YTSEJAM Digest 2554 Today's Topics: 1) IF I CAN RAN A CONCERT... by "Michael Kohsiek" 2) Manowar mp3's by Charlie Patel 3) The Gathering. by Hein Vandenabeele 4) Watchtower by Albert Balkiewicz 5) Ramblings by Mark Metzger 6) Gwen, 'Ryche, Bahr CDs by email_address_removed 7) Re: Pull the lead out/Pull the Kev out/Pull the head out :) by Jon Parmet 8) deja vu by "Raivo Hool" 9) Chroma Key! by Mika Numminen 10) Re: YTSEJAM digest 2553 by Chris Ptacek 11) Vescera/Yngwie by email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) 12) little italian virtuosos by "Kevin Hammer" 13) Re: LOOK OUT!! Royal Hunt!!! by email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) 14) Re: James LaBrie and Dream Theater... by "Sousa" 15) Re: Bay Area Concerts by "NEVANS.US.ORACLE.COM" 16) Farewell by Robert Taylor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 13:30:41 100 From: "Michael Kohsiek" To: email_address_removed Subject: IF I CAN RAN A CONCERT... Message-ID: So, here's the ultimate concert, the best of all time: Fates Warning Shadow Gallery Savatage Exodus Reunion-Show Virgin Steele Omen Vicious Rumors (they have a new singer!!) Psychotic Waltz (three hours of great music...) Kamelot Iced Earth Nevermore What do you think? Let's put these bands together!! Michael *************************************************** * "So where do we begin * * and what else can we say? * * When the lines are all drawn * * What should we do today?" * * * * "A Pleasant Shade * * Of Gray" - Fates Warning * * * * * * Michael Kohsiek * * Blumenesch 8a Siegerlandstr.15 * * 49078 Osnabrueck 48527 Nordhorn * * Tel.: 0541/43771 05921/722272 * * Germany * * * ***** "still writing letters in my head..." ****** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 06:40:21 -0500 From: Charlie Patel To: "'email_address_removed'" Subject: Manowar mp3's Message-ID: Does anyone know where I can get Manowar mp3's? ------------------------------ Date: 15 May 97 15:17:54 EDT From: Hein Vandenabeele To: ytsejam Subject: The Gathering. Message-ID: Right, The Gathering is one of Hollands most interesting progressive rock bands of the moment !!! "Mandylion" was very passionating ... The new album should have been released this week (12th of May) in Belgium, but I did not have the chance to hear it yet !... If somebody likes it even more than "Mandylion", that is really promising !!!! Can not wait to hear it !!!! Somebody else any comment on the new one ??????? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:03:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Albert Balkiewicz To: email_address_removed Subject: Watchtower Message-ID: I know a long time back on here, there was talk of a band called Watchtower.....My question is, what would be the best comparison of Watchtower to a band that I would know........... -Al -- ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@ I inhale the sun...........I exhale the absence of light I am the number One..........burning. ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ email: email_address_removed email_address_removed HOMEPAGE:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9280/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:56:24 -0400 From: Mark Metzger To: "'(ytsejam)'" Subject: Ramblings Message-ID: >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1) MICHAEL. ANGELO. >> by Steve Borzilleri Hehehehe. Dont you just love it when you *know* deep down Bafu was trying for an eoj and missed it ....... >> Ps. I'll try not to shove Marillion down your throats like I >> did last year :-) Haaaaa-Laaaaa-Fuckin-Looooo-Yaaaaa !!!! (just kidding thar Scratchy.....) This Strange Engine is my favorite from them for quite some time and should be discussed on the jam, just not religiously. If you like Shadow Gallery, you will probably like this a lot too. >> .... great merde by Symphony X .... This is fast becoming one of my favorite CDs ("Divine Wings.."). Buy this NOW, think about it later !! Hard sounds and creative. Maybe somewhat like if you took the 50% harder sounding DT songs and put it on a disk (??) Definitely no JP on guitar, but so what. Nobody is. Quite Highly Recommended. >> And stage presence shouldn't even be considered. Music was meant >> to be HEARD. Ugh. Wrong. Stage presence is definitely a significant part of the live experience. The visual experience, which includes stage presence, is what differentiates a live show form sitting in front of your Woodstock sized speakers in the confines of your home. Think about it. If JM dressed in pink tights and waltzed around the stage