The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[Ancient Astronaught]

I haven't listened to 'em yet, but I know they did a split with CONAN, so they're probably awesome.

Also, Bongripper's Hail Satan Worship Doom is great paper grading music. I can't grade to heavy stuff with vocals, because I pay too much attention. Bongripper, though, is perfect background music that keeps my spirits up when my students are disappointing the fuck out of me, haha.

The bass dude I've been jamming with had ALL of his amp gear stolen out of his car overnight. Way bummed. USA-made SVT Classic, Sunn 410 and Ampeg 1x15. Cops ain't doin shit, though I'm not surprised. Hopefully his insurance company will come through and he can get gearified again.

Damn dude that's gotta harsh your mellow.... I wish him the best! The 4x10 should be fairly easy to track down as they arent very common, the SVT stuff will be near impossible unless he has the serials.

[CaptainBoxman]

http://www.facebook.com/HeavyontheRide/ ... 385?ref=ts

Here's a band that I saw play randomly in Barnstaple in North Devon, when they come from Wales. I also met them again at Baroness in Bristol before the crash, and they were cool. Not strictly doom or sludge, but they have a cool groove.

[black mess]

This may sound like the rantings of an old man, and it is to some extent, but doesn't it bug you a little that doom/stoner/sludge and even drone music are so fucking overhyped and trendy these days?

I mean, it's great for the bands to reach a wider audience, but I feel like these kids today that think they're so cool because they posted a Dopesmoker video on facebook are missing the whole point of the music.

[Ancient Astronaught]

Everything is overhyped and trendy these days, as long as its good music i dun give 2 fawks.

[CaptainBoxman]

It can't be THAT overhyped and trendy because I'm one of the only people I know who even listens to it. I have to explain to each years set of housemates what I listen to, and they don't get it at all

[phantasmagorovich]

Everything is overhyped and trendy these days, as long as its good music i dun give 2 fawks.

This but also I have the feeling that people who complain about bands they like becoming too popular, overhyped or about someone not understanding the real meaning of the music are lying to themselves. I mean we all use music to distinguish ourselves from other people and it gets irritating when the ones you try to distinguish yourself from start using the very same music to distinguish themselves from some third party that you usually don't even care about enough to want to differ from them.
We usually don't know, but this works the other way too. We have all been this annoyance for someone a couple of years older than us. Or a couple of degrees hipper.

[Achtane]

THE MOST BRUTAL AND KVLT OF PIPE FITTINGS.

It can't be THAT overhyped and trendy because I'm one of the only people I know who even listens to it. I have to explain to each years set of housemates what I listen to, and they don't get it at all

Yeah, maybe overhyped in its own section of the music world, but you'll still be the only one listening to it. To most people it's still, "Is this shit even music? There's no beat!"

[live-i-evil]

Guys, I've always loved I<3Fuzz and the awesome community, and I am ever thankful for this life raft, Skip but we were so close to 2k pages. I'm not sure I'll be able to move on fully

[Abanoise]

I have to explain to each years set of housemates what I listen to, and they don't get it at all

That's exactly WHY I've decided to live with my drummer as flatmate.

[Ancient Astronaught]

Guys, I've always loved I<3Fuzz and the awesome community, and I am ever thankful for this life raft, Skip but we were so close to 2k pages. I'm not sure I'll be able to move on fully

It's okay my friend, the legacy will be there forever, stored in the memory of the HCFX archive.... But This! Now this IS the NEW LEGACY! From which we shall spawn a thread 5 times as long and ten times more informative! Now is the time to forge this new legacy! Join us brother and leave the past behind!

I kid I kid, I understand if you wish to stay there to see out 2k pages, but at least come check in with us every once in a while. We need more Dunwich owners / soon to be owners!

[CaptainBoxman]

I have to explain to each years set of housemates what I listen to, and they don't get it at all

That's exactly WHY I've decided to live with my drummer as flatmate.

