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a guy in a rover |
Posted - 08/18/2006 : 09:24:30 Anyone going this year?
I had no intention of going to Leeds until last night, after a few beers, I was goaded in to going. Whilst pissed, I logged on to ebay and bid for a ticket. Waking up with a sore head, I checked my email to find that my bid of £150 had been successfull and that I had paid for it via paypal the previous night. When sober, I checked the line up to see that 99% of the bands that are going are shite. I also discovered that the person I bought it off has had zilch feedback to go off and isn't responding to my emails. Is anyone else going? If so what bands are you looking forward to/would you recommend? There are plus sides of course, a weekend getting trashed with my mates, the oppurtunity to throw bottles of piss at Pearl Jam... Thats provided the ticket arrives of course.
Kiss my ring...I am the greatest
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a guy in a rover |
Posted - 09/02/2006 : 08:26:27 Had an awesome time but I cant be arsed relaying all my anecdotes/favourite groups etc. Muse were amazing and I got battered during Eagles of Death Metal but still managed to get my hands on a setlist.
Kiss my ring...I am the greatest
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zub_the_goat |
Posted - 09/01/2006 : 04:52:15 Id kind of hoped theyd accidentally packed the pixies away with the stage, so when they put it back up the pixies would be all ready to play again |
Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/01/2006 : 04:50:39 Yeah shame they can't play there every year.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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zub_the_goat |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 14:40:44 Glad you had fun homers, one year ago since the pixies! |
Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 09:27:51 Yeah he must have been injured.
Either that or he was having a wank.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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bishk99 |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 05:23:25 He usually plays using the traditional Grip as opposed to the matched Grip, but this time his left hand was resting between his legs. I caught it on TV a couple of days ago and he only uses it on a couple of occasions for some very light ghosting.
Perhaps it was due to an injury, but it was cool none the less.
-Bish
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Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 05:00:42 Are you sure it wasn't just how it looked due to his style? He plays like a jazz drummer, as that is his background.
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bishk99 |
Posted - 08/31/2006 : 04:46:21 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs where great!
Did anyone else notice that Brian Chase played with only one hand throughout their entire set?
-Bish
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Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 13:19:05 quote: Originally posted by ScottP
quote: Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
I stayed for the first two songs of Body Count - great intro, ski masks and big time stage presence. Sadly they aren't exactly astounding musicians...
Cool. Thanks for the review.
Sounds like the same guys that played on the record. Beatmaster V has this 1.5 second delay in his brain and sometimes it sounds like he's listening to a whole nuther song when he's playing. Hee!
With metal it has to be precise or it's not as intimidating sounding and that's the whole point. It should be, "Fear my scary, glistening, uber-engineered, hypersonic killing machine!! There is no escape and death will be swift and certain!!"
With sloppy metal, it's like about as scary as getting chased by a bunch of third graders with squirt guns, y'know? It's like, "AHHHHH, OK OK guys, you got me..."
Thank you for putting into words what I so often struggle to.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
billgoodman |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 12:13:22 Yeah Yeah Yeah's were good this summer Twillight Singers were ''so-so'' but Mark Lanegan did add much
btw, the line-up seems to be quite good
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ScottP |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 11:04:58 quote: Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
I stayed for the first two songs of Body Count - great intro, ski masks and big time stage presence. Sadly they aren't exactly astounding musicians...
Cool. Thanks for the review.
Sounds like the same guys that played on the record. Beatmaster V has this 1.5 second delay in his brain and sometimes it sounds like he's listening to a whole nuther song when he's playing. Hee!
With metal it has to be precise or it's not as intimidating sounding and that's the whole point. It should be, "Fear my scary, glistening, uber-engineered, hypersonic killing machine!! There is no escape and death will be swift and certain!!"
With sloppy metal, it's like about as scary as getting chased by a bunch of third graders with squirt guns, y'know? It's like, "AHHHHH, OK OK guys, you got me..."