blowing kisses to the audience, would it be the same ?? (Too bad that panty-sniffing clown from Binghamton is temporarily off the jam and wont be able to give his two cents on this idea ......) Later, Mark Metzger email_address_removed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 97 08:30:42 -0500 From: email_address_removed To: email_address_removed Subject: Gwen, 'Ryche, Bahr CDs Message-ID: --MimeMultipartBoundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="cc:Mail" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Related topic: Why do people see a need to rag on Gwen Stefani? Her >voice is not that bad, actually it's pretty good IMO. Is it because >it's a woman making headway (excuse the perverse pun ;) in a >predominantly male-populated genre? I dunno, but unless there's some >good basis to rag on No Doubt (such as the overused >Aerosmith-knockoff riffs), why do it? I think she's got a very abrasive candy-coated voice...with very little ABILITY to hold notes. SOme of my friends think I'm a music snob 'cause I rag on these kinds of bands and tout DT all the time. Actually, I'll give any good artist their due and rag on any bad performance I see fit. Every time I hear KJLB sing "I think it's tim efor a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange!!" during TTT (LATM) I cringe just the same as when I happen to be tortured by Dwen in "Don't Speak." But at least James' was live..she was in the damn studio and STILL got it wrong. Other topics: Queensryche I've been gridlocked off the web at work for a while. With all the speculation about opening bands for QR, does anyone know when the tour starts/how far into the tour is July 11 when they hit ALpine Valley? Bahr CDs I've never really cared about the sound quality of the CDs (though better is better), I really think the $25 is worth it for the fact that the versions are rarities and the benefits of CD use and resiliancy (sp?) over tape. LATER- Steve --MimeMultipartBoundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:33:34 +0000 From: Jon Parmet To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Pull the lead out/Pull the Kev out/Pull the head out :) Message-ID: > From: Lock 'n Load :) > Well I guess this puts a hitch in my plans to assassinate them. Now what > am I going to use all these hollow points for... :P Oh, I imagine there's some local "talent" on here that would receive immediate certification for being schrapnel-compliant :) > From: durnik > I was more comfortable with Kevin Moore in the mix, at which point I > thought DT was lined up optimally, I am sure that Derek won't disappoint. Apparently, optimization doesn't occur overnight. The thing I like about Derek is he brings some of that basic keyboard rawness back that seemed to have left the farther they progressed towards Awake. Not that there was anything fundamentally wrong with the sound. I guess I like rough, raw, in your face keys as much as any other kind. Lines in the Sand immediately comes to mind. The other members seem to be feeding off of this SOUND. Several have mentioned the members appearing happier on stage lately. Maybe Derek is helping to contribute to this. This is a good thing. > From: luciano > Some people would like DT without vocals! I like Erotomania :) But I know what you mean. Anyone know of any DT tunes with James singing through any mad effects, like a Vocoder? A Kazoo? A hole he just punched in some dickhead fan's skull? :) > From: Bafu the Swede > like asking why boxers have icebags on their faces after a fight. Laaahoooo....saaaher :) Sometimes even _in between_ rounds. Of course, if the certain members of the audience would stop acting like dicks, perhaps James wouldn't have to kick their asses so much. *------------*------------------------*--------------* | Jon Parmet | email_address_removed | 617-494-2851 | *------------*------------------------*--------------* "I yam Popeye of Borg. Resistinks is futile. You will be askimilgrated." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 19:27:18 +0200 From: "Raivo Hool" To: email_address_removed Subject: deja vu Message-ID: > aren't enough cool instrumental parts to hold my attention the same > way other songs do. I actually don't like anything on Awake nearly > as much as I like LTL, TTT, or Metropolis. Does that disprove his right to like what you don't? If not, why even answer? Just to say it all over again, as if no one has heard it before? Some here aren't generic prog fans. I know I am not. (Oh, angry again?) Limiting yourself is way cool, only as long as you don't try to be condescending. How come it seems to me that at least for me, there's more music in the world than for you? Do not click here to continue. Raitz Be reasonable -- demand the impossible! