http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/tuff/tuff1.jpg
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.dsk.zaq.ne.jp/glamglam/COVERL/TUFF01.jpg
Tuft
― freebird manjunya (zvookster), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
The album title referred to the clap, I assume.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:09 (fourteen years ago) link
someone turn that pic into THE HOUSE OF PAIN POLL
Not that whoever did those tattoos had the steadiest hand, from the looks of it, but I could swear that says "The House of Hair", which is almost hilarious.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
The House Of Hair Metal.
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I like dude's foresight to put Guns 'n' Roses right near his asscrack.
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Is The House of Pain his name for his back? He's pointing out how awesomely tuff he was to have endured all the PAIN of tattooing to become a human jean jacket, right? Or did he really get into Jump Around after his hair metal days?
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Or was their a metal The House of Pain before the hip hop House Of Pain?
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:19 (fourteen years ago) link
it's house of hair, ffs
― HIDEREggerian Philosophy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:27 (fourteen years ago) link
we need a poll to decide if its pain or hair
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://houseofhaironline.com/
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
if it's House of Hair, he's 23 and lives in Williamsburg and interns at Vice
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
was their a metal The House of Pain before the hip hop House Of Pain?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ntsBXdK88
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 01:44 (fourteen years ago) link
It is HOUSE OF HAIR i think!
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Definitely says hairhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/Ami4203/randyrhodesspelledwrongtattoo.jpg
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
So here's what I could make out:
The House Of Hair
LEFT SIDEJudas PriestWarrantAcceptRatt(logo unclear)AC/DCSkid RowDokkenWhite LionTora ToraPoisonJackylTwisted SisterKissW.A.S.P.Dangerous ToysDef LeppardDioScorpionsBritney Fox
RIGHT SIDEWhitesnakeMotley CrüeFirehouseTeslaHeaven's RageTuffSavatageIron Maiden(logo unclear)Black SabbathThe CultRandy Roads (sic)MegadethL.A. GunsTestamentQuiet RiotOzzy OsbourneBullet BoysMetallicaGreat WhiteGuns 'N' Roses(logo unclear)
I can't tell the two nearest his pits, not the one on the bottom right that appears to start "co". Sadly, I think I've heard at least one album by each of these bands.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I think the last one is Cinderella.
― PANZER DIVISION DEVO (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
if House of Hair ever runs into Eddie Van Halen at the beach, he's gonna have some explaining to do
― Brio, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
the bulletboys were the biggest doughnut pumpers on the planet...
― Ballistic, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 03:23 (fourteen years ago) link
xp I was assuming 'house of pain' was referring to the song of the same name by van halen, who are seriously conspicuous by their absence.
maybe his whole chest is covered in a ham-fisted facsimile of the 'fair warning' cover.
― m the g, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 09:24 (fourteen years ago) link
christ almighty I thought you guys would know your Ozzy Tribute album cover better:
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/randy-rhoads-tribute.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link
the one on his back does not look like an 'H'
― Pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost from other thread, not really so much bad writing but uninformed:
LOL-review of Immolation's Unholy Cult from the normally reliable AllMusic:
Immolation sounds like an opening band.
Had no idea "opening band" was a sound. Are there "openingbandcore" bands too?
If you go to a death metal show and endure three to five bands, Immolation might be the second or third band on the bill.
Wtf. This is ridic. The band had been around 20 years, and headlined several tours, both European and USA when this album came out -- in 1999, they headlined a show I attended. They're HEADLINING DEATHFEST 2010 NOW! The writer makes them sound like some mediocre struggling up and coming act that are lucky to have a record deal, rather than someone who has been on Roadrunner and Metal Blade! Not to mention what obscene amounts of money people were paying for "Dawn of Posession" on ebay after it went OOP.
Also, note the word sardonic use of the word "endure" as if watching death metal is a chore - furthering my belief that he isn't even a fan of the genre.
They've toured with some heavy hitters like Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under, but on their fifth album, Unholy Cult, they do nothing to raise themselves higher on the death metal totem pole.
This is a matter of opinion, but this is one of Immolation's more solid efforts, and it is not 'generic' by any means as the writer implies. Other than a few nods to Incantation (mostly the 'squeals'), Immolation have their own exotic sound that can easily be placed, and this album definitely 'differentiated' themselves from the pack, which is why it wound up on so many people's best of lists that year.
Ross Dolan's vocals are fine, but are not any more monstrous than your average death metal growler.
Lol. Whatever.
Musically, Immolation's songs have a sort of flat, relentless feel to them
Isn't being 'relentless' the point of a genre called "death metal"?
and, like Slayer, the leads seem tacked on in the middle of a song for no particular reason.
This is a far reaching comparison, not to mention that it isn't true. And if you were going to make that comparison, why focus on solely Slayer, since 'needless solos" are a staple of the genre.
The cover art for Unholy Cult is scary, but the music inside could be a little more evil.
