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That one turned 30 at the end of September - and landed on Billboard's Top 10 for the occasion. Made me feel old, but what a terrific record. Dio - Egypt (The Chains Are On).

They told him it was a giant Martini. "Imagine the olive size!"

Talk about a coincidence! I just woke up with that song in my head. I only recently got into ELO but I am digging them. For once, I had guessed correctly. Although I have no merit at all, as I used to mess with pitch all the time to fatten up drum sounds back in the days when I built all my drum tracks in Fruity Loops. Came intuitively. Anyway, thanks a bunch for posting this!

Alice Cooper - Gutter Cat vs. The Jets. (More than the hits, this is the type of song that made me a HUGE fan of Alice - and Bob Ezrin).

The Cure - All Cats Are Grey

Nine Inch Nails - Metal

Judas Priest - Metal Gods

Depeche Mode announced that they were coming to Vegas a few days ago, and they're one of my favorite bands, so even if I usually avoid live shows, in this case, I did consider the idea. A friend was asking how expensive I thought the tickets would be. I started thinking of the last time I bought tickets... At first, I thought it would have been... 1986, Metallica, Matser of Puppets tour in a small town, East of Quebec with merely a few thousand people. $11.50. That was my point of reference. lol I then remembered that I did buy tickets for Muse in 2010 for me and my ex - but I can't remember the cost. Every other show I've attended, I did because I'd received tickets as a gift. All of them. But honestly, that wouldn't be that many. A stingy misanthrope is what I am. I can imagine attending a performance by a string quartet or something. The people there would probably look down on me for wearing combat boots with my suit, but, that's still better than the average rock show...

LOL Reason number 2 why I prefer watching concerts from home - humans... But you are perfectly right! (Number 1 would be the volume. I know this is heresy for a rock musicians but I do not like loud music. And concerts are typically more about experiencing (aka having your senses overwhelmed) than properly hearing - which allows some musicians to get away with a lot... I believe Nine Inch Nails is the only band I've seen live which was both incredibly loud and incredibly clean - which is even more amazing considering the notoriously poor acoustics in that venue they were playing. The hologram still makes a lot more sense to me than the DJ thing. No worse than watching a CGI movie...

Happy birthday, Kenny!!!

Hang out with older people. Done.

Judas Priest - Private Property

Wow - a true beauty! Congrats, my friend.

Joy Division - Day of the Lords

April Wine - Silver Dollar

Nevermind - misread.

Heaven and Hell - Neverwhere

And at some point I owned one but I had to let it go because of a bump in the financial road. This made for a nice line up - and it did include a SG. Right now, this is the main trio and the starting line up. The SG is still here, just not on this pic. The 7 string was a most welcome addition. And the black strat is somewhat retired, hence the white one. But there is room for a tele.

I hear Rain's Amateurduce like an Amateur is also totally worth it. The tutorial on how to ruin a potentially decent mix alone is worth the asking price.

A beauty! Congrats! Darn, now I want a Tele too...

Faith No More - Midnight Cowboy

Deftones - Back to School (Mini Maggit)

DBC - Genesis Explosion (DBC stood for Dead Brain Cells) Great late 80's prog metal band from Montreal.

Budgie - Crash Course in Brain Surgery

David Bowie - Always Crashing in the Same Car