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It's funny how some 'lesser' acts end up being better live than one's you're looking forward to. I went to The Big Day Out a few years back and was real keen to see The Vines (where are they now?) and most of all Queens of the Stone Age. Sadly the sound from their stage sucked. Jimmy Eat World were there and the Foo Fighters were good but better than all of 'em were Jebediah. Dallas Crane were entertaining as well. Pacifier (now Shihad - again) were excellent and I liked The Living End. It was the only good year I could be bothered going to since.

By the way Jake, what stand are you in for the GP? I'm in the Bass Strait Stand. Anyone else going? We are toying with the idea of getting custom t-shirts supporting a rider as there is a largish group of us going and we're sick of seeing Rossi the only one with big groups of dressed up fans (not having a go at Vale, just like to see Aussies support their own).

Im still not sure what stand! We have to book asap, just gotta get it all decided with the group im going with.. But GenAd last year wasnt so great, so we want to go for the grandstand, better view, seating etc.. Are you going for the entire weekend? I think we might just go for Sat/Sun..

I'll be going for our usual ride "the scenic way" to the Island on Friday. Then we have a house that we hire to stay at for the weekend. There could be as many as 15 trying to pack in there. That's why I wanna get in early and claim me a spot. :) You'll wanna be quick on grandstand tix as sales are way up on last year and I know Siberia was full.

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Originally Posted by NinjaMaster

It's funny how some 'lesser' acts end up being better live than one's you're looking forward to. I went to The Big Day Out a few years back and was real keen to see The Vines (where are they now?) and most of all Queens of the Stone Age. Sadly the sound from their stage sucked. Jimmy Eat World were there and the Foo Fighters were good but better than all of 'em were Jebediah. Dallas Crane were entertaining as well. Pacifier (now Shihad - again) were excellent and I liked The Living End. It was the only good year I could be bothered going to since.

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Hehe yeah was pretty good thanks, was my sixth time at Leeds - I missed last year (Muse headlined 2006 incidentally, I saw them second on the bill in 2002) but have been every year since 2001 aside from that. Half the fun of course is the campsite shenanigans every night, as long as you can get up the next morning and see some bands.

It is true that sometimes the lesser bands are best, defo this year as I'm not a massive fan of Razorlight, the Chilis (who played a noodling self-indulgent set rather than a festival-pleasing hits list) or King of Leon, and Arcade Fire were totally lost so far up the bill (couldn't create any atmosphere).

My faves this year were Interpol, The Long Blondes, The Shins, Panic! At the Disco, then The Sunshine Underground and the Pumpkins plus Jimmy Eat World. I missed The Living End this time but saw them the first year I went, shame they're not bigger worldwide as they could easily be Green Day-huge. (apologies if I've lost anyone at this point :) )

Oh, and re: The Vines. They are still going (check Wikipedia, etc). Craig Nicholls (singer/guitarist/songwriter) was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, which is kind of a form of autism, in 2004. This was leading to him getting himself into trouble so they stopped touring (it doesn't, however, mean he's a nutter or anything - in short) but do still play shows here and there and are working on a new album.

I saw Kings of Leon with Pearl Jam last year, that was a brilliant concert.. I also love Interpol and The Shins, fantastic live acts.. We have very similar music taste Pat! Do you like The Klaxons? Phoenix? Hot Chip? Arctic Monkeys? To name a few..

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Originally Posted by NinjaMaster

It's funny how some 'lesser' acts end up being better live than one's you're looking forward to. I went to The Big Day Out a few years back and was real keen to see The Vines (where are they now?) and most of all Queens of the Stone Age. Sadly the sound from their stage sucked. Jimmy Eat World were there and the Foo Fighters were good but better than all of 'em were Jebediah. Dallas Crane were entertaining as well. Pacifier (now Shihad - again) were excellent and I liked The Living End. It was the only good year I could be bothered going to since.

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I was at that one - that was the year the young girl died in the Limp Biskit crush (I left not long after that).

Most enjoyable set for me that day was At The Drive In, even though they walked off when the mosh got a bit wild.

