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CPicard

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Posted: April 28 2011 at 08:32

Bassists:
1° the Good:
- Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault (Voïvod)
2° the Bad:
- Lemmy Kilmister
3° the Ugly:
- Mike Rutherford

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Posted: April 28 2011 at 10:39

Ricochet wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Awesome:

Drums- Neil Peart
Bass- Victor Wooten
Guitar- Steve Howe
Keyboards- Rick Wakeman
Compositions- Kerry Livgren

Terrible:

All of the Above- Simon Railton

That's too easy. LOL

And Wakeman is pretty much second to Richard Clyderman, so I think whatever talent we're talking about, it went the drain, in the last 30 years at least.

Wakeman is often mistaken for Clayderman, I don't think he's too impressed about it.

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Posted: April 28 2011 at 10:46

Snow Dog wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Also, I want to take this moment to complain about Mike Oldfield.

Not his playing, but his tone. He has to have the worst electric guitar tone I've ever heard.

Utter nonsense. His tone is superb and definitive.

Have to agree with the Snow Dog here. I've taken quite a liking to Oldfield's playing lately.

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Posted: April 28 2011 at 21:54

The Truth wrote:

Could never decide on one truly amazing artist (I'm way to easily impressed I guess.

) but the crappy one for me would definitely be this.

Nonsense, Friday is possibly the funniest bad song because of the lyrics, but I can give you 4 worse songs right now without even using Brokencyde or another Ark musician.

Friday x 10, and possibly an al-Qaeda propaganda video. I've actually watched Friday more than once, but I can't make it to the end of this song.

This song and video is God's punishment for our sins, and I would play it on every TV at every mall across the country if I could. We deserve it.

Surely there cannot be a song with a chorus worse than this.

Oh, there is.

If you're curious, Willow has now moved up from whatever that was to Ke$ha for the second single from her upcoming debut album, except that she's 10 so it's more than a little unsettling. At least wait until you're 14 to start sexualizing yourself so I don't feel so bad when I masturbate.

She's going to be great in the remake of Annie!

Edited by Henry Plainview - April 28 2011 at 22:56

if you own a sodastream i hate you

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Posted: April 28 2011 at 21:58

male vocalists:

good - Antoine Paganotti

wretched - Cedric Bixler Zavala

Edited by Triceratopsoil - April 28 2011 at 21:58

CPicard

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Posted: April 29 2011 at 17:28

Drums:
- Good: Charles Hayward.
- Bad: Steven Adler.
- Ugly: Lars Ulrich.

Vocals:
- Good: Peter Hamill.
- Bad: Tom Waits.
- Ugly: Christian Vander.

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Posted: April 29 2011 at 20:45

Tom Waits?

wut

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Posted: July 20 2011 at 19:56

Have to disagree with Tom Waits. I have Swordfishtrombones, and I like his hoarse singing. Then again, that's what happens when you keep listening to Don Van Vliet and Lee Jackson. Tongue

He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!

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Posted: July 20 2011 at 20:32

guitar -fantastic-Eddy Marron

          -ok-Alex Lifeson

           -not so ok-Kirk Hammett

keyboards-fantastic-Jurgen Fritz

                -ok-Rick Wakeman

                 -not so ok-Tony Banks

bass guitar-fantastic-Helmut Koellen

                 -ok-Geddy Lee

                 -not so ok-Lemmy

drums-fantastic-Jo Koinzer

          -ok-Bill Ward

           -not so ok-Dave Holland

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Posted: July 20 2011 at 20:43

Love to pieces:

Tom Waits

Frank Herbert

The original Twilight Zone

Loathe completely:

Overkill

Anne Rice

Pretty much any tv show from the past thirty years (including exter, Charmed, Lost, 24, American Idol, any sitcom other than Married: with Children, and especially the 'actuality/reality tv' movement)

Love bunches:

Stevie Wonder

Sling Blade

H.R. Giger

George Carlin

George Harrison

Can't tolerate:

Dane Cook

Thomas Kinkade

Maroon 5

John Petrucci

Pretty much any Apatow comedy.

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Posted: July 21 2011 at 14:48

The T wrote:

Vocals:

Talented - Russell Allen.
Good - Peter Gabriel
Bad - Jon Anderson

Horrible at everything - Zappa

But then again Frank would admit that he wouldn't sing and play guitar at the same time. I think that his singing is more about humor and social commentary.

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Posted: July 21 2011 at 15:22

A Rich gravy poured from a midas jug - Arthur Brown

Sandpaper on the soul - Geddy Lee

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Posted: July 21 2011 at 16:36

Drums:

Excellent: Bill Bruford

Good: Bobby Caldwell: Captain beyond and Armageddon

Bad: Virgil Donati

Bass:

Excellent: Chris Squire

Good: Billy Sheehan

Bad: Gene Simmons

Guitar:

Excellent: Mike Bloomfield

Good: Jan Akkerman

Bad: George Thorogood

Vocals:

Excellent: Ronnie James Dio

Good: Chris Cornell

Bad: Bob Dylan

Keys:

Excellent: Keith Emerson

Good: Vincent Crane

Bad: Eddie Van Halen

presdoug

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Posted: July 21 2011 at 19:37

cannon wrote:

Drums:

Excellent: Bill Bruford

Good: Bobby Caldwell: Captain beyond and Armageddon

Bad: Virgil Donati

Bass:

Excellent: Chris Squire

Good: Billy Sheehan

Bad: Gene Simmons

Guitar:

Excellent: Mike Bloomfield

Good: Jan Akkerman

Bad: George Thorogood

Vocals:

Excellent: Ronnie James Dio

Good: Chris Cornell

Bad: Bob Dylan

Keys:

Excellent: Keith Emerson

Good: Vincent Crane

Bad: Eddie Van Halen

Yeah, Thorogood really sucks, just thought of a nickname for him-"Unthorogood"

cannon

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Posted: July 22 2011 at 08:05

presdoug wrote:

cannon wrote:

Drums:

Excellent: Bill Bruford

Good: Bobby Caldwell: Captain beyond and Armageddon

Bad: Virgil Donati

Bass:

Excellent: Chris Squire

Good: Billy Sheehan

Bad: Gene Simmons

Guitar:

Excellent: Mike Bloomfield

Good: Jan Akkerman

Bad: George Thorogood

Vocals:

Excellent: Ronnie James Dio

Good: Chris Cornell

Bad: Bob Dylan

Keys:

Excellent: Keith Emerson

Good: Vincent Crane

Bad: Eddie Van Halen

Yeah, Thorogood really sucks, just thought of a nickname for him-"Unthorogood"

I saw him live 20 years ago and was he ever sloppy on the guitar. Basically it was all distortion.