Bands: Favorite, Most Loyalty Toward, Longest Time Fan Of.

brianlux

HughFreakingDillon said:

brianlux said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

willbarclay said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

brianlux said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Fave Band: Headstones
Most Loyal toward: Headstones
Longest time fan of: Pearl Jam

Fave musician: Ian Thornley or Danny Greaves
Most Loyal toward: Eddie Vedder
Longest time fan of: Chris Cornell

Nice mix there, HFD, the "head" Headstones fan!

I sent you my extra Love + Fury, right? have you found any of their earlier catalog to check out? Picture of Health (their first) or Teeth and Tissue (their second) are my recommendations. 

Maybe the greatest fits would be a good intro to a newcomer 

I actually don't like doing that when introducing music to someone. I like someone to get the full context of the band, not just the radio singles (often my favourite tracks aren't on the radio). I'm a full album guy. And I gather Brian is most likely the same. 

I pretty much am.  If I know a band's music fairly well but only like the hits, I might get the "Best Of" but for bands I like, those are frustrating because my best of will always be different. 

So HFD, what's your #1 favorite Headstones record?  (You've probably mentioned it but I don't recall for sure, thanks!)

shit, I probably have an easier time ranking PJ albums than Headstones. I love them all for different reasons. And I probably listen to them all equally. If I had to rank them, it would be:

1) Picture of Health
2) Teeth and Tissue (one of my favourite bass riffs of all time-Unsound)
3) Love + Fury (their reunion record-I played it so much my car cd player won't play it anymore)
4) Little Army
5) The Oracle of Hi Fi
6) Smile and Wave (many people have this as their #1, the title track is almost always their last song of every show)
7) Nickels For Your Nightmares

honourable mention: One In The Chamber Music. It's a record of acoustic renditions of classic songs and two new ones. I love acoustic records, but I don't listen to this that much. it's just....different. a punk band doing acoustic versions? it works for some songs, not so much for others. 

their greatest hits (called The Greatest Fits) is actually really good, as it has two songs that were new at the time, both of them explosive rockers. And the liner notes is the band and crew telling stories about each track. it's a really cool package. 

Cool, thanks!

hrd2imgn

brianlux said:

hrd2imgn said:

"My Favorite Band" Pearl Jam
Singer: enya

"The band I feel Most Loyal Toward"
Pearl Jam and Metallica
Singer: Steve Goodman

"The band that you've been a fan of for the Longest Time"

Def Leppard
Singer:  Burl Ives

Very cool, the variety here, hrd2imgn.  From Enja to De Leppard to Burl Ives.  Nice!

Burl got me hooked at 4, 41 years  later  I still have my original Lollipop Tree Lp, and  my kids love  it too.   I still know it by heart.

Enya is just damn  angelic

Def is my first rock band love, pyromania all  day long

Metallica was my first non Michael Jackson holy shit moment

brianlux

hrd2imgn said:

brianlux said:

hrd2imgn said:

"My Favorite Band" Pearl Jam
Singer: enya

"The band I feel Most Loyal Toward"
Pearl Jam and Metallica
Singer: Steve Goodman

"The band that you've been a fan of for the Longest Time"

Def Leppard
Singer:  Burl Ives

Very cool, the variety here, hrd2imgn.  From Enja to De Leppard to Burl Ives.  Nice!

Burl got me hooked at 4, 41 years  later  I still have my original Lollipop Tree Lp, and  my kids love  it too.   I still know it by heart.

Enya is just damn  angelic

Def is my first rock band love, pyromania all  day long

Metallica was my first non Michael Jackson holy shit moment

Early on I thought Enya (sorry for the previous misspelling!) was pure low-cal whipped cream fluff until I saw her on a late night show once and was dumbstruck by how sincere and real her music felt.  One of those unexpectedly pleasant surprises.