YTSEJAM Digest 2557 Today's Topics: 1) KJLB by Lars Hellsten 2) YTSEJAM digest 2556 by 3) Excuse me? by Lars Hellsten 4) by Lars Hellsten 5) If I ran a concert... by Pat Sullivan 6) Live presence, Popularity, other things you don't care about... by Buck Stodgers 7) Arthroscopy by Adam Barnhart 8) Harem Scarem (Canadian act) by email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) 9) New Petition? by Pat Griffin 10) Superior by Marcelo Vanzin 11) Re: Bach by Albert Balkiewicz 12) Precious Things-what number has been sent out? by Pat Daugherty 13) Picking the razor blades out of my salad... by Phillip 14) Re: Wrong discography :( by Adam 15) Re: Well... by Adam 16) Why I can't play guitar very well by "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 10:09:21 -0400 From: Lars Hellsten To: email_address_removed Subject: KJLB Message-ID: >I think JLB's problem isn't with his voice, I think it's with his >stage presence. Arguing with the audience can be kinda bad. All we I agree. James voice is incredible, I just don't quite like the screaming or growling he did on Awake, and I don't particularly like his stage presence. Mind you, I haven't had the chance to see DT live before, but on the many boots I have (including a couple of videos), he doesn't come across as being that great a frontman. It just seems as though some of the things he says are really lame. Like, just listen to the intro to PMU on LATM, or the "this is a very special night for us... it shall be interesting... blah blah" thing on ACOS. He just sounds like a geek. It's like, well, it always sounds like he's struggling to try and find something (anything) to say. it's supposed to be a show and he's supposed to be performing! If he can't introduce songs without interrupting the flow of the show or sounding stupid, he just shouldn't introduce them. I think DT really need to take a lesson from Queensryche on how to put on a good show. I'm not saying they have to be as elaborate as QR, but they should make it more like a SHOW. The way James introduces songs sometimes, you'd think it's some kind of recital. Don't get me wrong though, there isn't another rock vocalist who I'd take over James, except maybe the Geoff Tate of 10 years ago, and this isn't exactly 10 years ago, so... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 97 23:03:12 GMT+8 From: To: email_address_removed Subject: YTSEJAM digest 2556 Message-ID: This user has his/her e-mail account disabled because it is our school's SUMMER break. In case the student is enrolled in one of our summer classes, then the account is disabled for one of the following reasons: - owner is still enrolled this summer, but not using the account - owner has some problems regarding his/her e-mail/disk quota NOTE: The user won't get or receive a copy of this e-mail. Should you need assistance, please mail email_address_removed.ph ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 10:48:47 -0400 From: Lars Hellsten To: email_address_removed Cc: raitz@guvatrak.ee Subject: Excuse me? Message-ID: >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?) I answered to express *my* opinion. He thinks DT should get rid of a lot of their instrumental stuff, and I disagree. Generic prog fan? What the fuck is that supposed to mean? The only "prog" bands I happen to be a huge fan of are DT, Rush, and Queensryche. Are they "generic prog"? Personally, I think bands like Ivanhoe, Echolyn, and Fates Warning (all of which some people on this list go crazy over, but meanwhile they hate all mainstream music) are far closer to being "generic prog" than DT. And dipshit, why did YOU bother replying if your only intention was to call Dream Theater's music "generic prog"? Maybe you should get the fuck off this mailing list if you don't like DT. >How come it seems to me that at least for me, there's more music in >the world than for you? Are you sure you understand English? Because it sounds like you have no clue what I even wrote in the message you're responding to. How the hell am I "limiting myself"? I'm sorry, but the fact that Images & Words is my favourite album ever does not mean I'm limiting myself to generic prog. And after all, *I'M* one of the few on this list who's defended No Doubt, Alanis, and other bands that are taboo on this list. And you say I'm LIMITING myself (???) ... now that's just fucking hillarious. I listen to just about all types of music except rap and country (I own several dance CD's, classical CD's, jazz CD's, and CD's of just about every other type of music you can think of). I'd like to know how in hell the fact LTL, TTT, and Metropolis are my favourite DT songs is "limiting" me. They're my fucking favourite DT songs and that's all there fucking is to it. So go shove your attitude up your ass where it belongs, you fucking piece of shit. BTW, does anyone know what the hell's up with the influx of assholes on the Jam lately (like Mr. Ravioli Hool here)? A guy can't even say he loves Metropolis as it is, and that "Voices" is his least favourite DT song without being flamed? Shit... