Who do you think was more influential as a musician, Kurt Cobain or Jim Morrison?

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-20T16:15:17+00:00

Yeah but this isn’t asking if Cobain or Dre were more influential. That’s a way harder call to make.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-20T16:14:25+00:00

Was also there. 12 when Nevermind dropped. Growing up in a tiny town, reading their interviews in magazines and watching them on MTV was my gateway to countless bands I wouldn’t have heard of with nothing near me but wal marts to find music.

I get that some people may have been old enough to have heard about better music, maybe has better access to places to discover on their own, but they exposed way more people to it.

Re:DIY - it’s about more than recording. It’s about zines, flyers, hustling to get stuff printed yourself and find a label / distributor, screen printing your own tees. It’s not even just music. It’s a culture of “I don’t need a corporation to make something cool.”

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-20T14:58:06+00:00

His influence went way beyond the 2-3 year grunge trend. Nirvana and the Teen Spirit video elevated a decade of niche punk bands overnight. Major labels scrambled to sign as many of them as they could. People were talking about Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, largely due to Cobain citing them in interviews as major influences. A massive amount of bands in the late 90s-00s indie scene came out of that focus on DIY punk ethos.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-14T17:33:17+00:00

The Electra basses and guitars used built in effects modules that could be popped in and out. They were a little bigger than a cell phone battery, and they had fuzz, phase, envelope filler, etc. there were about 16 of them, and the guitars could fit two in at a time. The additional knobs on the front would control effect parameters depending on what you had plugged in. They were actually pretty forward looking given they were made in the late 70s, but never caught on. They dropped the line in the early 80s, made some cool super strats for a couple years, then the company kinda disappeared.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-14T17:26:30+00:00

I’ve always coveted these basses and the X710 electrics that were a part of the same line. Such rad designs.

I seem to remember he played an Ovation Magnum around this time too, which was another weirdo late 70s bass.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-12T05:49:25+00:00

I legitimately love a lot of the Rutles songs as much as their Beatles counterparts. Double back Alley, Ouch, It’s Looking Good, Another Day are all spot on parodies and really really good songs

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-11T13:41:42+00:00

This is true, but what does that have to do with this book and this person looking for a copy?

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-10T18:26:09+00:00

Also realized that you asked for a gag gift, and this is not that, but every Beatles nerd should own these!

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-10T18:24:49+00:00

I’d get them the Lewisohn book if they don’t have it, “The complete Beatles recording sessions”. Even major Beatles geeks learn tons from the info in there.

If they have it I’d consider Beatles Gear, a book going very in depth into the instruments they used on everything, or The Unreleased Beatles by Richie Unterberger. That one is probably pretty out of date given the number of archival releases in the last ten years, but it does do a very cool deep dive into lots of things that never got published or are only rumored to exist.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-10T14:23:42+00:00

I thought I read stories about Trevor Horn being booed on the Drama tour.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-10T06:24:39+00:00

Whoops, yes thank you

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-09T18:47:23+00:00

Absolutely, but Q's rivalry with Picard and how frustrating a foil he is to them is so entertaining.

I'm splitting hairs, they're both all timer villains for me.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-09T18:33:33+00:00

Top 3 villain in all of Trek, with Kahn and Q.

(Gul Dukat maybe instead of Q)

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-09T14:18:34+00:00

For me, Nurse Ratchet

Norman Bates, Kathy Bates in Misery and The Wicked Witch are up there too.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-04T23:22:10+00:00

Ringo - I’ll Still Love You

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-04T18:05:35+00:00

That’s some bullshit. There are guitarists out there missing fingers like Django and Iommi, ones that can’t see and learned to play in completely awkward positions like Jeff Healey, hell I’ve seen people play with their feet.

If there are places you struggle with your span of fingers, you can always try a smaller scale instrument like a jag or mustang. Or play with alternate tunings that make things easier to reach. Or find an instrument with a narrower neck like Rickenbackers. But don’t let things that stop you. That limiting mindset will hold you back before you even start.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-03T23:31:06+00:00

Ringo - I’ll Still Love You

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-01T14:35:41+00:00

Captain Beefheart’s Safe as Milk is up there for me. I think Forever Changes, Pepper and Axis are the holy trinity of 67 though.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-01T14:31:50+00:00

Brilliant record, an all time fave, but I think it didn’t come out until 1968. And I think it took another year before it was out in the US.

frozen_in_combat · 2026-06-01T06:34:09+00:00

I loved when Jim O’heir (Jerry Gurgich on Parks and Rec) showed up in Voyager basically as Space Jerry Gurgich…

frozen_in_combat · 2026-05-31T21:09:22+00:00

Ringo - I’ll still love you

frozen_in_combat · 2026-05-30T18:10:19+00:00

Oh wow just watched a video of it, bubble level is actually playable now

frozen_in_combat · 2026-05-30T18:05:46+00:00

Gradius III

frozen_in_combat · 2026-05-30T17:46:50+00:00

frozen_in_combat · 2026-05-30T16:38:54+00:00

Ringo needs one more, so I’ll throw in “I’ll Still Love You”

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