What Are You Listening To?

[mtthwibrahim]

Houdini-Melvins

Slow, sludgy, Sabbath-esque proto grunge genius

[SteveO]

Freakin awesome, dude !!!! I love 'em !!! Great live sets and #1 in Canada you say !!!! Airbourne , a group to be reckoned with ! They sure have a great time in Wacken !

AIRBOURNE "runnin' wild" cd,2007. #21 AU, #62 UK, #106 US.

debut set from Aussie hard rockers Airbourne.
very much in line with fellow Austalian rockers AC/DC.
group got their breakthrough after releasing their debut "ep" in 2006, someone from Capitol Records in the US picked up on it, offered to fly them to LA and record an album, picked up by both Rolling Stones and Motley Crue the same year to tour the US/Canada and Europe with them...
cant find any chart entries for their singles from this one except in Canada, where the album never charted but the did manage a Canadian #1 hit with their debut single "runnin' wild"...bit of a surprise actually, but hey i guess the Canadians do have some taste when it comes to music...
allmusic rate this one a converted 2.1, so i guess im not too far off the mark with the pro's over there!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: lets ride
best track: diamond in the rough

tracks:

1. stand up for rock and roll **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1k79C4Lfmw live
2. runnin wild ** #1 Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobVCYbSpKU live
3. too much,too young,too fast ** #3 Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUKPW_TV1DI live
4. diamond in the rough *** #13 Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_KITpKm3s live
5. fat city ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tna6VNFXZ58 live
6. blackjack **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKt2pReWoQ live
7. whats eatin you ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVvau5KrtQ live
8. girls in black **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX7ciQJuvbU live
9. cheap wine and cheaper women **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGoWFRwjSg live
10.heartbreaker **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZM9W9pTOpU live
11.lets ride **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZtiFAF6suw live

3s=3
2s=8
1s=0

rating: 2.3

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Not a bad hair band. Meaningful decipherable lyrics stand out. Forget what their big hit was, but it's not on this
album. You head bangers will know. Only thing I remember from here is Unskinny Bop. Aw come on, thats meaningful. A
couple of throw away instrumentals that come in at under 2 minutes. Decided to disregard this stuff if its under a
minute, but if you waste my time for more than a minute, you get penalized. Only other track I don't like is the
closer, Poor Boy Blues. Favorite is the song of despair, Something To Believe In. I guess this album was pretty
big, hitting #2 on the chart, and going triple platinum. Singles Unskinny Bop reached #3 and Something To Believe
In #4. Didn't realize they were that big till I did this. That's what makes this fun. Anyway, pretty decent album
and the only one I have I think. Makes me want to have some of them curly locks. They'd be gray though. Hey, shut
up, at least I have some.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Strange Days Of Uncle Jack

Best Track - Something To Believe In

Well I see him on the TV
Preachin' 'bout the promise lands
He tells me believe in Jesus
Steals the money from my hands

Some say he was a good man
Lord I think he sinned, yeah

Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back

Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
In a time I don't remember
In a war he can't forget

He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there
Cause I never meant the things I did"

And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in
Oh, Lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
And they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place

And the mirror, mirror on the wall
Sees my smile it fades again

And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in
Oh, Lord arise

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then
Road you gotta take me home

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read JESUS SAVES

A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich drinkin' from a golden cup

And it just makes me wonder
Why so many lose, and so few win

And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in
Oh, Lord arise

You take the high road
And I'll take the low road

Yes Sometimes I wish I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then

And give me something to believe in, yeah

1) Strange Days Of Uncle Jack *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbyFMhAlCFk
2) Valley Of Lost Souls **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-myiQRFaN0
3) (Flesh & Blood) Sacrifice **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMbGgnCWfuc&ob=av2e
4) Swampjuice (Soul-O) *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-R8DohjdU
5) Unskinny Bop **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5y4wvsLyY&ob=av2e
6) Let It Play **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kz_gFdMF58
7) Life Goes On **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA452WYvo-M
8) Come Hell Or High Water **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk3Oy1yieHY
9) Ride The Wind **
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juhBVAnLkHk&ob=av2e
10) Don't Give Up An Inch **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xib-S5gwumU
11) Something To Believe In ***
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5uamDMoW4o&ob=av2e
12) Ball And Chain **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTfRKwNsX2w
13) Life Loves A Tragedy **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCJXIB1Hc0
14) Poor Boy Blues *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5VbhSjMZw

3's - 1
2's - 10
1's - 3

Grade - 1.9

so many albums, so little time

[CRAZY-HORSE]

cant believe you like that Unskinny Bop thing????, but then i never liked these guys anyway...now Aerosmith, thats a different story...!

[Music Head]

cant believe you like that Unskinny Bop thing????,..!

my only defense is, I can't believe I liked it either

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



One of my branch out attempts after discovering some Ministry I liked. Maybe I was possessed. I can handle the
music. The vocals suck. Undecipherable on most tracks. I don't like anything that sounds like I think Satan would
sound. I generally shy away from Satan. This is the Canadian groups seventh album so maybe I was a bit late to try
and climb on board. Had they already burnt out? I sure did after this. I still listen to stuff that is totally out
of character for me. Difference is I no longer purchase it. You can do that in the age of the internet. Back in the
day you had two options, borrow it or buy it. Nobody I knew was strange enough to have any Skinny Puppy. Two
singles were released from here, Tormentor and Spasmolytic. Neither charted nor did the album. Maybe in Canada but
not here. The albu was critically acclaimed, but who knows what the critics were on. Nothing here for me, but it
was a tormenting kind of fun. Now, where's my Donny Osmond album.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - All

Best Track - None

1) Convulsion *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEDgnYuZkRg
2) Tormentor *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgbS4J8gcA
3) Spasmolytic *
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSv09h6__v8
4) Rash Reflection *
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0wBbm4bmuc
5) Nature's Revenge *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWniFouJDpw
6) Shore Lined Poison *
video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RG4q331n8M
7) Grave Wisdom *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR6WzIzYmFk
8) T.F.W.O. *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WprVzlwP-GY
9) Morpheus Laughing *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvSv4p-180
10) Reclamation *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tuU_HDlNY

3's - 0
2's - 0
1's - 10

Grade - 1.0

so many albums, so little time

[CRAZY-HORSE]

LOL never thought i'd see you score an album lower than Aqua!!!....this one must be really bad but i admire you for listening to the whole thing MH

[SteveO]

I know Skinny Puppy has a cult following of sorts. I listened to Perpetual Intercourse album once and it didn't stick with me.

[Music Head]

I know Skinny Puppy has a cult following of sorts. I listened to Perpetual Intercourse album once and it didn't stick with me.

I can imagine what kind of cult it is too.

[mtthwibrahim]

eh, Skinny Puppy are a bit bland and uninteresting to me. I'd rather go with some of the early industrial bands like Nurse with a Wound or Einstruzende Neubaten