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[Drygioni]

I was always a fan of the Kinks even though I didn't have any of their records.  They have a lot of great hits.  Then I started buying their records and the songs on the records are even better than the hits.  Love both of those songs.  Never heard either one of them until about 10 years ago.

Exactly Paul, they have a strength in depth that belies the classic rock radio stations and guitar rock compilations endless love for You Really Got Me. Superb songwriters who provide real depth and clarity to every lyric and melody.

I've been listening to a lot of Half Man Half Biscuit recently. Extremely 'English', but not in the way the Kinks were. No sir.

[Nabubrush]

I'll just toss this in here:

"It wasn't called heavy metal when I invented it." Dave Davies

[pmcd9]

Hey, I just gave you your three hundreth can.

[Drygioni]

I thought it was The Beatles who, as well as validating the existence of thousands of years of British history by being such a successful project, invented heavy metal.

[Nabubrush]

Beatles are good times and Dave's a bit of a bastard, but I can't really argue with the quote.

[arkabee]

I wonder if there would be a market if I could get this maniacally shrieking monkey in my head on tape?

yes.

if by market you mean one guy on the internet.

[Nabubrush]

I'm not listening to anything right now, but last night I listened to my wife play a couple of songs with her new band, then some friends of ours play a full set with their old band, then my brother-in-law get up and play metal/punk karaoke with his bassist (playing a Les Paul for this set) and lots of different people singing, and then a full Misfits cover set with another person playing the Les Paul and the bassist going back to my bass. It was pretty awesome.

[pmcd9]

Songs from the Wood

[Nabubrush]

Songs from the Wood

After reading this, I went back to find out when exactly Tony Iommi played for them ('68) and learned that Phil Collins also played for them at one gig in '82.

[pmcd9]

After reading this, I went back to find out when exactly Tony Iommi played for them ('68)

He didn't do any recording with them, but was in the band when they did the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.

[Nabubrush]

He didn't do any recording with them, but was in the band when they did the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.

And is actually not on record with them, as the music was dubbed later.

[pmcd9]

So what are you saying, was that not a live recording?

[Nabubrush]

So what are you saying, was that not a live recording?

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi played guitar for Jethro Tull briefly in 1968 following the departure of Mick Abrahams. The only recording of him with Jethro Tull is on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus although his guitar is not heard as all of the music (except Ian Anderson's vocals and flute) was dubbed in afterwards. It was a one-off performance and he returned to Black Sabbath (then called Earth) in January 1969.

Iommi, Butler, Ward and Osbourne renamed their band Earth in September 1968. They carried on under this moniker until December 1968 when Iommi briefly departed to play in Jethro Tull. However after only one performance (an appearance on "The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus" in which the band mimed "A Song for Jeffrey", while Ian Anderson sang live), Iommi was back with Earth once more.

Allmusic just says he was in Jethro Tull during that time and that he played on "Rock & Roll Circus" so in conclusion I got nothing.

[pmcd9]

That is very interesting.  I guess I never questioned it because it seems very live.  Also, The Rolling Stones performance on the same show is so rambling and shambolic that it must be live.

[Nabubrush]

"Shambolic" - Paul, you magnificent bastard!