But I won't go again, apart from the fact that I'm now 38, I went to the first 6 BDOs at the Sydney showground (Nirvana at the first one, wow), and the Olympic park just doesn't have the same vibe.

My 3.5yo daughter is into Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco! LOL, whatever happened to the Wiggles???

Best concerts for me: Jeff Buckley at Sydney's Phoenecian Club in 1995, and Iggy Pop at Selinas in Sydney in 1994 (supported by Tumbleweed, Beasts Of Bourbon and with Slash, Duff and Matt of G'nR coming onstage for his last few songs!)

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Originally Posted by tha_jackal

I saw Kings of Leon with Pearl Jam last year, that was a brilliant concert.. I also love Interpol and The Shins, fantastic live acts.. We have very similar music taste Pat! Do you like The Klaxons? Phoenix? Hot Chip? Arctic Monkeys? To name a few..

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Pretty similar ballpark yeah, I saw the Arctic Monkeys at Leeds in 2005 in the smallest tent before they'd released any singles and were just an internet phenomenon. I failed to convince any of my mates to come along from the main stage, and when I got there there was an enormous crowd of people with home-made flags and T-shirts, and about four times as many people as you can get in the tent. Someone crowd-surfed into the tent and over me during the first song, and the entire crowd were singing every single song before it had even started thanks to the mp3s getting around on the net. Never been to a gig like it, catching a band just as they're about to become massive (as in the biggest selling debut album in the UK ever 6 months later, clutch of number 1 singles, Mercury Music prize win, etc).

I do like Hot Chip, yeah. Klaxons.... are not really my thing, though they're not awful. You do know that 'Nu-Rave' is just a made-up genre, right? Acid Skiffle is the next thing, I reckon...

I guess with the indie/alternative/whatever you want to call it music scene, there's so much stuff to go at. Was recently spending some time with a girl who did me a load of stuff I'd never heard of, but was mostly great. I am at the minute going through a bit of a singer/songwriter phase (Elliott Smith and Bright Eyes mainly, and stuff like The National), spending less time listening to noisy things although I like to think I still know how to rock :p

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Originally Posted by tha_jackal

Im still not sure what stand! We have to book asap, just gotta get it all decided with the group im going with.. But GenAd last year wasnt so great, so we want to go for the grandstand, better view, seating etc.. Are you going for the entire weekend? I think we might just go for Sat/Sun..

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They have been saying that all the Grandstands have been booked out and that is why they are building extra Grandstands this year..

I like Siberia the best but sat at Bass last year and it was good. This year I think its Gen Admin as I am also going to Sepang.

See you all there..

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Originally Posted by Roby44

They have been saying that all the Grandstands have been booked out and that is why they are building extra Grandstands this year..

I like Siberia the best but sat at Bass last year and it was good. This year I think its Gen Admin as I am also going to Sepang.

See you all there..

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I wanted to sit at Siberia but it was booked out so have a seat in the Bass Strait stand where I have been the last couple of years. Have to get in a bit earlier next year. It's gonna be a cracker and promises the biggest crowd ever at an Aus GP. As for going to Sepang, you lucky mongrel!

Today I called at the local Suzook dealer to order a new helmet and there was an Oyster festival on in the town. Check this out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3623086.stm

The new record stands at 204 oysters consumed in 3 minutes. Some guy managed only 8. I could ve eaten more and I dont even like them but you can wash them down with all the free Guinness you need.

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Originally Posted by jim mcglinchey

The new record stands at 204 oysters consumed in 3 minutes. Some guy managed only 8. I could ve eaten more and I dont even like them but you can wash them down with all the free Guinness you need.

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Oysters, no thanks you can keep those, Guinness though......... ;)

In reading this thread I've got to say one thing to you all. You taste in music sucks, seriously, terrible. Muse, Artic Monkeys, they all suck. Well, OK, maybe I'm wrong, no, wait, I'm right, they SUCK. :laugh:

Anyway, I was going to post more today but the site went down for a while (not the first time lately I've noticed) so that's it for now. :wave:

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Originally Posted by NinjaMaster

I wanted to sit at Siberia but it was booked out so have a seat in the Bass Strait stand where I have been the last couple of years. Have to get in a bit earlier next year. It's gonna be a cracker and promises the biggest crowd ever at an Aus GP. As for going to Sepang, you lucky mongrel!

