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 |  Subject: ASTRA - The Weirding Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:20 pm | |
| http://teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/astra-the-weirding/#comment-9701  |
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Svengo
Metal master
Number of posts: 886
Age: 40
Registration date: 2009-03-04
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:55 pm | |
| That really sounds intriguing to me. I'll have to check 'em out. |
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James B.
Scurvy Skalliwag
Number of posts: 4634
Age: 46
Registration date: 2008-02-10
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:19 pm | |
| The name Lee Dorian sounds familar to me  anyways gonna have to check this out, thanks bro....laterz _________________  |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:26 pm | |
| Their stuff on Myspace is killer. Right up my alley. I gotta get me a copy of this. It's as if it were 1972 and Tony Banks and Phil Collins were in a band with some oddly created spawn of Hackett/Howe/Gilmour. Makes me wish I smoked pot. 
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14692
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:34 pm | |
| | Quote: | | The name Lee Dorian sounds familar to me |
Lee Dorian is/was the singer in Cathedral and also the owner of Rise Above Records, Astra's record label.
As for Astra, sounds kinda cool if I'm in the right mood. I could see listening to this.
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nevermore
Metal is Forever
Number of posts: 5154
Age: 42
Registration date: 2007-09-16
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:16 pm | |
| Heard some tracks on their myspace. Good stuff! |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14692
Age: 40
Registration date: 2007-02-01
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:41 pm | |
| I've had this about 2 weeks now and I love it. It's a little further "out-there" than the stuff I normally listen to, but something just grabs me with this cd. Great "giant headphones sitting in a bean bag chair" kind of music.
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S.D.
Administrator
Number of posts: 10748
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:08 pm | |
| I have it and enjoy it very much. There isn't a single moment of originality on here (some riffs are DIRECTLY lifted from King Crimson and/or Yes) but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable.
They set out to sound like a retro, early 70's prog band and that's what they sound like. |
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MetalGuy71
Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts: 14692
Age: 40
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| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:16 pm | |
| That's what I mean by "out-there" by my standards. I've never listened to or particularly cared about 70's prog-rock. I only started listening to Pink Floyd about 3 or 4 years ago. So this is all new to me.
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Eyesore
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts: 4587
Age: 36
Registration date: 2009-10-22
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:04 am | |
| You guys need to check out the self-titled and A Small Pocket Of Pure Spirit EP by Silver Sunshine. That was Astra before a name change. Fantastic stuff.
I don't own the Astra album yet, so I can't really compare, but I imagine they're similar. Seems that Astra make no mention of Silver Sunshine now, though, so maybe they are different. Originally they did mention the name change in their bios and stuff.
Either way, Silver Sunshine are excellent: http://www.myspace.com/silversunshineband _________________ "Happy people have no stories" —Therapy? Shock Totem | The Eyesore Times | Getcha Rocks Off  |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:19 am | |
| | Eyesore wrote: | You guys need to check out the self-titled and A Small Pocket Of Pure Spirit EP by Silver Sunshine. That was Astra before a name change. Fantastic stuff.
I don't own the Astra album yet, so I can't really compare, but I imagine they're similar. Seems that Astra make no mention of Silver Sunshine now, though, so maybe they are different. Originally they did mention the name change in their bios and stuff.
Either way, Silver Sunshine are excellent: http://www.myspace.com/silversunshineband |
Wow, that's cool too. But not as trippy as Astra. |
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manny
mini boss
Number of posts: 13191
Age: 41
Registration date: 2008-08-05
| | Subject: Re: ASTRA - The Weirding Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:21 pm | |
| I am going to put this band's CD on ever expanding want list. Excellent job on the review s, it made me want to run out and buy the CD right away. |
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