Billy Duffy Wah?

[Dave Locher]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I also liked Sonic Temple - it has the hard rock of Electric but brought back the complex guitar lines from Love IMO. I was also unaware of what either of them were saying to press at the time.

 

[NegativeEase]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I also liked Sonic Temple - it has the hard rock of Electric but brought back the complex guitar lines from Love IMO. I was also unaware of what either of them were saying to press at the time.

To be clear, it was just Ian talking, they got quiet cocky, brass, and ugly (but not in an endearing fashion -or at least Ian couldn't pull off that balance) about making it in the Americas and said many things that sort of alienated their long existing fan base in dramatic fashion and everything came crashing down within 2-3 years once their core had eroded.

During their 99-00 reunion tour, Ian was thanking everyone to the point of tears in dramatic fashion because he realized that he need the fans -it was cool.

 

[devastone]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I can see that, I just didn't hear it at the time so it never really swayed me. He has always had an interesting fashion sense though from goth to 80s rock star, and on the Beyond Good and Evil tour, LA gangbanger(?). Great show, saw this tour in Denver, Matt Sorum on drums, Billy Morrison on bass and background vocals, Mike Dimkich (? 2nd guitar), and of course Ian and Billy, just didn't get Ian's fashion statement.

And yes, watching this, Billy does use quite a bit of wah.

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

2nd guitar audition: "Can you play in the dark?" "Yeah." "You're hired."
There is never any light on that guy! And the camera only shows him by accident.

 

[devastone]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

He was just hired to play the 2nd guitar parts for the tour, and not as much of an entertainer (or name) as Morrison, so, of course he's not going to get camera time.

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I know, but jeez they could throw the poor guy a little something. I'm surprised they let him on stage. Billy talks about a synth player on a different tour that they made play from back stage. ("Rig rundown" or something?)

 

[devastone]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I know, but jeez they could throw the poor guy a little something. I'm surprised they let him on stage. Billy talks about a synth player on a different tour that they made play from back stage. ("Rig rundown" or something?)

They did, they threw him a check.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Billy Duffy Wah?

I watched that rig rundown this morning. It is in fact where he talks about the keyboard player being off stage.


https://youtu.be/5_qxW_htSnU

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

They did, they threw him a check.

:doh:

Good one!

:lmao:

 

[NegativeEase]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I watched that rig rundown this morning. It is in fact where he talks about the keyboard player being off stage.


https://youtu.be/5_qxW_htSnU

Wow, that's full Yngwie style

I can't locate the video of the tour where Yngwie has the entire band off to stage right almost half behind the curtain.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

Well, Electric is probably the greatest in your face ACDC style record that's not by ACDC.

And Love is the most Lush Chorusy and beautiful dramatic new wavy groove hard rock record -but not in your face at all -it's gothicy too.

I’ve been listening to The Cult for a few days now. I think the Electric album is great. It’s a band with something to prove. Good hooks and playing all around. It really has all of t beginnings of what their sound will evolve into in the coming years.

The Love album, for me is a tough listen. I keep waiting for the songs to bring me somewhere or to just go somewhere but they all just leave me waiting. I don’t want to say it’s a “bad” record, but it’s just not something I’d listen to on the regular.

I’ll report back when I’ve got the next couple of albums on listen.

In the meantime I thought this was interesting and fun.


https://youtu.be/ij0-36dogGM

 

[NegativeEase]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

I’ve been listening to The Cult for a few days now. I think the Electric album is great. It’s a band with something to prove. Good hooks and playing all around. It really has all of t beginnings of what their sound will evolve into in the coming years.

The Love album, for me is a tough listen. I keep waiting for the songs to bring me somewhere or to just go somewhere but they all just leave me waiting. I don’t want to say it’s a “bad” record, but it’s just not something I’d listen to on the regular.

I’ll report back when I’ve got the next couple of albums on listen.

In the meantime I thought this was interesting and fun.


https://youtu.be/ij0-36dogGM

Love is a slow burn, and honestly it's an album for it's time.

That was when New Wave, Rock, and Glam Metal were exiting the radio and MTV (thanks PMRC) in exchange for horribly overly pop stuff - and the Cult sort of made a record that blended a lot of what was popular in the prior 8 years (Metal, Glam, New Wave, Punk, Goth) into one record.

You might have had to been into it them to really have feelings for it now.

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Billy Duffy Wah?

Love really does grow on you. I put it on one side of a cassette and some German band on the other (Old School: buy the album to listen to at home, dupe it to cassette to listen in your car or on your Walkman!) Anyway, I liked the German band better. Edgier guitars & faster tempos.
Within a couple weeks I was tired of the krauts and had Side 2 (Love) on repeat. "Rain" is still stuck in my head 30-some years later.