rabidtictac wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:39 am
Oh, you mean the Guitar Hero band?
They were a literal meme band. At best they were a novelty when that song came out, but when every single damn song sounded the same because they were playing too fast all the time they got stale very quick. Though really, playing Power Metal at an obnoxious speed is how they got popular in the first place so without it they would be Generic Euro Power Metal Band 102894.
veris leta facies wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:49 pm
Right-o. I've been playing guitar longer than I can remember and played +100 gigs with several different bands. Many kinds of music, started with black and death metal, then thrash metal, then hard rock, then more bluesy rock and finally prog rock, the development has been more and more towards softer stuff (aging and declining testosterone level?).
Yeah, I'm getting into more proggy stuff lately too. It's not so much that I don't care for faster thrash since I still love it and all, but the older you get the more you get into more experimental stuff.
I kinda knew this would happen though, when I was at a Maiden concert 7 years ago some older guys in bands in their 30s joked "you doing Jazz Fusion too", "Yep". Alex Skolnick did that Jazz trio thing when he left Testament and Dave Lombardo got trained in Jazz drumming, can any of you guys confirm if that is a thing for ageing metal musicians who didn't make it too?
The tracks that have had the biggest impact on my playing during the years are Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn, Eric Johnson's Cliffs Of Dover and Paul Gilbert's Technical Difficulties. Also special mention to Megadeth's Rust in Peace album, a real gem of a metal guitaring fest, love that Effelson's bass tone, riffing in Holy Wars, Friedman's solo in Tornado of Souls <3.
DHI continues to have brilliant taste, especially the bolded part which is the best album of all time.