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Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 10:04:44 I stayed for the first two songs of Body Count - great intro, ski masks and big time stage presence. Sadly they aren't exactly astounding musicians, so I left for better things. There was a stage invasion by a pantomime horse which pissed Ice T off which I'd liked to have seen.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
ScottP |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 07:27:38 Any Body Count reviews?
I have the banned Cop Killer CD and I think of it as more of a comedy record than anything. It's funny to hear black guys try to pull off metal. Almost as funny as white guys trying to pull off gangsta anything. |
Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/30/2006 : 05:28:50 My festival highlights:
Eagles Of Death Metal (or the Jesse The Devil Hughes Thigh & Ass show as it should be known) Be Your Own Pet Wolfmother Coheed & Cambria - not a huge fan of their stuff, but they are without a doubt awesome musicians Karen O crying while singing Maps Gypsy punk silliness & jumping around for Gorgol Bordello - craziest I saw the crowd go for anyone the whole weekend TV On The Radio - unexpected surprise as to how good they are The Twilight Singers - another surprise highlight, I'd only gone to see Mark Lanegan oh and rather obviously and quite predictably Slayer & Mastodon - good to see some proper heaviness on the main stage instead of the standard lite fodder it's been for a while now.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 09:18:26 Yeah I saw that at a newsagents there. I was pleasantly surprised to see her on the front. She's a fucking nutter, but I love her for it.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carl |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 07:00:00 There was a picture of Karen O at Reading with a weird mask over her eyes on the cover of last week's The Sunday Times.
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Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 05:18:28 [quote]Originally posted by Carl
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Pixies vs Kasabian was a particular killer last year [quote]
Was it? Not for me, that's for sure.
[quote] They are urging people to report anti-social behaviour and have warned that anyone starting bonfires, throwing missiles, or putting aerosols or gas canisters on fires will be ejected and banned from all future Mean Fiddler events, including Glastonbury. [quote]
I heard about this, but they certainly didn't enforce it.
[quote] Events are set to include a DIY Disco running from 11pm to 3am where campers can DJ for half an hour.[quote]
Not sure where this was supposed to be. Unless it was just at Leeds.
Anywho, I had an amzaing time again.
Highlights were:
Gogol Bordello (one of the top 5 festival performances I have ever seen - absolutely fantastic, they went down a storm) Broken Social Scene Archie Bronson Outfit Muse - What I saw of them Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Automatic - If only for their cover of Gold Digger Dresden Dolls Peaches The Long Blondes Be Your Own Pet Tapes n Tapes
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floop |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 11:38:59 quote: Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Giant Drag

they're from orange county. long live the OC |
Carl |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 11:34:43 http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/article.cfm?articleid=2947
Reading And Leeds Stage Times
23 August 2006
You can start planning your Carling Weekend now thanks to organisers publishing stage running orders early. Just don't start planning any riots - because they're going to come down hard...
Click here for all the stage running times at both the Leeds and Reading Festivals, which take place this weekend (25-27 August).
The Carling Weekend is renowned for the dreaded 'band clash' syndrome, where you're often forced to agonise over your two favourite bands - Pixies vs Kasabian was a particular killer last year - so best get planning now.
Organisers Mean Fiddler have also issued a warning to potential trouble makers, following last year's riots at Leeds.
They are urging people to report anti-social behaviour and have warned that anyone starting bonfires, throwing missiles, or putting aerosols or gas canisters on fires will be ejected and banned from all future Mean Fiddler events, including Glastonbury.
There will be more camping staff and, in a further bid to prevent a reoccurance of trouble, Leeds will see more after-hours entertainment than ever.
Events are set to include a DIY Disco running from 11pm to 3am where campers can DJ for half an hour.

leeds promo 01 August 2002 |
ScottP |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 17:01:55 Don't you hear the guns You stupid dumb Dick-sucking bum Politicians?
Body Count's in the house...muthafukkaaaaaazzzzzz |
a guy in a rover |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 16:20:44 Right Im off in the morning so I wont be around here for a few days. If you haven't heard from me for a week, I've probably died of alcohol poisoning. Tatty bye.
