YTSEJAM Digest 2335 Today's Topics: 1) .99 bargains by email_address_removed 2) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2334 by email_address_removed (Shane Liebling) 3) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2334 by "Richard A. Rivera" 4) Re: World Trade...old stuff? by Walter Semerenko 5) Re: Criss Oliva, Waysted, Spock's Beard, Brian May, Black by Walter Semerenko 6) Record labels, new Fates (w00h00!), etc... by The Digital Man 7) NDTC - Waysted by Eddy M 8) NDTC - by Eddy M 9) GC tone by email_address_removed (Dan Temmesfeld) 10) Touching Songs by John Dea 11) x-treme song by "Raivo Hool" 12) playlist for local radio station/opening band for DT Europe/Nuno reviews? by Jon Parmet 13) Re: Various by Cygnus 14) High Impact Songs by Chris Ptacek 15) Criss Oliva/ Touching Songs by "Blevins, Mike" 16) re: Stratovarius by (Chung Ng) 17) Re: LATM for order and bumper stickers by Eric Rodger ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 23:51:39 -0800 From: email_address_removed Subject: .99 bargains Message-ID: >I was perusing through the local Wherehouse (which I have determined is now a >used CD store that just happens to also sell new CDs), in the "budget" CD bin, >you know, where they sell the promos and stuff that nobody wants for $0.99... ---------- I just found Leviathan's s/t 5-track cd from 1991 for .99 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 23:58:44 -0700 From: email_address_removed (Shane Liebling) To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2334 Message-ID: I saw this: >>>I did, for sure, see some Spock's Beard there, too. >> >>Did you buy it? >> > >No. Should I? What does it sound like? The answer to this is yes, you should have bought it. Spock's Beard is the best new prog band I have heard. I saw them at ProgFest '95, and they stole the show. I have their CD "The Light," and it gets some serious rotation in my CD player. I am going to get their new one as soon as funds permit. But I can not say enough about these guys, but I will say this little - they are the tightest band I have seen ever, and that was only after being together a year or two! -Shane ______________________________________________________________________________ I Shane Liebling I You can call me Kennedy, you may have I I email_address_removed I killed him, but you cannot kill me. I I http://www.earthlink.net/~mariachi I - Spock's Beard "The Light" I I____________________________________I_______________________________________I ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 03:13:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard A. Rivera" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2334 Message-ID: On Tue, 11 Mar 1997 email_address_removed wrote: > > I happened to swing by another semi-local Wherehouse and perused their budget > CDs (ok, secret's out...now you know why I have over 300 CDs), and spotted a > Lillian Axe CD, _Poetic Justice_ and gave it a listen. Kewl stuff. Bought it. > It's a 1992 release and sounds like a lot of other 80s-90s metal that you may > have heard, but for some reason it sticks better. Production? Musicianship? > Both? BTW, this one has the much talked about (at least in the last 'Jam) > Axe songs "See You Someday" and "The Promised Land". Good schtuff. I have to go on record and say that Lillian Axe is one of my all-time favorite bands. They've put out five albums and every single one is killer, with Poetic Justice being their masterpiece, IMHO. When you say that it sounds like a lot of other "80s-90s metal," I have to disagree. They have some definite prog influences and their lead guitarist is classically trained, though I guess this becomes more apparent on the next release, "Pyschoskitzophrenia" (or however you spell it). Also, their lead guitarist, Stevie Blaze, my ALL TIME favorite lyricist. Sort of like if you took the elevated prose that JP uses and combined it with the rhythmic sense that KM used, that's what you've got. I hear the CD is out of print now, so if you see it or any other Lillian Axe albums in a used bin, if you like hard rock and are on this list, do not hesitate to pick it up. Richie > P.S. Eastwest is part of Elektra now ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 03:17:11 +0000 From: Walter Semerenko To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: World Trade...old stuff? Message-ID: At 06:13 PM 3/11/97 -0800, you wrote: >I checked it out. Mind you, I do not have the latest World Trade from Magna >Carta -- _Euphoria_, I think -- but I had heard somebody say that they sound a >lot like Yes. Well, these guys do, too. Did I find an elusive debut CD from >World Trade, or am I imagining things? Yes, there is a debut CD of World Trade. One of my friends has it, and its not under Magna Carta. Walter. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 03:28:28 +0000 From: Walter Semerenko To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Criss Oliva, Waysted, Spock's Beard, Brian May, Black Message-ID: At 04:14 PM 3/11/97 -0800, you wrote: >I wrote, and Walter asked: > >>>I did, for sure, see some Spock's Beard there, too. >> >>Did you buy it? >> > >No. Should I? Umm..Yeah! It depends if you are interested in hearing some great progressive rock (not metal) that takes influences from Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, and turns it into something modern and innovative sounding. It basically takes the instruments of the 70's (mellotron, hammond organ, moogs) and makes it sound 90's. >What does it sound like? I described them a few times on the jam, but I don't feel like typing it over again. I'll send you my comments over email, and if you are not convinced to buy it, I'll send tape a bunch of their songs and send it to you free of charge. That way you will be able to decide for yourself. That's how much I like 'em! Walter. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 03:35:22 -0500 (EST) From: The Digital Man To: "Ytse Fuckin' Jam" Subject: Record labels, new Fates (w00h00!), etc... Message-ID: > From: Kevin Madden > Subject: Criss Oliva, Waysted, Spock's Beard, Brian May, Black Sabbath, > > >>I did, for sure, see some Spock's Beard there, too. > > > >Did you buy it? > > No. Should I? What does it sound like? OK, one more time. This is your brain: :-| This is your brain on Spock's Beard: :-9 Any questions? ---- > From: Randall Braun > Subject: DT Record Co.'s > > EastWest is a division of Atlantic which is a division of Warner Brothers > which is a division of Time-Warner. (WEA =Warner, Elektra, Atlantic) Ehh, not really. They *used* to be. EastWest is now a division of Elektra Records. > Elektra is also a division of Warner Brothers which is a division of > Time-Warner. True. > Atco is a division of Atlantic which is a division of Warner Brothers which > is a division of Time-Warner. Nyet. Atco used to be a div of Atlantic. Atco ceased to exist when it changed names to EastWest. > Only WDADU, on Mechanix Records is the only one NOT on A Warner-owned > label. Right. They (are/were?) owned by MCA, Music Cemetery of America. ---- > From: "dreamer" > Subject: TIM LODGE > > WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ? WAKE UP! "You will find that this... is all a dream." ---- > From: email_address_removed (Shane Liebling) > Subject: GC... > > Hey Dig! NIce suggestion, and also props to everyone else who sang their > praise for Galactic Cowboys: Space In Your Face. This stuff is pretty damn Thanks. :) I think I finally figured out what SiyF sounds like: Pantera Meets the Beatles. ---- > From: Eric Hansen > Subject: Chris Oliva, and radio. > > I think I'm going to take my stereo up to the roof of my dorm hook up some > really big speakers, and blast DT into the next state. So if you hear DT > and your radio is off, now you'll know where it's coming from. Phew. I thought it was just the voices in my head telling me to practice more. ---- > From: Sava Web > Subject: Fates Warning -- A Pleasant Shade of Gray > > Here is the Metal Blade review from the Promo Disc. > > album has a huge, atmospheric sound comparable to the likes of Yes or Pink > Floyd thanks to the production of Terry Brown, who is famous for his work with > Rush. All of the actual album artwork is also done by Hugh Syme who has done YEEHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man, I can't friggin' wait for this!!!!! > This release is due out 4/22/97. 41 days. (Start the *Countdown*, M-Bone. :) int main(void) { light(fuse); return(0); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Digital Man \|/ ____ \|/ Secretary & Webmaster email_address_removed "@'/ ,. \`@" UVM Comp Sci Student Assn email_address_removed /_| \__/ |_\ "He won't need a bed http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~cmerlo \__U_/ He's a digital man" - Peart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maintainer of the Official Dream Theater Frequently Asked Questions List http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~cmerlo/dtfaq.