the title does say it all

compilations and greatest hits packages do not count

what is the album that you wished you'd written and why?

for me, it's joe strummer & the mescaleros' streetcore. more than probably any other single album, it fuses all of my songwriting influences. the johnny cash song that never was, 'long shadow,' moreover, is an incredible self-penned, and unconscious, eulugy on strummer's part.

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System of a Down's " Toxicity" or "Steal this Album"

any of System's really..lol


Why???? well they seem to have no trouble getting to where they are going.........so i hope that i have the same luck.

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Trivium - Ascendasy
Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off

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I Mother Earth - Quicksilver Meat Dream
- for the impressive layering of guitars and genius lyrics
Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost
- for the textured guitars and overall mood

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TU-2-> Bad Bob Boost-> Dano Overdrive-> Big Muff Pi-> Big Muff Pi (with a Dano fish n chips inside)-> Ibanez TS5-> Behringer Tremolo-> Dano EQ-> MXR script comp-> Traynor YCV40

(Loop) Behringer reverb-> PH-3-> Echo Park-> CE-2-> NS-2-> Verbzilla

Godspeed you black emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Pig Destroyer - Terrifier

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Tom Waits - Bone Machine

Blood Sugar Sex Magik: the Red Hot Chili Peppers
De-loused in the Comatorium: the Mars Volta
Shadows Collide With People: John Frusciante
My top 3 albums of all time.
I wouldnt of minded writing Muse's Origin of Symmetry or the Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon either...

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Squier CV Custom Tele/ Ibanez Jetking 2/ Japanese '88 Squier Telecaster

Zvex Wah Probe, Zvex Fuzz Probe, Zvex Ringtone, Boss TU2, EHX Small Stone.
Loop: Ibanez DE7, Line 6 Verbzilla, Line 6 DL4, DOD DFX9. Wired through a Loopmaster to keep them quiet!

Hughes and Kettner Statesman 50 Head
Hughes and Kettner Statesman 2x12 Cab

My Rig thread

Gear Blog

For Sale:
Tech 21 Sans Amp Tri Ac, Blackstar HT Drive, DOD Envelope Filter, Morely Power Wah. PM me if interested!

Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin

EVERY song on there is amazing.

'nuff said.

the mars volta - deloused in the comatorium

Michael Jackson's Thriller so I wouldn't have to worry about money ever again.

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Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie


or


Led Zeppelin- IV

If you haven't already, check out Global A Go Go. It's my favorite mescaleros album by far.

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+1 Both are EXCELLENT CD's and capture the true escence of the bands.

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Every song is worthy of being a single, plus add that its their debut album. Every band would love to accomplish that.

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(In order)
Peavey HP Signature
OR
Agile AL-2000 W/P-90's
Electro-Harmonix Double Muff
535Q CryBaby Multi-Wah
DigiTech Bad Monkey
Boss DS-1 Ultra Keeley Mod
Ibanez DE-7 (delay/echo)
Fender Twin Reverb 65' Reissue

Boss MT-2 (seldom used, out of chain)

I thought about listing that one. Or some of the Beatles stuff. But music is supposed to be about your soul, or something, I guess, and I just didn't feel right.

unfortunately, I'm nowhere near anything thjat can be called a musician. In fact, I feel pretty far from anything lately.

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