OUR DEFINING METAL MOMENTS
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Every metalhead, particularly every metalhead who’s also a musician, (which, for the purpose of this episode, also applies to bass players) had to start somewhere. Whether it’s that first metal purchase, the first metal concert, or the experience of writing and playing metal songs with other metalheads in your own metal band, remember that “things have to start somewhere”, and every metalhead has an origin story when it comes to their entrance into the realm of metaldom.
There are so many events that qualify as DEFINING METAL MOMENTS that truly shape the life of a young metalhead, with “the danger factor” being way up on the list, along with the process of learning how to properly “weedly woo” and the discovery of the local metal scene where young metal bands would begin building their sets and refining their chops in hopes of attaining metal glory and stardom and perhaps even scoring some groupie poon and complimentary adult beverages before and after the show.
Get ready to learn the difference between “a dipswitch” and “a whill”, find out which album is “The yellow Judas Priest album” and discover which metal was played in the early 80’s “on 96 Rock” (in the daytime and/or nighttime).
Discover the lore about “The Garbage Man” and the best “opening song”, learn how to “unscramble the scrambled channels” and THANK YOU for taking the time to JOIN US for a look back “through the lens of time” into the DEFINING METAL MOMENTS of our thrash metal past from way back in the days of yore.
Show Notes:
Bunkerpoon After Dark, completely sober. #ElectricBlue and #TheScrambledChannel / Cable hacking tips for the financially challenged / “Each place where you push a button…”
A whill? “What’s your last name?” (“Some people say #Whaler …”) / “It had nachos on it?”
…so you could fine-tune in past the scrambling… / “You are rich with knowledge…that matters more than money.”
When did satellites come out? (the 90’s?) / “That’s when porn started getting good…”/ #Spice
“I was never invited to parties at your house, dude…” / Neon “Pussy Magnet” sign
Docket: Defining Metal Moments
“What’s the very first thrash moment you ever had?” / Let’s back up to “pre-thrash”… #QuietRiot or #TheYellowJudasPriestAlbum #ScreamingForVengeance
“I didn’t get into…the knowledge of Sabbath…until around ’88…”
(Some foreshadowing #backshadowing regarding #futureepisodes) / #BlackSabbath and #MobRules and #DioEraSabbath
“Technically you’re not wrong…”
“Is that like Boy Scouts?”
“What metal was played in the early 80’s on #96Rock?” / “I didn’t say #nighttime or #daytime …”
“One of the most metal moments…what turned me into a metalhead, I think…”
“So it’s the danger that made you appreciate it…” / “He just hits a crack pipe…”
#BlackTShirtBrigade (“Fucking bunch of satanists, they probably carve up children and sacrifice them to pig gods…”) / “I have two…kinda.” / #MotleyCrue with #GunsNRoses in 1987 and my #firstlocalmetalshow / “As dudes do…” / “One day I show up…and he’s got a drum set in there…” / “I swear they were playing #ShoutAtTheDevil …” / “The danger factor is interesting…he was one of the first guys I knew who was WAY into #Venom and #BlackMetal …in ’88 or ’89…”
The 2 greatest local musicians we knew back in the day…Frank & Andy /“If you’re a bass player, that means you’re the worst guitar player in the band…”/ #WeedlyWooWizard (“I remember a lot of people saying he was a witch…”) / “I think I know who you’re talking about…” / “Back then, if you knew anybody that could #WeedlyWoo like that…”
“Do you remember the first time you stumbled into playing solos?” / “Matt blew past me…”
(“That was like that ONE time…”) / #functionalleadguitarplayer / “That’s when we became friends…”/ #weedlywooscience
“What’s the first song you ever learned?” / #IKnowKungFu / “Looking back now through the infinite lens of time…” / #Miserlou / “One of the dudes I used to jam with…sounded like #Slayer …”
From the singer perspective (”That’s when we got the #garbageman to sing for us…”) / #bangedout
“Let’s be clear…there was no singing.” / #antiRuss / #stupidkidshit / “I wish I would have paid more attention…we didn’t focus on the music or the band…we focused on the pussy.” / The #Decimation story and the #Ascension story…
“I was a little bit jealous that y’all got so much pussy…” / The most exciting thing about local bands was new songs… / “Nick, if you’re listening…” / #Akathesia #DontGiveUp #HalloweenShow #TheOzone / The feeling of being a part of the #localmetalscene
“Oh sorry, no more fun anymore I guess, okay. I’m gonna pay bills and taxes and be miserable until I die, okay.”
“We got more…I see a number 25 in my future…” / “I didn’t even want Mexican until we started rolling our R’s…” / A sampling of old school #Decimation and a valuable lesson regarding the importance of tuners.