Dude! I messaged you to let you know I sent the pedal, and you didn't message me back! Obviously it's not there yet, but I'm just checking in

[black mess]

I mean we all use music to distinguish ourselves from other people and it gets irritating when the ones you try to distinguish yourself from start using the very same music to distinguish themselves from some third party that you usually don't even care about enough to want to differ from them.
We usually don't know, but this works the other way too. We have all been this annoyance for someone a couple of years older than us. Or a couple of degrees hipper.

That is a very good and interesting point.

Shit, I'm old. Please go on without me, I have to change my diapers.

[t-rey]

Darren from Ancient warlocks uses a SF I believe, he runs an Ape Blaster into it and it sounds huge. I use two Earth amps which are a fender cloned circuit and run a pharaoh and some other stuff in front and I freaking love what comes out of those speakers!

I love me some Ancient Warlocks. D should join us over here.

I just live in a place with a very lacking music scene. There are like 5 clubs in the 3 whole surrounding counties that put on proper gigs but they only put on hardcore bands from a very cliquey scene, and all of the pubs/bars only put on blues bands.

I genuinely own one of the loudest rigs for about 100 miles, simply because no one else actually devotes themselves seriously to having good gear. It's awful, watching death metal and hardcore bands go up with 20 watt Marshall MG combos, and kids bopping around like it sounds good, because it DOESN'T. We're so cut off from anything REAL that no one seems to notice and THIS is why I can never start a real band and why my dreams are dying more each day.

How is it even possible to gig with an MG20? Do they mic everywhere, or are all the drummers geriatric old ladies?

I grew up in an incredibly small place, and it's not like Wilmington is an actual city full of culture and bands and things, so I feel your pain. Like I've said a ton of times, I don't have time for a band. More accurately, I suppose, I don't have the desire to make time for a band. So I enjoy making my own music. Frustrating and stale at times, but it still gives me a lot of satisfaction and enjoyment.

I haven't listened to 'em yet, but I know they did a split with CONAN, so they're probably awesome.

Also, Bongripper's Hail Satan Worship Doom is great paper grading music. I can't grade to heavy stuff with vocals, because I pay too much attention. Bongripper, though, is perfect background music that keeps my spirits up when my students are disappointing the fuck out of me, haha.

The bass dude I've been jamming with had ALL of his amp gear stolen out of his car overnight. Way bummed. USA-made SVT Classic, Sunn 410 and Ampeg 1x15. Cops ain't doin shit, though I'm not surprised. Hopefully his insurance company will come through and he can get gearified again.

Sucks about the gear. Fucking thieves.

And I'm right there with you on instrumental music. When I'm doing clinical notes at work or grading papers at home I will put on a lot of Earth or Bongripper or OM to help me zone out without focusing too much on the music. And on my more irresponsible days I put on Dopesmoker and attempt to get all of my work done before the song is over

[t-rey]

Guys, I've always loved I<3Fuzz and the awesome community, and I am ever thankful for this life raft, Skip but we were so close to 2k pages. I'm not sure I'll be able to move on fully

But the page numbering is all fucked. It is currently 4214 pages - looks like 10 posts per page instead of 20? 42,134 posts of epic doom and assorted nonsense. But if that's actually the case then we were past 2k pages, which didn't happen. Did it? Fuck, this is too much math for me.

[Holy Schnikes]

My Jazzy came in Wednesday. So good, head over heels for it.

I was initially worried about it being hella bright with that maple board and JM pickups but it sounds super FAT and gorgeous. The Custom Shop pickups DOMINATE the Antiquity IIs I had on my old Thurston Moore sig. The Antiquity set was so thin sounding and delivered those brittle ice pick highs I loathe. These, however, are fairly mellow and thick sounding while still retaining that trademark JM jangly sound.

Finish has very light "relic", kind of a worn in feel and look, neck feels great, and the body resonates like a mutha. Weighs in at 8.5lbs so it's a beefy fucker. Excellent all around and definitely a keeper!