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 11:05:29 -0400 From: Lars Hellsten To: email_address_removed Message-ID: >42 >that is the answer Fucking hillarious. Seriously, I pissed myself so hard when I read that I flooded my basement and before I could shut the power off, my cat was electricuted. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:26:38 -0400 From: Pat Sullivan To: email_address_removed Subject: If I ran a concert... Message-ID: > Vicious Rumors (they have a new singer!!) I assume you are referring to Geoff Thorpe taking over vocal duties in addition to his guitar work. Frankly, I was spoiled on Carl Albert's voice, and Geoff is a BIG letdown after that, although he does good work on some songs (Something Burning, Mouth). ----- ____http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/psull/psull.html IRC: DDictator Now Playing: Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade Of Gray _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:50:39 -0400 From: Buck Stodgers To: email_address_removed Subject: Live presence, Popularity, other things you don't care about... Message-ID: Hey all, I wrote a really long message to the jam and my new PC crapped out for the second time today! My loss is your gain I guess. Now you don't have to read so much of my shit. I don't have the effort in me to type it again. So here's some different shit... Ptacek wrote: > Sounds cool. Grab me a demo. And a bottle'a anything. TO GO. > Would you like a glazed donut with that? I HAVE TO TAKE A LAXATIVE!!!! Not in my store you don't! That's the seond greatest video ever made in my opinion. Dave was the man when it came to those. The greatest, by the way, is Hot for Teacher, and anyone who attempts to dispute this FACT will suffer from an exceptional amount of hair loss... :) >Hehehehe. Dont you just love it when you *know* deep down Bafu was >trying for an eoj and missed it ....... Powers... weak... Need more energy... Bafu's losing his touch! He came in second to last on the previous jam... >Stage presence is definitely a significant part of the live experience. When you listen to a Joe Satriani album you think to yourself "This guy's out of his mind! This is inhuman!" You seem him live and know he is. Half of its his hands flying everywhere, the other half is that he doesn't even look like he's trying: making all those faces and jumping around, chatting with Stu... It sickens me... But I love the guy. >This usually ends up in complaining about how such-and-such band >doesn't deserve that fame because they are not even close to the >awesomeness of *our* band, No, they don't deserve the fame because I don't like them. I'm the consumer, I should get to see what I want on occassion on MTV and hear it on the radio or in a juke. The fact that I don't isn't because of the bands or their music, it's because of the companies that promote music. Case in point: Van Halen has innumerable multi-platinum albums. The only time you'll ever see a VH video on MTV is right after the song is released for a month or so. Then it disappears. Why? Not because people don't want to see it, but because MTV gets money from promoters and marketers to put this new Shrub video on. >MTV doesn't 'decide' what's gonna be played; they see what the kids >like and then exploit it, because after all, they have to make money. Funny, VH1 makes plenty of money and I see Police, INXS, Collective Soul, and *gasp* Rush videos on there. MTV is just choosing to make the most money by exploiting two sections of the population: teens and the urban public. On a related note: Does anyone else find it peculiar that MTV shows rap videos during the day? Like maybe the fans of such music have nothing to do at this time, i.e. WORK. >And remember that when I&W came out, PMU got a fair amount of radio and >video airplay; enough to make DT very popular if everybody had liked it >But the apparently not so many people seemed to be so attracted to it. I'm sorry, but any band that headlines a tour on the release of their first "major-label" album HAS to have popularity. Four thousand people at Riverside Park in Agawam, MA couldn't have been wrong. Neither could the few thousand at the Manhattan Center