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Re: Faces to re-form
« Reply #690 on: November 13, 2008, 03:19:06 PM »
I guess every band reforms sooner or later (except maybe the Ramones). Rod says he and Woody are game, but Mac and Kenney aren't mentioned by name.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/launch/20081112/en_launch/61860982

Still, I'd pay a few quid to see 'em.

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Re: Faces to re-form
« Reply #691 on: November 13, 2008, 04:03:02 PM »
I guess every band reforms sooner or later (except maybe the Ramones). Rod says he and Woody are game, but Mac and Kenney aren't mentioned by name.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/launch/20081112/en_launch/61860982

Still, I'd pay a few quid to see 'em.
it does mention "all the original members" though.  What a surprise that they ignore Jones, b/c his stint w the who was fairly significant and you would think they could time to mention THAT.
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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #692 on: November 13, 2008, 05:20:07 PM »
(except maybe the Ramones).

and Alice in Chains. (I pray)

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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #693 on: November 13, 2008, 08:30:57 PM »
"Music is the Earth, People are the Flowers, and I am the Hose."

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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #694 on: November 13, 2008, 09:37:00 PM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #695 on: November 14, 2008, 05:11:02 AM »

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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #696 on: November 14, 2008, 09:12:02 AM »
(except maybe the Ramones).

and Alice in Chains. (I pray)

Didn't the lead singer die?  He's now a man in a box, eh?

ETA:  oh, wait... is that the joke here...?  nevermind.
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Re: Faces to re-form
« Reply #697 on: November 14, 2008, 09:46:35 AM »
I guess every band reforms sooner or later (except maybe the Ramones). Rod says he and Woody are game, but Mac and Kenney aren't mentioned by name.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/launch/20081112/en_launch/61860982
Still, I'd pay a few quid to see 'em.
Rod Stewart confirms the Faces reunion:
http://www.pr-inside.com/stewart-confirms-the-faces-reunion-r913856.htm

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Re: Faces to re-form
« Reply #698 on: November 14, 2008, 11:43:44 AM »
I guess every band reforms sooner or later (except maybe the Ramones). Rod says he and Woody are game, but Mac and Kenney aren't mentioned by name.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/launch/20081112/en_launch/61860982
Still, I'd pay a few quid to see 'em.
Rod Stewart confirms the Faces reunion:
http://www.pr-inside.com/stewart-confirms-the-faces-reunion-r913856.htm

Glad to see they're giving it a go. I'd guess Rod and Woody would be the two who would have to be convinced to do it, being as they're the most successful of the surviving members. Mac and Kenney haven't starved, but they're not nearly as active as the other two. Wonder if it'll be the non-stop rolling party it was when they were in their heyday?

Had to snicker at that article referring to them as "'70s supergroup." They were great, but hardly viewed as a supergroup back then. They toured endlessly, mainly played small to medium size halls here in the states, and struggled in the shadow of the Stones. Their stock rose when Rod came to the States and his solo career took off, and Woody was cherry-picked by the Stones to take Mick Taylor's guitar chair. Of course, that was the death knell of the band, too.

Btw, Ian McLagan's book All the Rage is a great read.
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #699 on: November 20, 2008, 12:23:13 AM »
I just heard about this local (Portland) band called KMRIA. Fans of James Joyce will recognize that acronym from Ulysses, in which it is said to stand for "kiss my royal Irish arse." Anyway, the band is made up of a couple of Decemberists, Scott McCaughey of Minus 5, a couple of Eels, and several other local musicians, and all they play is Pogues songs. And they only play around St. Paddy's Day and Christmas. So you can imagine what the shows are probably like. Lovely, loud, sloppy, drunken debauch. I think I gotta go see 'em, at least once.

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Re: Faces to re-form
« Reply #700 on: November 20, 2008, 09:09:56 AM »
Btw, Ian McLagan's book All the Rage is a great read.

I heard Ian on some radio show (Fresh Air?) and he recounted how the Grateful Dead approached him to play keyboards for the band (maybe Keith Godchaux has just left?).  Ian knew it would be an easy gig, guaranteed work, good money, but he said no b/c he couldn't deal w the tedious music!   :o   
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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #701 on: December 02, 2008, 08:55:06 AM »
AC/DC tonight. You KNOW I'm excited!!!!!!
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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #702 on: December 03, 2008, 09:36:42 AM »
AC/DC tonight. You KNOW I'm excited!!!!!!
Great night. Band only playing these two shows in N. Cal and on to 2 in So Cal. Great energy, great showmanship, great crowd. A few new Black Ice tracks and classics a plenty. Angus and Brian really look they have a blast performing.

The Answer, http://www.theanswer.ie/home.html opened. Good band. Have had their disc on my wish list for a year and never got around to getting it so this was a treat.

Parking at Arena $25! wtf!? Big bucks being made there.
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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #703 on: December 04, 2008, 10:27:00 AM »
AC/DC tonight. You KNOW I'm excited!!!!!!
Great night. Band only playing these two shows in N. Cal and on to 2 in So Cal. Great energy, great showmanship, great crowd. A few new Black Ice tracks and classics a plenty. Angus and Brian really look they have a blast performing.

The Answer, http://www.theanswer.ie/home.html opened. Good band. Have had their disc on my wish list for a year and never got around to getting it so this was a treat.

Parking at Arena $25! wtf!? Big bucks being made there.

Peter Hartlaub review:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/03/DD7014GR3N.DTL

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Lead guitarist Angus Young, in particular, is built kind of like Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" - and we mean that in a good way.
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Re: The Concert Thread
« Reply #704 on: December 04, 2008, 10:50:31 AM »
AC/DC tonight. You KNOW I'm excited!!!!!!
Great night. Band only playing these two shows in N. Cal and on to 2 in So Cal. Great energy, great showmanship, great crowd. A few new Black Ice tracks and classics a plenty. Angus and Brian really look they have a blast performing.

The Answer, http://www.theanswer.ie/home.html opened. Good band. Have had their disc on my wish list for a year and never got around to getting it so this was a treat.

Parking at Arena $25! wtf!? Big bucks being made there.

Peter Hartlaub review:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/03/DD7014GR3N.DTL

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Lead guitarist Angus Young, in particular, is built kind of like Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" - and we mean that in a good way.

Hell ya it was great.
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he knew that his band was charging $90 for tickets during a recession, and he wanted to apologize the only way he knew how - with a five-minute face-melting guitar solo
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