YTSEJAM Digest 2184 Today's Topics: 1) Warrant, high metal vox by email_address_removed 2) Re: GC hidden tracks by Michael Kohne 3) Malmsteen, GC Hidden tracks by "Robin L. Campbell" 4) This sucks. :) by email_address_removed (Pat Sullivan) 5) DTIFC and X-Mas CD by cronos@worldaccess.nl (Richard Karsmakers) 6) Re: Music; Our Lady Peace; Closer to the Heart; top 100 POLL by Jon Parmet 7) Release Date of New Fates Warning by "Kevin W. Madden" 8) Zrock in Detroit by email_address_removed 9) Saigon Kick, Top 100, DT content, etc. by Andrew Forcier 10) Tage for ytse Ed and Triumph by BILL HUSTON 11) Ian Gillan by BILL HUSTON 12) Our Lady Peace, Symphony X/IQ, Artension by email_address_removed (Rick Terry) 13) Question about international purchasing by Rick Audet 14) Re: NDTC - Madam X and Vixen by Carlos Alfaro 15) Michael Anthony/VH by Ryan Webb 16) Re: Question about international purchasing by Michael Kohne ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 09:21:00 -0600 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Warrant, high metal vox Message-ID: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Warrant has a new, short album(45 min) out. I'm still up in the air on the sound. I think that maybe they are trying to get a bit alternative., but that is just me. Anybody else heard it yet? It's called Warrant 96, "Belly to Belly" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I love Warrant (especially how they've matured) and this is my second least favorite disc. It is VERY alternative though there are some imaginative things going on that I wouldn't credit an alternative band with ever doing (READ: time sig. changes, jazz chording). But where the hell are the guitar solos!!!???!?!? I think there are 2 real solos on this disc. VERY alternative. Plus Jani Lane can't get away from filtered mics. Would I call it a "sellout" performance? I dunno. Songs like AYM show that there's enough of Dog Eat Dog and Ultraphobic in this disc to see a gradual change (READ: not sudden like Metallica during AJFA and black album metamorphasis), but it makes you wonder. My girlfriend asked me the other day why metal singers need to sing so high up in the vocal range. I didn't really have a good answer for this. I just kinda said that metal is aggressive and powerful and I never met anyone getting a good yell out of their body in the lower registers. Anyone else? Steve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:02:21 -0600 From: Michael Kohne To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: GC hidden tracks Message-ID: At 07:09 AM 1/14/97 -0800, Pat Daugherty wrote: >Michael wrote: >>Now that's interesting, I didn't find those hidden tracks annoying. In >>fact, I rather had fun trying to figure out exactly what tricks they had >>played with the CD format standard in order to do some of them. Of course I >>always love it when people take the time to really play with the >>technology, just to see what it can do. (Comes from being a >>software/hardware geek, I guess). > >Well it is cool the first time but it gets really old quick. Ever try to >listen to Space In Your Face in a car stereo? > Unfortunately, I'm not yet blessed with a cd player in my car. Later this year, perhaps. My general way of dealing with CDs is perhaps a little different from other peoples - I put music on as background almost all the time (I'm a software engineer during the day, and I use music to block out the conversations from all other cubicles around me so I can concentrate). I don't know - mabey it's the fact that I wrote down exactly where the extra tracks start at that helps. Of course, half the time, I simply stop the CD before it plays those tracks, but hey... Michael Kohne email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 10:20:29 -0600 From: "Robin L. Campbell" To: email_address_removed Subject: Malmsteen, GC Hidden tracks Message-ID: A few folks have mentioned some negative thoughts on Malmsteen's attitude and playing. I have to agree about his attitude from what I have read and heard, but I must say that I think his playing still is awesome. Sure, he doesn't vary his style much, but IMO, he has been putting out consistently excellent albums since I have started to listen to him. I have probably 8 of his albums, with the newest one in the mail now, and every song is a good listen. The people who like his stuff expect a certain style : neo-classical, fast, and melodic - and if he changed too much, I probably wouldn't like him too much anymore. You have to give him credit in that he has perfected his style and continues to please