http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g7kIvFbseWA

Heroes clip in Estonia.

lol @ ox's musical tastes.

On a different tip, Nine Inch Nails had a "leak" of about 400GB of HD footage from their tour (the one Shiny and I saw in Dallas, and then again in New Orleans). Trent's awesome.... whereas most labels would be suing and screaming and crying he's probably the source of the "leak".


http://www.nin.com

Haha, you think that's bad taste? I'm going to see Dragonforce in concert at the end of the month...

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=pceb2h9iKIk
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=VEESPSMxa ... re=related

Them guys sure know how to play guitars...and they're self-confessed nerds (cfr old-school video gaming in the second vid). It's fun.

The older I get, the less I feel the need to listen/watch the standard "waaargh we're all gonna die!" metal, I guess that's the angst ebbing away. Don't get me wrong, I know that most metal bands don't take themselves too seriously...but they rarely let that shine through in their music. So it amounts to the same. In a way, once you lost that rage that drove you on in the early days of your career your music needs to either evolve or stagnate. That's why 40-yr old punkers are usually pathetic (they lost their ideals because they grew up), why rappers tend to decline rapidly after their first two albums (they're no longer in the ghetto and filthy rich), etc.

That's also the reason why I respect Reznor a lot. I don't like everything he's ever done, by any measure. But he never seems to have compromised and just did what he felt he should do. I think he even did the backing vocals on a Tori Amos song or album. Tori Amos is pretty awesome but still...not what you'd expect from someone with Reznor's background, right? And it was his initiative, after hearing her CD and liking it a lot.

There are only a handful of artists I know that make music that, even after 20+ years, still seems to be heartfelt and 'true'.

EDIT: this is the video for the Amos song Trent sings backing/duet vocals on

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UKE9uPCdzyo

Weird, I didn't know Trent did backing vocals for that song. Not a big Tori Amos fan, but I've heard the song before.

I'm a big fan of skinny puppy...they've been around since the early 80s. But their sound has changed pretty drastically over the years.

Smothered Hope (early 80s)
Pro-test (2007)

There are few other bands that I like that've lasted more than 10 years.

One of my favorite artists of all time: Buck 65. But I wouldn't blame any of you if you think he sucks tho, he has a very peculiar style. He's more of a word artist than a musician really.

Blood of a young wolf (it's a slideshow of some crappy car, but the music quality is good)

pants on fire (quality isn't great but it's the only non-censured version of the song I can find on the tube)




Awesome

speaking of music ... does anyone know of any music similar to The Hives, or The Subways?

Have you tried Pandora? I've found a lot of good music via them.

http://www.pandora.com/

"We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S."

I'm on Last.fm. Works quite similarly to Pandora I believe.

poor Pandora. They were awesome, so the music industry killed them. Well, practically. Stupid royalty licensing rates.

One more Buck 65 - a little heavier and less obscure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO9ar-kjUbw

yea, that's not bad.

Along the same lines, how about some Rollins Band?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmHVYFuPrGg

"video not available in your country" I love Henry Rollins tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrd_jZJxkg

What's with all this being blocked? I blame the music industry again. Might as well, bunch of bastads. I thought the point of the internet was the lack of borders. Blah.

It started about a year ago...suddenly, all sorts of youtube vids became "forbidden to watch" because i didn't live in the 'right area', wherever the hell that may be. In this case the US.

Makes you want to leave society and technology behind, move to a barn in the country and start bombing university buildings and airliners, right?