Discussion
Dave spart said:
Can't access youtube here, can you tell me who most sound like.
For example I saw the racing cars years ago live and they were Welsh are they anything like?
hmm can't think who they sound like, it has been said they were the precursors to many British hard rock/metal bands, Sabbath et al.For example I saw the racing cars years ago live and they were Welsh are they anything like?
Breadfan has been covered by Metallica, I think Soundgarden have done a Budgie song too.
Oh and Supertramp are also Welsh, but not much else in common
Dave spart said:
hey now I'm sat at home again heres youtube;
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=baJcKHquyk8
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=baJcKHquyk8
not much like Budgie really...I'm sure Supertramp were Weslh?
hmm it would seem not, according to wikepedia.
Edited by tim the pool man on Sunday 17th February 13:14
Wikid pedia reckon they had a founder member surname 'Davies' drummer,gulp....
Anyway he was from Swindon, another bloke from hampshire, some others, but crucially NOT Welsh,
So there's lovely.
Not saying the talent is sparing in Wales,
Our finest prog-rockers though is labouring the point
Anyway he was from Swindon, another bloke from hampshire, some others, but crucially NOT Welsh,
So there's lovely.
Not saying the talent is sparing in Wales,
Our finest prog-rockers though is labouring the point
tim the pool man said:
good track Breadfan IMO, i was made aware of Budgie by the covers Metallica did of this track and some of their other songs (IIRC) on the Garage Inc album!got into Diamond Head through that album too, some cracking covers on there IMO
heres the Breadfan one - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wqTRWvmHB5Y
And there's me just burning all my old Budgie albums to iTunes while this thread is running!
Saw them many times in the '70's; the bassist was very much a fore-runner of Geddy Lee of Rush, both in bass style and vocals. Followed them from '72 to around '78 when they lost the original guitarist Tony Bourge; never the same afterwards, IMO. It'd be interesting to see how they shape up 30+ years down the line though.
At the time, they were about as heavy as you could get, but with some good light acoustic tracks on all albums (just to show they could).
As for Welsh-ness, they were at least 3x as Welsh as Shirley Bassey down a coal mine, covered in leeks and daffodils.....
Saw them many times in the '70's; the bassist was very much a fore-runner of Geddy Lee of Rush, both in bass style and vocals. Followed them from '72 to around '78 when they lost the original guitarist Tony Bourge; never the same afterwards, IMO. It'd be interesting to see how they shape up 30+ years down the line though.
At the time, they were about as heavy as you could get, but with some good light acoustic tracks on all albums (just to show they could).
As for Welsh-ness, they were at least 3x as Welsh as Shirley Bassey down a coal mine, covered in leeks and daffodils.....
I'm a bit young to remember them the first time round, got given 'In For The Kill' by an ex's dad, because it has the other track Metallica covered Crash Course In Brain Surgery on, . The riffs are awesome for a band of that era, right up there with Zep, Sabbath and Purple IMHO. The Metallica version of 'Crash Course...' is better though, no Plant wannabe vocals!
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