Music Buffs, Axl Rose - 1983, Rapidfire newly discovered music (pre GnR)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzdCmbHdHb8 ^

[Scythian_Reborn]

Axl Rose in 1983, barely out of Lafayette Jefferson High School in Indiana, was in a band called Rapidfire. This music was very recently "rediscovered". Axl doesn't have his classic sound yet, he's very young here ... I love this song, what do you think?

Axl Rose, 1983, Rapidfire, Closure ...

[wardaddy]

My little brother loved Circle Jerks

And Misfits

Best live band I ever saw....the Who....early Lynyrd Skynyrd as well

The Who were impressive

I drove by the Summit in Houston in 1980 I think on my way to an oil pipeline job in south Texas

I saw the billboard out front and stopped and bought a ticket from a scalper...what the hell

Kenny Jones did a great job

Best small show I ever saw was INXS impromptu with Bowie at the China Club NYC in 84 I think.....they did Route 66 and the blew the roof off

Husker Dü....the Ritz....I got in a fight...great show though

Billy Joe Shaver....Exit In Nashville when Eddie was still alive....10 feet away....the Jeff Beck of Texas outlaw guitar

The Allman Brothers on the beach at Anna Maria key to a crowd of maybe 150 at the Oar House......incredible but Greg got toasted on booze

[wardaddy]

I agree if you’re gonna be front man for a big guitar band either don’t eat or take aderal

[Mr. Mojo]

Btw simple chord progressions form the basis of all rock and roll and most rock

I even like ONE-chord tunes -- "Smokestack Lightning" (Howlin' Wolf), "Shake Your Hips" (The Stones), "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Beatles), "Chain of Fools" (Aretha), "Run Through the Jungle" (CCR), "Everyday People" (Sly Stone), "Political World" (Dylan), . ....just to name a few.

"One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -- Lou Reed

[Mr. Mojo]

I saw the Who the same year you did (1980). My dad (an ortho surgeon) came home after work in and asked me if I knew who Pete Townshend was. (I was 16). I shook my head yes. He said "he just gave me these." ....2 tickets to the Who at the L.A. Sports Arena, for THAT night. Pete had been in my dad's office earlier in the day to get a bone in his wrist set and a soft cast put on. The night before he'd apparently gone Kung Fu in a hotel room somewhere. Right hand/wrist, so he could still play guitar. Here's a pic of him from that tour with the cast:

Agree -- when The Who were on their game, they were amazing.

[ifinnegan]

When and where did you see the Circle Jerks?

[Mr. Mojo]

Best small show I ever saw was INXS impromptu with Bowie at the China Club NYC in 84 I think

One of the best small-venue shows I ever saw was an impromptu at the Palomino Club, Feb. of '87. Taj Mahal headlined, but Dylan, George Harrison, and John Fogerty were in the crowd and Taj eventually coaxed them up onstage. Played another hour with them.

Buddy Guy with Junior Wells at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz in '86 was another amazing blues show.

Too many great ones to name.

[HangUpNow]

Not many ONE-chord tunes, but that was a good quick summary. "Run Through the Jungle" (CCR), "Everyday People" (Sly Stone) both had the magic hook.

Trick question?: How many chords are there in a typical Rap song? (and I use "song" as loosely as I can.)

"One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." -- Lou Reed

HA! Great line.

And then there's those signature hooks, riffs, solos, and duel-firing axes categories which make those one-two chord tunes *sound* almost like an orchestra. Especially if there's a keyboardist in the band.

[Mr. Mojo]

Trick question?: How many chords are there in a typical Rap song?

Answer: Hussein's nickname.

[HangUpNow]

Dylan, George Harrison, and John Fogerty were in the crowd and Taj eventually coaxed them up onstage. Played another hour with them.

Wow. No one had ANY idea? Btw, how were your seats?

[HangUpNow]

Now that's a trick answer ;-)

(Which one??)

[Mr. Mojo]

A table right near the stage. Dylan and Harrison were at the bar, and boy did Bob get hammered.

[HangUpNow]

Dad... asked me if I knew who Pete Townshend was. (I was 16). I shook my head yes. He said "he just gave me these." ....2 tickets to the Who at the L.A. Sports Arena, for THAT night.

Man...

