bassists by email_address_removed (Alexis A. Ramos) 9) WHAT???? by email_address_removed (Jason Gianni) 10) YTSEJAM digest 1046 by "Steven Johnson, P" 11) YTSEJAM digest 1046 by "Steven Johnson, P" 12) Where o' where is my JPM100? by Brandon Vaughn 13) The ultimate line-up by email_address_removed.CA (Nicolas Drouin) 14) Guitar Setups by Martin Hayter 15) Kevin Moore by email_address_removed (Jerry George) 16) need place to stay in southeast... by "Brian V. Cox" 17) Post for digest by email_address_removed (Lars Issleib) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 08:59:05 -0400 From: email_address_removed (gary ake) To: email_address_removed Subject: Guitar Rack Setup Message-ID: >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:06:39 -0400 (EDT) >From: email_address_removed >To: email_address_removed >Subject: guitar setups >Message-ID: >This question is directed at musicians, but open to everyone, so you can >skip it if you want. I was wondering what kind of setups each of you >played and how you came about playing them. I'm a guitarist in an upstart >metal band, we only do covers for now, and I'm using an Ibanez RG450DX, and >a Peavey Transtube 212 Special (200w). Of course DT had a hand in my >selection of an Ibanez along with it's incredible neck, pickup >configuration, and all around appearance (black). I'm also looking into >processors. Any suggestions? Here's a list of the songs we're currently >covering or working on: Creeping Death, Am I Evil, Fade to Black, Orion all >by Metallica; Walk, Mouth For War, Cemetary Gates, from Pantera; Alexander >the Great and Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden; and I'm trying to get >them to cover Pull Me Under along with Another Day and Surrounded (those >last two are a total mood swing!) Thanks, Brandon I have a band in Central Florida called " SLACKER " and my live setup starts with 4 different guitars: 1. Custom made Paul Reed Smith with Dragon Pickups and a standard bridge on it. 2. Custom made Charvel/Jackson with Seymour Duncan George Lynch Screaming Demon pickups and a Floyd Rose Tremelo. 3. Custom made B.C. Rich with EMG pickups and a Floyd Rose Tremelo on it. 4. Ovation Applause Acoustic/Electric. Guitar #1,#2 and #4 are tuned to standard 442 E. Guitar #3 is tuned to 440 D. All guitar are strung with D'ADDARIO XL's #9. My guitar rack #1 starts with a Audio Technica AT W-R10 True Diversity Wireless unit, from there it goes to a Sabine RT-1600 Rack Tuner, from there it goes to a ADA MP1 Distortion Processor, from there it goes to a Digitech GSP 2101 Digital Processor for all my delays, reverbs, pitch shifters etc....., from there it goes to BBE Sonic Maximizer which enhances the signal that can't be explained (you just have to hook one up into your setup to hear the difference), from there it goes to a QSC 850 raw power amp (850 watts), from there it goes to two Crate 4x12 cabinets. Last but not least, this is all controlled by a Digitech Control One foot controller thru MIDI ports. My guitar rack #2 (which is still being built) starts off with a ADA MicroCab cabinet emulator, from there it goes to a Digitech GSP 21 Pro, from there it goes to a Alesis RA-100 power amp, from there it goes to two Crate 4x12 cabinets. This rack is a frankenstein at this point and in not operational at this time, but I due use some pieces in the studio when I'm cutting tracks. If anyone is interested in early next year we should have a full length CD coming out. Our music is sorted like Pantera and BioHazard meets Dream Theater. the CDs should be rather inexpensive. If you want one E-Mail me and I will put you on the list. They should cost about 5 to 7 dollars. Got to run. SEEYA........... Gary " Guitar Wizard " Ake ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:47:00 -0400 From: "cam (c.s.) wilson" To: email_address_removed Subject: to Andy Sprague re: Saga Message-ID: <"5907 Wed Oct 18 13:03:28 1995"@bnr.ca> >Question one: How is Saga's album Generation 13? I have never listened >to Saga and I was wondering if this was a good one to start with. Who do >they sound similar to? it's a fantastic album! but it's nothing like anything else they've ever done. if you want an introduction to saga, try "images at twilight", "worlds apart" or their first self-titled album. these three represent classic saga. i've never heard anyone else who sounded like saga so i can't compare, but they are heavy on the synths and keys, with a lot of great hard rock guitar in there too. the keyboard and guitar interplay is amazing. these are primo musicians! their music could probably be classed as prog hard rock on these 3 albums, but they ventured out into more poppy stuff later (which i haven't followed too closely). Gen13 is a heavier almost industrial sounding album with a bit of a metal edge to some of it. i love it because it's very original yet done in the same vein as floyd's 'the wall'. it's a concept album, with quite a variety of sounds and songs. i must admit, the singer's voice is not for everyone: it's a very operatic style, which i quite like (and might be just a tiny bit like james labrie's). this style is more prominent on the earlier releases but Gen13 tones it down a bit. happy listening! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 14:11:48 EDT From: "Craig Newmeyer" To: email_address_removed Subject: Z-Rock!/Bland Lemon/Etc.... Message-ID: Hi all! How the hell are ya? I was listening to the radio the other day, 102.7 here in the Detroit area, Z-Rock!.... and they actually played DT! They played 'Perfect Strangers'. The DJ announced the song and afterwards mentioned that DT was headed to the studio to work on some new material. How about that ... some press! I saw the Bland Lemon thing start to surface again... Cool! Another round of Melon bashing! (I feel like Gallager)... Great! It was innevitable... Some poor souls who hadn't been around for the last round of bashing and announced their preference for their music... (If that's what you call it). Anyway... I'm ready for more bashing of these pompous, no-talent little shits! Any of you who happen to like them... take out your umbrellas before you head to their show ;) .... And I won't post the article from GFTPM since I know someone else is bound to do it. The melon-head jerks SUCK! ....Got that out of my system, for now.... Mike Bahr.... Again, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! Acoustic Dreams rules!!!!!! Oh yeah, that favorite thread.... Top five bands other than DT 1) Yes (Both pre and post Trevor! All you Rabin bashers:)) 2) Queen 3) Rush 4) Jethro Tull 5) Pink Floyd I have to mention NIN, Kitaro, and Led Zeppelin Top five guitarists other than John Petrucci 1) Brian May (I can't believe I haven't seen his name more!) 2) Trevor Rabin (All Trevor bashers can eat shit!) 3) David Gilmour 4) Steve Vai 5) Joe Satriani I have to mention Alex Lifeson, Eric Johnson, and Steve Howe as other faves... And I pronounce it eat-see-jam... Sorry if I pissed of any Lemon heads or Trevor Bashers... not really :) Later all! Craig ............................... "Adesso che ho perso la vista,. Ph: 313-337-5671 ...ci vedo meglio e di piu".... Fx: 313-323-8706 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 11:24:27 +0600 From: email_address_removed (Brian K. Diefenderfer) To: email_address_removed Subject: 5 fav bassists Message-ID: aside from JM 1) Geddy Lee - you gotta like a guy who can sing; play bass, bass pedals, and keys more or less at the same time 2) Les Claypool - wacked!! 3) John Paul Jones - I just love the way he grooves in every song 4) Victor Wooten - I tried swinging my bass around my neck and nearly poked a hole in the ceiling 5)Nathan East - (eric clapton - journeyman and few prior to that) - straight bass no flashy shit ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 16:35:08 +0100 (MEZ) From: email_address_removed.de (Steffen Barabasch) To: email_address_removed (Ytsejam - the Dream Theater mailing list) Subject: Short: YTSEJAM pronounciation Message-ID: Hello again! "Ytsejam" is Majesty spelled backwards, remember? So it has to sound just like "Majesty" backwards! Try it with a sampler or some modified tape unit, it really sounds like it-say-jam. Steffen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 15:41:06 +0000 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 1044 Message-ID: >Hey. Blind Melon is playing on campus (Boulder, CO) very soon. >Wouldn't it be a pity if their tour buses ended up with Dream Theater >graffiti all over them ;) Hehehe. Now that would be funny. Mike S. PS - Maybe Blind Melon should be known as "The Band That Cannot Be Named On This List" from now on, since they have become so infamous. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:10:24 -0400 (EDT) From: zebrowski steven To: email_address_removed Subject: yo Message-ID: Hello, everyone! Someone said that JLaB sounded a little like Michael Sweet of Stryper. I agree. James also sounds like Dennis DeYoung of Styx. Fave non-DT bands: Queensryche Rush Fates Warning Yngwie Malmsteen Joe Jackson Fave guitarists: JP Yngwie Malmsteen Nuno Bettencourt Dimebag Darrel Chris DeGarmo ...oh, and Brian Wherry :) Bassists: Geddy Lee Eddie Jackson Graham Maby Drums: MP Neil Scott Rockenfield Mark Zonder Mike Mangini Keyboards: Kevin Moore Derek Sherinian Joe Jackson Tori Amos Mats Olausson Vocals: James LaBrie Geoff Tate Tori Amos Perfect Symmetry-era Ray Alder Steve