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On the Weird Al theme, there was a radio show in Seatlle - The Bob Rives show, that also did parodies known as Twisted Tunes
Here is Ass Hole Son - a paradoy of Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden which is of course a Seattle band.
I lived in the Seattle area during this period of time, and it was actually fairly awesome.

View: https://youtu.be/9hNkfvW64VU
 
I had some thick metals shelves I put up for a dividing wall in my basement when I lived up north. I brought a couple shelves down south with me. I don't know if they still exist because the shelves are now against the wall but on the back on the shelves in the corners are these stickers. IYKYK... :) (internet artwork)

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Bobster said:
I had some thick metals shelves I put up for a dividing wall in my basement when I lived up north. I brought a couple shelves down south with me. I don't know if they still exist because the shelves are now against the wall but on the back on the shelves in the corners are these stickers. IYKYK... :) (internet artwork)

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I had that album. Maybe still do somewhere.
There was nothing like the sound of a new record on a good stereo system.
 
Dave said:
I had that album. Maybe still do somewhere.
There was nothing like the sound of a new record on a good stereo system.
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I too, had "Rock & Roll Over" years ago. IMO after that release, the nose of the airplane dipped seriously downward with what they'd had on a number of levels, IIRC.

Ace was clearly HUGE with the fans and, definitely had a distinct style and sound. All his own. I'd wondered for years how he got that "chirpy" sound on the attack of his notes of his solos until one day I saw him and his particular picking technique in a live concert video. Something he must have completely or instinctively come up with by being self-taught (again, IIRC) then it made sense how he got that slightly mechanical "chirp" on his notes in his solos. Overall- Utterly cool and one of a kind. His work on the original ALIVE is still one of my favorite examples of LesPaul straight into Marshalls and nothing else. Very elastic, musical, bouncy and fun in his chops. Got to Choose (the ALIVE version) showcases one of his best examples of that.

Sadly I'd never seen the original and true lineup live- the one kiss show I saw was when they had Vinnie Vincent (I think it was the Creatures... tour)- the music was forgettable, Paul kept turning around and hanging his butt over the edge of the stage and shaking his posterior directly at the crowd like a doe in heat. I was disgusted and couldn't wait to go home. He was also apparently unhappy with someone in that he took a tantrum-like swing at someone side stage during one of their songs midway through the show.

Ace we miss you. RIP.
 
Correction- I think it was the 'Animalize' support tour in 1984 when Paul was playing that Leopard-print BC Rich Eagle guitar ...they opened up with "Creatures...". The greasepaint was long gone. So were Peter and Ace. Bruce Kulick was their lead player. As an aside, Bruce ended-up with (one of) my guitars in his collection a few years later. No, I never personally met him.

So anyways I never saw the original band in-person, in concert. I have of course, seen many videos of that period, later on in life. Ace had a unique way of slashing at the strings- the only way I can describe it, and that kind of attack and pick angle gave him that unique sound I described earlier.
 
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Ace had a unique way of slashing at the strings- the only way I can describe it, and that kind of attack and pick angle gave him that unique sound I described earlier.
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I know nothing about guitar playing other than as an appreciative listener. I think I have a pretty good ear and a good eye. How would you describe the way Lindsey Buckingham picks the strings of his guitar? It's definitely unique to my eye. And I can hear it, too. Same with Joe Walsh... I can hear a very unique style in his playing / sound, too. It's very interesting to see / hear how different instrumentalists extract their own signature sound.
 

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