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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: Hellacopters |
| Date | Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:30:41 -0700 |
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Saw the 'copters a few years ago when they came through Montana with the Nomads.
The Hellacopters were all really nice kids, yeah. The bass player was totally
into music via his dad. When they played I thought it was like Aerosmith, or
those southern bands you mentioned. It was fun to watch, but it's not my kind of
music at all. I have a few singles but I've passed on the albums.
RS
Road Angel wrote:
> >
> >
> >>They definitely look like a bunch of metalheads, but the
> >>Hellacopters are a garage-punk band ... and an awfully good one. Their songs
> >>are short and to the point, and they eschew the endless guitar solos of
> >>metal bands. Their musical precursors are the MC5 and the Dictators rather
> >>than Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This is MORE like it, Greg! :-) my fetish for 70's hard rock is
> >well-known for 6/7 years on this list occasionally.......and moving from
> >Starz to the best fricking rock band in the world, The Hellacopters is only
> >going to elicit warm smiles.
> >
> I keep seeing the usual list of influences - MC5 and KISS seem obvious
> enough after repeated listenings to HIGH VISIBILITY. But I seem to be
> the only one hearing the suggestion of Southern Rock. I swear, in places
> it's like 1978 and I'm listening to Skynrd, Blackfoot, and Molly
> Hatchet. But I've never seen any "official" reference to this genre by
> the band or those writing about them.
>
> Is it just me?
>
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> ...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the
> lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
> strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
> behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
> kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
> and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
> from your heart.
>
> - John Millington Synge
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