Off: Rush & Knut etc.

[cannibal at CUTEY.COM]

At 00:18 18.12.97 +0100, knuttGGGwerss wrote:


>Q: Coolest memory in VOIVOD history?
>
>A: -We toured with Rush in 1990 for the Nothinface album. Meeting
>those guys is one of the highlights of my career, since they had such
>an important input on the direction we took as a Sci-fi metal band.
>
>HA!!!!!

Double Ha! I knew that - of course, every Canadian band look up to Rush
and it's not so strange, really. So what if their influences suck man!
Sure, Rush at least had the sci-fi thing going, but sci-fi does not =
good. Especially when it's some Ayn Rand induced political fog. And Voivod
have the sense to stay clear of that nonsense, thank God.

As for Queen & Quo vs. Rush: NO WAY!! QUEEN were far more inventive and
had a much more varied and smart unflunces of past musical history as well
as oodles of panache, and an uncanny pop sensibility! Though I don't listen
to them anymore, I was a big childhood fan! As for Status Quo, well, ok
maybe Rush are better if we exclude Quo's pseudo psych toytown drivel tune
"Pictures Of Matchstick Men" - that song outweighs the ENTIRE Rush back
catalog
in every aspect imaginable (IMHO of c.), but I think they were known as the
Spectres at the time so YOU WIN! Hope that helps you sleep better tonight!

Coil, OK, yeah, what I've heard so far (Horse Rotovator and
Gold is The Metal), is definetly interesting. Their track on
the Succour comp is excellent!

But as you should know by now, Hawkwind are the greatest band ever!

jeez, get up to date!!
Christian