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HardRock_HardCock t1_j21xy5x wrote

Reply to comment by rhcpgirl84 in Tell me your best meeting an artist/band member story. by rhcpgirl84

I do have that picture framed. Its definitely a cherished memory. And it's a little one horse town call Scottville on the western coast of the mitten. It's where he grew up apparently. The lady who owns the farm actually went to a highschool dance with Maynard. The world knows him as Maynard, one of the biggest rock stars ever, but to her he's just "Jim".

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HardRock_HardCock t1_j1zc6ch wrote

Reply to Tell me your best meeting an artist/band member story. by rhcpgirl84

I got choked by Maynard Keenan of TOOL at a 4th of July party.

So I'm from Texas and was in a small town in Michigan for trade school in 2016. It was 4th of July and I didnt really have any plans considering I really didn't know where to go or who to hang out with. My parents called me up and said that friends of theirs from church had a farm in Michigan and were throwing a 4th of July party there and I was invited. I was initially reluctant, but drove there. Very nice couple and beautiful farm. People start showing up and having fun and I'm talking music with the wife of the couple and she offhandedly mentions she heard I was a rock and metal fan and asks if I was a fan of TOOL. I told her I was a huge TOOL and APC fan. She said, "Well don't freak out, but Maynard is going to be here."

Inside my head I squealed like a ten year old girl at a Hannah Montana concert. Turns out this lady actually went to school with Maynard and knew him growing up.

Sure enough, Maynard shows up with his wife and daughter. I didn't approach him because I didn't want to bother him, but just kept sneaking glances. The wife of the couple notices and asks if I'd like to meet him and of course I said yes. She introduces us and he can tell from the vibe I'm a fan, but he's cool about it. We talk about his winery and entrepreneurship for a few minutes and I'm about to let him be and not bother him anymore when the wife wants to take a picture. We kinda turn and smile and I did a little thumbs up, but then I feel his hands wrap around my neck. I just kinda laughed and rolled with it and thanked him for the opportunity to meet him. We ended up chatting a bit more on a hayride later on.

So yeah, I have a picture of me getting choked by Maynard Keenan at a 4th of July party.

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HardRock_HardCock t1_ix5enrr wrote

Reply to comment by MoonageDayscream in Paramore Had Lots Of Fun Protesting The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law At Their Florida Show by [deleted]

Skirting around the point. The whole "Don't Say Gay" thing was entirely made up by the mainstream media as a smear campaign. Nothing in the Florida bill mentions gay topics. Parents spoke out to their representatives in response to their belief that their very young children were too immature to be introduced to sexualized subject matter of any sort, straight or gay, and I agree. Children already have a hard enough time grasping simple concepts, there's no need to confuse them further. A six year old needs to learn the basic subjects and develope good character, not be introduced into subject matters that even grown adults are fighting over.

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HardRock_HardCock t1_ix4t2ey wrote

Reply to Paramore Had Lots Of Fun Protesting The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law At Their Florida Show by [deleted]

When I was in 4th grade they separated the boys and the girls for a sex education video. We only had one male teacher in the school, so he supervised us while we watched a 30 minute video on puberty. Afterwards the teacher asked if we had any questions. One boy raised his hand and asked "How do you fart?". The whole room laughed.

Point being, kids are fucking stupid and don't have the mental capacity to understand half the things we try to teach them. I never even knew my teachers' first names except for one or whether they were married or not. Now teachers feel like it's their duty to detail every private bit of information about them, including their sexual preferences. I just don't see how we can't collectively agree that children do not need to be learning about sexual topics before the 3rd fucking grade. Let kids be kids. We're living in that South Park episode "Proper Condom Use".

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HardRock_HardCock t1_it4y5mr wrote

Reply to comment by Defiant_Low_1391 in Your most hated song by your favorite band or musician. by EfficiencyLeading940

You. Don't. Like. Good. Apollo. I....????????

I can't believe such words were ever spoken. Good Apollo I is one of the greatest prog albums ever written. Ugh...I need to sit down before I vomit.

In all seriousness though, I'm not saying Color is a bad album, it was just the weakest from a writing standpoint compared to all the others. Island is a fun song, You Got Spirit Kid is fun, Atlas is good. Personally Peace to the Mountain is my favorite off that album. But all the other tracks just seem to fall short. I give it like a 6.5/10.

Vax is I brought us back into the Coheed we all knew and loved. Dark story telling, heavy, shifting prog riffs, thundering bangers, but also mellower sounds to help cleanse the palate and let the listener breathe. A great prog album is like a 10 course dinner that keeps everyone on their toes while controlling the flow of the art. Vaxis I is a great prog album. Vaxis II felt like a bunch of recycled riffs and it wasn't even until Track 10 (10 out of 13!!!!) where we finally got to hear something resembling a banger.

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HardRock_HardCock t1_it2k6j3 wrote

Reply to Your most hated song by your favorite band or musician. by EfficiencyLeading940

Unfortunately, probably all of Coheed & Cambria's last album.

It was just...unbelievably bad. I can't even bring myself to listen to it a second time. They went through a weird few years where Claudio didn't know how to continue the concept albums so they did Color Before the Sun, which before the last album I considered their weakest album. Then they came roaring back, dropping the absolute banger Vaxis I. After Vaxis I, I was super hyped for Vaxis II. After the COVID hiatus, they finally released the "Shoulders" single, which was a pretty good track so I was excited for more. Imagine my disappointment when they finally dropped the full album and it was like they took all the things that made Color Before the Sun bad and fused it with this onslaught of Lady Gaga-esque pop. It was like they took the winning formula from Vaxis I and all the other things that made their concept albums great in the past and threw it out the window.

Listening to Vaxis II was the physical embodiment of "My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined."

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