YTSEJAM Digest 2165 Today's Topics: 1) Today's mailbox contents by "RobertHenderson" 2) Tony MacAlpine's Bassist (NDTC) by "Brian M. Polka" 3) Peart video, 'High Live' video by Conrad Chi 4) 2nd acoustic on TSM by Steve Zebrowski 5) suckiness by "Raivo Hool" 6) lots of catching up by "woot" 7) Re: The final word on Garage Days (NDTC) by email_address_removed (Paul Goracke) 8) Ray Gillen by Eddy M 9) Re: Marillion *does* "rule" by "KorgX3" 10) FW: Female singers by email_address_removed 11) Lotsa stuff! Read, enjoy, respond! by email_address_removed.au (Nigel Bridgeman) 12) Bootleg discography by email_address_removed.ac.jp (Junya Suzuki) 13) FW: DT other project questions by email_address_removed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 17:33:34 -0500 From: "RobertHenderson" To: Subject: Today's mailbox contents Message-ID: > Marillion *does* "rule" I'll second this. "Script For a Jester's Tear" arrived today. Beauty stuff, eh? I reckon 'em a *good* version of Genesis. Brian Henderson, Cyberburlap email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 20:54:31 +0000 From: "Brian M. Polka" To: email_address_removed Subject: Tony MacAlpine's Bassist (NDTC) Message-ID: Hey all, Somebody asked who Tony MacAlpine's bassist is for this tour thing... well, it's a guy named Ricki Ricardo (yes, that's his REAL name... its even on his California Drivers License) When the Jason Becker Benefit was through, Tony and his band did a few shows in the area with Toshi Iseda and we all got to hang out for the week. They are really and excellent bunch of guys and Ricki is an excellent bassist. Just thought some of you might want to know :-) Brian "The key to immortality is first living a life that is worth remembering" Bruce Lee ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:26:45 -0800 (PST) From: Conrad Chi To: email_address_removed Subject: Peart video, 'High Live' video Message-ID: I haven't heard any mention about this, but there is a double video set that Neil Peart has put out about drumming. He does some stuff from a 'Test for Echo' and some other instructional stuff. A local store sells it for $50. Also, I saw that Alta Mira was selling the HELLOWEEN 'High Live' video. I didn't even know there was a video. It is a Japan only release, anybody seen it yet? To STRATOVARIUS fans, is 'Episode' or '4th Dimension' better? In case anybody is interested, if you join the SAVATAGE fan club, you get a t-shirt, autographed picture, and a BACK STAGE PASS for their next tour. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:33:55 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Zebrowski To: email_address_removed Subject: 2nd acoustic on TSM Message-ID: > @#%^$#%^#$&#%%$&#$%^#$%^#$%&#$%^&#$%^&#$%&#$%&#$%&#$%&#$%&#$%^&%$ > | | > | I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.... | > | | > #$%^#%&#%^$*%&*^&*%&(%^&(%^&*(%^&*(*%^&*$^&*#^%&#^*$%^&*#%^&*#$%& That is TOO funny, Al! :) > Omar, > On the Japan PPV video, John Myung plays a clean tone electric > guitar that is set up on a stand for the chorus parts, and he plays the bass > on all the other parts. You might've mistaken that clean tone electric for > an acoustic guitar. Well, yes and no. :) The guitar in question is a Hamer Duo-something which has both humbucking pickups for an electric sound, and a piezo in the bridge for acoustic sounds. It also boasts a semi-hollow body for an unplugged acoustic sound. The electric and acoustic portions have separate outputs to be amplified separately, or you can choose one output and blend them as desired. While it IS an electric guitar, JM uses the piezo/acoustic capabilities of it--NOT a clean electric sound. I really need to get a life... :) Steve Z ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 05:29:52 +0200 From: "Raivo Hool" To: email_address_removed Subject: suckiness Message-ID: >> And so what if you got offended. Deal with it. > I did... publically. When someone bashes my favourite band for no good > reason, I'm there to stick up for them. I'd do that for *Dream Hmm. Let me see. You would be inspired and content if everybody really praised something you like all the time. Then again, you would be pissed off if somebody criticized it, in whatever fashion. You would agree if somebody bashed something you dislike. You'd get very furious if somebody praised it gospel. What's it all come down to? Simple likes and dislikes. There's no point in rambling. I may like Nirvana and despise Marillion (names picked randomly) and state it and lo & behold, there'd still be no point in yelling, flaming and name-calling. Favorite or no favorite. Good reason or none whatsoever. I have a friend who quit the band he was in just because their guitarist had said, "Dream Theater? I couldn't even listen thru the first 3 songs. It was plain heavy metal yelling from the eighties." No harm done. No skull fracturing, no broken bones. Just honest opinions, so what if they were plain stupid and the band sucked majorly. Let them thrive in their own ignorance, there's no good point in tryin' to be a missionary. I've never heard a note of Marillion's music, by the way. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 21:29:21 -0700 From: "woot" To: Subject: lots of catching up Message-ID: Yes that's right I'm still here. :) Recently picked up The Galactic Cowboys self-titled. I've given it more than it's fair chance, and I'm still not very impressed. It does have its moments, like track #2 is pretty cool, but I find myself comparing again... I'm also starting to get into Rush. I promised myself I wouldn't, cause with 20+ albums, that's a lot of money. However, a local used shop has just about all of them so maybe in time... I also wish that they would have waited until they had a whole album's worth of stuff before releasing something every year. Their CDs must average about 35-40 minutes each. How could DT have even thought about hiring that one guy to be the vocalist? I'm just going by what I heard of him on the last 2 songs on antiquities, but he has the most nasal/whiny voice I've ever heard. To think he couldn't do it and they "settled" for KJ. I still think the WM versions are better than the originals. woot ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 21:19:37 -0800 From: email_address_removed (Paul Goracke) To: thekid Cc: email_address_removed Subject: Re: The final word on Garage Days (NDTC) Message-ID: > If you do have a CD that does NOT have these two songs, it's an original > Megaforce release, very rare. Not quite correct. The Elektra "Kill 'em All" cd w/ Am I Evil? and Blitzkrieg went out of print about the time Garage Days Re-revisited (I can't believe shops are getting $50+ for a cd I could pick up used for $6 any day a few years ago) did. Current pressings don't have those songs, but I imagine they're still Elektra. Haven't checked--I don't need another copy. Don't know anything about cassette, vinyl, or original Megaforce versions, so I'll defer on those. I've also got the Vertigo cd w/ Creeping Death (b/w Am I Evil? & Blitzkrieg) & Jump In The Fire (b/w Seek and Destroy (live) & Phantom Lord (live) ) EP releases (not for sale). Original versions of Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg) and Helpless (Diamond Head) can also be found on "New Wave of British Heavy Metal: '79 Revisited", a 2CD set from Metal Blade. pg ----------------------------+---------------------------------- Paul Goracke | "To do is to be" - Aristotle email_address_removed | "To be is to do" - Plato | "Do be do be do" - Sinatra ----------------------------+---------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 17:05:07 -0800 From: Eddy M To: email_address_removed Subject: Ray Gillen Message-ID: Gillen also sang on a project called Phenomena - Dream Runner. It was the second album outta three (?) The Phenomena albums were put together by former Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley and his brother Tom. Other vocal contributions came from Glen Hughes (Deep Purple), John Wetton (Asia/UK) and Max Bacon (Bronze/GTR) And finally, to paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, Ray played on the "other team" Another recording that RG sang on was by Rondinelli, a band put together by the former Rainbow drummer. Never heard or seen it available down under. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:37:36 +0000 From: "KorgX3" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Marillion *does* "rule" Message-ID: > But what's the point ? He had *no* opinion, eventhough he *thought* he > did. An opinion is based on knowledge, and he didn't have that, where > Marillion was concerned. You can't listen to a *few* songs *once*, and > decide that they "suck". Let me know if I'm wrong, 'cause in that case > I'm on the wrong list. I still thought you had to give music a chance > before you call it crap. *I* sure wasn't an instant Marillion-fan. Jeez, chill Itchy. So the guy isn't you. He doesn't like Marillion like you. He isn't as cool as you (sarcasm, for those who can't catch that). The guy listened and said he didn't like it. I'm quite sure you're not one of those strangely blessed people who likes everything you listen to. So what he thinks Marillion sucks. He has every right to. I know alot of people who think I suck, and I don't hate them any worse for it. Deal with it! Jeez, it's not like you're in the band or anything... :P By the way, this