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You should try to go to Sepang its great!! Grandstand seating, Friday is FREE entry to all!!

See you at the Island then!!

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Originally Posted by jim mcglinchey

Today I called at the local Suzook dealer to order a new helmet and there was an Oyster festival on in the town. Check this out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3623086.stm

The new record stands at 204 oysters consumed in 3 minutes. Some guy managed only 8. I could ve eaten more and I dont even like them but you can wash them down with all the free Guinness you need.

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I had oysters for dinner tonight but with a few Bundys and not Guiness!!

That is a lot of oysters though isn't it??? I'm wondering if they all worked !!

..are you referring to their aphrodisiac properties Roby? If theres any truth in that, then its the winners poor girlfriend / boyfriend/ pet dog, I feel sorry for.

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Originally Posted by jim mcglinchey

..are you referring to their aphrodisiac properties Roby? If theres any truth in that, then its the winners poor girlfriend / boyfriend/ pet dog, I feel sorry for.

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Originally Posted by mx311

In reading this thread I've got to say one thing to you all. You taste in music sucks, seriously, terrible. Muse, Artic Monkeys, they all suck. Well, OK, maybe I'm wrong, no, wait, I'm right, they SUCK.

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You suck :p : :D ;)

Everyone entitled to their opinion. I used to hate Muse but started listening to them more and more and been to see them live a couple of times. It's amazing the sound that three guys can get out of a few intsruments.

But I spose it's not the same as the music you grew up with Matt. You can't beat a bit of Glen Millar, Count Basey and all the greats :laugh:

Best gig I've been to lately is the Subways, great set and I came away from it with a big smile on my face even though I'm not really into the band.

You can't beat..The RollingStones!!! :s mokin:

Time might..

Matt has of course made the schoolboy error of criticising the music we like but not revealing his own tastes... (although I may remember them from the past...is nu-metal the right ballpark?) :p

Miguel, I saw the Subways supporting Weezer in 2003 I think, although I wasn't too fussed with them (especially with the mighty =W= to follow, obviously)

lol, being a fan of classic rock and metal music really makes me out of place in this thread

funny though I saw muse play live in a music festival in either 1999 or 2000, I liked them and bought their album but no-one else had heard of them back then, now everyone knows who they are but I lost track of them

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

lol, being a fan of classic rock and metal music really makes me out of place in this thread

funny though I saw muse play live in a music festival in either 1999 or 2000, I liked them and bought their album but no-one else had heard of them back then, now everyone knows who they are but I lost track of them

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Ah no you're alright, I've seen Deep Purple three times, Lynryd Synryd, Bon Jovi, the mighty Maiden, etc.

As for metal and nu-metal, am less into that (especially as I'm in my singer-songwriter phase at the minute), although I have a kind of ironic fondness for the likes of Papa Roach and particularly Dragonforce (look them up, you will enjoy them) simply because they're unintentionally funny... :)

Dragonforce are fantastically great, in an over the top way out there way.. Papa Roach, meh, was into them when i was 14 - 15 :laugh: .. Not so much anymore..

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Originally Posted by patnicholls

Matt has of course made the schoolboy error of criticising the music we like but not revealing his own tastes... (although I may remember them from the past...is nu-metal the right ballpark?) :p

Miguel, I saw the Subways supporting Weezer in 2003 I think, although I wasn't too fussed with them (especially with the mighty =W= to follow, obviously)

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I'm pretty sure Matt is a punk man, Blink, Green Day, etc.

I'm very jealous you've seen Weezer. I look forward to the day they return to Aus.

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Originally Posted by NinjaMaster

I'm pretty sure Matt is a punk man, Blink, Green Day, etc.

I'm very jealous you've seen Weezer. I look forward to the day they return to Aus.