Walsh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ ___ ___ _ _ ___ ___ "...all that I feel is honor and spite. | __| |_ _| | __| | V | | __| |_ | ...all I can do is to set it right." |__ | | | | __| \ / | __| / / Kevin Moore, PMU |___| |_| |___| V |___| |___|"Of all the stupid things I could have Steve Zebrowski email_address_removed thought this was the worst..." Joe Jackson, Hometown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 16:25:03 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Alexis A. Ramos) To: email_address_removed Subject: bassists Message-ID: I can see many of you haven't even thought about favorite bassists (or so it seems), so I want to be one of the first to list my favorite ones, in order (not including Jazz people): 1) Dave LaRue (Steve Morse Band & Dixie Dregs) - This guy is just amazing. He can do anything with his bass, be it playing fast, slapping, tapping, harmonics, just being incredible, etc. etc. etc. I saw the Steve Morse Band live, and I think I spent more of my time looking at LaRue than at Steve Morse. 2) Myung 3) Les Claypool 4) Robert Trujillo 5) others, such as Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, etc. I'm not including my favorite bands b/c I sent them directly to the guy who's making the poll. Oh, and to the guy who said the new Iron Maiden sucked, I'm going to have to disagree. Even though the new lead singer is no Dickinson, I think the music in this album is far better than in Fear of the Dark, and almost as good as in many of the other albums. And to the guy from Ithaca College who mentioned Helloween, do you have the albums Chameleon and Pink Bubbles Go Ape? If you do, please e-mail me to see if I could dub them. By the way, I have Mindfunk's first album and I think it's pretty cool. Bye. Alexis ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:25:04 -0400 From: email_address_removed (Jason Gianni) To: email_address_removed Subject: WHAT???? Message-ID: What the hell was the Kevin Moore dying SHIT about????? Is this news serious, or is that person yanking our chains? And if so, wouldn't the message have been a little more serious than a "well, it's seems that he's dying. Sorry to say" kind of thing!! Someone please deny this...... jason ------------------------------ Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:39:16 GMT From: "Steven Johnson, P" To: email_address_removed Subject: YTSEJAM digest 1046 Message-ID: *** Reply to note of 10/18/95 14:58 GIMME A LIST OF COOL ROCK VENUES IN N.Y. CITY!! I'm headin' there Nov. 9-11. Anyone know of cool places that just charge cover, etc.? Don't wanna buy tix in advance. I am gonna be in Manhattan (upper East, but any venue would be cool!!) Thanks in advance!!! -Steve p.s. in no order....George Lynch, Dimebag Darryl, Reb Beach, the player in Badlands (forget his name right off), JIMI JIMI JIMI!!!!! H.m....Prince, Vai. *************************************************************** You're fighting the weight of the world and no one can save you this time/Close your eyes 'cause you'll find all you need in your mind -- Dream Theater, "Take the Time" ------------------------------ Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:41:16 GMT From: "Steven Johnson, P" To: email_address_removed Subject: YTSEJAM digest 1046 Message-ID: *** Reply to note of 10/18/95 14:58 JR McCullough lists Al Jerreau (sp?) as a fav vox. YOU ARE CORRECT!!! If you love vocalists, get "Breakin Away" of "We Got By" (i think!!). If James could improvise like this......HE'D NEVER LEAVE THE STAGE!!!!!!! LATER- -Steve *************************************************************** You're fighting the weight of the world and no one can save you this time/Close your eyes 'cause you'll find all you need in your mind -- Dream Theater, "Take the Time" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 16:42:17 CDT From: Brandon Vaughn To: email_address_removed Subject: Where o' where is my JPM100? Message-ID: I was supposed to be getting a JPM100 through Sam Ash in New Jersey, but found out today that for some lame reason that I can't. They had my name on a guitar, and it vanished. Now Ibanez now longer has any more. For those who have a JPM100 - did the store you got yours at have anymore? I would really appreciate if anybody can help me find one of the remaining guitars. Thanks. Brandon Vaughn PLEASE email me directly at: email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:47:12 -0400 From: email_address_removed.CA (Nicolas Drouin) To: email_address_removed Subject: The ultimate line-up Message-ID: Imagine having an ultimate band consisting of these great artists! Here is a list of the ultimate prog-metal band musicians pick 2! pick3! pick2! pick2! pick2! On