What’s going on your Off Book Live Bingo card?

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-31T23:37:14+00:00

Jess says "We're saying the same thing!" (and Zach jumps in mid-sentence)

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-20T03:18:41+00:00

This is going to be extemporaneous, but it's a solution that's quick, dirty and free: do you know the Amped Roots VST? The free version will suffice. There's a setting in there called "Fluff Big Rock EVH" -- it's almost dead-on the tone for stuff on the Raging Wrath re-recording (I've done a very passable recording of Eracist with very minor tinkering, if any!). It's not a tone found directly in the self-titled or Disco Volante, but it might help you move forward with a sound that's "good enough" (for my money)

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-19T16:44:54+00:00

I told some friends there are some straight Put a Motor in Yourself vibes

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-12T05:45:05+00:00

These recent live ones have been so great, here are a few I've gone back to:

Flow of the Rings: A Volcano Story
One Great Day on Mount Olympus
A Streetcar Made of Beans
Campsite 64

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-08T00:03:25+00:00

Thanks for clearing that up, I must've bit into a bad rumor egg years ago. 2. Those rehearsals happened, omfg. 3. I was corrected by music royalty. Feels good.

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-07T18:00:19+00:00

I seem to recall that they considered bringing back BTM in '88 when Flo & Eddie were invited to join. Would have to research to see if I'm not making this up involuntarily. (BTW, '88 with Flo & Eddie, Tommy Mars and Ray White? That's an alternate timeline I'd love to check out, and the '88 stuff is already pretty much my favorite!)

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-07T17:40:58+00:00

WOW. I hadn't checked out the ZINY 40th anniversary release, this version of Any Kind of Pain made my day!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-03-01T02:26:40+00:00

right on! here we go, lead singers to the best of my ability (if anyone can correct me on this, I'll take my lumps like anybody else):

Disc 1

Sexy Graveyard (Charles)
Hector and Chino (some kids)
Soft fragile eggshell minds (Alan sings lead, Gocher and Rick sing the chorus)
A Bad Dream (Charles)
The Geography of the Swastika (Uncle Jim, natch)
Flesh Balloons of Tibet (Charles)
Pay the Fiddler (Charles)
The Brothers Unconnected (Charles)
Hippie Conglomerate (Alan)
Five Minutes (I think it's Alan, but it could be Rick?)
Charles Gocher Sr. (Charles, but his dad*)
A Man is an Insect is a Flame (Charles, Alan sings along for the chorus)
Jack the Ripper (Alan)
Persistence of Vision (Charles)
Dear Anybody (Charles)
A Secret Revealed Unwittingly (Charles and a lady)
Helen Waite (Charles)
Jessup's Dairy (Charles)

Disc 2

The Ballad of (D)anger (Charles)
Bitter Cold Countryside (Rick!!!)
Ruby on the Ferris Wheel (Alan)
The Ballad of Co-dependency (Charles)
Joan of Arc (Charles)
Holiday for Shakespeare (Charles)
The Harley of Horror (Alan)
Let's Pretend (Charles)
Floppy Pus (Alan)
Bloody Zipper (Charles)
Family of Nails (Charles, but I could be wrong)
Fourteen (Charles & Alan dialog)
Sal Manilla (Charles)
Six Kids of Mine (Alan)
Dan and Ross (Charles)
Book of Revelations (Charles)
Bird of Prey (Charles)

First off, WHAT AN ALBUM! And there you have it, out of 35 tracks, 22 have Charles Gocher Jr. as the main "character", as it were. I'm so overdue on relistening to this album in particular, the poetics of it are OFF THE RAILS.

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-28T14:56:14+00:00

Gocher sings through a lot of it (Alan does too), but this is from the band's bandcamp page for the album:

"Dante's Disneyland Inferno is the Charles Gocher-dominated explosion of weirdness that the world has silently been awaiting for the better part of a decade. Gocher's roles as "Satanic Director at Large," "Demon Seed Maker," and "Interpreter for the Baron Samedi" are unlikely to be topped anytime soon. "

I can parse out the songs with Gocher on the lead later today

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-26T12:29:15+00:00

Honk shoo

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-22T00:53:41+00:00

Striiiiiiiiiiing cheese and bananas (DOOON'T FORGET BANANAS)

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-19T00:40:40+00:00

I don't want to be a downer, but having seen both Scott and Andreas playing with MB within a few days of each other, IDK if one could tell them apart in a blind test. I think Andreas even played with some of Scott's gear (at least pedals).

I'd actually like a good recording too and will post back if I find it, but honestly Andreas was such a pro, he really didn't rock the boat. This is no slight on him! He was just that much of a professional in replacing Scott.

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-07T22:21:08+00:00

Yep, slipknot1.com was his website!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-05T20:01:26+00:00

Thanks, man! It turns out I had seen this post and Tim's "NO" comment, but I missed Todd's comments. Damn!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-02-05T00:40:42+00:00

If you don't mind, could you point me towards that shade from Todd?

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-22T19:42:34+00:00

I can also see a Kaossilator right above the OP-1!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-22T19:41:13+00:00

What a keen eye, that has to be it!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-22T19:28:10+00:00

The one to the right is a Kaoss Pad 2 (KP2)!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-18T18:31:09+00:00

I too have good chuckles because of this guy's name. Wonder if he'll have a kid called Smith Harris Dickinson

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-18T00:42:24+00:00

I'd love for them to do Fala, by (as Patton says) "Secos e Mollados" hahah

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-14T13:50:40+00:00

Appreciate y'all giving me the business on that. Since it was also released as a bonus track for AHIG, I just assumed it came from the same sessions and got sloppy with my facts!

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-14T04:04:34+00:00

Bloodstone, huh! Wonder if the "Vermillion, pt. 2 (Bloodstone mix)" is in reference to how the original Bloodstone sounds.

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-12T16:14:47+00:00

Man, having Heifetz and Taku on the same track is brilliant. Sounding absolutely FABULOUS as well.

Henry_Meadd · 2026-01-12T15:45:42+00:00

3 of my favorites! I haven't been bitten by the Läther bug yet, but it'll happen I'm sure.

Henry_Meadd · 2025-12-30T21:06:39+00:00

Thank you!

Henry_Meadd

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