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Rage Against The Machine - Testify Sometimes I feel like Pandora knows me so well Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
Really? I can't ever get Pandora to play shit that I want to hear. I create a radio station for a band, they play one song of theirs, and then a bunch of crap. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Listening to bugger all since my computer got attacked by a virus and my sound doesn't really work now unless I perpetually fiddle with the volume control.

If I work at restaurant. Or dunkin donuts. Blast metal. There lol
There needs to be a Dutch bakery called Donar's Donuts where they play folk metal.
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36 Crazyfists- Rest Inside The Flames Yeah, I'm quite keen on these guys.
I was curious; since you're willing to listen to a lot of 'accessible' material, do you like any Volbeat? I enjoy their early material and their most recent album.
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I was curious; since you're willing to listen to a lot of 'accessible' material' date=' do you like any Volbeat? I enjoy their early material and their most recent album.[/quote'] I didn't see that coming. I'm a fan of their last album, haven't ventured much into their earlier albums Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
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I was curious; since you're willing to listen to a lot of 'accessible' material' date=' do you like any Volbeat? I enjoy their early material and their most recent album.[/quote'] I've given a few of their singles a listen and couldn't really get into it. It reminded me a bit of all those really awful arena rock/post grunge bands. I suppose you could say it's *too* accessible or 'not the right sort' of accessible. I hear they're good live, though, and that the albums as a whole are a bit heavier than the singles might suggest. Anywhere you'd recommend starting?
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Anywhere you'd recommend starting?
Their two oldest albums, 'Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil' and 'The Strength/The Sound/The Songs' have some good material, and their latest album 'Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies' is my favorite. Do not bother with the others unless you're looking for good stuff here and there, it's awful. As a matter of fact, their mid-period stuff sounds an awful lot like Nickelback. Stick to the beginning material, back when they at least had a clue what they were doing, and the latest album where they suddenly decided to be a little more creative.
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Their two oldest albums' date=' 'Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil' and 'The Strength/The Sound/The Songs' have some good material, and their latest album 'Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies' is my favorite. Do not bother with the others unless you're looking for good stuff here and there, it's awful. As a matter of fact, their mid-period stuff sounds an awful lot like Nickelback. Stick to the beginning material, back when they at least had a clue what they were doing, and the latest album where they suddenly decided to be a little more creative.[/quote'] Cheers. I'll check those out at some point. Yeah, anything that sounds remotely like Nickelback is likely to be a 'no go' for me. As I'm sure you can all attest, my tastes are far too sophisticated for that. ;)
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