EPIC QUESTIONNAIRE THREAD

[LOUD METAL]

So random.

It's a punk album tho.

 

[CiG]

Your favourite punk album of all time is really an album of songs by punk bands being covered by a rather burnt out thrash metal band?

Fair enough, but I just think it's really random.

 

[LOUD METAL]

Your favourite punk album of all time is really an album of songs by punk bands being covered by a rather burnt out thrash metal band?

Fair enough, but I just think it's really random.

Ouch.

Yeah.. Idk. I don't listen to a lot of punk albums. Mostly singles. I find punk gets repetitive if I listen to it for a full half an hour.

 

[CiG]

Depends on the band, punk doesn't have to be super samey like hardcore or punk rock a la Ramones etc.

Try something experimental maybe?

 

[LOUD METAL]

I'm not sure if this counts as punk.

 

[CiG]

It has some definite emo elements so I don't see why it wouldn't count as punk.

 

[LOUD METAL]

Emo is punk now?


So by that logic this should also be hardcore?

 

[CiG]

Emo was originally (and still is to my mind) short for emotional hardcore, so yeah it was obviously always a subgenre of punk music.

Edit: that Teen Suicide link sounds more like hipstery lo-fi noise pop or something. Maybe they have some emo influences but it doesn't show much.

 

[LOUD METAL]

Emo was originally (and still is to my mind) short for emotional hardcore, so yeah it was obviously always a subgenre of punk music.

Ah, alright. That emo.

The emo I think of when I hear the term "emo" is the ultra-degenerate "it's not a phase mom!" kinda emo. You know, those kids who dress in a modified scene fashion, self-harm in obvious places, and then give themselves a label because of aforementioned life choices and because it's in right now.

I don't actually have to explain further. You can just see for yourself. http://www.scenekids.com/

 

[CiG]

Yeah, that crap hasn't been on my radar for years, so I tend to automatically think of it's true meaning. Same with screamo and metalcore.

 

[LOUD METAL]

Yeah, that crap hasn't been on my radar for years, so I tend to automatically think of it's true meaning. Same with screamo and metalcore.

I will never truly know either of those.

 

[CiG]

I used to quite like the myriad of 1990's hardcore offshoots.

 

[LOUD METAL]

I used to quite like the myriad of 1990's hardcore offshoots.

I was born too late to enjoy any of that while it was happening. Now all I can do I hope that a better music scene pops up around where I live, which I doubt will ever happen.

 

[CiG]

I was born too late to enjoy any of that while it was happening. Now all I can do I hope that a better music scene pops up around where I live, which I doubt will ever happen.

I pretty much didn't get into anything while it was happening. I was born in '88.

 

[LOUD METAL]

I pretty much didn't get into anything while it was happening. I was born in '88.

I'm not even old enough to get a drivers license. I COMPLETELY MISSED EVERYTHING.

Oh well. There are still bands like Code Orange, Unit 731, Nails, etc. and I just have to hope they come to Canada before they disappear or before they change. I was really hoping to see Code Orange this year but they're touring with Deftones who also aren't coming to Canada this tour...

 

[CiG]

Great answers!

Conservative Libertarian, no party.

That's cool to know.

The Mechanic.

Since it's you I assume you're talking about the original, but I gotta make sure.

Dr. Strangelove.

I still need to see/buy this. Good reminder.

Young Frankenstein

Gary Busey.

That's so random and hilarious, what are some of your favourites? He was a killer Buddy Holly.

The Black Adder.

One of my absolute favourites too! Is the Black Adder film any good?

Marilyn Manson's Portrait of An American Family.

That's... Not... What?

Buffalo's Volcanic Rock

G.I. Joe, faggot.

Eyyyyyyy.

 

[CiG]

Busey is hilarious in everything he's in. Under Siege, Black Sheep, Bulletproof, Predator 2, Lethal Weapon...

Such a madman.

 

[Einherjar86]

Just a bit of random fun.

Can't answer all, but here's my list.

