The *Official* Melodic Rock Pub......The Groper

by **Taliwakker** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:16 am

Brissy rocked.....Opeth rocked.

by **Serendipity** » Mon May 01, 2006 6:13 pm

Glad you had a good time, Tali!
Did they play a lot of songs off the new album?

by **SnakeLady** » Tue May 02, 2006 3:22 am

I see Tali had a good time

Also had a great time friday at the concert ... must admit Doro rocked :wink:

Made some nice pictures thanks to a friend

It´s raining right now ....but spring/summer is on it´s way

this week the temperture will rise to 25c

I´m so gonne enjoy that!

by **Taliwakker** » Tue May 02, 2006 8:44 am

S-Dip wrote

Glad you had a good time, Tali!
Did they play a lot of songs off the new album?

I think they managed to play 10 songs in 2 hours :lol:

Played 1 song each off Orchid,My Arms Your Hearse, Still Life, Blackwater Park, Damnation and Deliverance.
They played Ghost of Pedition, Baying of the Hounds, The Grand Conjuration off the new one....and they also did a cover of Deep Purple's 'Soldier of Fortune' which was excellent.

by **Thomasha** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:48 am

S-dip, I didn't do anything to the guitar. The strap just broke and I watched it fall right into the floor, all within a second. Horrible!

Anyway, I'm glad it could be repaired! :wink:

by **Jonny B** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:53 am

Taliwakker wrote:S-Dip wrote
Glad you had a good time, Tali!
Did they play a lot of songs off the new album?

I think they managed to play 10 songs in 2 hours

Played 1 song each off Orchid,My Arms Your Hearse, Still Life, Blackwater Park, Damnation and Deliverance.
They played Ghost of Pedition, Baying of the Hounds, The Grand Conjuration off the new one....and they also did a cover of Deep Purple's 'Soldier of Fortune' which was excellent.

Damnation is the album where the growler sings, right? Does he sing all through the album, or just here and there?

by **Serendipity** » Wed May 03, 2006 6:59 am

Taliwakker wrote:I think they managed to play 10 songs in 2 hours

They must have rushed a bit through their set then! :lol:

Oh, it must have been so awesome... all my favourites off Ghost Reveries no less. And Soldier Of Fortune! That was a cleanly sung version I suppose?

by **Serendipity** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:03 am

Thomasha wrote:S-dip, I didn't do anything to the guitar. The strap just broke and I watched it fall right into the floor, all within a second. Horrible!

What a horrible accident indeed!

Those are the moments when just a second lasts a long time.

by **Serendipity** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:12 am

Jonny B wrote:Damnation is the album where the growler sings, right? Does he sing all through the album, or just here and there?

Yes he sings, throughout the entire album not one growl.

But you know, I disliked the death metal voice at first, for quite some time actually. But the quiet parts in the louder songs made me want to listen to those songs again, so I just tried to listen past the death metal voice by focussing on the music underneath. And at some point I suddenly got it, and it all made sense. In fact, the contrast between the loud and quiet parts is what makes the songs more interesting, and there just has to be a death metal voice, otherwise it won't fit.

by **msmercury01** » Thu May 04, 2006 4:18 pm

Hi all, just stopping by to say hello! I haven't been here in a while. I hope everyone is doing ok.
Teri

by **doggy** » Fri May 05, 2006 7:57 am

Hi, back at ya Teri.
Hoping snag a freebie for upcoming gig by Dragonforce, Tali are you going.

by **SnakeLady** » Fri May 05, 2006 4:01 pm

doggy wrote:Hoping snag a freebie for upcoming gig by Dragonforce, Tali are you going.

Dragonforce I´ll bet you will have fun seeing them live!

by **SnakeLady** » Fri May 05, 2006 4:02 pm

Hi Terri

everything allright with you?

by **Thomasha** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:43 am

Hello Terri and everybody elese!

It's Friday night again, at least here in Sweden. Dragonforce is a cool name, kind of reminds me of Yngwie's "Rising Force" and pre-Europe "Force"! Anyway, my usual question: What's up for the weekend? :lol:

by **doggy** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:02 am

Well this weekend I might try watch some local Aussie rules footy, I know that I will hear the siren.

by **Jonny B** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:31 am

I'm helping relatives with their shopping. :roll:

I can only hope they run out of money before they purchase something heavy.

If time allows, I've been busy with my bro on the band project. We got all our equipment, and most of the tracks have been layed down. But we have no set-in-stone band lineup yet. It's currently just me, him, and a bunch of line musicians. I've had a few ideas for a Power Metal effort as well, but they have to wait until we're done this project first.

Thomas, do you have any ties with any of the other musicians in the Swedish AOR scene? I keep hearing about new Shiva and Alyson Avenue releases, yet nothing has come of either.

by **Thomasha** » Sat May 06, 2006 2:18 pm

Jonny, I'm sorry to say that I've heard nothing at all. I spoke to Niclas, keyboarder of Alyson Avenue a couple of weeks ago but it seems like it's a dead end!