drums on guitars on bass on keyboards singer Neil Peart John Petrucci Geddy Lee Rick Wakeman J.Anderson Mike Portnoy Eddy Van Halen Steve Harris Keith Emerson P.Gabriel Bill Bruford Alex Lifeson Chris Squire Tony Banks J.Labrie Alan White Steve Howe John Myung Kevin Moore G.Lee Carl Palmer Steve Hackett Patrick Moraz B.Bayley Phil collins Steve Vai Derek Sherenian Sammy Hagar Glen Tipton Dave Murray Give me some news and ill give in results sometime next week! Is king's X any good, what does it sound like, give me some feedback! ------------------------------ Date: 18 Oct 95 17:51:15 EDT From: Martin Hayter To: ytsejam Subject: Guitar Setups Message-ID: My previous band did several Rush and Dream Theater covers, and I managed to get most of the sounds I needed using a Digitech GSP21 Pro effects processor and a Marshall JMP1 pre-amp. The Marshall was great for the thrashy Pull Me Under sounds, and I'd recommend it to anyone needing a wide range of sounds (unless you can afford a Mesa Boogie Triaxis or two!) Martin Hayter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:27:01 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Jerry George) To: email_address_removed Subject: Kevin Moore Message-ID: Got a question for you. Don't get mad at me for this PLEASE! Those of you who have seen DT live, did you get the feeling that Kevin hated being there? The first time I saw them I got that feeling, then I went 6 months later with a friend and he noticed it too. Then another 6 months later they came back around and suddenly Derek was there instead. Somehow I was not shocked by this. I mean he played beautiful when he was on stage but his facial expressions were such that he was just not getting into it. Did anyone else notice this or just me, or maybe that is just how Kevin is. Derek is very different than that. Guess that comes from playing with Alice Cooper. :) Jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wishing ALL bands could be as good as Dream Theater, Rush, Queensryche, Pink Floyd and Saga! Yeah, I know....DREAM ON!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:11:28 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brian V. Cox" To: email_address_removed Subject: need place to stay in southeast... Message-ID: hi all. i need a favor from someone out there. me and a few friends will be road tripping from texas up to new york for the three shows in december. we are going to leave the night of the 25th and hopefully get there on the 27th sometime. what we need is a place to stay on the way there and the way back. i am not too familiar with how to go, so the easiest route from texas to long island would also be appreciated. i guess i could snag a copy of that automap thing, but i am broke :) i was thinking of heading east on either I-10, I-20, or I-30, until i hit I-95 then going straight up the coast. anyone know which way is better? we could either leave from houston (I10) or dallas (I20 or I30). so, we would probably need to stop somewhere in georgia, carolina, tennessee, somewhere like that. if we are pressed for time we might just drive straight through, but on the way back we will definitely be staying somewhere. i will be taking all my DATs and stuff with me, so wherever i stay you can copy whatever you like. i will be DAT taping all three shows in december, so on the way back you can copy those too. any help or route suggestions is appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Brian V. Cox~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I built a wall around my garden Rush When people started telling me what to grow, Dream Theater It's cold and callous and throws a heavy shadow, King's X Over the field I choose to call my own Queensryche I hate the wall and its selfish display echolyn My garden becoming sterile in its pretentiousness, Fates Warning My direction lost in shallow righteousness Tori Amos There's something wrong with this... DAT Taper/Trader... Suffocating the bloom...and every blossom" -echolyn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~email_address_removed~~~~~~~http://http.tamu.edu/~bvc8995~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 23:14:05 +0100 (MET) From: email_address_removed (Lars Issleib) To: email_address_removed Subject: Post for digest Message-ID: Hi guys, This is my first post on the YTSEJAM. First I'd like to introduce myself. My name's Lars and I'm 29 years old. I'm living in Essen (Germany) and I'm an employee in a computing center for a huge textile company. Since the release of _WDADU_ I'm a great fan of DT and I've collected everything I get my hands on. If you like further information please e-mail me at . I've got a question right now. Has anyone seen the digest