is not a flame :> (So there) KorgX3 NOT The "Other" Ibanez (anymore) email_address_removed "Well, I try to write music that Indiana Jones would listen to." --David Arkenstone ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 00:40:25 -0800 From: email_address_removed Subject: FW: Female singers Message-ID: >THE GATHERING Always Almost a Dance Mandylion > On Mandylion they have changed to clean-vocal, female singer that is awesome! >She is really a powerful and emotional singer that changes the whole face of this >group. One of the best releases of 1995. Dramatic, gothic-sounding stuff, very good. Thanks! I kept hearing how good The Gathering is, and the only one at the store was Always. So I bought it, put it on, heard some really good music, but then this Satanic Cookie Monster started singing and I said "What the hell!" (not being a fan of that style of vocals). So I wasn't going to get Mandylion, but now I will. >LEGER DE MAIN The Concept of Our Reality >Fabulous trio out of Pennsylvania. These are some of the most talented >newcomers I have heard. Imagine RUSH circa "Signals"-era with Kate Bush or Tori >Amos on vocals. This I have and I like. They are the same band as Drama with a different singer. The Drama singer was a guy who sounds a little like DLRoth. (in a good way). Keep Dreamin' Trevor "You must know your limitations. I drink a bottle of Jack Daniel's a day, that's mine." - Lemmy, of Motorhead ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 09:19:33 GMT From: email_address_removed.au (Nigel Bridgeman) To: email_address_removed Subject: Lotsa stuff! Read, enjoy, respond! Message-ID: Hiyis :) The Digi-Wigital man wrote: >Happy thought of the week: Once I get my hands on A Farewell to Kings and A >Show of Hands, I'll have every Rush album on CD. Woohoo! Woah! I actually beat someone! Woohoo! Pat Daugherty wrote: >Someone wrote: >>Someone mentioned that "Bombay Vindaloo" was similar to "Xanadu". Well, I >>always thought that JP's guitar bit near the end of "Learning to Live" was >>like Alex's guitar bit near the end of "Xanadu". I love both songs because >>of these parts. Woohoo! Looks like I'm finally somebody! Digi-Wigital man wrote again: >To: "Ytse Fuckin' Jam" That's a bit naughty... >Heya gang. I just got off the phone with our favorite drummer, and he >gave me a whole bunch of info for the new FAQ update. Lots of news about >samples, who wrote what, and other things, including the EXACT times that >the various parts of ACoS start. This will all be in the FAQ soon, but I >know you all want the ACoS times, so here they are, straight from Mike: Yes, but did you ask him my question? Bet you forgot it, didn't you? *sniff* >Lots of other stuff to come soon, so be patient! Mike wishes everyone a >happy new year, and said that they hope to have the new album out by >summertime. Later! It's summer in Australia already! Where is it?? Someone else (you know who you are) wrote: >I would recommend going to a local store that has listening stations, picking >up _Dead Winter Dead_, and listening to the last three tracks. If you can't >stand 'em, 'tage isn't your cup of tea. If you can't stop listening, you're >going to like a lot of what they've written. I'd just buy Streets, it's the greatest album in the history of music (fact!). I got the Bridge single finally! I didn't even have to order it, I found it in an import-rare cd store! I also found that Garage Days cd everyone's going on about, for $A65. Not really interested in it... And I saw that Queensryche one again, "Acoustic Live & Other Rarities". I had a better look at it, and from memory it has the following: 4 or 6 acoustic tracks from "their first completely acoustic set" or something to that effect. I think it included 'I Will Remember', 'Della Brown' and 'Silent Lucidity'. 2 versions of "Stars", i think it was called. A Dio song, i think. One version was recorded for Hear N Aid (i think). A version of Silent Lucidity recorded with an orchestra. A demo version of Prophecy. Can anyone shed any more light on this one? Please? Thanks! See yis! Ytse-Spiff ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 18:38:08 +0900 From: email_address_removed.ac.jp (Junya Suzuki) To: email_address_removed Subject: Bootleg discography Message-ID: <9701070931.AA14338@icho> Hi there, and a Happy New Year! I'm one of Japanese bootleg fan. I made bootleg discography in my knowledgement. If this help you, I'm very happy. Then, in Japan, following boot CDs are still available; InstruMental II Instrumental III Winter Rose In The Dream March of the Tyrant Gates of Babylon ‘86 Home Sweet Home Moon Bubbles Classic Live Consciously Unreal Skyway of Nightmares Dream Out Loud Dance of Eternity Lords