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The Zine Superhero

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10^th May 2004 at 7:52 pm

The Official Zine Superhero

For those who do not currently have a band or do solo performances:

What genre would you be in? Solo or in a band, and called what? Influences? Cover versions you'd do if you had to do a 10 song cover album?

I'd be in a good rock group, called Boo Hoo Betty (my two nicknames a couple of years ago were "Boo Hoo" and "Betty" - don't ask).

Influences would be Pixies, Placebo, LostProphets, Ash, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, early Idlewild.

Cover versions:

Broken Face: Pixies
Paint It Black: Rolling Stones
Ziggy Stardust: David Bowie
Burn Burn: Lostprophets
Where is Charlie Brown?: Mercury Tilt Switch
LSF: Kasabian
Bigmouth Strikes Again: The Smiths
Come Home: Placebo
Envy: Ash
Hey Ya!: Outkast (I'd love to do a rock version of this, sort of Lostprophets meets Sex Pistols meets Placebo sound do it. I reckon it could work really, really well).

Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, Wakka, Bam Thwok.

Will

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10^th May 2004 at 8:25 pm

i would be in a band, well not a conventional band with just guitars and drums, but members who can play various instrumentation... the name would probably change each album, so every album is a self-titled debut. (this is because i would make albums based on specific feelings, moods or musical concepts and i would want the title to reflect that without the band name distracting from the concept)

but it would be kinda spacey-proggy-electronicy-rocky music.... with hints of jazz.

influences: pink floyd, radiohead, mogwai, miles davis, other random stuff ive heard and stuck in my head...
covers:
pink floyd - atom heart mother (that would probably take up the whole cd, but meh..)
jimi hendrix - red house
nine inch nails - the day the world went away
beck - diskobox
ELO - mr blue sky
moloko - familiar feeling
a radiohead song.. undecided which one. maybe how to disappear completely or everything in its right place.
opeth - deliverance
eels - dog faced boy/thats not really funny
10 songs already? cant i squeeze in the obligatory wish you were here - pink floyd?

Edited by Will May 2004

Puffalump

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10^th May 2004 at 8:53 pm

Because cake is happiness

If I was in a band I would most probably be in the emo/punk/rock genre, I am actually quite shocking at classifying music into catergories though

We'd be called Melancholy Mermaidens as I cannot think of anything better at this moment in time ???.

Influences? Foos, Green Day, Reel Big Fish, [Spunge] NFG, Bikini Kill, Letters To Cleo, Less Than Jake, Something Corporate, Aimee Mann,Tuuli, Sleater-Kinney, All Girl Summer Fun Band...many more

Cover versions
1. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Not sure who the original was by the versh I remember be Green Day
2. She's Famous Now - Reel Big Fish
3. Hit Or Miss - NFG
4. Perfect Day - American Hi-Fi
5. Up in arms - Foos (although not sure if I'd wreck the original...)
6. Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys
7. Jump On Demand - [Spunge]
8. Stand By Me - Ben E King
9. It's Over - Tuuli (I'd make it far more rock...)
10. Still Crying - Go Sailor

Wife of the lovely Alice

Topper

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10^th May 2004 at 9:48 pm

Dismantling a person is sometimes necessary...

I wouldn't be in a band, probably just try and produce some weirdy beardy electro.

So, genre wise, I'd say breakbeat/electronica.

I'd love to do remixes of certain tracks:

Idioteque- Radiohead.
Da Funk- Daft Punk
Block Rockin' Beats- The Chemical Brothers.
Song For Lindy- Fatboy Slim
Where's Jack the Ripper- Grooverider.
Phlange Phace- Aphex Twin.
Alive- Beastie Boys.
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots- Flaming Lips

I hope some day, for some reason, David Duchovny is investigated by the FBI. Because that would make a great story.

http://www.myspace.com/toppercutter

Hobbes

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10^th May 2004 at 9:55 pm

the hoopiest of all the froods

If I had a band we'd rule the world. That is all that I need to say.

"I'M SIGNIFICANT!!!"
screamed the dust speck

Lucozade Lover

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11^th May 2004 at 3:06 pm

If I was in a band I'd die happy.

Technically I'm sort of in a duo with my nephew called Eppi Pen but it's not really practical when he can't play much guitar, and I only teach him stuff for a week each summer. But one day, maybe when he lives nearer who knows?

