Racketboy Amateur Hour Talent Show Thread

[Hobie-wan]

Some crusty old ass artwork here that I should probably take down. http://members.tripod.com/~hobie_wan/index.htm

I haven't done anything truly creative in quite some time.

I know you said it was a little different than your usual stuff, but I liked that song Glynn. I'll get around to JTs and Fvgazi's stuff later.

[glynnahab]

Nice job dude. The first few minutes had kind of a TOOL feel to them.

Thanks, man! Tool, for better or worse, was an influence on our music. Sometimes I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it due the possibility of being categorized as one of those meatheaded, moshing douchebags who frequent Tool concerts. Doesn't change the fact that Tool kicks ass, though.

I haven't done anything truly creative in quite some time.

Don't fret, man. It's always better to wait for that moment of inspiration to spontaneously strike you than to try to force it.

[J T]

Thanks, man! Tool, for better or worse, was an influence on our music. Sometimes I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it due the possibility of being categorized as one of those meatheaded, moshing douchebags who frequent Tool concerts. Doesn't change the fact that Tool kicks ass, though.

Nothing to be embarassed about. From a strictly musical standpoint, Tool releases some top notch material. The fact that meatheads like it too just means it is a more universal sound.

[J T]

Some crusty old ass artwork here that I should probably take down. http://members.tripod.com/~hobie_wan/index.htm

I like Socket Head. That's cool and original.

The scary self portrait is like some mix of David Lynch's Eraserhead and Bela Lugosi's Dracula. Nice.

[J T]

My 8-bit The Dark Knight game that I'll never finish:

I like the art style. It takes the grimy and tough world of Gotham and miniaturizes it into cute 8-bit sprites. Do you have like a playable demo level?

[J T]

I'm in a bunch of bands and write a ton of solo music.

Fellow Project (drums) - Kinda like Fugazi meets Lou Reed

Yes, Sensei (drums) - Noise punk a la sonic youth/rodan

Firing Squad (drums) - indie/hardcore that sounds like minus the bear / refused

I was going to say that your music reminds me of a lot of the music I was listening to in the 90s that came primarily out of Olympia, WA. Then I saw you have Unwound in your influences section. Awesome. I was really into K! records and Kill Rock Stars back in the early 90s. Unwound was the first concert I ever went to. That was back in 1993. They were in this rinkydink little basement with concrete floors, giant stone brick walls, and pipes sticking out of the ceiling. There couldn't have been more than 20-30 people there. It was so awesome to hear this great band in such an intimate venue. Everyone there was there for the music. I never feel like that at concerts anymore.

"Shit I'm a Werewolf" is a great name for a song. Nice work.

[aaron]

I'm in a bunch of bands and write a ton of solo music.

Fellow Project (drums) - Kinda like Fugazi meets Lou Reed

Yes, Sensei (drums) - Noise punk a la sonic youth/rodan

Firing Squad (drums) - indie/hardcore that sounds like minus the bear / refused


I also have a ton of solo stuff I have recorded. Not much of it is done, but if anyone is interested I can send it. I play all the instruments. It's along the lines of fugazi/hoover/lungfish/DC post punk-hardcore if anyone is familiar with that stuff. Plus all the songs are going to be named after videogame references.

That is pretty much where my creative stuff ends. I plan on building my own arcade stick this year at some point for 360. I also love to mod guitar pedals and consoles.

holy shit, you weren't in on the might of princes were you?

[weaponepsilon]

As a metal bassist, I started a band and wrote the lyrics to a bunch of the songs. We gig a lot.

http://www.myspace.com/gryzorband

[the7k]

I make a lot of custom covers, for all kinds of systems. Here's some of my more recent stuff... that I'm actually somewhat proud of...







Also have been working on a Darkstalkers OpenBOR mod for a while. After being set back in a big way (hard-drive failure), I've decided to start it back up - although, I may be starting from scratch.

Made this for shits and giggles - Felicia, KOFXII style.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/ ... lettes.gif

[fvgazi]

I'm in a bunch of bands and write a ton of solo music.

Fellow Project (drums) - Kinda like Fugazi meets Lou Reed

Yes, Sensei (drums) - Noise punk a la sonic youth/rodan

Firing Squad (drums) - indie/hardcore that sounds like minus the bear / refused


I also have a ton of solo stuff I have recorded. Not much of it is done, but if anyone is interested I can send it. I play all the instruments. It's along the lines of fugazi/hoover/lungfish/DC post punk-hardcore if anyone is familiar with that stuff. Plus all the songs are going to be named after videogame references.

That is pretty much where my creative stuff ends. I plan on building my own arcade stick this year at some point for 360. I also love to mod guitar pedals and consoles.

holy shit, you weren't in on the might of princes were you?

Nope, but our guitarist Lou was the guitarist of OTMOP. I'm friends with all of them. The lead singer in my other band Yes, Sensei owns/runs RokLok records and he put our their first 2 albums, plus the reissues on cd, and the reuinion shows. He frequents this forum too, but doesn't post. The bass player in Fellow Project was in Bridge and Tunnel up until like 2 months ago.

The lead singer in OTMOP (Jay) is now in a band called the Brass. They kind of sound like drive like jehu with more "emo" stuff mixed in.