[HangUpNow]

Sweeet. You could hardly believe your luck.

Dylan and Harrison were right at the bar? After the set I hope.

So that was what -- a year or so before they formed the Traveling Wilburys?

[Mr. Mojo]

They where at the bar from the beginning of the show. Taj saw them there and prodded them to come on up. Eventually they relented.

Yeah, right around the time the Wilburys were formed. Some great songs on those two albums...

[HangUpNow]

The era of big rock is over. We’re left with nostalgia tours

I’m fifty eight and have been watching nostalgia tours from the Stones and Skynyrd and Eagles Van Halen and Townsend Daltrey forever....but that’s nearing a conclusion too

Yup. I'm about your age. Everyone had better catch what they can WHILE they can. I dispense this sage advice to my son: "Before they're all gone, GO! They're droppin' like flies."

And he is. Fortunately I took him to see several 70s acts; He's into 80s. We all tend to forget that 30 years later, the 80s bands are *our* age, so from far away they may look ok. Up close and they look every bit of the 60+ year they are. The 60s-70s bands -- we're lucky to catch one healthy enough and intact.

There’s wigger culture music they despise....jugalow crap

There’s variations of distorted voice modern r and b

Country dirt road pop of which I like a handful....Miranda Lambert..

Awfully weak compared to pre-1990. Which is why I find myself recycling the 60s-80s stuff that's fallen between the cracks. And there's plenty of it, fortunately.

I listen to say post 2000 music and very little impresses me....hard rock with drum accelerators or growl lyrics.....roots hipster music which is utter crap....worse than folk music

Exactly why I've leaped into the Rock Wayback Machine. Don't know how Rap has survived. And WHY is it that practically ZERO male rock bands exist, but nearly every pop-artist is female, home-slice, or gay? Social engineering at work.

My kids are depressed about music

As well they should; But at least it sounds like you've pointed them in the right direction.

[HangUpNow]

So that really was impromptu; Harrison and Dylan are just chillin' at the bar, Dylan is ripped. And suddenly they're climbing up on stage.

Cool that they were just when you were there; THEN, up on stage, doing a few ditties. Shoulda had your guitar handy ;-)

[CivilWarBrewing]

Saw them on many occasions. Club Lingerie in Hollywood is one that I can remember, in the early ‘80’s.

[Mr. Mojo]

Awfully weak compared to pre-1990. Which is why I find myself recycling the 60s-80s stuff that's fallen between the cracks. And there's plenty of it, fortunately.

Direct TV has a music station (audio, no video) called "8-tracks" (ch. #840) that specializes in between-the-cracks tunes from those decades. Some real surprise gems. Commercial-free, of course. With the two classic rock stations, two or three blues stations, and two jazz and two classical stations, I find myself listening to far fewer records these days. There's something about listening to music that you're not expecting to hear that's real appealing to me. That's one of the reasons I miss (good) radio. Nowadays we have our custom-burned CDs with total control of the situation. Some of the magic is lost.

Btw, what the hell is a "jugalow?"

[Gargantua]

From the perspective of pure musicianship—from the skill with which the instruments are played to the tastefulness and musicality of the artists involved—there is only one band that for over 40 years performed at the pinnacle of musical achievement, from composing through final mix and in live performance.

The Stones, The Band and The Eagles all came within a few-thousand arenas and a few million brain-cells of the single-greatest Rock and Roll Band of All Time.

As a performing musician who sang lead in my first band in 1967, went on to work as a performing artist (piano & guitar), Studio Musician (piano, guitar, drums, bass) and recording artist with Major Label credits on several albums and one movie soundtrack (I'm the crazy piano in the movie "Speed Zone" with John Candy; a ridiculously over-produced remake of the Beatles' 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' loops as the credits roll, and that's me on piano) over the next 45 years, my all time pick is The Grateful Dead.

Nobody ever played drums like Kreutzman and Hart. No one ever considered trying to play bass like Lesh. Rhythm guitar? Tell me who is better than Weir. And for lead guitar, Garcia is a legend and innovator whose vast library of work will live forever. I have ticket stubs from 57 shows.

Grateful Dead, best band ever. IMHO

[Vaden]

Well thank goodness we have you to tell us who is “worthy” and who isn’t! /s