in NYC. >If JM dressed in pink tights and waltzed around the stage blowing >kisses to the audience, would it be the same ?? Looking at the WDADU liner, I wonder to myself if at some point, JM actually owned pink tights. It wouldn't be a stretch... >Oh, I imagine there's some local "talent" on here that would receive >immediate certification for being schrapnel-compliant :) You line 'em up, I'll knock 'em down. Just put Lars at the head off the line if you please. :) > Complainment: Fuck Mike Greeenwell!!!! (for baseball fans) Oh... That makes me feel all fuzzy and warm. Fuck the Yankees, period. >Kick ass movie. :) I'm more of a Braveheart fanatic myself tho. I knew there was a reason I liked you Chris. >Subject: Dead Student alert.. >"I yam Popeye of Borg. Resistinks is futile. You will be >askimilgrated." Stuff like this is why I love the Jam. And to put an end to the KJLB dispute, remember, James is Canadian, so he's naturally superior to anyone else. :) -- _____________________________________________________________ Andrew Forcier a.k.a. Buck Stodgers --List Manager-- The Peppermint Tribe, the Saigon Kick Mailing List For info, check out: http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rfm5570/ for e-mail inquiries, mailto:email_address_removed ************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:55:18 -0700 From: Adam Barnhart To: email_address_removed Subject: Arthroscopy Message-ID: >From: Dave > >What do I mean by that? Well, personally I dont like a certain >singer you mentioned, BUT you never have, and you will NEVER hear >me putting him down in ANY WAY on this list. AND, by the same token, >I ESCPECIALLY don't see any reason why ragging on another certain >singer as a defense is going to help anything. > >It pisses me off to see anyone ragging on EITHER of them >in the Jam. Both vocalists have done something special for >us, and how are some people repaying them? By slinging shit >about them in a place where they are defenseless. I actually like 'em both quite a bit, but if I say that I like Charlie a fair amount, but James LaBrie a bit more, I'm still making a judgement of relative value. And, to some extent, I'm still cutting whoever I like less. I think Tate's better than both of 'em, for that matter. I don't see why we can't discuss aesthetic values here, whether positive or negative, about Dream Theater (or anyone else out there...anyone up for another round of the Spice Girls?). But editing ourselves isn't doing anyone any good, either, aside from avoiding heated debate, which I, for one, actually enjoy. Of course, I like a thoughtful brand of debate, which doesn't always happen in this forum... >From: Jon Parmet >> Complainment: Fuck Mike Greeenwell!!!! (for baseball fans) > >We rejoiced the day he left town :) Fucking Overpriced Whiner!! I could >field a ball with a slice of Swiss cheese better than he could... Didn't it SEEM like he was gonna be awfully good when he came up? I mean, his upside potential was tremendous...but he never really progresed -- or learned how to play Left. Ah well... >From: Chip Alexander > >- Watchtower sounded a lot like Rush, but really heavy. Their first >album "Energetic Disassembly" is absolutely kick ass. It came out in >'81 and I still think it's ahead of its time. For a long time it was >only available on cassette (Zombie Records) but there is now a CD >available as a German import. The original guitar player was a guy >named Billy White, who went on to play in Dokken, and now plays in a >trio in Austin TX. The original singer for Watchtower was Jason >McMaster, later of Dangerous Toys. The second album "Control and >Resistance" was ok, but only had the drummer and bass player from the >original lineup. If you're into the heavier side of the prog scene, I >think you would get quite a kick out of the 1st album. The second is >more along the lines of Nasty Savage's "Indulgence". I have "Energetic >Disassembly" on CD - anyone interested in a copy email me privately. Uh....I like Watchtower -- think they're pretty cool. But RUSH?! I'd say they sound like an awful lot of other bands more than Rush. They're definitely a prog metal band, and, in that sense, I'd say they sound more like Altura than my beloved Canadian egghead musical wizards. Jason McMaster sure sounded different a few years later, though, didn't he? >From: Lars Hellsten > >I agree! I don't see what the big deal is about No Doubt. I hadn't heard >them (I don't listen to radio a lot) at all until about a week ago when >they played at Maple Leaf Gardens here in the Big Smoke, and some of the >local newscasts showed a couple of clips of the