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 19:17:35 -0800 From: Eddy M To: email_address_removed Subject: NDTC - Waysted Message-ID: The bass player from Waysted was Pete Way, ex of British hard rock legends UFO. -------------------------------------- * EDDY M * email_address_removed.au Beat Magazine Rock n Hard column Melbourne, Australia -------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 19:43:05 -0800 From: Eddy M To: email_address_removed Subject: NDTC - Message-ID: Yes, Its fucking political, everythings political Yes, Its fuckin satirical ..... Whos IS the Skunk Anasie fan ?? -------------------------------------- * EDDY M * email_address_removed.au Beat Magazine Rock n Hard column Melbourne, Australia -------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 07:56:00 -0500 (EST) From: email_address_removed (Dan Temmesfeld) To: email_address_removed Subject: GC tone Message-ID: >Anyone know how to get the galactic cowboy's >heavy guitar tone. Equipment? EQ settings? Thanks. They use Drop-D tuning on most of their songs...not all though. Plus a lot of distortion on the bass, and using an 8-string every once in a while might add to it. Dan ---+ +--- Dan Temmesfeld - email_address_removed / email_address_removed "Home of the Galactic Cowboys Page" http://www.cedarville.edu/student/s1133627/gcowboys.htm ---+ +--- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 07:10:55 -0600 From: John Dea To: "~YTSEJAM" Subject: Touching Songs Message-ID: I s'pose I'll toss in my $0.02 on this one. Here's some songs (most of which have yet to be listed) that either bring tears to my eyes or kick my teeth in. Afterimage (Rush) Watch the Lamb (Ray Boltz) Via Dolorosa (Sandi Patti) Space-Dye Vest (Dream Theater) Not Enough (Van Halen) Monument (Fates Warning) At the End (Victor) Paradise (Tesla) Friends (Michael W Smith) That's it for now. Back to lurking... John :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Check out my new Web page at :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: John R Dea, 1st Lt, USAF : Email: email_address_removed Chief, SWPS Document Production : email_address_removed System Development Team : email_address_removed United States Strategic : email_address_removed Command/J62511 : Web: http://www.novia.net/~jrdea Offutt AFB, NE : Nuke: 41^ 12' N, 96^ 4' W :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:55:12 +0200 From: "Raivo Hool" To: email_address_removed Subject: x-treme song Message-ID: > Don't Leave Me Alone (Extreme) I thought they had "Leave Me Alone" on Punchline... And I might even not be wrong about that. :-) And the song definitely moves me. R. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 15:10:30 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: email_address_removed Subject: playlist for local radio station/opening band for DT Europe/Nuno reviews? Message-ID: I'm curious as to what you all think of WAAF's playlist and how it relates to the radio's lack of air time given to the stuff we want to hear. It seems that they are playing some of the groups mentioned on here (IME, VH, KORN, AIC, TOOL, MANSON, NUNO, MATALLICA:) If *all* you're going to do in replying is rip on why Offspring/Bush/etc. sucks and therefore the station sucks, SAVE IT: I'm not interested... Or, if your obseesion is just too great, at least identify it in the Subject line so I can quickly skip over it :) WAAF has pretty much been the one station around here (New England) that I've been loyal to since the 70's. While it's true that the bar has been lowered in general, AAF seems to have still held on to a little bit of what made them the frequency of choice :) http://www.waaf.com/Playlist/currents.html Oh yeah, while you're there, why not poke around till you find the request form and flood the mothers with DT requests? I've asked (nicely :) for PMU and UAGM this week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From: Henrik Gustafsson > Any news about having Fatez opening? [for the European Fix for 97 Tour] If it's the same as 96, the opening bands would be *Einstein* and *Beth Hart Band*. You should hear Monument before DT goes on, though :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So how was NUNO at the Paradise, ytselocals? The great thing about the Paradise (at least it used be) was that even if a show was sold out, you could go around to the back alley, grab a trash can for a seat and it catch a pretty loud sound coming through the walls :) Regards, Jon *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* If I'd started from the top, And worked my way down There'd be no reason, To live forever To live forever - Dream Theater ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:25:54 -0600 (CST) From: Cygnus To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Various Message-ID: > This seems to be the eternal fate of Morgana LeFay. I'm not saying that > Cygnus is calling them this, but all through their existence they have been > called Savatage clones (check out the Savatage home page, especially the Sorry for making them seem like Savatage clones. I think I did use the name Savatage a bit too much in their description. They're not though. Their music has a sound all its own. ***Rob*** email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:34:49 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Ptacek To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: High Impact Songs Message-ID: This is a topic that I, personally, appreciate. I spend a great deal of my time trying to find music that