Total Fucking Godhead / The Soundgarden Thread

[Birds in Hell]

Updated timetable, fellow SW/SG bros.

Ministry shifted earlier, Antemasque moved back to this day (as originally announced, the last timetable had them placed on the Smashing Pumpkins day).

[LetMeSleep]

Updated timetable, fellow SW/SG bros.

Ministry shifted earlier, Antemasque moved back to this day (as originally announced, the last timetable had them placed on the Smashing Pumpkins day).

[zeb]

Great! I thought Antemasque belonged on our day.

Thanks Spenno.

[Rangi Guy]

I'm not sure if I should be upset or not that Pumpkins aren't coming over for Westfest

[zeb]

If you saw them in the 90s then probably not.

[Rangi Guy]

If you saw them in the 90s then probably not.

Nah - the closest I came was back in 2008. Procrastinated too long and the day I went to go buy a ticket, they had apparently only just sold out. On my walk back to work - I did run into and have a wee chat with Billy though - that was kind of cool

[Birds in Hell]

Well, let's just hope this means there's plenty of room for Kim, Ben and Matt on the new Soundgarden album that's surely in the works.

[LetMeSleep]

Well, let's just hope this means there's plenty of room for Kim, Ben and Matt on the new Soundgarden album that's surely in the works.

That's also why I'd like a solo Ed album.

Has there been word on a new SG album yet? Do we know how many sessions there have been?

[Birds in Hell]

I'm not sure if I should be upset or not that Pumpkins aren't coming over for Westfest

I wish ours was a one-day festival like Westfet (or Soundwave in previous years), it feels kind of stretched having the bands spread across two days.

I'd certainly watch the Pumpkins if I were going on the second night but paying an extra hundred or so bucks for the privilege seems hard to justify.

[Rangi Guy]

As it is - I'm only really going for Soundgarden and Faith - but they would have been a good bonus.

[Birds in Hell]

You guys get Judas Priest! I would definitely watch Judas Priest.

[Rangi Guy]

I don't really know any of their stuff

[LetMeSleep]

You guys get Judas Priest! I would definitely watch Judas Priest.

For sure/

I don't really know any of their stuff

You won't need to. Just have a few beers.

[Birds in Hell]

I figure that if a band is any good, it's not really going to matter if you know their stuff before or not.

[zeb]

I see plenty of bands where I don't know their material. It's a great way to get an introduction to their catalogue.

[Kevin Davis]

You know, I can dig that in theory, but thinking on it, I don't think I can name a single band or artist I've "gotten into" as a result of seeing them live. Not to say I can't enjoy a show without knowing the material first, but it absolutely deepens the experience for me. At this stage in my life the idea of paying anything more than a few dollars to attend a concert by a band I've never heard seems like an irresponsible use of family resources; looking back on my college years it seems kind of absurd the number of high-profile concerts I attended (by people I either didn't like or had no interest in) just because it was something social to do.

[Birds in Hell]

We may be talking past each other for the purposes of this thread as I'd agree very much with all of that too. Seeing a band you're unfamiliar with is definitely an altogether different experience to seeing one that you're intimately familiar with but not necessarily a less enjoyable one. While I didn't end up becoming a hardened fan of either, I had a fantastic time seeing performances by Morning Jacket and Kylesa (neither of whose work I knew very well at the time) at different festivals over the last few years.

I can't imagine spending money on seeing a band I'm completely unfamiliar with either, but if it's a festival and you're already there...

[zeb]

I bought tickets to see Courtney Barnett last year without having heard one note of her recorded output. One of the best things I did all year.

[LetMeSleep]

I bought tickets to see Courtney Barnett last year without having heard one note of her recorded output. One of the best things I did all year.

I did it for Kurt Vile a few years back. Generally I prefer to have heard some material first.

[Kevin Davis]

I have to take my statement back, actually -- seeing Band of Horses open for PJ a few years ago definitely made me a fan of them. I also fell head over heels for Joanna Newsom after seeing her open for Will Oldham in 2004, but it ended up being a one-album fling.