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good one Rob!

im thinking post of the year

After spending the last month at a vendor's site cooped up with a bloke from Hull, "knob" has now been drilled into my vernacular.

The conference calls will never be the same...."what a knobhead"....

Mateybob wrote:

jingle_jangle wrote:Yeah--the Floyd Rose, the headstock, the...

...knob playing it.

The guy playing the Rick-inspired Kramer is Donnie Vie from Enuff Z' Nuff. He is hardly a knob. In fact, Mr. Vie is no stranger to using real Ricks. Go on YouTube and pull up the videos for "Mother's Eyes" (where he is playing a black/red 360) and "Right By Yor Side,"(where is he playing a 650). I saw EZN back in 1991 and he used several Ricks during the band's set that night. Given the catchy, melodic, power pop nature of the band's music, I am surprised they don't have more fans on here.

brian_l wrote:
I am surprised they don't have more fans on here.

Errrr...
I'm not.

Im really surprised at you Rob.You just cant help but love this.

(urp)

scotty wrote:


Im really surprised at you Rob.You just cant help but love this.

I used to think that anyone who played a Rickenbacker must have at least a small amount of taste and style.
How wrong could I be?
I'm sticking with the knob comment on this one, though I may put it to a vote.

I vote KNOB.

An '80s hair band pretending to '60s clothing psychedelia, a lead guitarist playing Van Halen cliché riffs, with a split-second shot of the drummer flipping his stick (another cliché with Howard Hughes toenails...). I don't know what to think, as "eclectic" is usually a positive word when it comes from me. I'm just glad I never went to any of their shows.

Oh, and they should wear safety glasses with all those grinders so close to them on the stage...

You know i was trying to be civil for a change and all of a sudden everyone's got their guitar knobs in a twist!

Have you noticed my absence on this particular thread? No? Well, it's because I usually try to adhere to the dictum "If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all." They really aren't my cup of tea, either.

JimK

Don't let the band's early image fool you. Even they are embarrased by it now. Also, they have a different guitarist and drummer now, and they sound a lot more like a power pop band than a hair metal band, especially on the material released after 1993. The only thing I can say about them is to listen to some of their later material and give them a chance.

Brian L dont be offended mate the guys are just having a little fun.We all like and love rickenbackers thats the main reason we are here but everyone`s different and rightfully so, if we all liked the same bands this forum would be bland.Keep jangling

I think it's fine to discuss what we like and don't like about the music if we stay away from value judgments about the artists personally, or their fans. I believe the old saw about walking a mile in someone's shoes, but at the same time my inner artiste will have her way with esthetic critique ... I mean, it's just what we do as creators. And if I don't like Mr. Vie's music I still respect him professionally. I'm a little uneasy with calling names outside of a sense of artistic playfulness .