Well, I'm off to the Fuji Rock Festival again this year and to be honest, I wasn't all that excited about it at first. Last year there was a line-up with a lot of bands I knew and loved but this year, there were so many i had never heard of, and those I had, I wasn't that fussed about except The Breeders, Michael Franti, Rodrigo y Gabriela and My Bloody Valentine.I've spent all this weekend on MOG
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Posts by lostintranslation
Fuji Rock Festival... 4 days and counting!
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
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Artist:Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
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Album:Japan Tour Limited Edition
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Track:Night Sweats
I went to see the Meatbats play last Monday at Live House enn, a tiny basement club in Sendai. The members are Chad Smith (drums), Kevin Chown (bass), Ed Roth (keyboards) and Jeff Kollman (guitar). They played maybe all the songs off their new album which is due for release soon, hopefully. Their sound is a fusion of funk, jazz, blues and rock, reminiscent of 70s Detroit music but still fresh a...
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Madness
Hi, work has been insane blah, blah, blah... so I haven't been mogging for a while.Off to Tokyo to see the RHCP in 15 days and counting! It's at the Tokyo Dome and I am up the front so it should be awesome.Most of my CDs are back in NZ so I have started downloading my old faves from i-tunes and re-discoverd Blind Melon. I had forgotten how much I liked most of their stuff. My favorite song is M...
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Home Town Band
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I'm from Dunedin where the Chills are from and grew up going to their gigs, sneaking into pubs to catch them live, which is when they really shine.Martin Phillips is still floating around. I think he has done solo work and collaborated with other artists. I wouldn't be surprised if another Chills album came out in the near future. He has a reputation for being a bit of a control freak and perfe...
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