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 18:36:09 From: Mika Numminen To: email_address_removed Subject: Chroma Key! Message-ID: Howdy jammers! Got this off the Dutch progressive rock page: > Chroma Key > > Chroma Key, the new project of > former Dream Theater keyboard > player Kevin Moore, is ready > recording their debut album. We > can expect the release at the end > of May or the beginning of June. > No title for the moment. Take care! - Mika Numminen - aarre.n@swipnet.se - http://www.hgs.se/~te95mne - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:53:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Ptacek To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: YTSEJAM digest 2553 Message-ID: > Sounds cool. Grab me a demo. And a bottle'a anything. TO GO. Would you like a glazed donut with that? > Man, I gotta hear this guy. How many of his albums do you own, Chris? I own only his first solo album, but I have heard all of the Nitro material (and HIGHLY recommend not buying it) and his new solo album. His first solo album is filled with the kind of shred that makes you not want to be a guitarist anymore... for a multitude of reasons. For some, it's that you know that there's no way you'll be able to pick that fast and do all that string skipping the way he does it with what seems like NO transition times between position shifts. For some it's thinking that everything's already been done now... and still for others it's not wanting to be compared to a man that plays four guitars at once, faster than god, with a large dead marsupial for a hairpiece > Or it could be that it's time to get rid of that DOD American Metal > pedal... Hehehe... I'm running all Mesa now. :) > Chee-kan. Good., Leeloo. Good-looking., Movie. Bad., IMO. ***Don't read this if you haven't seen the 5th Element yet and plan to*** Man... I don't know how that movie could be considered bad. Maybe if you treated it like it had any form of realism... then okay... Anyone get the Metropolis similarity in that movie? The 5th element had to be present in between all the other elements in order to save the world. Well, they said if one of the evil beings was in the middle of the four elements, the planet would be destroyed utterly... the evil beings were a representation of hate. Then when Bruce Willis and LeeLoo were in the center of the circle, (LeeLoo being the 5th element, supposedly) nothing happened until he said "I love you." Perhaps the 5th is Love. Love is the 5th Element. As much as some people knock LaBrie for these supposed bad live performances, and as much as I like Dominici, there's no comparison in terms of quality live. The fact is, I haven't heard a live Dominici performance that sounded good, and I haven't heard a LaBrie performance that was altogether bad. That's just me, of course... > "AbravaElliottbravabravissimott!!" > --Luciano Pavarotti "Whoa. Cool." --MICHAEL.ANGELO. " " --John Myung Chris Ptacek at EnterAct, L.L.C -- (773) 248 8511 http://www.enteract.com (business) http://www.prognosis.com/madsman/ (personal site under construction) "I'm a dead sucker for nostalgic revisitations of past evocations of the future" - Mike Keneally ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 02:51:01 +0900 From: email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) To: email_address_removed Subject: Vescera/Yngwie Message-ID: At 11:22 1997.5.14 -0700, Eric Rodger wrote: >Actually Vescera sang on the Seventh Sign album, and very well IMO. I also >saw Yngwie on that tour, and Vescera sounded great. Goran sang on Eclipse, >and possibly Fire and Ice, although I can't remember that one. Jeff Scott >Soto was by far the best Yngwie vocalist, though. Joe Lynn Turner did a >fine job on Odyssey and Trial by Fire-Live in Leningrad, and don't forget >Mark Boals on Trilogy. > >Anybody know which band Yngwie was in first, Alcatraz or Steeler? > >KAI 　Well,let me tell ya something more. IMO,what Mike Vescera brought to Yngwie was his pop melody style. The songs on "The Seventh Sign" album are rich in pop feeling,don't you think that? But he couldn't sing on "Magnum Opus" album very well,especially the song "No Love Lost", it's horrible. What the hell! And Yngwie recruited Mats Levin (Ex-Swedish Erotica,Treat) as the new vacalist,and will release his new album in September. And the last question is Steeler! