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Scruffy The Janitor

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  1. Stone Sour at #62 woot, People using rundown Stone Sour because of Corey Taylor being in Slipknot, but really Stone Sour's owns them. I voted for it, but can't remember in what position:P. Glad Slipknot didn't make the list though

    EDIT To steal everyones idea:

    1 - Hatebreed - #78 (didn't think they'd make it on but woot)

    2 -System Of A Down

    3 - Napalm Death

    4 - Rage Against The Machine

    5 - Metallica

    6 - White Stripes

    7 - Stone Sour - #62

    8 - Placebo

    9 - Gorillaz - #100

    10 - Disturbed

    And I'm sure most will still make the list:P

  2. I know that this isn't solely rock of course, but it's the best that I could find for now of a top selling album list... this is of July 28th and I found it at VH1:

    1 1 JAMES BLUNT - BACK TO BEDLAM : 5330000

    2 2 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - STADIUM ARCADIUM : 3707000

    3 3 MADONNA - CONFESSIONS ON A DANCEFLOOR : 3345000

    4 4 KELLY CLARKSON - BREAKAWAY : 3002000

    5 5 BLACK EYED PEAS - MONKEY BUSINESS : 2813000

    6 6 BOF - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL : 2785000

    7 7 ANDREA BOCELLI - AMORE : 2481000

    8 8 MARY J BLIGE - THE BREAKTHROUGH : 2444000

    9 9 EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL THE HITS : 2420000

    10 10 SHAKIRA - ORAL FIXATION VOL 2 : 2289000

  3. I loved Jazz Jackrabbit (Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was better), back in the day when shareware games were all the rage, that owned. That, the original Duke Nukem platformer, Microsoft 3D Movie Maker and The Secret Of Monkey Island were the games me and my friends lived by.

    Speaking of rabbit-based games, they're not shitty, but both Kuri Kuri Mix and that one by the makers of Parappa where you played an angular rabbit, and the levels were designed based on the music you were playing at the time....pure class.

  4. I don't think having to put in effort to enjoy a band should be a necessity, as some bands you just want to be able to put on and enjoy straight away, but there's plenty of bands that, from the first listen, I hated, but I now absolutely adore (The Smiths, Television Personalities and Daniel Johnston are fine examples of this). If I'd gone with my gut instinct and first impression, I wouldn't have got into half the music I like now, nor would I be half the person I am now.

    Also, some albums (Final Fantasy's "He Poos Clouds", for example) are very rewarding to those who put in the effort, I find. At first, it seems impenetrable, and while a good album, far from a masterpiece, or anything you can really relate to. The more you read into it, or the more you figure out just through listening to it, the more beautiful and amazing it becomes.

    I think, like any artform, a lot of music requires some effort to get into. Just like some television shows require you to watch more than one episode before you really get into it, like some movies are better the second time round, like some paintings look much better after closer examination, or like some books spark your imagination so much more on the second read, some music requires you to put the effort in, or to give it a few listens. I don't think that's a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination.

    Broken Social Scene is very much like that. If you just want to listen to them, go for it, you can easily, and it's very enjoyable to. But if you listen well - preferably through some good headphones - then you can really hear everything going on, and notice the little things that are further down the mix.

    A fantastic example. When I first heard "Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl", it kind of washed over me, and I used it as background noise, really, and never listened to it again. But I heard it played in a coffee shop months and months later, instantly knew that I'd heard it before somewhere, and went home to look for it. From then on, I found that song mindblowingly beautiful.

  5. WCW Backstage Assault - It got panned on the crap games thread, but I really enjoyed it, mind you at that time my wrestling games were WCW Backstage Assault, WCW Mayhem, WWF Attitude (or summat like that, not sure of the name, had the same engine as ECW Anarchy Rulz), and ECW Anarchy Rulez.

    When I got Smackdown 2, it went right out the window, but up until then it was enjoyed profusely.

  6. also have u ever listened to 3 Doors Down they are a great band. Also listen to some Creed . And get a bi o Limp Bizkit

    Hate to be a grammar nazi, but give your posts a quick proofread before posting. No-one wants it to be perfect, but easily readable is nice.

    3 Door's down is aight.

    But I hate Creed and Limp Bizkit with a passion.

  7. Unsigned bands like? .....It's all well and good to say unsigned bands but their are thousands and thousands of them (millions???) and quite a few of them really suck, and dont deserve to be signed. What unsigned bands do you like and think are good?

    As for my suggestions I'm more into the harder stuff, but the obvious stuff like the white stripes, Stonesour. Gotta love Placebo.

    Even pushing New Zealand music, Blindspott and Steriogram are worth a listen. (And of course 8 foot sativa (see sig), but thats a bit harder)

  8. I think Meat Loaf would be a great one. Nice romance story.......ignoring his divorce....lol. Also chronicaling(sp) Meat's dad trying to kill him, Hair, RHPS, Bat Out Of Hell I, his drop from fame into alcohol and bankruptcy upto the great Bat Out Of Hell II, and maybe covering the impending Bat Out Of Hell III. But preferably not because thats Meat selling out without Jim Steinman.

    And if anyone brings up "To Hell And Back" I will kill them :P.....lol It was B-grade, had mistakes everywhere....and was just shit.

  9. There was also a Tupac film as well though, wasn't there.
    If your talking about the Nick Broomfield "Biggie And Tupac" movie I think it gets disqualified because its a documentary not a fictionalized movie. However if there is a Tupac movie I don't know about.....then Im going down to the video store.

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