show. Hmm... would be nice >if Queensryche or Rush (and they're from here >for god's sake) shows were considered newsworthy. :( I can see that. I'm a little bit of a homer here, since No Doubt's not far from glorious Long Beach, California, where I grew up. The "friend of a friend of a friend" thing at work. I don't think they're too bad, though. And that punk-ska-whatever sound seems, for better or worse, the wave of the immediate future. I guess it's supposed to bury "Alterative" music, from what the rock scribes are telling us..... Five Gratuitous CD's: ===================== 1. Rush: Fly By Night 2. Living Colour: Stain 3. Accomplice: Accomplice 4. Led Zeppelin: IV 5. Janis Joplin: I Got Dem Ol' Kosmic Blues Again Adam D. Barnhart email_address_removed email_address_removed http://www.cfmc.com/adamb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 02:09:35 +0900 From: email_address_removed.ne.jp (Keiji Nishihara) To: email_address_removed Subject: Harem Scarem (Canadian act) Message-ID: Greetings! 'Jammers. Well,well,well. I'd like to tell ya Canadian band named Harem Scarlem. Maybe you've already know about them. If you know them,skip this message,please. They'll release their 4th album titled "Believe" on 25th May. I've already heard couple songs from this opus on radio. Those songs are incredible---melodic hard rock with high-tone vocalist. They re-arranged their musical aproach on this album. The 3rd one titled "Voice Of Reason" was grunge-oriented rock album, so they couldn't get much feedback from Japanese market where 80s style hard rock is still alive. So if you like melodic hard rock music,why don't you grab their albums? They are still on wea Canada. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -Keiji Nishihara 　Doshisha Uni. Electric/Electronic Material Lab. Semiconductor ARRAY KYOTO JAPAN email_address_removed.ne.jp email_address_removed.ac.jp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 12:20:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Pat Griffin To: ThE NuGgeTjAm Subject: New Petition? Message-ID: Hey, maybe we can start a petition to get James kicked out of the band, since everyone here seems to hate him... h t t p : / / w w w . m i s s o u r i . e d u / ~ c 6 7 5 3 1 1 / | Pat Griffin Reality2 Design | | email_address_removed email_address_removed | h t t p : / / w w w . m i s s o u r i . e d u / ~ c 6 7 5 3 1 1 / ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 04:01:08 -0300 From: Marcelo Vanzin To: Freaks R Us Subject: Superior Message-ID: Hey! I know I'm kinda late on this one. but yesterday I received Superior's "Behind". WHOA! No album got me this freaked since I bought FW's "No Exit"!!! It's VERY VERY cool! Nice work, Bernd! []'s Marcelo Vanzin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 13:42:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Albert Balkiewicz To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Bach Message-ID: > > Sebastian Bach. > > > > (yeah, he's a Jersey boy, so I'm biased, but boy does he have > > a pair.........lungs, that is) > > A Jersey boy? What the hell are you talking about? Sebastian Bach is > Canadian (just like all good vocalists). I *think* he's from the > Peterborough (Ontario) area... and I do know that his brother is/was the > goalie for the Jr. "A" Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. > My bad, I know that some, if not the rest of the band, originally was from Paramus, and I know that Bach was living in Jersey recently (I think he is moving to Cali), so I assumed that he was from there as well........maybe a bit of wishful thinking, too. I'm never wrong, but I may be mistaken about that...... -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: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:25:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Pat Daugherty To: Dream Theater Mailing List Subject: Precious Things-what number has been sent out? Message-ID: What is the last number of PT to be sent out? When posting a review of this disc please list the number... |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Pat Daugherty email_address_removed | |=======================================================================| | "Every breath leaves me one less to my last" --Dream Theater | | "That is not an option, Mr. Mulder" --X-Files | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 13:22:29 +0000 From: Phillip To: email_address_removed Subject: Picking the razor blades out of my salad... Message-ID: Hey there once again...a couple of quick notes... Vicious Rumors do indeed have a NEW singer!! They are now recording with a dude named Morgan