Classics Reborn

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http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ir...wsuit-filed-by-former-singer-dennis-willcock/

I'm just going to put it out there. I think Willcock is a fucking dickhead.

Oh damn I spoke before I read the comments. Blabber readers have done it again, the comments are funnier than the article and the added touch of Brian Mckay comments is brilliant

Man the McKay guy went on a rampage in there lol

 

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Hey! My name's not Kirk!

Well he doesn't want your phone then!

 

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Man the McKay guy went on a rampage in there lol

I don't know if it's him or not, but to me it's a stupid way to defend a case. I know trial by media works but that guy to me is not helping his cause by calling people names. Willcock's story seems very slim but I guess slimmer cases have won in the courts.

 

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Yeah I can't be sure either. But it kind of fell apart when he talked about Steve shagging his way across the country. That doesn't sound very lawyerly.

 

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Yeah it's quiet funny to see how in one post the details make it sound almost authentic, then in the next post he goes and makes a stupid comment that makes it look so fake.

 

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http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/is...ng-and-phil-rudd-allegedly-sighted-last-week/

I still don't think Axl is right for the band but I'm not fussed if they make something new with him, however I wont buy it if Rudd is really on drums.

 

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I'm not gonna lie I am interested. Plus if he does that I think there might be a better chance of new GNR.
Not a Rudd fan huh?

 

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For me it's not that they replaced Brian with Axl it's more that I don't think Axl fits with the AC/DC of old. But that's not to say he can't do a decent job.

Phil Rudd is a guy I just can't like. I'd rather Slade's drumming but I'd also rather see that big round bald head of Slade's behind the kit instead of Phil's gummy old man face.

 

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I can't say whether Axl fits in AC/DC but I think he fits in with dirty hard/bluesy rock pretty well.

Old man gummy face lol

 

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AC/DC long ago moved from being an Aussie pub rock band but even through their highest highs they have always had that element of Aussie pub in their music and their performances. Axl's all about stadium, all about glitz and all about 'look at me'. He's a damn good front man and a show stopper but for me AC/DC has never needed that sort of front man.

I don't know if Slade is even in a position to record with AC/DC, but to me Rudd has always been unhinged and a liability.

 

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Well I guess best case scenario he's a big enough fan of what AC/DC has been that he keeps it toned down. Maybe they need Rudd to keep Axl in line lol. Worst case?...Angus goes down in flames? No I think worst case it doesn't sound like AC/DC but we get a couple cool songs out of it.

 

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I think Axl could take Rudd Actually I reckon the two of them would clash pretty heavily especially when Rudd gets on the booze and drugs.

 

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Could be worth it just for that?
Here's a question. As a long time fan. Would you be more accepting if Angus did it under a different name? Is the name part of for you?

 

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I'm not worried too much about the name. Angus could do it solo, but really AC/DC has always belonged to him and Malcolm anyway. I just think Axl suits a band like GNR more because they are more showy. Take away the fact that logistically it's not possible and I think AC/DC, with Brian or Bon, could come back home and play gigs in pubs every night of the week. Put Axl at the front and the pub crowds would fade because the pubs scene wasn't built on 'showy' it was built on rough, hard and dirty rock where the lead singer would get into the crowd and throw his fists around as much as the partons.

 

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What? The Roxy isn't tough enough for you?!

 

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Don't know, never been there. But most of our bands that cut their teeth around the same time AC/DC did were doing venues with maybe a two hundred person capacity in the lower socio-economic areas and the crowds were as fucked up as the bands. They were often billed as working class crowds, the sort who worked all day and got off their heads at night. But the truth was most of them (bands and crowds) didn't work and spent all day drunk and shooting up heroine. None of the bands were clean and violence happened at pretty much every gig and because a working band could play 5 gigs in a week at different venues but never be more than two hours from home the crowds followed them. Australia is a fucking big place and in the 70's it took a lot to get around it so bands concentrated a lot in smaller areas, smaller gigs and crowds they could drink with after the show. There is a feel that venues like that get and AC/DC never really lost that, although a very big chunk of it has gone with Malcolm gone.

 

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Happy 60th to Bruce Dickinson. He seems to have celebrated with a fall on stage.

Happy 35th to Black Sabbath's Trashed album. I loved that album, although there is no way Gillan was the singer for Black Sabbath.

 

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Don't know, never been there. But most of our bands that cut their teeth around the same time AC/DC did were doing venues with maybe a two hundred person capacity in the lower socio-economic areas and the crowds were as fucked up as the bands. They were often billed as working class crowds, the sort who worked all day and got off their heads at night. But the truth was most of them (bands and crowds) didn't work and spent all day drunk and shooting up heroine. None of the bands were clean and violence happened at pretty much every gig and because a working band could play 5 gigs in a week at different venues but never be more than two hours from home the crowds followed them. Australia is a fucking big place and in the 70's it took a lot to get around it so bands concentrated a lot in smaller areas, smaller gigs and crowds they could drink with after the show. There is a feel that venues like that get and AC/DC never really lost that, although a very big chunk of it has gone with Malcolm gone.

Yeah, sounds a little rougher than The Roxy lol. But I wasn't there...but still. It sounds rougher.

 

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Happy 60th to Bruce Dickinson. He seems to have celebrated with a fall on stage.

Happy 35th to Black Sabbath's Trashed album. I loved that album, although there is no way Gillan was the singer for Black Sabbath.

60 huh? Is that why you put it in the "classics" Happy Birthday!

I have absolutely no clue about this album. Or really any non Ozzy era. The closest is Dio and I'm not expert on that either.

 

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Yeah, sounds a little rougher than The Roxy lol. But I wasn't there...but still. It sounds rougher.

I'm sure all countries have their 'unique' branding of music, something that grew in their smaller venues and gave them a distinct sound. I'm also sure that sometime those outside the scene may not hear that localised sound. Ours really just seemed to be fuelled by alcohol, drugs and violence. Kind of like that rough punk attitude of anarchy and violence in the UK. The punks seemed to want a soundtrack to kill each other and shave their headsby. Our crowds stopped for a beer and a smoke when a song they could sing was played, we also didn't have the weapons like knuckle dusters and knives at the gig like punks did, those kind of fights were reserved for the streets so the venues didn't get closed down.