Lol did an 11 year old write that last sentence for a book report?
― Ballistic, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 23:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Bill Chenevert of Philadelphia Weekly, you are fucking awful. Reproduced below is his capsule review for Mike Patton's Mondo Cane:
Sounds Like: The Faith No More alum sure can use his voice box. Here he sings mostly in Spanish and with a touch of kitsch, but totally authentic.
Free Association: His Eureka, Calif. roots really show here, rocking a chulo vibe.
For Fans Of: Mexico, camp, horns, Zappa, Mr. Bungle.
Not bothering to listen to the album is one thing- you have constraints on your time, I understand- but for fuck's sake, if you're going to fake it at least read a goddamn press release first or something.
― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Monday, 10 May 2010 01:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks for the new screen name!
― Mexico, camp, horns, Zappa, Mr. Bungle (Matos W.K.), Monday, 10 May 2010 01:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I haven't heard the album yet, so I'm not sure what is inaccurate about that. Does he not actually sing in Spanish? No horns?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 May 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
The Faith No More alum sure can use his voice box.
^ great point
― ksh, Monday, 10 May 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GOnu_mU1wU
― ksh, Monday, 10 May 2010 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Pretty sure it's all Italian pop songs
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 10 May 2010 02:19 (fourteen years ago) link
no wai
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 May 2010 03:03 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost to Matos- you have no idea how tempted I was to change mine to "rocking a chulo vibe." Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed
― a black white asian pine ghost who is fake (Telephone thing), Monday, 10 May 2010 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
So it is, and, yeah, then this is incredibly lazy journalism.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 May 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
lol, it's called fucking MONDO CANE, and here is the cover:
http://www.culturebully.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mike-patton-mondo-cane-cd-cover.jpg
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 May 2010 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
that's a dope cover
― J0rdan S., Monday, 10 May 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
agreed
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 May 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I had only heard the name of the album before now! Knew nothing about it, other than it was coming out.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 May 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean forgetting about whether the guy read a press release, what kind of cretin lives in a major east coast city, thinks "Il Cielo In Una Stanza" and "L'Uomo Che Non Sapeva Amare" are Spanish, and fancies himself a writer of any kind?
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 May 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
to be fair, the cover pointing directly at italy and highlighting the country in all white could be confusing if you thought italy was spain.
― women are a bunch of dudes (tipsy mothra), Monday, 10 May 2010 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Or baja california.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 May 2010 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
dude was clearly referencing this imo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies
― is it really that hard to spot all these fake british dudes? (velko), Monday, 10 May 2010 04:04 (fourteen years ago) link
http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mondo-cane-sountrack-vinyl-lp.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 10 May 2010 08:11 (fourteen years ago) link
that mondo cane soundtrack album has a spectacular cover.
― by another name (amateurist), Monday, 10 May 2010 10:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes. Yes it is. Capt. Obvious graces with a stunning revelation.
― ImprovSpirit, Monday, 10 May 2010 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahah that review is hilarious, someone should write in about that
― sir gaga (s1ocki), Monday, 10 May 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
this 9-year-old essay (by pioneering internet poet/narcissist/literary critic Dan Schneider) about how Jewel and Alanis Morrissette are better lyricists than Joni Mitchell and Patti Smith has long held a special place in my heart as one of the most irritating pieces of writing I've ever read:
OK- pop quiz: you are reading this essay in 2027. What do these names mean to you? Brandy, Pink, Shakira, Blu Cantrell, Nelly Furtado, Faith Evans, Aaliyah. If you guessed millennial names of types of liquor- WRONG! These are names of some of the hottest soul/black music pop babes of 2002. All of them are sexy & severe lookers, although little talent could be ascribed to them. Most are critically panned. Round 2: How about these names? Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Britney Spears, Willa Ford, Jessica Simpson. If your 1st thought was ‘porno stars’ you are not that far off. These are the cute white versions of the aforementioned- all blond, all as talentless (or more so than their dusky counterparts), & all under 21 at the start of their careers. In order this is what they are noted for: CA’s the most talented but anorexic; MM’s cute & sweet; BS’s the biggest star & a virgin (chuckle); WF’s a dumb slut, & (for emphasis) a slut; & JS’s also a virgin who wishes she were BS. To be fair, JS is actually a very good- & healthy-looking babe & the only one who projects a non-binge & purge appearance- whether she or the others have talent- well…. In truth neither group is likely to be recalled in a quarter century. Already, some of the hottest female stars from the 1990s have sunk slowly out of sight. Where have Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Trynin, Natalie Merchant, Tracy Bonham, Joan Osbourne, Lisa Loeb, Gwen Stefani, Chantal Kreviazuk, Courtney Love, Sinéad O’Connor, Fiona Apple, Jennifer Paige, Björk, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Michelle Branch, Natalie Imbruglia, Shawn Colvin, or that Lilith Queen Sarah McLachlan been lately? (Not to mention crossover country/pop divas Shania Twain & Faith Hill?) Chances are none of these names will mean much to you either- in 2027, especially. Only FA might survive- but as a jazz singer. But there are 2 oddly named female pop stars from the 1990s that are my bet to last- artistically & namewise- to 2027 & beyond. They are the Canadian brunet bombshell Alanis Morissette & the Alaskan blond burbler Jewel Kilcher.
