@Rstrahs I saw Tricky open for Tool, and that was weird.... Another where I think I might have been the only person cool with that.

@Rstrahs I'm unapologetically a Kylie Minogue fanatic. No judgement on loving pop music here! It's some good stuff, and whatever makes you happy in this shit-hole of a world...

@Rstrahs When I saw NIN in 19, my sales manager got me tickets, and the night I saw them, an electronic band Death In Vegas opened. I've been a fan of them since the 90s... Pretty sure i was the ONLY person there who gave a shit about them! I'm eclectic.

@Rstrahs Lady Gaga was at Wrigley a few months ago, and I'm not a fan, but it was so audible to where I live that it was clear as my TV.... And the street party outside my window for 2.5 hours after the show was a delight... I've never been so happy as that night!!

@Rstrahs I love Talk Talk! Also, one of my favorite riffs from Rifftrax was Mike saying sometime along the lines of "that song Talk Talk, off the record Talk Talk, by the band Talk Talk" (or something like that) and it's so accurately perfect that it's funny!

@Rstrahs You're my kind of people! My last 2 live shows before 2020 were NIN and (separately) Ninja Sex Party.... My first recently was Porcupine Tree a couple months ago.

@Rstrahs No Code is actually my favorite... And yes, "grunge" is a weird "not a sound or style, but a sense and feeling" genre that it's really not as easily narrowed down as other genres.

@Rstrahs Have you heard of Porcupine Tree??? They are another fantastic and eclectic prog band... They've changed sounds enough, yet still stayed the same.... Worth looking into if you're a fan of music. Steven Wilson and all his many various side projects have something for everybody....

@Rstrahs That's funny, because only recently I realized they reminded me of Pearl Jam... Decades of Floater and it took me that long to think "oh this reminds me of PJ"... Although Pearl Jam is also questionable as a technical "grunge" band after their first album, but that's another argument!

@Rstrahs I'm in Chicago... As in, a block from Wrigley, Chicago. Kind of surprised you heard of Floater! They deserve to be better known... Same with King Black Acid (psychedelic rock?) also from Oregon. One of the best bands I've seen live.

@Rstrahs I grew up in far NorCal, and one of the bands I saw a lot was a band from Portland/Eugene called Floater... I've since relocated to the Midwest, but Floater is the one thing from the west coast that I miss... I can't recommend them enough if you like Tool, The Doors, and other things prog and/or Pink Floyd... It truly makes me sad that they haven't reached father east then Denver...

@Rstrahs I almost forgot about Bad Religion. Need to listen again to them.... Weirdly, Godsmack is the one band that really got me after seeing them live........ They were just so precise and perfect live that I can't fault them for anything

@Rstrahs Darkest Days is absolutely their masterpiece... But I'll fight for them as being forever underappreciated! I've always heard them called the "poor man's Nine Inch Nails" but they always meant far more to me.

@Rstrahs That's fair... I'm just happy they're back in their shoes and maybe another album can happen that's maybe more natural... That band went through a lot to get where they are... I still love every iteration.

@Rstrahs That's kind of how I felt with The Dreaming (they also had issues with the label bringing in producers that really changed their sound), but I didn't get that with the latest Stabbing Westward album... To me, I could tell it was the first album in a long time they actually had control over.
I'm also an audio producer, so I might be biased a bit there... Hearing nuances that I can tell a band has say over...

@Rstrahs Love Stabbing Westward... And their "we don't own the rights to the name anymore" band The Dreaming.... Highly recommend their new official Stabbing Westward album (out earlier this year) if you haven't heard it. Walt is back, and so is their original production team. It's beautiful!

I really need to start writing heavily erotic Lorax/Onceler slashfic...

Working in retail for many years has made me insanely numb to Christmas music, but there's still a few that just drive me crazy.

@Jacki Forgot to add context... British sketch comedy of a Bananarama knockoff covering Jimmy Mack

@Jacki https://youtu.be/wQlKfHzzZn0