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You should be triple jealous, I've seen them three times! :D A new album is well on the way I hear, muchly looking forward to it after an upturn in form with Make Believe. Although they'll never better Pinkerton, obviously.

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Originally Posted by NinjaMaster

I'm pretty sure Matt is a punk man, Blink, Green Day, etc.

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Ah you've got a fine memory there Clint. My favourite bands, Green Day, Blink-182, Angels and Airwaves, +44, Pennywise, The Offspring, Strung Out, Sprung Monkey, NOFX.

I actually have a pretty wide taste in music (I was only teasing you guys with your choices). The first live concert I went to was a Beach Boys concert when I was about 12. Growing up as a motocrosser (much like skaters or surfers) we have our own style of music, in our case, Punk Rock.

Anyway, back on topic...

http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...honda_0170.jpg
http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...honda_0176.jpg
http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums.../CBR900-25.jpg
http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...750GSXR-10.jpg
http://babes.a-moto.be/filles/albums...750GSXR-33.jpg

I tell you what, it's nice and pleasant in here - there's just been a verdict in the F1 spying row and the F1 board (along with all F1 websites) have gone crazy. And there's a lot of uninformed rubbish flying about. In fact, roughly 13 pages worth of it in two hours...

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In other news, I'm off to Italy for a week's holiday tomorrow, so afraid you'll have to wait a week for the League to be updated following Estoril. And you'll all have to be good while I'm away and behave yourselves :p

Far better in here. We have threads that you can follow even if you aren't online every waking moment. PLus loads of pics of gridgirls.

The only other place I go here is the NASCAR forums - wow, did I really just say that??? :)

No longer interested in F1 since it became a procession, but Aussie Marcos Ambrose is steadily working his way through his apprenticeship in NASCAR, and will soon be a definite contender. There's many Aussies also watching his progress with great interest.

Good work Matt, we were running low on grid girls here... mcnews.com.au releases pics after each MotoGP round, and once they get up to gallery G, H, I, the promo girls appear...

http://www.mcnews.com.au/MotorcycleR...ry_I/index.htm

http://www.mcnews.com.au/MotorcycleR...13_2176_AN.jpg

Well it seems I've passed 1,000 posts and missed it so here is my belated celebration! :up:

http://www.superbike.lv/images/wallp...stdates/99.jpg

omg this thread was almost on the second page. bad forum users bad !

Anyone know where Pat is ? Haven't seen him around for a few weeks. Dying to see the results of the fantasy league after the last couple of rounds.

great pics :cheese:

Sorry Ryan. I didn't have any dirty pictures to post and the only stuff I wanted to write about as bikes which don't really have a place in this thread. I promise I won't let it happen again sir. Promise :p :

lol, being a fan of classic rock and metal music really makes me out of place in this thread

60's,70's,80's rock/metal owns \m/ \m/

Hi all, I havn't had time to post of late, but I always find 5 minutes to check out what's going on here. I must say that I am a little disapointed with motorcycle fans saying that the racing (Motogp) has become boring, and was thinking of posting in reply to these comments. I didn't have the time to post, but, I think the last race showed that the racing is still as good as ever. To all the Doubting Thomas's, have a little faith. Congrats to Casey, he is on another plane this year, and even Rossi admits that he has been faultless thus far. I think vale will be out to spoil Casey's party at Philip Island though, so it should be another great battle. I love the grid girl pictures :up: I will try to pop in more often now, as my work level evens out. Nice to see Matt popping in from time to time, as I know how busy he is.

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Originally Posted by harsha

lol, being a fan of classic rock and metal music really makes me out of place in this thread

60's,70's,80's rock/metal owns \m/ \m/

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60's -70's were too old, \m/ \m/ is this smiley or what?

\m/ the devil's horn ....it's a common sight to use this as a appreciation smiley among rockers and rock music fans

which one the most accurate for the black metal or devil gesture, two or three fingers?

the devil's horn can be used at any rock concert...just fold your middle two fingers...and don't leave your thumb sticking out

i think it was popularised by Ronnie James Dio....\m/

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thanks for you effort :)