no. 1041 ??? I'm missing it ... *************** --> To: Michael Bahr Hi Michael, I would like to have a copy of the CD _Accoustic Dreams_ too. How can I get a copy of this apparent tremendous CD (see the reviews on the YTSEJAM)? Please e-mail me personally. Thanx! Later! *************** --> To: ALL Hi fellow Dreamheads, has someone recorded one of MP's drum clinic or JP's guitar clinic and would perhaps dub it for me (doesn't matter what kind of media)? Since I'm living in Germany I would like to have a copy of such tremendous clinics. It doesn't looks like both will have clinics here in Germany too. I'm looking for video's from US concerts of DT too. If anybody would dub me the tapes please let me know. And please tell me how to arrange the transfer and your costs. Furthermore I'm interested in US releases of DT especially promotional copies. And for Heaven's sake can someone sell me the T-Shirt with the I&W cover (size XL) and the black cap with the golden letters? Please let me know. *************** --> To: ALL Top 5 guitarists (in order): 1. John Petrucci 2. Chris DeGarmo 3. Steve Vai 4. Jim Mattheos 5. Marty Friedman Top 5 drummers (in order): 1. Mike Portnoy 2. Neil Peart 3. Cozy Powell 4. Mark Zonder 5. Lars Ulrich Top 5 bassists (in order): 1. John Myung 2. Les Claypool 3. Geddy Lee 4. Victor Wooten 5. Jason Newsted Top 5 vocalists (in order): 1. Buddy Lackey (Psychotic Waltz) 2. Geoff Tate 3. James LaBrie 4. Dave Mustaine 5. James Hetfield Top 10! bands (in order): 1. Dream Theater 2. Psychotic Waltz 3. Fates Warning 4. Queensryche 5. Conception ------- 6. Savatage 7. Watchtower 8. Sieges Even (older albums) 9. Shadow Gallery 10. Elegy *************** --> To: Jennifer Hi Jennifer, could you please dub Kevin's demo(s) for me? If you can do so please let me know how we can arrange the transfer. Later! *************** --> To: godfather Hi there, 1) I think that both unofficial releases (_Lost in the Sky_ and _The Dance of Eternity_) are equaly good looking at the quality. 2) I myself pronounce 'ytsejam' as 'itseejam' but for the correct pronunciation we should ask a member of DT. Take care ... *************** --> To: Andy Hi Andy, yes. I've got the songbook from the _Awake_ album right now. It's only available in the US I think. The price is $25. But I can copy you the pages if you like. Later! *************** --> To: Chris Crowder Subject: Blind Melon bashing DT >I don't have the article here with me, but I vivdly remeber Blind Melon >bashing Dream Theater. For those of you that are familiar with Guitar for >the Practicing Musician, it was in the column titled "In the Listening >Room." GFTPM played them Pull Me Under and they totally hated it. Some of >the comments I remember was "These guys have big hair," "The guitarist has >a rig with a million lights on it when he plays," and "that playing is just >plain stupid." They also went on to bash Satraini. The song "Always With >Me" or something like that, they said it sounded like the theme from >Baywatch. They said some other nasty things too, which I can't remember. ------- >From: email_address_removed (Mathew W. Yee) >Subject: BM bashing DT article >Message-ID: >For those who haven't read this article, here's the complete file that resides >at drkhoe's archive site. >Mathew >============================================================================== >> Now, I read in a guitar magazine interview w/ Petrucci that one of the >> guitarists from Blind Melon, when played PMU in a "Listening Room"-type >> article, went off on how shitty Petrucci was and gave a long harangue >> culminating in the statement "That kind of playing is just stupid." So >> there are two issues I have to address: >> 1. There will be no talk of Blind Melon unless it is to express your >> undying contempt! >> 2. does anybody know exactly what the Blind Melon guy said? i only read >> the above summary about it, but never saw his actual statements. I would >> like to know exactly what he said so I can adjust my scorn to the proper >> level. >Unfortunately, I read it when it came out. Here's the transcription... >someone with an FTP server that works (unlike this one) go ahead and >smack it up to the archives with the oth4er interviews/articles. Hey >guys! Let's get those articles more and more! Those of you who have seen >the gopher at syrinx.umd.edu p2112 know how awesome it can get... >Anything in % borders is my commentary. >>From Guitar for the Practicing Musician, January 1994 >"Pull Me Under" >Images And Words >Dream Theater (ATCO/East-West) >Christopher: This could be metal at any moment--I'm just warning everybody. >Rogers: Either that or it could build up into a power ballad. >C: I feel like we might have to excuse ourselves