fans of his music with every new project and gives them what they want to hear. On the GC hidden tracks: I agree that they are extrememly annoying. To the guy who said 'try listening to Soace in Your Face' on a car stereo : That's for damn sure! If I want to hear thos tracks , I have to manually forward through every empty track to get to it. I don't even waste my time anymore - what a waste of a track if I don't get to listen to it. Favorite Albums of all time: FW - Inside Out, Parallels, and New Album DT - I&W, Awake, and New Album QR - OM, PL, and New Album (are these bands ever gonna stop getting better?) -rob campbell ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:09:32 -0500 From: email_address_removed (Pat Sullivan) To: email_address_removed Subject: This sucks. :) Message-ID: >> Mr. Rupp, I do not appreciate your...bluntness about your feelings on >> Marillion. If you think something sucks, let it suck in your own personal >> world instead of pulluting ours. > >Appreciate the fact that he's not wasting bandwidth by explaining why >he doesn't like it. Umm...if I may make a point here...We've had two threads about Marillion in the last few weeks. (1)The "Marillion sucks" thread. This had vritually no useful content, it was just people bitching at the poster, then more people bitching about the bitching, until it's all just bitchers and bitchees. (2)The thread/post where someone actually explained what Marillion is, what he/they liked/disliked. This thread was *very* useful. From it, I determined that Marillion is probably not a band I would care for, as I lean more toward heavier, more aggressive music. Basically, posting that something "sucks" to a mailing list like this is counter-productive. The point of this list is to provide a forum for discussion and an exchange of ideas. Posting mindless drivel doesn't help. ----- _____Pat Sullivan_____________________________________________ E-mail: email_address_removed IRC: DDictator WWW: http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/psull/psull.html NP: Dream Theater - "When Dream And Day Unite" ______________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 97 17:34:58 GMT From: cronos@worldaccess.nl (Richard Karsmakers) To: email_address_removed (Ytsejam Mailing List) Subject: DTIFC and X-Mas CD Message-ID: You read now the ramblings of a very happy Ytsejammer. Of course, I was pretty happy before (after all, I have my health :-) ), but now I am a member of the DTIFC and, hallowed be Neil Elliott, I am the proud owner of the infamous DT X-Mas CD (#1064, to be exact). It's cool. The magazine, although paling into insignificance beside such a bonus CD, is very good too. Hail! Hail! -- /--------------------------------------------------------------\ | Richard Karsmakers cronos@worldaccess.nl | \--------------------------------------------------------------/ C.R.I.M.E. Development; "Twilight World" Magazine; WWW-MMM "ST NEWS" ST/TT/Falcon disk magazine; "Ultimate Virus Killer" alt.music.gwar FUQ II maintainer P.O. Box 67, 3500 AB, Utrecht, Netherlands /--------------------------------------------------------------\ | "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my disk?" | \--------------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:38:13 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: "Multiple Posts, Multiple Bogies" Subject: Re: Music; Our Lady Peace; Closer to the Heart; top 100 POLL Message-ID: > From: Stephen Daedalus > Don't worry friends. Tallent will be en vogue again soon. not at all a flame, more of a shot directed at the radio/music/whatever industry: Vogue this! To be honest, I could give a shit what others think of my musical tastes. Some people listen to music like some watch soap operas: so they'll have something talk about with their friends, not because there's anything of any redeeming value in there (although they may not know that). I don't... Back in the 70's, I recall there being a lot less commercialism (actually almost none save the PSAs) on college radio. At the time, this is where one tended to find the kinds of songs we all complain about not hearing enough of today on the radio. Even the more commercial stations were playing more of the hard stuff. And people wanna talk about how the 70's sucked. It was a rare event for me to have to scan all my preset to find good music on the radio. I imagine there would have been quite a lot of DT of airplay had they been doing it back then (lack of influences having influenced, notwithstanding). Now? I give the car (where I spend 90% of my time listening) radio the once