Tall, short or average: Average

Fat, thin or average: Average

Describe yourself politically (eg party, ideology etc): I vote democrat

Balanced diet, vegan, vegetarian or meat obsessed: Balanced

Preferred gaming machine: Xbox I guess (I've only played one game in the past five years, and that's Skyrim)

DVD, bluray or digital: DVD I guess (mostly use Netflix, Amazon Instant, or OnDemand)

Favourite 5 video games: Skyrim is at the top, and the only recent game - the others are old N64 games from my high school days: Mario Kart 64, GoldenEye, Extreme G, Perfect Dark

Favourite author: Cormac McCarthy

Favourite book/book series (fiction): it's a tie between Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy) and Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)

Favourite book/book series (non-fiction): tough, but probably go with the book that finally pushed me into literary criticism/theory: Fredric Jameson's The Political Unconscious: Literature as a Socially Symbolic Act

Favourite documentary film: Particle Fever

Favourite director: of all time, probably Stanley Kubrick; but currently it's Jeff Nichols

Favourite film/film series: first season of True Detective

Favourite action film/film series: Die Hard (really only the first three)

Favourite comedy film/film series: The Big Lebowski

Favourite science fiction film/film series: Alien (first is the best, but I enjoy the first three films)

Favourite fantasy film/film series: Star Wars (no, it isn't science fiction)

Favourite horror film/film series: I'm going to be an asshole and do some genre-bending, and say that David Lynch's Lost Highway is my favorite horror film because I think it meets some criteria. The closest thing to actual horror that I might be able to call a favorite is John Carpenter's The Thing

Favourite war film/film series: probably Apocalypse Now

Favourite drama/romance film/film series: (see non-categorical film below)

Favourite crime film/film series: probably Se7en

Favourite animated film/film series: n/a

Favourite film that doesn't fit neatly into any of these categories: Take Shelter, directed by Jeff Nichols; it's really just a drama, although there's a significant romantic element to it. But it's also a horror film in many ways, and possibly even science fiction. Ultimately it's just a fantastic film, and moving on multiple levels

Favourite film composer: n/a

Practical effects or CGI: I suppose practical, but I appreciate a blend

Favourite 5 actors (both sexes): eh, no idea, this always changes. Currently, I'd probably put Michael Shannon and Tatiana Maslany up there.

Favourite graphic novel illustrator: n/a

Favourite graphic novel/manga/series: Asterios Polyp

Make your fruit salad by choosing 5 fruits: don't know

Preferred beer brand: Smuttynose

Favourite non-animated television series: currently Mr. Robot

Favourite animated television series: n/a

Favourite book-to-film adaptation: No Country For Old Men

Place you want to visit the most before you die: Istanbul (not looking too good right now)

Song you want played at your funeral: The Parting Glass

Favourite pop album: probably either Us or Up, both by Peter Gabriel

Favourite hard rock album: Appetite for Destruction

Favourite folk album: Hazel Steps Through a Weathered Home (In Gowan Ring)

Favourite progressive (metal or rock) album: Selling England By the Pound (Genesis)

Favourite heavy metal album: Painkiller

Favourite doom metal album: if I'm being zealously authentic, Black Sabbath (duh); but otherwise Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Favourite punk album: ...And Out Come the Wolves

Favourite grindcore (subgenres included) album: n/a

Favourite electronic album: Love Death Immortality (The Glitch Mob)

Favourite thrash metal album: Ride the Lightning

Favourite death metal album: don't really listen to death metal, but probably some proggy shit like Elements

Favourite black metal album: this is tough; probably have to go with Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, but to be honest there are more recent records that I listen to more frequently - fucking love Bornholm's March for Glory and Revenge, and personal albeit obscure favorite of mine is Black Lotus's Harvest of Seasons

Favourite power metal album: The Spirit of Ukko (Kiuas - I know, I'm a poser)

Favourite NWOBHM album: n/a

Favourite psychedelic album: Meddle

Favourite blues album: n/a

Favourite jazz album: n/a

Favourite "epic" metal album: don't believe in "epic" as a genre (although I used to); tough to pick though, maybe Nightfall in Middle-Earth

Favourite hip hop album: n/a

Favourite metalcore album: n/a

Favourite sludge album: n/a

Favourite album that doesn't fit neatly into any of these categories: every album by Rome (but mostly Masse Mensch Material)

Choose 1 album to play from start to end during a special event: depends on the event; casual dinner/night in with friends, Bonobo's Black Sands