Where are the females, I wan't 'em right now? :lol:

by **Thomasha** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:01 pm

By the way, while in Stockholm I bumbed into Europe's Mic Michaeli and he seems to be having a hard time shaving himself! :lol:

by **Serendipity** » Sat May 06, 2006 9:49 pm

Thomasha wrote:Where are the females, I wan't 'em right now?

You rang?

Hasn't Mic Michaeli been looking for his razor since the eighties? He had a stubbly look back then, or at least that's what I remember!

Oh, speaking of which, I remember when Bjorn Ulvaeus decided to grow a beard and he went with Benny to a premiere, there were suddenly two Bennys! Mic Michaeli hasn't turned into another Benny I hope? :lol:

It's a gorgeous day outside, going to enjoy the sun with a book, a beer (a couple probably) and some music.

by **Thomasha** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:14 am

Sounds good, S-dip! Michaeli is going for the ABBA-look! :lol:

We've got nice weather here too!

by **SnakeLady** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:28 pm

Serendipity wrote:
Thomasha wrote:Where are the females, I wan't 'em right now?

You rang?

Pretty loud ....the mirror broke overhere! :shock:

(LOL the mirror from the dressing table broke last night it just fell down in million peaces)

It's a gorgeous day outside, going to enjoy the sun with a book, a beer (a couple probably) and some music.

Very good choice

Gonne do the same thing today! LOL except for the beer, don´t have beer overhere.

Thomasha wrote:

We've got nice weather here too!

Nice isn´t it?

just beeing outside in the sun with a nice drink.

by **Taliwakker** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:38 am

S-Dip wrote

But you know, I disliked the death metal voice at first, for quite some time actually. But the quiet parts in the louder songs made me want to listen to those songs again, so I just tried to listen past the death metal voice by focussing on the music underneath. And at some point I suddenly got it, and it all made sense. In fact, the contrast between the loud and quiet parts is what makes the songs more interesting, and there just has to be a death metal voice, otherwise it won't fit.

This is the path trodden by many before you

I'll probably give the D-Force a miss Snakey :lol:

by **SnakeLady** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:20 am

Taliwakker wrote:I'll probably give the D-Force a miss Snakey

hmmm don´t you like Dragon Force? :wink:

Enjoying the summer weather overhere

very nice, wearing my whitesnake shirt looking forward to a festival in June hoping the weather will be as good as it was today!

by **SnakeLady** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:24 pm

*gonne sit at the bar with a cup of coffee*

Terrible weather overhere brrr cold and raining.....hope it will get better this week because the garden needs to get paved.

Made Swedish Balls :lol:

for dinner last night ....very tasty.

Late in the evening went to visit friends ....had a couple of Rosé with some cheese very nice.

by **Jonny B** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:36 pm

I'm only thankful that my folks convinced me not to take my vacation in May. We've had only 4 days of good weather all month. Straight rain otherwise. I thought last year was just a freak incident, but to have a second May in a row like this is just unbelievable.

by **Serendipity** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:29 pm

Yeah it sucks when it rains on your holiday... You're supposed to have good weather in May already? I'm jealous! It's off and on with the weather at that time over here, and at the moment it's very off! With the amount of rain that has been falling I just hope that means there's no more rain left by the time it's June!
Did you plan a holiday for later in the year instead? I suppose July and August are more reliable for a holiday?

SnakeLady wrote:Late in the evening went to visit friends ....had a couple of Rosé with some cheese very nice.

Your evening was a lot like mine yesterday! Without the Rosé though, I had to drive us back home. And we had fried fish with peas and carrots for dinner instead of Swedish balls... :lol:

by **SnakeLady** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:34 am

Serendipity wrote:
SnakeLady wrote:Late in the evening went to visit friends ....had a couple of Rosé with some cheese very nice.

Your evening was a lot like mine yesterday! Without the Rosé though, I had to drive us back home. And we had fried fish with peas and carrots for dinner instead of Swedish balls...

Hmm fried fish sounds tasty aswell :wink:

You should try the Swedish balls sometime :lol:

Yes the weather is very off ...indeed hope there is no more rain left for June :wink:

......also it would be nice if it doesn´t rain on 25th of May.

by **Jonny B** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:19 am

Serendipity wrote:Yeah it sucks when it rains on your holiday... You're supposed to have good weather in May already? I'm jealous! It's off and on with the weather at that time over here, and at the moment it's very off! With the amount of rain that has been falling I just hope that means there's no more rain left by the time it's June!
Did you plan a holiday for later in the year instead? I suppose July and August are more reliable for a holiday?

July & August are reserved for upper management only. But I've scheduled my floaters during this span, which I'm allowed to do (floaters are individual days off that we can schedule any day we want. I'm using them on various days during the summer.)

My holiday is scheduled for mid-October. Fall foliage will be at its peak, and summer temperatures in Maine has a bad habit of lingering into October.

by **Penny** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:22 pm

We have Swedish meatballs quite often. They're a very easy dinner and very tasty. I buy them by the kilo at the Ikea store in Perth. Cheating I know, but cooking is not my favorite hobby.

by **SnakeLady** » Tue May 23, 2006 1:19 am

Ah that´s cheating indeed Penny :lol:

I cheat a bit aswell using this mix :wink:

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