SteveStrummerUK
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Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
 A fantastic read, and I know there's a few of you fine folk in here who would really enjoy this. And a real bargain - Amazon.com~$22.36/Amazon.co.uk~£12.79 - for a 700+ page hardback.
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/03 16:59:55
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Looks awesome.
Crossing my fingers that they have it in Kindle format as well.
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SteveStrummerUK
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/03 17:13:10
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I'm not much of a Kindle fan to be honest Krist, I just love the feel of 'real' books I guess. LOL, I've got enough of them on various bookshelves all around my house  And this tome is just begging to be handled, especially for the copious amount of excellent photographs it contains.
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/03 22:03:19
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And it's the oral version to boot!  (The other version is a pain in the arse.  )
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/04 02:49:16
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I used to hate reading on the computer but the Kindle app changed that somewhat. It makes it easier to navigate the book, you can adjust text size, it automatically recalls where you left, etc. For trivial stuff like biographies and such, I love it. I can just sit in my studio, magnify the text a bit, grab my guitar and practice scales and such while I'm reading.
It's also nice to have all the tools at your fingertips to look up word's definition or to check a wiki entry about something. Sometimes when reading a regular book, there's some things I'll simply let slide.
That being said, sometimes, I wish I had both a printed version and the Kindle version.
And for anything which requires more attention like philosophy or history books or such, there's just nothing like the real thing.
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/04 03:10:34
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Incidentally, I've read this one last week.  Nice book w/ a few cool stories, short chapters, nothing too in-depht - pretty much what I'd expect from the Riffmeister. One cool and odd thing I've learned which threw me off... Iommi mentions that the first Sabbath album (as well as the following) was recorded at Regent Sounds. I had heard the name before and maybe read it in Hendrix biographies, but never made a clear mental image or looked it up, not until I read this book where Iommi mentions that the studio was actually little tiny place where they were practically sitting on one another. I had always imagined that the first Sabbath record had been recorded live in a huge room somewhere, maybe something like a disaffected gymnasium, or an old theater or such. To me that's how it sounded, that's the picture I had created in my mind. Not anything like this: 
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SteveStrummerUK
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/04 12:26:42
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Ozzy's would have to be taken from third-party accounts since you know Ozzy can't remember a thing! 
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 14:00:04
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Rain
..... Iommi mentions that the studio was actually little tiny place where they were practically sitting on one another.
Very similar to many of our home studios.
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 14:54:58
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(Note to self: When in the Thousand Oaks studio, cover eyes if Bapu picks up a hammer.)
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 15:17:12
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UbiquitousBubba
(Note to self: When in the Thousand Oaks studio, cover eyes if Bapu picks up a hammer.)
MC Hammer?
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 16:33:39
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You really can't touch this...
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 16:37:46
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Wait, what? Bapu is doing a MC Hammer cover? Will he be wearing these? 
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 17:17:23
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 18:05:30
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Mind you, I'd make a much better job of his hair nowadays - the latest version of Refine Edge in PS Elements 11 is incredible.
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/05 22:47:32
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SteveStrummerUK
Mind you, I'd make a much better job of his hair nowadays - the latest version of Refine Edge in PS Elements 11 is incredible.
Boy, I'm with you there! I was very reluctant to upgrade from CS 1 to CS 6, but CS 1 kept aborting during some selection additions and I've got to make my auto body clips look clean. However, once I made the leap, watched a few tutorials and tried things out, I can't believe how much easier and better the selection process is with refine edge! I'm saving HOURS of tedious effort to get the results I need. The only thing I wish they had was a way to rotate the square selection tool while you were using it so you could match straight lines that weren't exactly horizontal or vertical. I end up using the circle selection tool and carefully cleaning away the unwanted stuff instead. (So you're saying that picture isn't real???)
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/06 10:37:52
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craigb
(So you're saying that picture isn't real???)
Just the hair is not real. Everything else is spot on.
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Re: Book recommendation: "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"
2013/07/07 13:09:17
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Hi,
I don't see how this is important ... or valuable ... if it is not done from a groupie's point of view!
Where's the fun?
And the stories, of course!
As a wise Guy once stated from his holy chapala ... none of the hits, none of the time ... prevents you from becoming just another turkey in the middle of all the other turkeys!
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