lots of amusing search results here for it.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
I thought that was Triad? or Chestnut Mare? Byrds have a few Student Demonstration Times.
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
"mind gardens" seems to be the most universally hated.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
Dude wrote Ladyfriend. That's a Mike Love disqualifier in my book.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
Steve Perry was surely the Mike Love of Journey, though putting Neal Schon at the same rank as Brian Wilson is making my brain laugh.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
it's hard to think of three people who - after their initial stardom - made more records that you don't need to own than the members of cream. and believe you me i've heard a LOT of stuff that jack bruce is on. and you pretty much don't need any of it. if it weren't for that one masters of reality album (which i adore) i wouldn't have any ginger baker in my record collection.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:33 (ten years ago) link
wtf, "Triad" is like the 2nd best Byrds song
I want to second Stills; notice you don't see Stills & Nash solo records. Eat a peach, asshole.
― Euler, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
Cream is the band whose rep has dropped the highest in the entire histoire de rock, selon moi.
I have all three West, Bruce & Laing albums in my iPod right now. But I'm insane.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
Jack Bruce's first two or three solo records are pretty decent, certainly far better than any non-Dominos Crapton thing.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
People, people, the first Jack Bruce solo album, Songs For A Tailor, the tailor being Jeannie Franklyn who, along with Martin Lamble, died when the Fairport Convention tour bus crashed, is actually a good album.(xp)
― Pentatonic's Rendezvous Band (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Richard Thompson - Bruce - Baker would be a fun band, come to think of it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
you can live a very happy and wonderful life without owning a jack bruce solo album. man, i even tried to like all those kip hanrahan albums he is on. blah....
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
clapton is easy: yardbirds stuff, disraeli gears, layla, blind faith. voila, you are done.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
I like the title track from Frank Zappa's Apostrophe that Jack Bruce plays on
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
and to be honest you can get away without owning clapton yardbirds stuff. they were way better after he left.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
and if there was a great audiophile-quality 12 inch of "can't find my home" you could do without blind faith too.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
disraeli gears is solid though. and it has sunshine of your love which was their only undeniably great song. not like you ever need to hear it again, but just in case...
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
Gene Simmons is obviously the king of fairly talentless business-minded asshole bass players
many xpps
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
who also doesn't describe himself as a "musician" iirc
yeah, definitely otm re:Simmons. Tricky thing there is that Kiss is full of a-holes and there's no one regarded as the visionary or the the "soul" of the group.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
Gene is irrefutably a raging asshole, but he's not the business meister he asserts that he is (according to Paul Stanley's new memoir) and he CAN play capably. Peter Criss, however, is a crap musician and dragged proceedings down to a standstill.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
Greg Ginn, esp of late
― MaresNest, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
ding! ding! ding!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Anthony Kiedis
― badg, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
the "untalented" rap Mike Love has
i don't like him much as a human being either, but dude could sing, and wrote some damn good lyrics too.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Tricky thing about this is some of these guys are the creative forces behind their band. Ginn is a monumental a-hole, but is really a Mike Love if he's the guy who set the artistic vision for his legendary group?
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:32 (ten years ago) link
Props on the businessman thing, though; Ginn's rep as a thief is legendary.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
xposts i guess triad just creeps me out because it's david crosby trying to talk you into a 3-way
― brio, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
or the the "soul" of the group.
^closest thing is Ace
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, after posting that I realized I actually had no idea if one of the Kiss dudes was regarded as the spirit of the band, in the same way Keith is in the Stones.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
The way the Go-Go's got rid of Kathy Valentine makes them all seem like Mike Love.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
i guess triad just creeps me out because it's david crosby trying to talk you into a 3-way
― brio,
what he did to Nash and Stills in '76 and '82?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
A lesser known one of these is Derek Shulman in Gentle Giant. Wasn't the creative force, apparently called the shots, ended up an A&R guy - say no more.
― めんどくさい (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
Bun E. Carlos, apparently.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:59 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Seriously? I thought Cheap Trick were chill dudes.
― brio, Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:00 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I did too, but http://www.rttnews.com/2183231/cheap-trick-countersue-bun-e-carlos.aspx
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:02 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
CT ousting Bun and putting Rick Nielsen's kid on drums Eddie Van Halen-style makes me think of Nielsen as the villain of the situation, unless something has come to light about the reason for the band's beef with Bun that i haven't heard
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Birdman was the bad guy of Big Tymers
― nova, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
tommy hall from 13th floor elevators owns this thread, i think. he turned roky on to heavy drugs, and now he's a hippie racist living in an SRO.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
and by all accounts he was a creep with delusions of grandeur.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
how the hell are Glenn Frey and/or Henley not the first names on this list
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
b/c everyone in the eagles was the bad guy in the band?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Bob Markley from The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band? If we're talking creeps with delusions of grandeur, which admittedly describes about 95% of musicians.
― めんどくさい (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Being from Cheap Trick's hometown, I try to follow these kind of things. As far as I can tell, the other members of Cheap Trick realized they could pay a young guy replacing Bun E. Carlos a lot less, so that's exactly what they did.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
Also Bun E. Carlos may have sued his bandmates, at no point in the band's history did that that guy call the shots.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
lol at the related stories on the Cheap Trick upthread
Neal Schon Says Steve Perry Wanted Journey To 'Sit Still And Not Do Anything'Gene Simmons Calls Peter Criss And Ace Frehley 'Losers'KISS Sued By Eric Carr's Family'Seinfeld' Actor John Pinette Dead At 50Aerosmith Drummer Says Axl Rose Is Holding GNR Fans 'Hostage'Ginger Baker Says The Rolling Stones And The Who Are Bad MusiciansAce Frehley Responds To Gene SimmonsAce Frehley Criticizes Paul Stanley's Hall Of Fame Induction Speech
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
supposedly the saxophone player california raisin was a real prick
― Quinoa Phoenix (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Thursday, May 22, 2014 4:41 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
tbf, Daxx had done a fair amount of session playing prior to joining Trick.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
I had no idea Bun had been ousted from CT. Does that mean ZZ Top is the longest-lasting major rock band with its original lineup intact?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
Cheap Trick replaced Tom Petersson back in the 80s iirc
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
According to ZZ Top's website, yes.
― intheblanks, Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
i vote for mel lyman. he made everyone in the jug band do weird shit. and he started a cult. proximity to musical jugs in the 60's was just a bad idea apparently.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/moxievision/mel.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link