Let's spread some musical misinformation

[PDW30]

Pipe organs work best with blended tobacco.

Some churches are experimenting with vaping instead, to get a simultaneous combination of organ music and incense.

 

[PDW30]

Legality prevents me from indicating the best kind to use when playing A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Nah, that song's a tribute to light beers.

 

[pklima]

Though most of their fans still think they used real guitars and real drums, Witchfynder General made all their albums entirely using General MIDI soundfonts.

 

[PillO]

you can also put some sand in the hollow body of your bass for that 'heavier' tone

I am working on a lead-lined concrete bass for the heaviest tone. It will be the best bass for metal.

 

[PDW30]

I am working on a lead-lined concrete bass for the heaviest tone. It will be the best bass for metal.

When you've done that can you make me a marble one for rock? All white and sparkly ...

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I am working on a lead-lined concrete bass for the heaviest tone. It will be the best bass for metal.

And in a nuclear apocalypse when only cockroaches, twinkies, and Peavey TNT combos will survive.

 

[PillO]

In 1972 Judas Priest invented distortion by turning amps up. Shortly afterwards, Mr Priest (Judas to his friends) left the band and was replaced by Rob Halford. Mr. Priest however sold his distortion technology to several bands including Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Unfortunately, Mr. Priest never patented distortion (and some would argue that he couldn't as turning up the amp was obvious to one skilled in the art) and died a pauper in England's last workhouse.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Rob Halford was originally Judas Priest's roadie and van driver. It was handy, as he was the son of the owner of the eponymous owner of a chain of car parts stores and could always keep the van going.

 

[jamro217]

Frustrated by constantly having their name mispronounced and misspelled, The Bluebs changed it to The Strawbs.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Frustrated by constantly having their name mispronounced and misspelled, The Bluebs changed it to The Strawbs.

The W is for Wakeman.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

In 1972 Judas Priest invented distortion by turning amps up. Shortly afterwards, Mr Priest (Judas to his friends) left the band and was replaced by Rob Halford. Mr. Priest however sold his distortion technology to several bands including Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. Unfortunately, Mr. Priest never patented distortion (and some would argue that he couldn't as turning up the amp was obvious to one skilled in the art) and died a pauper in England's last workhouse.

This is not accurate. It was only originally handed out to bands from Birmingham, and Jeff Lynne lost it to Ritche Blackmore in a game of poker after hours at the Marquee Club. This forced Lynne, lacking a key component of his sound, to have to recruit lots of string players to fill in the gaps., leading to ELO Martin Barre of Jethro Tull got his technology, and Jimmy Page via Robert Plant's representations that enough of Led Zep was from Brum to count. Up until then Page was forced to use cocked wahs and lots of overdubbing of entirely clean guitar to simply sound like distortion.

 

[PillO]

Frustrated by constantly having their name mispronounced and misspelled, The Bluebs changed it to The Strawbs.

Strawberry Alarmclock of Incense and Peppermints fame is now having a comeback as a clock app exclusively on Apple phones.

 

[PillO]

Up until then Page was forced to use cocked wahs and lots of overdubbing of entirely clean guitar to simply sound like distortion.

Cocked wahs give a rather shrill sound. Swined wahs are far more expressive. For bass, bovined wahs are the best choice.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Strawberry Alarmclock of Incense and Peppermints fame is now having a comeback as a clock app exclusively on Apple phones.

fruity!

 

[Feral Feline]

I am working on a lead-lined concrete bass for the heaviest tone. It will be the best bass for metal.

I'll buy one, but only if it's able to be turned into gold records.

Alas, I suspect Mr Alfred Chemy still holds the patents to the process... good ol' Al...

 

[mcgreivey]

This is so educational!

 

[PillO]

This is so educational!

Music education is suffering in public schools. Budget cuts have removed all sharps and if they continue flats will soon be gone. It is projected that within 5 years, students could be reduced to pentatonic scales only. When presented with that news, Kirk Hammet claimed to see no problem with it.

 

[jamro217]

Strawberry Alarmclock of Incense and Peppermints fame is now having a comeback as a clock app exclusively on Apple phones.

Ed King wanted to change the name of Strawberry Alarm Clock to something easier to spell, was outvoted by his bandmates and joined Lynyrd Skynyrd as revenge.

 

[Jay2U]

I am working on a lead-lined concrete bass for the heaviest tone. It will be the best bass for metal.

With strings made of uranium 238?

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Music education is suffering in public schools. Budget cuts have removed all sharps and if they continue flats will soon be gone. It is projected that within 5 years, students could be reduced to pentatonic scales only. When presented with that news, Kirk Hammet claimed to see no problem with it.

Hammet time!