here for a second. We >might have to leave. % so get the fuck out! -ed % >R: This is one of those guitar sounds that when he hits a note, about a >million lights jump up on his guitar rig. >C: Any minute now there is gonna be a squealy. >R: Is this, like, Queensryche? >C: If it is, let's turn it off right away because I hate that band. >% blasphemy! fucking assholes % >R: Hate it. This is the kind of music you listen to right when you start >to get your pubic hairs. >C: I can't even be fair to this music, I hate it so bad. I can't even sit >through one song. I know I'm not being fair but I think it is complete >garbage. That sort of guitar playing is just stupid. >% it's better than anything you ever played, poser. % >R: If I want to hear a metal band I really like old Black Sabbath and >Soundgarden, heavy bands with brains. % I can't fucking stand to type >what this guy is saying... it's so far gone from the truth. % If I were >listening to an angry metal band I would be more into Rage Against the >Machine % commercialism central % or Sugar. I like that Sugar record a >lot, I like Sonic Youth a lot. % trendy shit % That's heavy, guitar based >music that I listen to. >C: Playing fast for the sake of fast is hideous. I hate that whole >mentality of sitting around playing scales and cock-rock crap. % this is >true, I don't think Christopher CAN play a scale, unlike the precision >and attention to detail you hear from Petrucci, Christopher is sloppy and >in a word, sucks. I can play better and I think I suck, compared to >Petrucci. I figured out the riffs to "No Rain" in 3 minutes. No joke. % >R: I heard some squealies. % some WHAT? % I don't really like that sound >either. I'm not into those guitar sounds. When I hear that stuff I get >feeling squeamish. >Guitar: That was Dream Theater. >C: We'll remember not to buy that record. I bet they have really nice >hair... now I'm being mean. % no, now you're showing your ignorance. % >R: This is just our opinion. There's a lot of people that like Dream >Theater and that's fine. % got news for you... DT has more true fans than >Bland Lemon will ever have. % They get off on it--good for them. They'll >probably hate us, maybe they won't. % we do. % >C: They probably do because we sound like we're playing sloppy. But >that's alright, that's a different thing. % "we just suck, that's all." % >We're just coming from a different space. >R: In no way do we condemn this sort of music. These people have a right >to exist. >C: Just keep it the hell away from us. >[on to the other songs.] >To give you an idea how fucked-up Blind Melon are, they liked: >Medicated Goo - Traffic >Midnight Rider - Almond Brothers >And they hated: >Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Sons of Mercury >Omaha - Moby Grape >Pull Me Under - Dream Theater >Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Spin Doctors >Always With Me Always With You - Joe Satriani >In other words, they hated all the guitarists who are clearly better than >they can ever hope to be. >But there's hope!! These letters to the editor appeared in the February >1994 issue with Alex Lifeson of Rush on the cover!! >"...I've had it! I'm sick of these stupid fucks writing that heavy metal >is soulless, mindless bullshit..." >"...If you have something to say about another type of music, keep it to >yourself." >And in March 1994: >"Blind Lemon only wish they could compare to Queensryche and Dream Theater!" >"...John Petrucci's technical skill and rapturous melodies are things of >beauty, things that Christopher and Rogers hate because they can't create >such things themselves..." >And so on. Take care ... Later! *************** To: Chris Crowder Hi Chris, on the Lie single you'll find: US promo CD [PRCD 5812] (wo/ cover but back cover) Lie - album version Time: 5.02 US promo CD [PRCD 5807-2] (Digi pack) Lie - album version (?) Time: 5.02 UK single CD [7567-95835-2 A5835CD] Lie - edit version Time: 5.00 Space Dye Vest Time: 7.29 To Live Forever Time: 4.54 Another Day - live version Time: 4.43 UK single 12" [7567-95834-0] (w/ poster edition of official fanzine) Lie - edit version Time: 5.00 Space Dye Vest Time: 7.29 Take The Time - demo version Time: 7.58 Later! *************** To: Mathew W. Yee Hi Mathew, you're absolutely right. Blind Melon is only jealous on DT that they are able to play such a sophisticated and complex kind of music. They're only a bunch of brainless posers who wish to be a lot more better than they are. But I think this wish will not become true. In other words, they stay as fucking bad as they are. To say it with Manowar words: Whimps and posers leave the hall ... Take care ... and dream on ... 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