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -Keiji Nishihara 　Doshisha Uni. Electric/Electronic Material Lab. Semiconductor ARRAY KYOTO JAPAN email_address_removed.ne.jp email_address_removed.ac.jp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:59:51 PDT From: "Kevin Hammer" To: email_address_removed Subject: little italian virtuosos Message-ID: >>that day. The swede, defeted, throws down his guitar, and surrenders the stage > > Is Vai Swedish? Could have svarn he was Italian > Well ok, ya got me, he's not Swedish. But, he's not exactly a jazz kat, and since Malmsteen wasn't in crossroads (or the princess bride) I had to fudge it a little :) I was wondering who would be the first to catch it..... laterz 'n stuff kevin hammer ------------------------------------------------------ "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit "And I swear that I dont have a gun." 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They released 3 studio albums ("Land Of Broken Hearts","Clown In The Mirror" and "Moving Target") and 3 e.p.s("The Maxi Single","Faraway" and "Message To The God") and 1 double live album (titled "1996" and video version). The first 3 releases ("LOBH","TMS" and "CITM") were fronted by original vocalist (Henrick Blockman),but he left the band,and new guy (D.C.Cooper the one of the guy who couldn't become Judas Priest singer,the same category of Ralph Sheepers,Tony Mills etc...). The first release with him was the charity single "Far Away" (for the victim of earthquake in Japan). He really did good job. But most important guy in this band is the keyboardist as well as songwriter, Andre Andersen. he's nice,too. I think he's great as KM (maybe some of you wants to tell about this. but this is my opinion.). Well,the best offering from them is their double live album "1996",most of their hits are on it. So give them a chance. You'll not be dissapointed. Small notes: I was on the back jacket of "1996" album. Anyway.If they play at your local area,GO!!!! They're doing well what they want to do, and none of other bands can't do taht as much as RH are doing. Complainment: Fuck Mike Greeenwell!!!! (for baseball fans) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -Keiji Nishihara 　Doshisha Uni. Electric/Electronic Material Lab. Semiconductor ARRAY KYOTO JAPAN email_address_removed.ne.jp email_address_removed.ac.jp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 22:19:00 +0100 From: "Sousa" To: Subject: Re: James LaBrie and Dream Theater... Message-ID: Hi ! >Mike Vescera is terrible. I absolutely despise his voice - sounds >just plain bad. Probably the worst of the Malmsteen vocalists >and he doesn't make up for it on stage..... I saw Vescera on stage here in Portugal and I like it very much. He is a simple guy and it seems very nice. >Now if you had said Joe Lynn Turner, or even that Goran guy from >Seventh Sign(?), at least their voices were good. The guy from 7th is M. Vescera, Goran Edman is the singer on 'Eclipse' and 'Fire & Ice'. Of corse I Like all of them. Joe Lynn Turner is better on Blues, Ballads and songs like 'Pictures Of Home' (Deep Purple song that is covered on 'Inspiration' you must hear it) What is your opunion about R. Sheepers? Do you know him? Bye Antonio Sousa email_address_removed.pt ------------------------------ Date: 15 May 97 12:03:47 -0700 From: "NEVANS.US.ORACLE.COM" To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Bay Area Concerts Message-ID: >>Hey, maybe we should start up a Bay Area concert list. Sounds great to me! I wouldn't want to miss any of the great prog bands that play at little out-of-the-way clubs either.. cheers, -Neil. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:33:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Taylor To: email_address_removed Subject: Farewell Message-ID: Since I am leaving for the summer, I just thought I'd thank all you jammers out there. Since I have joined, not only have I spent $120 on quality merchandise (4 Bahr boots and a t-shirt), but I have also learned some argumentative skills through all the private e-mail I have had the chance to read ;) I'm being sincere here, though. And I've also been introduced to some cool bands. I wish I could afford to buy stuff from them all, but that will take a few years. See you all in the fall. -~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_- | ***Rob*** "If Balance is the key then maybe | | email_address_removed we'll see a future understanding" | | -Queensryche | -~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_-~-_- ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2554 **************************