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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:	HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
Notice:	Rules-2.,Directory-7.,Roster-3.,Garbage-99.
Moderator:	BUSY::SLABB

Created:	Wed May 04 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1238
Total number of notes:	65616

1212.0. "Darlahood" by WONDER::REILLY (Sean Reilly, Alpha Servers, DTN 223-4375) Fri Feb 07 1997 09:09

    
    Nobody notes in MUSIC anymore, so I'm putting this here.  Any
    metalheads looking for honest, hard-working,  rock should
    check out this album.
    
    This may be the best album I've bought in the 90's (probably
    that nod still goes to Soulhat's "Good To Be Gone," but this
    is a much more down-to-earth effort, so not really comparable).
    
    "Big Fine Thing", their debut, is top notch rock and roll.  I mean
    old Stones, early Aerosmith kind of good.  Like what The Black Crowes
    *wish* they could make.  At times it gets a good sonic blues stomp rock 
    deal going, but it never strays into cliche's.  The hooks are they key 
    here, riffs that don't go in one ear and out the other, ones that stay 
    with you.
    
    Plus, the slower tunes don't get syrupy lame like recent 'Smith and
    Crowes ballads.  You can tell the writer put some time into the lyrics.
    
    I think "Grow Your Own" was the first single played, with "Sister
    Dementia" scheduled next.
    
    - Sean

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1212.1		ABACUS::FORTIN_C	New England Patriots, AFC Champs!	`Fri Feb 07 1997 09:20`	13
	>>>>>>>>>old Stones Like "Come On", "It's All Over Now" or "Not Fade Away" kind of old? If they sound like the Stones, they gotta be good! CF
1212.2		WONDER::REILLY	Sean Reilly, Alpha Servers, DTN 223-4375	`Fri Feb 07 1997 09:27`	5
	Okay, not that "old" Stones, let's call it after the covers, but before "Sucking in The 70's"... :^)
1212.3		BUSY::SLAB	DILLIGAF	`Fri Feb 07 1997 10:18`	8
	I think I've heard "Grow Your Own", and as far as I remember I liked it. RE: Stones I guess "Emotional Rescue" is out of the question, eh?
1212.4	Certainly not "Let it Bleed"	ABACUS::FORTIN_C	New England Patriots, AFC Champs!	`Fri Feb 07 1997 10:22`	13
	>>>>>>>>Emotional Rescue You could definatly argue that this is not one of their better efforts, although I always liked "She's So Cold" Maybe I'll have to pick this one up? CF
1212.5	To buy or not to buy.	POLAR::TYSICK	PACKERS RULE!!!	`Fri Feb 07 1997 11:46`	7
	I'm waiting for the standard two song justification. If "Sister Dementia" (sp?) is cool, I'll pick it up. "Grow your own" is a great tune! Although when I first heard it, I thought it was Corrosion of Conformity...I was surprised to hear it was Darlahood. J
1212.6		WONDER::REILLY	Sean Reilly, Alpha Servers, DTN 223-4375	`Fri Feb 07 1997 12:37`	13
	"Grow Your Own" is actually not even one of the best tunes, imo. "Sister Dimentia" is what I'd call a good slower song. The title cut is pretty decent, reminding me of some of the heavier stuff Urge Overkill did. "99% Bulletproof" is a full blown stomper, but with great melodies - it reminds me a lot of Raging Slab's DMBC CD. "I Got Pictures" is rowdy jangler that I happen to like humming to myself all day. That song leads into a chunky jam called "RSVP" that is great at high volumes. - Sean
1212.7		BUSY::SLAB	Do you wanna bang heads with me?	`Fri Feb 07 1997 13:14`	7
	Well, as long as I don't forget to buy it AGAIN, I should have it tonight. I want to pick up the new Offspring album also, since I'll be there anyways.
1212.8		BUSY::SLAB	Go Go Gophers watch them go go go!	`Mon Feb 17 1997 12:12`	11
	Well, I did buy it the week before last, and have heard it twice through so far ... all I can say so far is "Eh". It's not too bad, but it's no mind-blower. The 1st 2 songs had some major Masters of Reality overtones, more than Raging Slab, I thought. But there was some RS similarity in some of this stuff ... it's got a southern sound to it. I'll give it another listen, definitely.