Anyone remember a Houston band from the early 90s called Joe Rockhead?

They were kind of close to early Faith No More perhaps...funk mixed with hard rock and a white guy doing vocals. I saw them in a club playing with another group called Beat Temple. I was trying to find out if any of their music made it to the digital age.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 10 days ago

What is considered "post-punk" to you these days and should we be in the "post-post-punk" era?

A lot of modern groups that get lumped into this category are much more aggressive than the original bands that came out under the banner. In the beginning it was groups like Devo, Blondie, Talking Heads, Wire, and other bands that had a quirkiness to their sound. When I hear a new band that people describe as post-punk, their sound hits you over the head with angst and distorted bass lines and crushed drums.

I think a long enough time has passed to where the new sound is its own thing, and the original era can be cemented in the history books as the movement that actually changed music. Most of what you think of when you say "80s music" is that nerdy but vibrant brand of catchy hooks and drum machines that arrived after the rise of punk and the fall of disco. Viagra Boys and IDLES have nothing to do with that.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 1 month ago

Is the sensation of biting into food gone forever?

I always feel like I'm trying to eat with those cheap Halloween vampire fangs in my mouth. The biting sensation isn't there and it's just a mechanical gnashing feeling that offers no information to my brain about the toughness of the type of food that I am chewing. Does this even improve or is this what it's like for the rest of our lives? They never explain this when talking us into having the procedure. I'm about two months in after my immediates have been put in.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago
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Epiphone Thunderbird bridge replacement question.

Y'all were right. The stock bridges are garbage. I was setting the action and the back posts pulled out of the body. I reset it and it happened again. I immediately bought a Hipshot bridge for it.

My question is should I do anything to the holes when installing the new bridge, such as using toothpicks to keep them tight in the wood? Or should I just drop it in and see what happens?

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u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago

Darkglass B7K Ultra...my new sound.

This just arrived last week and I was afraid it wasn't what I needed at first. After a few days of dialing it in, it has become THE sound of my bass on a project that I'm working on. The term "modern netal" gets used a lot when people talk about it but it does a lot more than that. I have a nice, thick Motown sound using my Fender Jazz with flatwounds on it. Game changer. I did have an Ampeg SCR-DI but the dirt channel on it was thin and transparent. I can dial some grit in on the Darkglass and it makes my signal fat and thick without being fuzzed out. It's way more versatile than most people give it credit for.

u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago

I've never spoken to a real woman because I'm terminally online, but out of all my anime cartoons I've never seen one smile like this.

It just looks like something a computer would make up. What is even the point of this picture?

u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago

Ghost Recon Wildlands still patching since update.

Unable to play. Is it like this for anyone else? That game might be the only reason that I have GeForce.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago

2005 Custom Shop Limited Edition Epiphone Thunderbird. I wanted something that growled. This thing makes every obscene noise imaginable.

It growls, roars, burps, and farts. I run it through an Ampeg SCR-DI and it instantly sounds like Justin Chancellor's bass from Tool. I was wanting one in white ever since the last time I saw Steven McDonald rock one with the Melvins on stage. Super pleased but also pissed that it took me this long to discover how bad ass these are.

u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago
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NI Guitar Rig Does Not Show Up

I've scanned and rescanned and I can't get it to show up in my plugin folder. I use it to lay down scratch tracks while building songs in my DAW. Any help is appreciated.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago

Preamp Advice.

I have an Ampeg SCR-DI that I think sounds really good, but everyone talks about Sansamp and Darkglass preamps and I wanted to get a consensus on the pros and cons of those.

I think the Ampeg does a great job on straight bass tones and it does embody the SVT's sound...but I think that when I engage the Scrambler circuit I lose too much bottom end. I'm working on some stuff where I need a grinding bass and YouTube demos aren't selling me on anything yet.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 2 months ago

Garacecaster. One pickup, one knob, one job.

I made this for a particularly noisy garage rock project I worked on. Gutted all the electronics and just ran the Seymour Duncan humbucker through a volume control into the amp. No tone control. It only does.one thing, but it does it well.

Strangely enough, it is the most well-intonated instrument that I own. Plays gorgeous, sounds vulgar.

u/StatusAutomatica — 3 months ago
▲ 5 r/Bass

Looking for suggestions for an inexpensive "chunky" sounding bass (Faith No More/Tool)

Once in a while I work on something that needs a more metallic sound with low end and a bright clink on the attack. I use an Ampeg SCR-DI to achieve close to this sound with my Fender Jazz (Seymour Duncan Apollo pickups), but I want a reason to buy another bass, lol.

I have seen Aria Pro Integras around which I know can do the job, but I wanted more options. I had a MusicMan Stingray but didn't like it.

Anything else that might work right around $400-$500 dollars?

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u/StatusAutomatica — 3 months ago
▲ 407 r/NOLA

Came back home for a recharge. I miss y'all so much.

We went to the Tomahawk/Melvins show last Thursday at HOB and cruised around the city on the streetcars for a few days. Y'all were so fun to hang out with and we can't wait to come back next year to do it again.

u/StatusAutomatica — 3 months ago

Albums where the 2nd song is the best one.

My buddy and I have this theory that most of our favorite albums play their best song on the 2nd track. This is our favorite example.

u/StatusAutomatica — 3 months ago

Any Fixodent Ultra users?

My dentist gave me a small tube the day I got my immediate dentures in. I went to the store with no knowledge of the difference between adhesives and bought regular Fixodent. It worked (for me at the time) but it was so hard to clean from the denture and roof of my mouth, and halfway through the day my upper was moving a lot. One day I took the small sample tube out and used it and immediately realized how much better of a product it is. I was able to eat slightly more challenging foods and it felt like the appliance was welded in.

Being new to this lifestyle, is there a product that I should try that is more dependable? I'm sure these types of questions are asked a lot in here but how much better can these products get than the one I am currently satisfied with?

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u/StatusAutomatica — 3 months ago

Week One Depression.

I've had my upper for 6 days. I'm speaking relatively normal and everyone compliments me on my smile, but at night when I take them out I can't even look in the mirror. I never want my girlfriend to see me without them either, so I make sure she's asleep before I remove them and don't speak to her in the morning until they're cleaned and back in.

I guess realizing that this is me for the rest of my life is hitting me hard this first week. My dentist said I had a great attitude about having them but I didn't tell him that I'm dealing with this every night and every morning.

Anyone else go through this sort of "postpartum depression" after the extractions?

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u/StatusAutomatica — 3 months ago

New(-ish) player just discovered the Sam Fisher mission. WTF?

I was able to get into the room with him on the first try, but how do you survive that assault? Look left, get shot from the right. Duck in the corner, get shot through the window. Move at all, get absolutely nuked. My team is scattered everywhere needing life support. Sam sits there like he can't be bothered with his own survival.

What are some strategies to put this behind me ASAP?

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u/StatusAutomatica — 4 months ago

Played The Wrong Game For Weeks

I treated it as a Run-And-Gun but it wasn't until I played it as a tactical teamwork game that I really started to enjoy it. I love when I find a way to complete a mission with tools and tactics instead of bullets and brawn.

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u/StatusAutomatica — 4 months ago
▲ 27 r/Guitar

New Guitar Day: Godin Radium (Christened as Lady Luck)

I've been eyeing these up for years. Real solid player, sounds good but I'm going to put a Gilmour Mod switch so I can get those true Les Paul and Tele tones.

u/StatusAutomatica — 4 months ago