over. If there's nothing there, in goes the cassette. Angelo Done Deal! > From: "Paul W. Cashman" > Really, I'm not sure the mallternative label sticks too well on OLP; > they're more straightahead rock than alternacrap. I fully agree. When I listen to Starseed, alternative is the furthest thing from my mind. Well, not only when I listen to Starseed. Ain't English fun? > From: email_address_removed > ...Closer To The Heart. I can't remember the last time I'd heard that > one. I've been listening to the Tribute disc for about two weeks > now, and I have to say that the FW version of this classic is so > much better than the original to my ears... It had better be! They've had, what, 20 years to practice it :) > From: email_address_removed.br > But, at least, Eddie Van Halen was the 1st, with Vai in the 2nd > and Hendrix in the 3rd (not sure about Vai's and Hendrix's place, > maybe it was vice-versa). Many are called, few are chosen :) Perhaps you meant Jimi's and EVH's ranking being swapped? When Jimi did his 'stuff' for the first time, it was the first time ANYONE had, EVER. People just stared, never having been so blown away! EVH impresses me, don't get me wrong. He certanly has been innovative with some of the sounds he produces. What Jimi (and others like Les Paul, Buddy Holly) did truly changed the face! It would be interesting to see how the survey was put together. My guess is the sample was somewhat/extremely biased :) Regards, Jon *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* "A good way to deal with predators is to taste terrible." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:39:29 -0500 From: "Kevin W. Madden" To: Eaters of Taco Bell Subject: Release Date of New Fates Warning Message-ID: According to Brian Slagel, the new Fates Warning disc will be released on April 22nd, 1997. The title will be "A Pleasant Shade of Grey." I have no more information. He says it's progressive and heavy. Take that however you would like. Kevin GO WINGS!!! GO PACKERS!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:44:35 -0400 (EDT) From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Zrock in Detroit Message-ID: I'm from the Detroit area too, and it's true that Zrock did play some cool stuff in between all the crap they played. A couple months before they went off the air here there was an interview on something called "studio Z" with Mike Portnoy. There was nothing terribly interesting in the interview or I would have posted about it, but I did tape it and ended up with a nice DT studio version of Tears on tape. The guy who did the interview certainly didn't ask the questions I would have, but he didn't say anything too stupid, either. Anyway, if anyone's interested, I could tell you what's in the intervie , but like I said, it's nothing we don't already know. -Clark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:41:53 -0800 From: Andrew Forcier To: email_address_removed Subject: Saigon Kick, Top 100, DT content, etc. Message-ID: Hello all, Alan Estrada Adler wanted to know the best Saigon Kick album. Well, that's a tough call. They are very different albums from one to the next. Most of my favorite songs are on The Lizard, but that's not my favorite album. If you want to e-mail me or something, I can give you further info. They've got an album due out this year, BTW. Like we'll ever see it... I think we can all agree on one thing about GFTPM Top 100. It sucks. A top 100 is just as pointless in a magazine as top tens are in here. They waste bandwith/paper and no one is going to agree on them all. To the guy who wrote this: Oh yeah, while I'm here I wanted 2nd, 3rd, etc. the comments of those defending Neil. I met him at the Strand and he actually is, in fact, a decent guy :) Do you mean the bookstore? Just curious... The guy looking for Stu Hamm albums: Don't bother, long since out of print. I got The Urge when it was new and started looking then (five years ago). It's not only impossible to find new albums, but even used are hard to come by. I'll just listen to Quahogs Anyone? and imagine his older stuff. Have you ever seen him live? A-MAZ-ING!!!!!!! Dream Theater Content!!!: Was talking with a guy named Mark Terrance, guitarist for None of the Above, an NYC band NOT worth checking out. All the sam he is a great guitarist, shades of Eric Johnson. Well, he just mentions in passing conversation that he was acquainted with Mr.Petrucci in the olden days of Long Island. Seems he met John through John's wife who he was taking lessons with. Said John was a blast to hang out with, and amazing to see play up close when the band was still doing the small club circuit in NYC. Just a piece of nearly useless trivia I enjoyed. Oh, and one last thing: sucking suck sucks. Andrew, _____________________ When the music stops, there's only the sound of the rain... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:34:18 -0700 From: BILL HUSTON To: email_address_removed Subject: Tage for ytse Ed and Triumph Message-ID: Howdy, Ytse-Ed asked about 'Tage albums to get. EOT was suggested but that has Zach singing on it. I think he meant which 'tage with Jon. As a person who has all 'tage material, I would recommend Hall of The Mountain King and then Gutter Ballet. I also like the forst album but be warned, it's different. More of a hard edge shred metal. I'm not saying that's bad, it's just different from the rest of them. Avoid the second album Fight for The Rock-boring and stale. Over the holidays, I guess I got bored for a while and started watching Wheel of Fortune. On this episode, there was this tall hair god in a pin stripe suit. The whole time I'm thinking, "I know this guy". He introduced himself as none other than Michael Moore of Triumph. Did anyone else see this? I went right for the closed where all my vinyl is stored, found one, and sure enough there he was. He didn't win but it was cool anyway. Too bad they didn't have Vanna dance or air shred to 'Rock n Roll Machine' :> Later, Wilmo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:40:12 -0700 From: BILL HUSTON To: email_address_removed Subject: Ian Gillan Message-ID: Jammers, Ian Gillan has been mostly on and off with Deep Purple since 'In Rock. He's not the original singer but has been with them the longest. I don't have it yet, but from what I hear he's on Purpendicular as well (their latest release). Wilmo ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 18:34:22 GMT From: email_address_removed (Rick Terry) To: email_address_removed Subject: Our Lady Peace, Symphony X/IQ, Artension Message-ID: Hiya kids, >Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:03:55 -0500 (EST) >From: email_address_removed >ok, for about the past year or so i have been listening to a band from = canada >called Our Lady Peace, anyone else listen to this band? IMO i think = they are >really f@#kin great, i got into them when i caught them live, anyone = else dig >these guys? When did you see them? Was it when they opened for Van Halen last summer? That show was filmed in Toronto and MuchMusic runs it occasionally as a Big Ticket. I no longer have this on tape, but someone else may. >Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 10:00:55 +0100 (MET) >From: Peter >Symphony X (their "Damnation Game" is great!) >IQ (try their album "Ever") Dtto on The Damnation Game! ALL of you should check these guys out if you haven't yet heard them. They are outstanding. Romeo has chops galore, the keyboard player has a few nice tandem leads and the rhythm section has a very strong resemblance to DT. The singer is a little raunchier than James, and does not have quite as high a range, but is still excellent. I have an e-mail link to the band now, so fire away if you have any questions. :) I have asked about touring. So far, there is no North American tour planned for the new record The Divine Wings of Tragedy. That may change once Zero Corporation finds out that this continent is crawling with people who are interested (hint, hint). :) Madsman, aka Chris Ptacek, has a couple of samples from the new one and all I can say is WOW!! Imagine a neo-classical DT fused with the vocals from A Night at the Opera and that pretty much covers it. Of course, Romeo's fret melting is a given. :) IQ tends to sound quite different from one release to another. In general though, they are neo-prog and are similar to Marillion. This is particularly true of Ever, which reminds me quite a bit of Hogy Marillion (the uptempo stuff). I also have The Wake, which is a much darker record that is more reminiscent of 72-77 era Genesis or, to use a Marillion example, Grendel. I would suggest starting with Ever if you like the upbeat stuff. Otherwise go for The Wake and relive some great old Gabriel influenced Genesis. >Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 19:25:06 +0100 >From: "Marquering, Wessel" >Last Monday I heard a song of Artension, a new prog rock band. It >sounded like a >combination of Dream Theater and Yngwie Malmsteen (his first album). >A Belgium magazine gives 90 out of 100 and compares them with DT and SG. >BTW: The album is called: Into the eye of the storm Did the sample you heard include vocals? WARNING!!!! Those