Music Appreciation

[zeppelincajun]

While I do think Layne Staley was good, Cornell is considerably better. Staley was good for a grunge/alternative singer (yes, I know about the chill stuff on Jar of Flies), but he had nowhere close to the talent, range, or versatility of Chris Cornell. Layne sang songs, Chris Cornell could make you feel the songs.


https://youtu.be/IuUDRU9-HRk?si=VdNjjNj2x89TMYZW

Soundgarden is one of my big regrets not seeing. Had multiple chances too. Houston with Nine Inch Nails being the biggest one. No idea what I was thinking.

I always thought AiC got their money’s worth from whoever was marketing them. They somehow managed to get shoehorned in to the grunge movement and resulting boom despite sounding like pure metal. Particularly on Facelift. Dirt had some more grunge leanings.

https://youtu.be/GUua_KpD4CI?si=5hGFXeZy6z9NNO00

[CajunJack55]

Soundgarden is one of my big regrets not seeing. Had multiple chances too. Houston with Nine Inch Nails being the biggest one. No idea what I was thinking.

I always thought AiC got their money’s worth from whoever was marketing them. They somehow managed to get shoehorned in to the grunge movement and resulting boom despite sounding like pure metal. Particularly on Facelift. Dirt had some more grunge leanings.

https://youtu.be/GUua_KpD4CI?si=5hGFXeZy6z9NNO00

Saw soundgarden at Voodoo in 2011 he sounded fantastic

Saw NIN in Houston in 2008, great show as well.

[Turbine]

What no one knows is that I was a guitar tech for Led Zepplin in 1973. First gig out of high school...



And girls at The Keg believed me....

LOL

"Ladies Oh Ladies" has he got a tale to tell.

[jcstewart]

Soundgarden is one of my big regrets not seeing. Had multiple chances too. Houston with Nine Inch Nails being the biggest one. No idea what I was thinking.

I always thought AiC got their money’s worth from whoever was marketing them. They somehow managed to get shoehorned in to the grunge movement and resulting boom despite sounding like pure metal. Particularly on Facelift. Dirt had some more grunge leanings.

https://youtu.be/GUua_KpD4CI?si=5hGFXeZy6z9NNO00

Caught Soundgarden at Lollapalooza '92 and AiC at the '93 show. AiC had early exposure on Headbanger's Ball. They did a remote in New Orleans on the show in sometime in the ear;y 90's. Their ties to Seattle likely tied them to the grunge era. Saw them open for Ozzy in NO a few weeks after Layne's backstage ATV accident. He did the show with a casted leg in a wheelchair and on crutches while drinking JD straight from the bottle.

[Esqueleto]

Saw soundgarden at Voodoo in 2011 he sounded fantastic

Saw NIN in Houston in 2008, great show as well.

Saw NiN at the HOB in NO around 94/95 and again in Dallas with David Bowie. Incredible show

[Cajunrunner]

With the wide range of music you guys are talking about, I was wondering how many of y'all ever listen to KBON out of Eunice. Since I moved back to the area a few months back, That's about the only station I listen to on the radio any more. They play swamp pop, cajun zydeco, the blues, blue grass, country & even hip hop late on the weekends. I read a thread Helmut posted about old school radio dying on the vine & he may be right. But KBON with it's commitment to playing local talent & diversity of music is kicking butt & will still be here when every other FM station in this area is long gone.

Yes. KBON is great, and is the music station I stream the most.

Big Al and Gumbo Phil are also Ragin Cajun fans.

[zeppelincajun]

Josh Meloy
https://youtu.be/1mEYgfTN1Po?si=VQlLsAPq3i-31KlH

This is one I recently started listening too.

Josh has got some good stuff. I’ve seen Charles Wesley Godwin 4 times, and Josh opened a couple times.

[zeppelincajun]

Saw NiN at the HOB in NO around 94/95 and again in Dallas with David Bowie. Incredible show

Yall need to stop. At this point I’m just getting jealous.

[Esqueleto]

Cornell is the best but not by much. A lot of those 90s grunge/metal bands had awesome vocalists. One guy who is heavily underrated is James Iha from the Smashing Pumpkins. Doesn't sing a lot but when he does it is really good. Also an amazing guitarist.

Saw Smashing Pumpkins in Biloxi around April of 94. I remember this because we learned of Kirk Cobain's death at the hotel prior to the show.
That Pumpkins concert was the most electric concert I've ever been to. It felt like the entire place was bouncing. We started out on the floor about halfway back and when they hit it off the girl I was with got so swallowed up by the mosh pit, I thought I'd never see her again. That ____ was INSANE.

[CajunVic]

Yall need to stop. At this point I’m just getting jealous.

32, you have plenty time to catch up.

[zeppelincajun]

32, you have plenty time to catch up.

Look I’m trying, but somehow I feel like Bowie isn’t gonna be quite as good when I see him as he was for Esqueleto.

[Esqueleto]

Look I’m trying, but somehow I feel like Bowie isn’t gonna be quite as good when I see him as he was for Esqueleto.

Man, what I wouldn't give to see Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Zz Top, or the Stones in their prime.