Of Sound Drifting Away Puppies On Acid Excellent Mission: Impossible Dream In Progress 93 Majestic Harmonies A Kick Into A Dream Mind Control Wake Up Rockin' Japan Uncovered Another Uncovered Feel free to reply if you have more questions or need more help. *** If you want to get these boots, I can carry them BUT I accept TRADE only. Thanx, Junya Suzuki ---------------------------------------------------------------- **** Incomplete DREAM THEATER boot CD list ********Open screen to maximum size to read this**** Last Update 12/25/96 By Junya Suzuki e-mail: email_address_removed.ac.jp * bonus tracks ## Demos, Studio Works etc.: The Majesty Demos Studio 1 disc (A-) Jag Panzer / Majesty Studio 1 disc (A-) InstruMental Studio 1 disc (A-) InstruMental II Studio 1 disc (A-) Instrumental III Studio & Live 09/25/86 1 disc (various) Winter Rose In The Dream Studio 1 disc (Various) March of the Tyrant Studio 1 disc (Various) Another Day Studio 1 disc (Various) Subconcious Studio & Live 1 disc (Various) Acoustic Dreams Live 1 disc (A) Antiquities Studio & Live 1 disc (Various) When Dream And Today Unite Live comp. 1 disc (Various) Scenes From A Memory Studio & Live 07/20/89 1 disc (Various) ## Majesty Live: Gates of Babylon ‘86 Brocklyn, NY, 09/25/86; Deer Park , NY10/25/86 1 disc (B+/B) ## When Dream and Day Unite Tour: Afterlife -Eary Fantasy- Ritz, NYC, NY 11/14/89 1 disc (B-) ## Image & Tour ‘92: First Leg: Live In Long Island part I, II Long Island, NY 10/04/92 * xx/xx/92 2 disc (B/C+) Home Sweet Home Long Island, NY 10/04/92 1 disc (B) Moon Bubbles Kawasaki, Japan 11/17/92 2 discs(A-) Classic Live Ft. Lauderdale, FL 12/05/92 1 disc (B+) Dimension Shift ?, ? xx/xx/92 1 disc (??) Second Leg: The Dance of Eternity New York, NY 03/04/93 2 discs(A)SBD Tragedy/Comedy New York, NY 03/04/93 2 discs(A)SBD Live Images New York, NY 03/04/93 1 disc (A)SBD Consciously Unreal Milan, Italy 04/05/93 * 11/14/89 2 discs(A-/B+) Live and alive, vol I and II Milan, Italy 04/05/93 * 11/14/89;xx/xx/92 2 discs(??) Skyway of Nightmares Augsburg, Germany 04/07/93 1 disc (B) Third Leg: Dream Out Loud Buffalo, NY 05/18/93 2 discs(A)SBD Dance of Eternity Buffalo, NY 05/18/93 1 disc (A-)SBD Lords Of Sound Milwaukee, WI 06/29/93 2 discs(A-)SBD Drifting Away Milwaukee, WI 06/29/93 1 disc (B+)SBD Puppies On Acid Milwaukee, WI 06/29/93 1 disc (A)SBD Excellent New York, NY 07/22/93 1 disc (A-) Dream In Progress 93 Tokyo, Japan 08/23/93 2 discs(A)SBD Mission: Impossible Osaka, Japan 08/28/93 2 discs(A) Music in Progress European Tour 1993: Majestic Harmonies Stockholm, Sweden 10/27/93 * Majasty Demos 1 disc (A-)FM Lost In The Sky Milan, Italy 11/15/93 2 discs(A)SBD "Milan 93" Milan, Italy 11/15/93 2 discs(A)SBD A Fortune Pulled Under Paris, France xx/xx/93 1 LP (??) Runes Sacramento, CA? xx/xx/93 1 disc (??) Images & Tour! ?, ? xx/xx/9x 1 disc (??)SBD ## Waking Up the World Tour 1994/1995: First Leg: A Kick Into A Dream New York City, NY 10/28/94 2 discs(B+) Dream Theater Caught In A Web Live USA 1994New York City, NY 10/28/94 1 disc (B+?) Second Leg:(Japan) Mind Control Saitama, Japan 01/24/95 * 02/--/95 2 discs(A)SBD Wake Up Saitama, Japan 01/24/95 2 discs(A)SBD Rockin' Japan Saitama, Japan 01/24/95 1 discs(??)SBD Third Leg:(Europe) Uncovered London, UK 01/31/95 * Various Studios 2 discs(A-/VAR)SBD Another Uncovered Dusseldorf, GER 02/11/95 1 disc (A-)FM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | # # | # # # | # # | # # # | # # | # # # | | |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Junya SUZUKI Master's Proglam in Biosystem Studies, University of Tsukuba E-mail : email_address_removed.ac.jp -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 01:42:05 -0800 From: email_address_removed Subject: FW: DT other project questions Message-ID: >-What label is that QUEEN tribute album on? It's called Dragon Attack and the label is High Gain. The number on the side is high gain 4 014548 005447. On the back it say licensed to high gain from DeRock and licenced to DeRock from Triage Records. If you don't know about this it's a tribute to Queen with lots of various players. James L sings Sheer Heart Attack and One Vision. John P plays guitar on Another One Bites the Dust. Also Mike Portnoy does Additional Engineering on One Vision. Track List 1. I Want It All 2. Sheer Heart Attack 3. Another One Bites the Dust 4. Save Me 5. We Will Rock You 6.We Are the Champions 7. Tie Your Mother Down 8. Get Down Make Love 9. Keep Yourself Alive 10. One Vision 11. It's Late The best thing is that B Rap is NOT on it! Dreamin' Trevor What do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless! ---------- ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2165 **************************