makes an impact, because of some emotional "power" that it has. Through transcribing songs like these, I've come to realize that it's not so much the notes and the chord progressions that make the songs passionate... but rather the musicians' capabilities of turning a piece of wood, metal, and/or plastic into a voice. For me, Jason Becker will always be the supreme example of this. He's said that he always wanted to create music that would be emotional and dramtic, rather than just rock and roll. A lot of his inspiration came from movie soundtracks. Some songs that accomplish this: Quietus (From Fates Warning's No Exit... part of the IGoD epic) At Fates Hands (and Fates Warning's subsequent instrumental version, At Fates Fingers, with Kevin Moore) Jewel (Marty Friedman's Dragon Kiss, featuring Friedman and Becker) Altitudes (Off of Becker's Perpetual Burn... an album FULL of emotional guitar instrumentals) Empire (Jason Becker's Perspective. There's this one squeak sound he makes, that I just can't get over... I always make a face when I hear it... I've been trying to replicate that sound for months!) Scarborough Fair (Queensryche's version) To Live Forever (Pretty much every version of this song) Diary of a Madman (Mostly the solo and the end of the song... long live RR) Gutter Ballet (Savatage, of course) For the Love of God (Vai's Passion and Warfare) Winter (Tori Amos) Braveheart (The soundtrack) There are so many more, but off the top of my head, these are a few good examples. Amazing, how mere tones and dynamics can touch something deeper than words ever could... it's like the direct route into the soul... heartfelt music. There is no more beautiful thing. Chris Ptacek at EnterAct, L.L.C -- (773) 248 8511 http://www.enteract.com (business) http://www.prognosis.com/madsman/ (personal site under construction) "At nearly 500 feet per second muzzle velocity, a potato would be lethal if it were to hit someone." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 10:39:22 -0500 From: "Blevins, Mike" To: "'ytsejam'" Subject: Criss Oliva/ Touching Songs Message-ID: I'd like to throw my $.02 in here and say that Criss was a hell of a guy, too. He always remembered me when they came through here (DC) and would stop and talk for a while. A great loss. As for songs that get to me... Kayleigh - Marillion - I know it's not metal, but this song has the ability to reduce me to tears. The Killing Words - QR - 'nuff said Anybody Listening - QR - see above Nothing Left To Say - FW - Their best? Maybe.. except for Guardian - FW - talk about capturing feeling in a song... Scarred - DT - I still think this may be their best composition to date. Silence And Distance - Angra - Mellow, but powerful. Beyond The Realms Of Death - Judas Priest - if you've heard it, you know why it's here. When The Crowds Have Gone - Savatage - Jon's singing may not be perfect, but this has so much feeling. Burning Bridges - Crimson Glory - sad and haunting, with Midnight really feeling it. I'm sure there's about fifty more, but that's all I can think of. TTFN Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 11:10:01 EST From: (Chung Ng) To: Cc: Subject: re: Stratovarius Message-ID: > I was just wondering if any Strat. fans here > could give me their recommendations on the > next one (or few) discs to buy. I have been listening to "Fourth Dimension" for the past 2 days at work and I think it's pretty cool. Lots of great playing. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:13:59 -0500 From: Eric Rodger To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: LATM for order and bumper stickers Message-ID: Actually, I got DoL and LitS both from CDEurope. They don't advertise them on their web page, but I had ordered something else from them, and they sent me a catalog of boot material on paper. So I was able to order both double CD sets. However, I've since ordered from them, and haven't gotten any paper catalogs, so perhaps they discontinued it, or maybe you have to request one. Also, now I can't remember if it was CDEurope, or CDConnection. A lot of help I've been here, but the point is, if you're really looking for boots, you have to dig some. DoL was the best $40 investment I ever made. The 1993 version of ACoS alone is worth it (plus you get Eve with samples). KAI At 07:45 PM 3/11/97 -0800, you wrote: >FYI, for whoever was interested in getting LATM and couldn't find it.. you >can order it at www.cdconnection.com or www.cdeurope.com, along with some >other rarer stuff. No boots, but imports are still there. > >Also since I'm just barely subscribing to the list again, I missed who was >interested in doing DT bumper stickers.. whoever it is (or if someone >knows the e-mail) please let me know! > >email_address_removed > > > > ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2335 **************************