of you who remember the period when Graham Bonnet sang for Rainbow and Michael Schenker will find this guy VERY similar to Graham. If you hated his vocals (I did), I strongly advise that you listen to this disc before buying it. The vocals alone killed it for me. Instrumentally, these guys are OK, but, like most of the other allegedly DT-like bands, the songs don't measure up on the whole. That's my opinion of course. I won't go as far as to use that most hated of terms and say they "SUCK", but the album didn't inspire me to slap my cash down on the counter. :) Cheers, Rick Toronto ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 14:15:33 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Audet To: email_address_removed Subject: Question about international purchasing Message-ID: Seeing that some of you buy import CD's a lot, I thought I'd ask this question. I'd like to buy some stuff from a Japanese web site, but they don't yet accept credit cards.....only bank transfers or international checks. So I went to my bank to get the scoop on this, and found out that they can get me a "draft" for $20 (I guess a draft is some sort of international check) or they can wire the money for $40. This seems a bit unreasonable to me, so I was wondering if any of you know of better ways to send the funds. Thanks a bunch, -Rick Audet ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:17:02 -0500 From: Carlos Alfaro To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: NDTC - Madam X and Vixen Message-ID: Eddy M wrote: > > Madam X were a 4 piece with male vocalist and bass player as well as Roxy > Petrucci on drums and her sister (Maxine, I think) on guitar. > I know im gonna sound like an idiot but what the heck..are these chicks related to John? distant maybe? Seize the day, I heard him say : "Life will not always be this way, Look around...hear the sounds... Cherish your life,while you're still around... " WoWoW! WoWoW! WoWoW! -Mike Portnoy mailto:email_address_removed mailto:email_address_removed http://premium.caribe.net/~calfaro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:19:33 -0800 (PST) From: Ryan Webb To: email_address_removed Subject: Michael Anthony/VH Message-ID: Chris Ptacek wrote: > >New rumor: Michael Anthony leaving VH... to be replaced by Billy Sheehan. >Just a rumor as far as I know, but I thought I'd piss everyone off and >spread it here too. Now, as much as I'd like to see Billy Sheehan in VH, it looks like that is definately not the case. I got the following from one of the VH pages: December 29, 1996 Rumors of Michael Anthony being out of Van Halen NOT true! Michael Anthony's brother Dennis, just called us about the rumors concerning Mike leaving the band and they are without a shadow of a doubt, 100% UNTRUE. Dennis laughed off the rumor and found it very amusing how widespread it had become. "Mike is on vacation in Colorado, having a total blast snowskiing. He loves his job and is very happy in Van Halen. Everything is fine." "The band will be returning to the studio after the first of the year to continue working on the new album." Hopefully, this will teach us a lesson about rumors because this surely isn't the last time false rumors will circulate. It's amazing how these rumors even spread, especially those that contain false details, ie, Billy playing on the last two VH albums, Gary wanting Mike out of the band, Mike being quoted in a radio station interview that he wanted to quit, etc., etc., etc. So there you have it. Brad and Jeff The Inside Staff http://www.vhinside.com/vhinside/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:51:38 -0600 From: Michael Kohne To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Question about international purchasing Message-ID: At 11:23 AM 1/14/97 -0800, you wrote: > >Seeing that some of you buy import CD's a lot, I thought I'd ask this >question. I'd like to buy some stuff from a Japanese web site, but they >don't yet accept credit cards.....only bank transfers or international >checks. So I went to my bank to get the scoop on this, and found out that >they can get me a "draft" for $20 (I guess a draft is some sort of >international check) or they can wire the money for $40. This seems a bit >unreasonable to me, so I was wondering if any of you know of better ways to >send the funds. > >Thanks a bunch, > >-Rick Audet > International money order has been recommended to me by a friend. The USPS can do this, and I don't think it's that expensive. Good luck! Michael Kohne email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2184 **************************