Already, some of the hottest female stars from the 1990s have sunk slowly out of sight. Where have Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Trynin, Natalie Merchant, Tracy Bonham, Joan Osbourne, Lisa Loeb, Gwen Stefani, Chantal Kreviazuk, Courtney Love, Sinéad O’Connor, Fiona Apple, Jennifer Paige, Björk, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Michelle Branch, Natalie Imbruglia, Shawn Colvin, or that Lilith Queen Sarah McLachlan been lately? (Not to mention crossover country/pop divas Shania Twain & Faith Hill?) Chances are none of these names will mean much to you either- in 2027, especially. Only FA might survive- but as a jazz singer. But there are 2 oddly named female pop stars from the 1990s that are my bet to last- artistically & namewise- to 2027 & beyond. They are the Canadian brunet bombshell Alanis Morissette & the Alaskan blond burbler Jewel Kilcher.
Before I get to demolishing the myth of the superior & ‘more relevant’ lyrics of the older duo, let me state- there are things I like about PS & JM- & their music. It simply is not superior (to a discerning ear) to anything AM or JK have achieved at this stage in their careers- not to mention the music of a # of the other 90s pop babes mentioned earlier. In fact, the younger duo’s songs are the equal or superior to the older duo’s- both at similar stages of their careers & overall. Another caveat- I will analyze just the song lyrics (I am an expert with words)- I’ve not the desire nor will too argue the more nebulous & almost totally subjective debate over excellence of the music- or not.
Music critics are notoriously bad- rivaling even poetry critics in their uselessness- although, music- really- could do without critics far more than poetry. Poetry’s critics suck ass to an Academic & Outsider elite who represent a very marginalized core. Music critics have almost ZERO effect on honorifics, & even less on sales. Perhaps the only arts where criticism has a relevance is the visual arts- both painting, & especially film- which (surprise, surprise) is the easiest (for its accessibility) of the arts to criticize. But music- people like what they like & don’t give a damn that the critics stroke themselves over the awful alternadronings of an Ani DiFranco or Björk. Even the lay ear knows bad when it hears it- in fact, most music critics are so out of touch with the masses that they cannot face the fact that the reason most ‘alternative’ music acts do not get airplay (even admitting that various forms of payola still exist) nor become million-sellers, is that their music plain old sucks! Despite how the critics rave about it!
. Over & again, I maintain that all of the so-called excellence & ‘Golden Age’ of female musicianship of the 60s is merely the predictable product of a generational need to justify its place in history. Just as Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation of WW2 MUST BE greater than the slaggards from the 60s Free Love Generation, so does that generation stake its claim by overinflating its (especially female) musicians’ relevance & excellence vis-à-vis the 90s-00s generation of songstresses. This is due to the relative paucity of feminine influence on rock-n-roll (& pop) music in general, no doubt.
there are so many things to hate about this guy's writing, from his seedy objectification of popstars ("Jessica Simpson is actually a very good- & healthy-looking babe & the only one who projects a non-binge & purge appearance"...blech) in a work that purports to be scholarly and objective, to the hypocrisy of railing against the worship of baby boomers while failing to take new artists seriously if they don't pander to baby boomer tastes or pass an imaginary test of time (Fiona Apple as a jazz singer in 2027? prescient!), to his beef with strawman "PC elitists", to his treatment of "female musicians" as a separate breed fit only to be compared to other female musicians, to his snide blanket statements about other music critics, to his use of initials in place of the musicians' actual names, to his insistence on the primacy of lyrical analysis over musical analysis and his failure to realize that as a poetry critic he isn't likely to be an expert at either. even when he says something level-headed (he has a point — though it's hardly an original one — about the pervasiveness of elder worship) he generally crawls up his own ass within a few sentences. but really, the whole thing just has to be read in its 8,700-word, initial-packed glory to be appreciated for the classic badness that it is.
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
oops, link here:
http://www.cosmoetica.com/B41-DES20.htm
"their dusky counterparts"
― goole, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Regardless of quality AM, doubtless, has the most powerful voice in the quartet. So much so that it may be worth comparing her to black pop divas/screechers Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey, rather than the 3 others.
"black pop diva/screecher Mariah Carey"
― gtforia estfufan (unregistered), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
lolling that the current household names out of that list are Pink, Xtina, Britney and Shakira
ppl still know Jewel and Alanis but they are not really musical vanguards anymore
JSimp still being around but not as a musician is also lol
had Jewel released "Fat Boy" by the time he wrote this?
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link