Kiss my ring...I am the greatest
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Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 10:09:50 Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count. (YEAH MUTHA FUCKAAAAAA!) Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count, nigga!
Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count.
Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Body Body Count. Body Count, Body Count. Body Count, Body Count.
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Awwwwwwwwww shit Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count.
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On the bass I got my main muthafucka called Mooseman. Layin' the rhythm tracks I got the one and only infamous D-Roc. On the drums I got the one and only Beatmaster V muthafucka. On lead guitars I got my nigga Ernie C. And I'm Ice Mother Fuckin' T, bitch.
Come on come on, make some noise. Yeah, goddamn it. Come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on.
Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count.
Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count. Body Count's in the house, Body Count.
Uh! Yeah! Uh!
Come on! Yeah! Make some noise!
BC, BC BC.
Body Count, muthafuckas! Body Count's in the house, Body Count.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carl |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 07:43:14 Bodycount are playing? All right, heh heh!
"Bodycounts in da house!"
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Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/22/2006 : 05:43:43 For what it's worth these are the bands I'll be watching (or trying to)
Mastodon Slayer Yeah Yeah Yeahs Muse Wolfmother Dresden Dolls Forward Russia Hope Of The States Peaches Gorgol Bordello Coheed & Cambria Be Your Own Pet Twilight Singers (Mark Lanegan is appearing with them) Eagles Of Death Metal Get Cape Wear Cape Fly 2ManyDJs Nouvelle Vague TV On The Radio Sick Of It All Thursday Bodycount Municipal Waste Send More Paramedics
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
Carl |
Posted - 08/21/2006 : 10:29:53 Well, y'know...
*hides*
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Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/21/2006 : 10:28:44 Leeds are in The Championship.
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Carl |
Posted - 08/21/2006 : 10:20:32 This should be in the Premiership Discussion thread.
;)
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Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/21/2006 : 05:13:10 And to think, you could have finally met me.
Guy, make sure you don't get on camera then. You never know who may be watching.
The weather is not looking too clever.
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PixieSteve |
Posted - 08/19/2006 : 12:21:09 damn, i'm feeling a bit sad for not going to reading this year now :(
FAST_MAN  RAIDER_MAN - June 19th |
a guy in a rover |
Posted - 08/19/2006 : 11:37:34 My ticket arrived this morning and the excitement is beginning to build. Just heard the Spinto band are going to be there who I wouldnt mind seeing again. Now all I have to do is figure out where Im going to get my spending money from and pretend that I've been struck down with some mystery illness so I cant come into work (and then probably get fired).
Kiss my ring...I am the greatest
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Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/19/2006 : 02:09:29 quote: Originally posted by starmekitten
The year I went to Leeds they tipped over the portaloos and set fire to them. It was literally a sea of flaming shit at the bottom of the hill.
Brilliant.
Go see Gogol Bordello for absolute sure though. I'm jealous, they are bonkers.
Despite going for the past four or five years now I've managed to somehow avoid all the rioting/flaming shit/rape/pillaging
And yes Gogol Bordello is a must on my rather short list of bands that I care about seeing at Leeds
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/18/2006 : 15:41:45 Yeah I am really looking forward to seeing them. One of the few times I will be able to do my silly Russian folk dance.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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starmekitten |
Posted - 08/18/2006 : 14:51:38 The year I went to Leeds they tipped over the portaloos and set fire to them. It was literally a sea of flaming shit at the bottom of the hill.
Brilliant.
Go see Gogol Bordello for absolute sure though. I'm jealous, they are bonkers. |
Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/18/2006 : 14:47:17 quote: Originally posted by a guy in a rover
Btw, why is there always rioting at Leeds, but not Reading?
Kiss my ring...I am the greatest
Because I'll be there.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
Carl |
Posted - 08/18/2006 : 11:41:14 Indie rock babes...mmmmmm......
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