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I've said I don't give a shit about genres. I've said I don't care how other people group bands. And I've said I don't have any intentions to learn or use any new genres. There will no doubt be variations on such comments and there will be related comments that were tongue in cheek, but I never denied knowing what thrash or multiple other genres were.

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5 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

And that makes your wheelbarrow analogy invalid

Napalm Death?

And a one man/woman black metal entity is not a band whatever they may call themselves.

3 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Now if you told me your mum mistakenly thought Kiss was black metal because they were in corpsepaint, that I would be willing to believe.

I think his mum thought Kiss sucked and only said she thought the music was OK to be nice to him. It's what mums do.

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7 hours ago, Thatguy said:

Napalm Death?

And a one man/woman black metal entity is not a band whatever they may call themselves.

I think his mum thought Kiss sucked and only said she thought the music was OK to be nice to him. It's what mums do.

I love you man. If we lived closer I'm quite sure we'd be real life friends. We could meet up for a coffee (or at the pub for a beer if your wife would allow you to consort with uncouth Yanks after dark and I could find a babysitter) once a month and have ourselves a good chuckle over whatever dumb shit our favorite Orca has said recently.

The refined Doctor and aficionado of all things cultured, nuanced and avant-garde is hittin' me with the decidedly unrefined Napalm Fucking Death. You are right sir, Shane Embury is the most tenured member serving as bassist since 1987, Mitch and Barney first joined in 1989, drummer Danny in 1991. While the entity known as Napalm Death was originally formed in 1981 by some different blokes. So clearly it is not the same band now as the one who released Scum in 1987 or FETO in 1988. But I give them a pass since I didn't get into them until well after 1990.

The Code is Red was my first exposure to them I guess at a Tower Records in-store listening station, must have been 2005. (I had never heard anything as heavy and abrasive as that before then, which is funny because it now sounds quite reasonable to me) So they're the same old Napalm Death now as I have always known for the last 18 years. If I had been into the band since before 1987 back in their early pub and demo days, or even in their fabled Dorrian/Steer/Harris period, then I'd probably be wanting to make some kind of a distinction between the lineups, like a ND Mark II, or Mark III or whatever. But I'll give you credit, you got me. 

 

10 hours ago, AlSymerz said:

I've said I don't give a shit about genres. I've said I don't care how other people group bands. And I've said I don't have any intentions to learn or use any new genres. There will no doubt be variations on such comments and there will be related comments that were tongue in cheek, but I never denied knowing what thrash or multiple other genres were.

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8 hours ago, Thatguy said:

I think his mum thought Kiss sucked and only said she thought the music was OK to be nice to him. It's what mums do.

Thinking is your downfall, you should stop doing it.

3 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

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I realise it's not as good as the one you've made up but the truth rarely is a s good as fiction.

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5 hours ago, AlSymerz said:

3 hours and 40 minutes over 3 days it took me to do that Morbid Angel jigsaw.

That's funny, 3 hours and 40 minutes is exactly how much jail time George got for his DUI. The field sobriety test was fucking hilarious, he was wasted. But he said it's OK because he's a professional drinker.

 

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1 hour ago, JonoBlade said:

Immortal and Emperor are the best band names of all time. Judas Priest and Metallica being among the worst.

Emperor's a pretty good name even though I'm not much of a fan of symphonic metal, but I don't personally think Immortal's a very good name.

I woud say from where I sit some of the best metal band names I've ever heard have been: Destroyer(666), Darkthrone, Inquisition, Pulverizing Lethal Force, Mayhem, Incantation, Nocturnal Sorcery, Celtic Frost, Archgoat, Goatpenis, Prehistoric War Cult, Terminal Filth, Antichrist Siege Machine, Deathhammer, Nuclear Death Terror, Extreme Noise Terror, Napalm Death...you get the idea.

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34 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Emperor's a pretty good name even though I'm not much of a fan of symphonic metal, but I don't personally think Immortal's a very good name.

