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To be fair... they've always been dogshit.Jesus, this band is somehow exactly the same but complete dogshit without Burton singing.
To be fair... they've always been dogshit.Jesus, this band is somehow exactly the same but complete dogshit without Burton singing.
Dino has said Burton can't pull it off live at all anymore and from what I've watched from live shows he's not wrong. FF has a special place in my cold cynical heart. Saw them at a small gross metal venue in town in 99 with static x and system of a down opening. Holy shit I couldn't hear for days after. Was also my first taste of static and SOAD ... Both touring their debuts that I consider masterpieces to this day.Jesus, this band is somehow exactly the same but complete dogshit without Burton singing.
Dino has said Burton can't pull it off live at all anymore and from what I've watched from live shows he's not wrong. FF has a special place in my cold cynical heart. Saw them at a small gross metal venue in town in 99 with static x and system of a down opening. Holy shit I couldn't hear for days after. Was also my first taste of static and SOAD ... Both touring their debuts that I consider masterpieces to this day.
The biggest suprise was watching SOAD not knowing what I was in for. Standing in what would turn into the pit as they opened with PLUCK.
Corey Taylor is actively taking it easy now. I don't watch Steve-Os podcast but I did catch a clip in my algorithm with Corey on the podcast and talking about how he's always in pain now and it's getting harder to move. The 90s were fucking wild for the metal scene and a lot of bands just didn't care. Now they're older it's biting them all in the ass.I had the same thought after searching for some live shit. A lot of these guys were probably just immortal in their own minds and felt they didn't need to take care of themselves and they are gonna live forever. Gotta take care of your voice, it ain't gonna last forever. Anselmo and Burton really display that first hand. It's amazing Corey Taylor has as much left as he's got - he was one of the smart ones that figured it the fuck out before it was career ending
Corey Taylor is actively taking it easy now. I don't watch Steve-Os podcast but I did catch a clip in my algorithm with Corey on the podcast and talking about how he's always in pain now and it's getting harder to move. The 90s were fucking wild for the metal scene and a lot of bands just didn't care. Now they're older it's biting them all in the ass.


Silver lining, I can sit outside and listen to some God damn metal. Enjoying a goddamn glass of whiskey and a cigar, revisiting my favorite bands.
Probably my favorite cigars the Rocky Patel, The Edge. It's a cigar that I guess my brother always got and that's what we always smoked. I don't know enough about cigars but it's good, it's mild, and it's not super expensive. One of my buddies that works with me always buys some sort of Caribbean rum cigar that are super cheap but they're really nice smokes, and typically when we would get back to whatever Airbnb house we were saying at and doing jobs in an area we always sit and have whiskey and smoke those in the evenings. I think they're called Caribbean Jack or something. I think last time I bought them they were only like a couple of bucks a piece, so for an everyday cigar they really fit the bill.What's your go-to whiskey and cigar?
I have a few cigars I like. AJ Fernandez Bellas Artes Maduro Robusto, is one. Bellas Artes Natural Robusto Extra is another and the 3rd is Master Blend III Robusto. The first two are rich, spicy and creamy is probably the best way I can describe them. The 3rd one...think snickerdoodle.Probably my favorite cigars the Rocky Patel, The Edge. It's a cigar that I guess my brother always got and that's what we always smoked. I don't know enough about cigars but it's good, it's mild, and it's not super expensive. One of my buddies that works with me always buys some sort of Caribbean rum cigar that are super cheap but they're really nice smokes, and typically when we would get back to whatever Airbnb house we were saying at and doing jobs in an area we always sit and have whiskey and smoke those in the evenings. I think they're called Caribbean Jack or something. I think last time I bought them they were only like a couple of bucks a piece, so for an everyday cigar they really fit the bill.
I need to go out and buy them pipe and get some good pipe tobacco. I think I probably prefer smoking a pipe over cigars. Used to be a cigar and tobacco shop in college station when I was in school that had a really awesome blend I think called outdoorsman, I don't know how many damn bags of that stuff I had smoked, but it was delicious.
Whiskey I'm just kind of all over the place. I used to really like scotch but I haven't gotten a bottle of that in a while, but I found a brand the other day that made a hefeweizen whiskey. I guess it's been infused with clove and lemon peel, and it has a really unique taste. Kind of reminds me of a vodka brand called Bison Grass, that has a very herbaceous taste because they put the piece of some sort of grass in it and it's delicious.
If I had to pick one whiskey though Clyde Mays Alabama whiskeys probably my favorite, especially if you can find their small batch deals at Total wine. They had like a 12 or 15 year that I was able to get a couple of bottles of a few years ago but like my wife wasn't ever whiskey drinker, and she loves the stuff. And the different batches did have way different taste from lot to lot.
