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That reminds me of my adventures as a young taper – smuggled a cheap cassette walkman into Frankfurt Festhalle in my trousers (used to do so for several concerts) only to find a written sign on the actual entrance: "Taper's section behind the mixing desk".
It was the 1990 Grateful Dead gig of course…
"war, death, politics and octopi" – sounds like the famous Greek band Van der Graaf Generator to me
Not a bad point to start off…
Marty Balin dead – quite a loss. Doubt the boys will remember him with a freak appearance of House at Pooneil Corners on the setlist tonight…
@ ffbernie:
that's the way I understood it from the beginning. the only thing I'm not able to do is to check with MP if it is ok to upload the video in question, as there was a special agreement with the filmmakers. And I wouldn't upload anything without consent of the author.
Hope there's gonna be a whole lotta new MP videos, even if I doubt they'll come anything near your fantastic quality.
@ ffbernie:
There is a very good video featuring the full Herzberg 2011 gig that was made by friends of mine (3 cams). The agreement was that MP should approve the clip or decide on using it themselves before any distribution. As this has obviously not happened I suggest the Herzberg 2011 clip could be published here. If no more available in the MP camp the makers could surely deliver another version. I have a full version on DVD that would have to be cut and remastered for web – but better first try to contact the original authors.
I love Motorpsycho's Herzberg gigs. Perfect setting for a MP festival gig. And all of them killers! The first one in 2008 was brilliant live but a little bit weaker as a recorded gig in hindsight. The next one I was in the audience but didn't realize how brilliant it was until listening to the recording. The following two just pure joy. Keep on!
"…the 70's Galactica series was rather ehm…disco"
Rather the epic & heroic fight against the evil disco droids a.k.a. Zylons. They WERE disco – walking around in their glittering shiny mirror ball tin can uniforms.
There was also a double episode with Patrick McNee as Count Iblis(War with the Gods) that would have better been titled "Angels and Daemon at play"…
@ Jero: WBAT stands for: We Built A Tower – you found out yourself
No, seriously – The Tower is definitely HMF's younger brother – both albums fully satisfying from start to end, heavy riffs, space for jams (or jams for space) whithout neglecting the odd progressive detour. While still allowing a little Starbuck fun and drive there's lots of Apollo composition and control.
70s galactica is rather cheap SF thrash – with lots of Defender-like shooting action and a crypto-Mormon plot – a trek through space in search of earth and the lost 13th tribe of humanity. But it's got Babylon industrial!
Oh yes – Feedtime's a killer – and that's exactly why it should be played as the very last sonng, if at all. Btw I quite enjoy the heretic role
Ok – skip the if – here's some very primal motorpsychedelic heaviness indeed (including Lake Innersfree):
https://www91.zippyshare.com/v/QyKgh4Q1/file.html
(Barbue Copenhagen 11 december 1991 – used to be on DIME, but vanished in the meantime, probably due to lack of downloads)
@ Hans Boller: I've got the 1991 Copenhagen bootleg with a live version from Lake Innersfree (flac files). If you're interested I could upload the stuff somewhere and post a link (for a short time).
@ shakti: I thought "Here Be Monsters" the best MP album in 20 years. Oh how lucky we are! Let's wait for the next one
Is there really something to miss? Things happen when they happen and we're lucky enough when they're good when they are good. Yes – I do consider Trust Us the best MP album by far – and yet there's so much fantastic stuff on most of the records that came after it, whoever the drummer at the time (with the exception of BH/BC which I will probably never consider a satisfying MP album, although there are so many great songs on it).
Recapturing the last gigs and the last two regular tours I was attending there was almost too much heaviness involved for me – especially on the somewhat ill-fated 2016 tour.
Too much Demon Box material in the wrong place in the set – killed the joy, made the gigs too long and was just too exhausting for me. That screaming alternative/hardcore/crossover Metal of the early years – a juvenile phase they had to go through, but please – concentrate on the few pearls from that time!
I learned to treasure Demon Box as an album after the re-release and the inclusion of "Mountain" – but please: No more fuckin' "Feedtime" in the middle of the set!
This is of course just my opinion – feel free to disagree! My point is rather this – whatever satisfying or disappointing the latest MP album might be – it is the gigs they're obviously living for, and you can feel it. And – they got better and better over the years! I consider the concerts I attended – and listend to – between 2013 and 2017 their absolute very best time on stage (especially when they were four…).
For me the exciting live band that MP became started in 1996-97 at the earliest and grew steadily to the kind of concert monster we have today – never mind the odd disappointment in a series of sheer musical bliss.
Saw the TITS gig in Cologne – Prime club, small venue, small audience – and enjoyed it as it was – a mere fun project for the musicians and for parts of the audience. Happy to hear a few Grateful Dead tunes and a few Rock classics played.
Definitely no comparison to the full MP onslaught: power, virtuosity and musical bliss. So I could live without another Tussler album or gig.
But hey – let the boys do what they like – always the best receipt for inspired music!
Yep – the most mind expanding stuff comes in written form…
Here they follow Onkel Fuzzbazz' "uncle" Lemmy, who in many interviews spoke about LSD in the 60s and early 70s as the best drug ever and spent the rest of his life reading books in his tourbus – beside the usual alcoholic mayhem, framed by two topless models, that is. Which brings us to the Tussler discussion – oh yes, wrong thread indeed
