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Merzbow: Yes, People Pay to Hear This. Live at the Substation, Melbourne, Australia. Feb 28th, 2026.

#Merzbow performed in #Melbourne last weekend. Impressions from the show and the deeper currents of attraction to improvisation and noise. medium.com/the-riff/mer... #medium #musicblog #mediumpost #Noise #NoiseMusic #Japan

Yeah. I can see how that’d work - Discharge i mean. And i totally agree about the interpretation of a song. Direct covers are dull. Gotta make it your own.

Yeah, it was less ominous when Seps did it. Of all the Motörhead songs to cover though... I would have loved for them to have done Burner... which obviously couldn't have happened in 1991

I still play this and its successor a lot! Great records. Hard to say if they're timeless, but I still find them extremely engaging.

ha ha and what a soundtrack. legit banger!!

That’ll do it.

Yesss, I've seen a few docs in recent years. Excellent insights into the band, but also Australia in the mid-ish 80s. Awesome.

Great song, great message. Played this just this week past. My fave. MO record for sure.

YouTube video by JudasPriestVEVO Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Live Vengeance '82)

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I have no connection to the original, but the Priest make this one a banger.

This is a killer comp. NMN a capella of Forward to Death and Napalm Death’s Nazi Punks were killer.

a different vocalist. BIB operated on quite a different level. It's hard for me to see past the lyrics in that regard. I guess they felt more Australian w Bon in the band. If you'll indulge me...

Had Bon Scott Not Died, Would “Back In Black” Have Been As Successful? AC/DC’s 1980 album ‘Back In Black’ is the second highest-selling album ever.

Thanks for the comment, appreciated.

ha ha this is the problem w being a Bon Scott loyalist.

I think I outlined some of that transitional thinking in this piece: medium.com/the-riff/had...

I managed to get across what I think some of the key differences are. I'm sure you'd agree, it's not just...

Champagne Moments in Rock ’n’ Roll Part 1 - AC/DC That’s the thing about rock ’n’ roll.

The title track is all that. I did a little write up about this very thing: medium.com/the-riff/cha...

Don’t Change was playing at Bunnings yesterday. Hardly more an Australian moment to be had.

Haven’t listened to an INXS album in aeons, but they definitely had some bangers.

Great comment. I feel that too.

Awesome. Thank you!

10 reasons why Persecution Mania is Sodom’s triumph. True story…

Yesssss. My fave Sodom record. jasonmhealey.medium.com/10-reasons-w...

The Saints: Stranded — The Documentary. An ugly vision of 1970s Australia. The first punk rock band? Not exactly. The greatest punk rock band? Maybe. The band that inspired Jello to form the Dead Kennedys? You bet.

Killer record. I wrote a piece about them recently and the context of a hostile Queensland - the state in which they formed. medium.com/the-riff/the...

Johnny Ramone's face in that photo... In End of the Century when he bangs on about how America is the greatest country in the world. That's the face that proves he believes it ha ha.

Oh yeah, that's a ripper. Haven't listened to this in a long time. Killer guitar tone from memory.

#zeke Death Alley. Overkill #rocknroll All their records kinda sound alike, yet each slays. Something to be said.

I endorse this post. Only try to write is real.

Babylon Whores from Finland. Their mid-late 90s deathrock was all that.

Armoured Angel from Australia. Just a tad too early; imploded as they were maturing into all they could be.

Willing a Record Collection to Your Kids Is Not the Gift You Think It Is It doesn’t matter what Discogs says your collection is worth, leaving your kids with a thousand vinyl records is a massive burden.

I used to think that. Then it occurred to me medium.com/the-riff/wil...

I love their first record. This one is good too, but i don’t think it has the endurance of the debut would be cool to see, but i don’t live in Perth ha ha.

As a lyrical theme, I can't think of any competition for this one.

YouTube video by BlankTV Didjits - "Captain Ahab" Touch & Go Records

I was playing this today. Hard to go past Killboy and Captain Ahab. The video is a banger. If you don't know the story, worth reading the comments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuO...

Perfect. Love Laibach and in particular, this reimagining. The original has no appeal for me, but this is special.

Didjits - Killboy Powerhead

Reunion albums are risky. They need to be remarkable to even be considered - least in my book. #TheHellacopters Eyes of Oblivion an exception. #RockNRoll #Vinyl #Sweden