I like the name Eppi Pen so could stick with that...
Influences: Sabbath, Doors, Deep Purple, Primal Scream, HIM (thanks Chris for going on about them little dude!), Nickleback (if he still likes them), and Rainbow... Steve Vai, Motorhead, and Van Halen/DLR.

Covers?
HIM ~ Funeral of Hearts
Rainbow ~ Gates of Babylon
Black sabbath ~ Symptom of The Universe
David Lee Roth/Original ~ That's Life
ditto ~ Just a Gigolo/I Aint Got Nobody
The Doors ~ The Unknown Soldier
NIN ~ Closer To God (done more bluesrocky)
ZZ Top ~ Gimme All Your Lovin'
~ La Grange
Rainbow ~ Starstruck

The genre would be bluesrock, but with a bit of metal thrown in. Maybe an iddy bit of thrash too.

Albi The Racist Dragon

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11^th May 2004 at 3:25 pm

I'm in a sort of semi-band, in that we never seem to get anything done except individually, but it might work. At the moment it's called Piccadilly Fellowship, but I change my mind quite a lot, it was going to be Acid Fish Fellowship for ages.

Influences - New Order, Depeche Mode from 1989, Radiohead, Pixies

I'll get back to you on the covers.

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Tired/Happy

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11^th May 2004 at 4:34 pm

If I was in a band, we'd probably be pretty slutty... and play grunge/indie stuff.

When we got really big, we'd let masses of plastic balls down on the crowd, and turn the place into a giant ball pool. And we'd have bubbles... and seamonkeys...
Not too sure about the music side of things, though.

"Sometimes people don't build walls to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to tear them down."
Thom is happy

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11^th May 2004 at 4:41 pm

i'd be in a melodic metal band. actually maybe not too melodic, but a little. would have fast riffs, and fast drumming. but melodic and slow vocals. maybe deep and growly. dunno about a name... maybe Son Hits Back, or something totally out of character with the genre.

covers:
wicked game - chris isaak
hello tomorrow - zebrahead
pretty fly... - the offspring (for laughs)
ace of spades - motorhead
hybrid moments - the misfits
angel of death - slayer
distortion - wilt
my sacrifice - creed
crazy - mushroomhead
mad world - tears for fears

..putting the sex back in dyslexia..
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Silvan

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13^th May 2004 at 12:01 pm

Aurals Velupide!

I'd be in a rock/dance/electronica/funk kind of thing with possibly a few earthy, spacey sounds.

Influences: The Egg, some Pink Floyd, some Ozric Tentacles, Leftfield, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Orb.

^Will probably add more to that sometime.

As for covers, well I'd have to have a good think about that.

What can I say? I did it all for the Wookies.

Penfold

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13^th May 2004 at 5:44 pm

The thinker

I'd love to be in a kind of old rocky sounding group like The Who. Or something heavy, maybe.

Influences The Who, hurricane party and everything else i've ever listened to.

Covers:
Boris the spider - The Who

and erm...........um...........i'll have to think about the rest.......

"The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill people, people do,‚Äù but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps. I just think just standing there going, "Bang!" That's not going to kill too many people, is it?" - Eddie Izzard

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Bob Flapper

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13^th May 2004 at 5:52 pm

Me?!

If you're going to cite The Who as one of your influences don't depend on it on the greatest hits album you just bought. And Boris the Spider? Cover something decent like Pinball wizard or I can't explain.

Rose

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14^th May 2004 at 3:42 pm

A very attractive man. Not me. Him.

if i was in a band we'd play all different kinds of music and people would get confused at our gigs because we refused to get pigeon-holed into music genres dammit. i would play piano and do bv's mmm covers....

hallelujah - originally leonard cohen i think but listen to rufus wainwright for a good version
you got me - the kinks
all the young dudes - mott the hoople
dragon attack - queen
the philosophers song - monty python
teenage dream - t-rex
while my guitar gently weeps - the beatles
diamond dogs - david bowie
citizen erased - muse
filthy/gorgeous - scissor sisters

Anton Chekhov - Smash Hits

Vel

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14^th May 2004 at 3:51 pm

Marry me?