Thorn...here is what was released in a recent press release: A new chapter in Vicious Rumors history is about to be written. A new member has joined the "vicious circle", assuming the Lead vocal Slot! Morgan Thorn, a multi-talented, 28 year old "unknown" from Wisconsin, comes from a musical family who started him out in his musical career at the age of 5. Some of Morgan's influences have been Bruce Dickinson, James Neal and Carl Albert. "I feel very fortunate and am hungry for the chance to join forces with Vicious Rumors" Morgan says. Band leader/founder, Geoff Thorpe said, "The only way we could add someone to the band after Carl, is if we found someone truly great!! We did...he is unbelievable!! With Morgan in the band our limitations are gone. We can be as melodic as we want...and as heavy!!". morgan will debut his dynamic vocals on the bands upcoming CD. And about Edwin Dare, I think that "The Unthinkable Deed" is their debut CD. I have "Can't Break Me" too and it's pretty cool but I've kind of grown sick of the cheesy lyrics...the music rocks though... okay cool Later Phillip(still waiting for his new Conception and Threshold CDS!) Cool CD of the Day: Samael "Passage" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:25:26 -0400 From: Adam To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Wrong discography :( Message-ID: > Oh, my!!! I think you're right! :O I put TTT (live) on a > compilation tape so I forget which disc it's from, so I'm sure, now, > it was a Bahr disc--just don't know which one ("Scenes" or "Ant."). > It's the one with the longer jazz piano ending ("C'mon Los > Angeles...don't worry about not looking cool!"). Sorry about the > confusion. Hehe. No confusion here. The one your thinking of was track 3 of Antiquities from the description you gave. Quite a nice version of TTT I think. Take care... Adam ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:31:00 -0400 From: Adam To: email_address_removed Subject: Re: Well... Message-ID: >Don't you think that if the rest of the band truly felt this way they >would indeed get rid of him? As I'm sure you're well aware, DT >historically has little tolerance for singers they don't like(Chris >Collins and Charlie Dominici ring any bells?) They discarded them both and >then spent years looking for KJLB. He's been with them for at least six >years now, and doesn't seem to be going anywhere. From my point of view, >the band certainly doesn't seem to be exhibiting this frustration that >you've pinned on them. Now if it's directed at the record label, that's >a whole other matter...... ;) Hehe. I understand where you're coming from, but I might disagree a bit. I admit that they got rid of some vocalists relatively quickly, but James is a different story. Charlie left not only because of his weak live performance, but b/c he was substantially older than the rest of the band and there were personality conflicts. Tho' I don't think LaBrie is in any danger of having his job removed, I'm 100% sure that at least occasionally the other members get frustrated with him. It's only human. When four out of the five players on stage are kickin' ass and the frontman puts on a display that makes many in the audience cringe, it's gotta start wearin' on them, especially on things like the Japan PPV, when their performance is televised nationally. As to your other statement, there's a whole different rant/rave/frustration saved for the record label, but I'll save that for another time. :) Take care... Adam ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:36:14 -0500 From: "The Notorious B.I.G. S.W.I.F.T.Y." To: Psychic Friends Network Subject: Why I can't play guitar very well Message-ID: Well, after 3 1/2 long years, I finally changed from .11s to .09s and tuned back up to A=440 from 1/2 step down. Why did I do this? Because I got a free pack of strings with a guitar magazine recently. My Jackson plays like an Ibanez now :) But when I was tightening the locks that hold the strings in the bridge, the one that holds the G snapped! The part that broke off was the part where the hex wrench fits in the post when tightening, so the string is secure, but I have no way of getting it out now. "But I can play along with my DT discs, now," I thought. Wrong! Not because of guitar problems, but because I stink! Time to practice....Boy my playing really blows some superchunks right now ;) Oh well, I'm off to Crossroads Music to find out the smallest amount of replacement matter I'll have to buy to fix my axe. Bye, everyone! Mark Peters email_address_removed ------------------------------ End of YTSEJAM Digest 2557 **************************