Anger Thread!

[RelentlessOblivion]

You could probably find the setlist for that Anathema show online it is possible however unlikely they will play their old material.

[NTNR]

They just don't. It's really pathetic. The last two-three DVDs they've put out have contained only if not mostly new material barring everything before Eternity and maybe playing 'Angelica' but that's it. Considering they feel their finest moment was the crappy Alternative 4 I'm surprised they don't play anything off of it. From what I've seen their current set list is basically an abbreviated version of their Universal DVD that just came out. No thanks.

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: The Rant

Then you get a band like Anthrax who are stuck playing Among the Living constantly even though its followup was heavier and more sinister.

Um, what? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[RelentlessOblivion]

I sense fisticuffs

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: The Rant

I sense fisticuffs

Nope, just confused. I don't see how State of Euphoria could be viewed as "heavier and more sinister" (Anthrax don't even register on the sinister scale) than Among the Living. Either that or he meant to say Spreading the Disease's follow up, bit that still wouldn't make sense, as they play a shitload more off of Among the Living live than Spreading the Disease. When I saw them with Judas Priest, they played nearly the entire album. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[RelentlessOblivion]

To be honest I'm getting sick of Anthrax. I can barely even listen to them anymore. In my opinion they've aged by far the worst of the big four. Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, their early work holds up reasonably even after all this time but Anthrax's work just doesn't cut it for me. If they were opening for a band I wanted to see I'd probably try and be late to miss the Anthrax set.

[FatherAlabaster]

I think they're part of "The Big Four" because "The Big Three" didn't sound as cool to somebody. I did see them years ago on one of the weirdest lineups, though: Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, and The Misfits. They played at some tiny little club in Raleigh that shut down right afterwards. It was right after the first album they did with John Bush, and you know, it was actually a really good show. Come to think of it, I just realized the common thread there - Corpse without Barnes, Anthrax without Belladonna, and Misfits without Danzig. Heh. A real piece of metal history.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I'd have gone just to see The Misfits

[FatherAlabaster]

I left before The Misfits. They annoy me.

[NTNR]

Nope, just confused. I don't see how State of Euphoria could be viewed as "heavier and more sinister" (Anthrax don't even register on the sinister scale) than Among the Living. Either that or he meant to say Spreading the Disease's follow up, bit that still wouldn't make sense, as they play a shitload more off of Among the Living live than Spreading the Disease. When I saw them with Judas Priest, they played nearly the entire album. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

My mistake I was talking about Persistence of Time. I haven't bothered with State of Euphoria.

[BlutAusNerd]

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My mistake I was talking about Persistence of Time. I haven't bothered with State of Euphoria.

Persistence of Time is okay, but it's really dry and stale sounding. I think they were trying too hard to match the more progressive thrash outings of the late 80's like ...And Justice For All, but it just doesn't work that well with their sound. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[NTNR]

I think it worked perfectly. It really stands out as when they grew up both musically and lyrically.

[NTNR]

Where the hell is everyone today?

[FatherAlabaster]

The server seemed to be acting funny. I couldn't open threads for a bit. Today's rant will be about servers acting funny and blah blah blah. No, today's rant will be about playing guitar. I need to play more. It's a rant at myself. Have some more fucking discipline. Practice your songs. Write more stuff. Get your strings and picks and get your fucking amp retubed and play. Stop taking days off. Commit, you fucking twerp. You've been playing guitar for almost 21 years and you should be so much better than you are that it's not even funny. Put your beer down and go play, or you might as well sell your shit and be the worthless clown you act like half the time.

[RelentlessOblivion]

whoa, dude chill, untwist your panties, pick up your guitar and play instead of talking about playing fucking do it. My rant is about floyd rose bridges. I fucking hate them so much. At the best of times tuning them is a bitch. Restringing them is even worse. Right now though it's impossible to tune my ML because the Floyd Rose bridge is jammed, can't loosen the locks to tune the fucker which is annoying because it is WAY out of tune. Oh also fuck my picks they're shit. Especially shit when you need to play triplets with them as they just don't want to do them.

[FatherAlabaster]

I did play! It was good. I need to get back in shape to record this last song, doubly so if I'm getting a live band together. I need to start playing every day again. The new songs are challenging. If I'm always practiced, then I'm always ready, and I don't have to worry about re-learning stuff or shaking off the rust. I don't like tremolo bridges in general. I have a Kahler on one of my explorers but it's jammed too. I like my Steinberger bridge the best, even though it doesn't have individual saddles.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Dean use the Floyd Rose on almost every guitar they make. The only guitars they make without them are the Mustaine signature guitars. The Floyd Rose is probably good if you use a lot of whammy but I don't so it's just inconvenient for me.

[NTNR]

I feel the pain of you both. I should be brilliant on the guitar but I'm not. I don't practice as often as I should but at least I try to practice at least 4 days a week in not 7. I stopped messing with floyd roses' for about 8 years because they are such a pain in the ass. However the newest guitar I just got has one so I'm back to fighting with it the next time I string it. You can do so much more with them but stringing is a bitch. That and this one likes to go out of tune more than any guitar I've ever owned. Not happy about that.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I've been using my Les Paul almost exclusively as of late purely so I don't have to muck about with the Floyd Rose. Whilst I'm at it I want to put new pickups on my Dean Razorback so I'll have that done when I get the ML repaired.

[FatherAlabaster]

Make 'em real. Not EMGs. Bareknuckle, Gibson, and Duncan make awesome passive pickups. You'll be happy down the road when you get a bigger amp.

[BlutAusNerd]

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Make 'em real. Not EMGs. Bareknuckle' date=' Gibson, and Duncan make awesome passive pickups. You'll be happy down the road when you get a bigger amp.[/quote'] I love my Gibson pickups, they grab everything, huge, full, and heavy sound. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[deathstorm]

What about guitars with just a bridge pickup. Not without a neck pickup

[RelentlessOblivion]

I do like the pickups on my Les Paul, the Razorback has a Duncan Dimebucker / DMT DimeTime pickup combo it's just awful. Lifeless when playing clean and thin when playing with distortion I just hate it.

[FatherAlabaster]

What about guitars with just a bridge pickup. Not without a neck pickup

The only pickup I have in my Steinberger baritone (my main guitar) is the Gibson 498-T that came stock in the bridge position on my Explorer. My explorer used to be the main guitar and it has the Bareknuckle. The one in my steinberger is wired straight to the jack, no volume or tone knob. All just bridge position crunch. Meaty goodness. I'm all for it.

[Ghouly]

Thread seems to have derailed a bit (not that guitars aren't fascinating to discuss ) so I'll sum up my rant in two words: Genre Snobs!