Favourite meal you can cook yourself: Korean beef stir fry

Favourite meal you cannot cook yourself: Pasta Bolognese (my wife can make this and it is fucking awesome)

Favourite metal album from Norway: Emperor

Favourite metal album from Sweden: Dark Tranquillity

Favourite metal album from Finland: Kiuas

Favourite metal album from Netherlands: no idea

Favourite metal album from Germany: probably Blind Guardian

Favourite metal album from Russia: no idea

Favourite metal album from Australia: no idea

Favourite metal album from New Zealand: no idea

Favourite metal album from Canada: no fucking idea

If you could learn a new language and speak it fluently, which: French

Choose 5 ingredients to use in a blender while making a drink:

Favourite 5 album covers: no idea

Favourite accent to hear: French

Last book you read that you know you'll re-read: Don DeLillo's Underworld

Favourite dinosaur: velociraptor

Favourite kaiju: n/a

Dream job as a child: paleontologist

Digimon or Pokémon: n/a

Masters Of The Universe or Transformers: Transformers I guess

Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles or G.I. Joe: Turtle power

Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat: FINISH HIM

Preferred sport: hockey

Least preferred sport: no idea

Preferred cereal and what kind of milk: Cheerios with skim

Preferred cut of meat and which animal: filet of steak

Jeans, corduroy, khaki, sweatpants or cargo: khaki

^Tight, loose, normal or very loose: normal

You have Friday off from work, what do you do: read

Favourite 5 guitarists: David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Martin Barre, Steve Hackett, Kristian Niemann (had to get a metal guitarist in there)

Favourite 5 male vocalists: no idea

Favourite 5 female vocalists: no idea

Favourite 5 bassists: ha

Favourite 5 drummers: haha

Night owl or early bird: early bird

Vinyl, tape, CD or digital: digital

Preferred footwear: slip-on boat shoes (none of that fancy laces shit)

Preferred hat wear: n/a

Favourite album released the year you were born: no idea

Favourite wrestler: n/a

You're given a free jacket and asked to choose 6 patches to put on it, they are: n/a

Skeletor or Shredder: Shredder

What are you drinking and/or eating right now: coffee

Favourite episode of The Simpsons: n/a (don't watch it enough)

Favourite episode of South Park: n/a (don't watch it enough)

Favourite episode of Seinfeld: all of them (actually, probably the one where Elaine dates a "black guy")

Right-wing or left-wing: left, I guess

Classical feminism or modern feminism: don't know what this means; I like Donna Haraway and Judith Butler, but I don't like sjw feminism

Conservative or progressive: progressive

Libertarian or socialist: yes

Anarchist or communist: ditto

Left-handed or right-handed: write and eat with my left hand, play all sports right-handed (which is probably why I suck at sports)

Theist or atheist: atheist

Pro-religion or anti-religion: I have no animosity toward religion, but I tend to be wary of it

Cat or dog: both please

Rural or urban: urban

Your ideal vehicle is: public transportation

Favourite album by Bob Dylan: Desire (followed by Oh Mercy)

Favourite album by The Rolling Stones: n/a

Favourite album by The Beatles: n/a

Favourite album by Led Zeppelin: IV

Favourite album by Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath

Favourite album by Creedence Clearwater Revival: n/a

Favourite album by The Doors: n/a

Before work ritual is: coffee and news (and UM of course)

After work ritual is: cocktail and entertain myself by analyzing FOX news

Band you like with the most consistent discography: Pink Floyd (even after Waters left)

Band you like with the most inconsistent discography: don't know

Director you like with the most consistent filmography: Stanley Kubrick

Director you like with the most inconsistent filmography: David Fincher

Favourite child actor: don't know

If you were a pornstar, your stage name would be: Buck Naked

 

[Phylactery]

Perfect Dark is the shit. Great choice.

 

[CiG]

That's essentially his appeal, and I frigging adore it, kinda how people (like us) never watch Schwarzenegger for acting chops, just kickass fight and battle scenes and cheesy, searing one-liners.

Actually you probably don't wanna know how obsessed with Arnold Schwarzenegger I am. I genuinely think he's the greatest actor ever. But I get you.

Song you want played at your funeral: The Parting Glass

Interesting, who's rendition?