If I were in a band, we'd play a wide variety of good music, and irritate all the townies and trendies of the world mwahahahahaha.

ahem
I would probably sing and/or play bass guitar and we'd cover:
The Killing Moon-Echo and the Bunnymen
I know It's Over-The Smiths
Velouria-The Pixies
She's Lost Control Again-Joy Division

and some more stuff by the above artists.
And some Black Sabbath stuff.

Wife of Amy, Sex Goddess

The Zine Superhero

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14^th May 2004 at 11:19 pm

The Official Zine Superhero

Quote:

Velouria - The Pixies

*Mouth waters*

Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, Wakka, Bam Thwok.

The Zine Superhero

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14^th May 2004 at 11:22 pm

The Official Zine Superhero

Something Against You by the Pixies is also a possibility. Great guitar riff, then maniacly "I GOT...SOMETHING AGAINST YAOU! (It does sound like Yaou rather than You)

Genius.

Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, Wakka, Bam Thwok.

Flapdoodle

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16^th May 2004 at 11:17 pm

TO THE SEA...

I'm currently kind of in a band who do ska covers of many songs from many genres- we aren't a serious band at all- we just do it all for fun and it is.

Lucozade Lover

| 8,558 posts

17^th May 2004 at 6:52 pm

Quote: Flapdoodle_

we aren't a serious band at all- we just do it all for fun and it is.

That spunds sounds great.

The Zine Superhero

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18^th May 2004 at 5:58 pm

The Official Zine Superhero

U-Mass by the Pixies is great too.

"IT'S EDUCATIONAL!"

Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, Wakka, Bam Thwok.

Albi The Racist Dragon

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19^th May 2004 at 12:52 pm

Holiday Song is probably my favourite, with Velouria and Wave Of Mutilation close behind.

Topper

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19^th May 2004 at 12:54 pm

Dismantling a person is sometimes necessary...

Yeah, the Pixies are indeed pretty damn good.

Debaser is my fave.

I hope some day, for some reason, David Duchovny is investigated by the FBI. Because that would make a great story.

http://www.myspace.com/toppercutter

The Zine Superhero

| 366 posts

19^th May 2004 at 5:54 pm

The Official Zine Superhero

And I'll be seeing them live!

Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, Wakka, Bam Thwok.

Hobbes

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19^th May 2004 at 7:58 pm

the hoopiest of all the froods

ditto me

"I'M SIGNIFICANT!!!"
screamed the dust speck

Topper

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20^th May 2004 at 9:02 am

Dismantling a person is sometimes necessary...

Ditto me

(If they're supporting the Chili's at Hyde Park)

I hope some day, for some reason, David Duchovny is investigated by the FBI. Because that would make a great story.

http://www.myspace.com/toppercutter

Tired/Happy

| 5,601 posts

20^th May 2004 at 12:44 pm

Goddam all you people going to Hyde Park

"Sometimes people don't build walls to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to tear them down."
Thom is happy

Albi The Racist Dragon

| 7,432 posts

20^th May 2004 at 1:50 pm

Quote: King_of_Semantic_Mush_

Ditto me

(If they're supporting the Chili's at Hyde Park)

They're not.

The Zine Superhero

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20^th May 2004 at 5:53 pm

The Official Zine Superhero

I'm seeing them in July.

At T in the Park, and they're on second last on Sunday, then to finish the weekend off, I have a choice of:
The Strokes on the Main Stage (possible)
Massive Attack on the NME Stage (less possible),
Snow Patrol in King Tuts Wah Wah Tent (also possible)
Chemical Brothers live in the Slam Tent (Not a chance)
The Stands in the X-Tent (maybe)
Some unsigned band in the T-Break tent (HA HA HA HA HA HA HA)

Cannae wait.

Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, Wakka, Bam Thwok.

Topper

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20^th May 2004 at 8:46 pm

Dismantling a person is sometimes necessary...

[quote=No_Data_ link=1084218757/15#24 date=1085057076]Goddam all you people going to Hyde Park

I hope some day, for some reason, David Duchovny is investigated by the FBI. Because that would make a great story.

http://www.myspace.com/toppercutter

Tired/Happy

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21^st May 2004 at 6:08 pm

Not me.

*sob*

"Sometimes people don't build walls to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to tear them down."
Thom is happy

Rose

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22^nd May 2004 at 8:58 pm

A very attractive man. Not me. Him.

i thought of another name! linda gets lucky would play an excellent ska version of david bowie's suffragette city.

Anton Chekhov - Smash Hits

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