I woud say from where I sit some of the best metal band names I've ever heard have been: Destroyer(666), Darkthrone, Inquisition, Pulverizing Lethal Force, Mayhem, Incantation, Nocturnal Sorcery, Celtic Frost, Archgoat, Goatpenis, Prehistoric War Cult, Terminal Filth, Antichrist Siege Machine, Deathhammer, Nuclear Death Terror, Extreme Noise Terror, Napalm Death...you get the idea.

Unfortunately "death" has become pretty diluted. Like king, witch, wizard, queen.

Nuclear Death Terror is pretty terrible, unless it's a joke band. Goatpenis....I guess our tastes diverge on that one.

I wonder what a Celtic Frost is? As opposed to a regular frost. Does it dance a jig? I am minded of those midgets dancing around stone 'enge.

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7 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

Unfortunately "death" has become pretty diluted. Like king, witch, wizard, queen.

Nuclear Death Terror is pretty terrible, unless it's a joke band. Goatpenis....I guess our tastes diverge on that one.

I wonder what a Celtic Frost is? As opposed to a regular frost. Does it dance a jig? I am minded of those midgets dancing around stone 'enge.

Diluted maybe but that was only one band I mentioned with "death" in their name. I also find it difficult to resist buying any album I come across with the word "Necro" in the title or in band's name.

Goatpenis was Brazilian war metal and I get that's not your thing Jon, but c'mon man, what a fucking awesome band name. Almost as good as Goat Semen from Peru.

As far as Nuclear Death Terror they're a completely awesome crust/stenchcore band from Denmark, no joke!

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11 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Diluted maybe but that was only one band I mentioned with "death" in their name. I also find it difficult to resist buying any album I come across with the word "Necro" in the title or in band's name.

Goatpenis was Brazilian war metal and I get that's not your thing Jon, but c'mon man, what a fucking awesome band name. Almost as good as Goat Semen from Peru.

As far as Nuclear Death Terror they're a completely awesome crust/stenchcore band from Denmark, no joke!

...well Deathhammer and Napalm Death, which is why I picked up on the death thing. NDT sounds decent. I was not aware of this "stenchcore" of which you speak. Isn't Max Cavalera's a pioneer of that genre? 

Goatpenis has comedy/shock value, sure, but I can't see myself being inspired to get into it. Or get it into me.

I always hated Judas Priest*. I never knew what it was or what it meant. I just knew Judas was the bad guy in a fairytale and my parents might not like it. It just seemed an unnecessary conflict that could be avoided if they had just called themselves something more benign like Drainpipe.

*please do not quote me out of context on that one.

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Inquisition is a cool name, even if the dude is into kiddie porn.  Meshuggah, while I like the band a lot, is a pretty stupid name IMO.  I mean, a yiddish word for a Swedish extreme metal band?!  

I recently saw a Goatpenis patch that was about as offensive as they come these days.  Pretty funny. 

Saw a dude at MDF wearing this back patch last year.  Thought it was pretty funny.  

 

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On 3/24/2023 at 9:11 AM, JorKid said:

Inquisition is a cool name, even if the dude is into kiddie porn. Meshuggah, while I like the band a lot, is a pretty stupid name IMO.  I mean, a yiddish word for a Swedish extreme metal band?!  

I recently saw a Goatpenis patch that was about as offensive as they come these days.  Pretty funny. 

I think the music makes the name. A lot of names are silly or dumb the first time you hear them, but then once you get to know the band they just become the names that go with their music. Meshuggah just wouldn't be the same with any other name. And I hate their music, can't listen to a note of it. Was so pissed when I read about Catch 33 winning all these music awards in Sweden so I bought the record blind and when I got it home I was like wtf is this shit?!? Never again.

 

I have this overwhelming urge now to get some Goatpenis merch. Might be hard to find now since the dude died.

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