By the way, the t-shirts at the big four were all ugly as fuck.
Someone should have really commissioned one of those faux-experimental jetset
METALLICA&SLAYER&MEGADETH&ANTHRAX.
all helevitica shirts because some of us aren't 15 anymore.
― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
aero, i'm just saying that's personal preference man. i'm sure some people like EPMD over PE
― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Does Pushead still roam the earth?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
actually I would challop EPMD over PE all day for lols and would argue in earnest that if you want chill grooves PE never found any as deep as EPMD's
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/4031770862_acffa97ea9_b.jpg
xp
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
they could have at least had the band names in each other's logo styles or something
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
when i said "peak" i was thinking "peak of their talents", not sales
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, September 16, 2011 6:34 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark
can't fucking believe it took you guys 30 posts to understand this was jordan's point in the first place
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
it didn't, really
― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
more obtuse than a blind fucking samurai in this bitch sometimes i swear to god
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Metallica's peak, that's where I'm a viking.
― rustic italian flatbread, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
why are these bands the big 4?
― Lamp, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
Interesting that there was a Clash of the Titans tour in 1991 with this line-up, except swapping Alice in Chains for Metallica.
― o. nate, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
responding to this:I was at the Big 4 and thought to myself that it really does make sense that the two biggest bands from this are the most extreme and the most unrepentantly wussywith this:might also be the fact that during their peak metallica was completely incapable of writing something that wasn't a hook.
implies that their commercial and creative peaks are related, which is not the case with Metallica imho
but whatever HOOS, let's move on...
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
― Lamp, Friday, September 16, 2011 7:47 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
it was the name of a tour they did (are doing?) together
http://www.metallicatickets.org/metallica-tour-schedule
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
um, no.
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
shakey, i wasn't responding to whiney, i was responding to YOU! specifically this, where you were saying that metallica's success was by default:
it's funny to look at this list - the reasons Metallica became the breakout/crossover act are readily apparent (Slayer = too extreme/Satanic/evil, Megadeth = too political, Anthrax = not decent enough songwriters/too goofy) I mean I think Metallica's better than Anthrax but that isn't saying a whole lot.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
are you gonna be pedantic to me everywhere now or just in this thread xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
they were called the Big Four way before that tour tho!
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
i will stan for Among the Living forever and ever and ever
basically albumwise for me this is:
Among The LivingReign In BloodMaster of PuppetsPeace Sells
all of which are shit hot awesome
― Bad Vagina: Port of Call New Orleans (jjjusten), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_(audit_firms)
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
and Chaos AD
― Bad Vagina: Port of Call New Orleans (jjjusten), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
and The Legacy
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, September 16, 2011 7:54 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
sure but ime it lead to a mass popularization of said term
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
it is possible that my world of young people is not composed of metalheads
The staying power of 1980s metal has been amply demonstrated of late, with a number of bands garnering well-attended tours and briskly selling albums. One of the speed metal Big Four (along with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth), Anthrax has a good shot at being a band that survives to rock into middle age.
from the Hollywood Reporter, 1998. Earliest citation in Nexis.
― rustic italian flatbread, Friday, 16 September 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
and Immaculate Deception
― Bad Vagina: Port of Call New Orleans (jjjusten), Friday, 16 September 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
ok not really
i can't compare the four. each is amazing in their own way. one thing i'll say is that Rust In Peace is maybe better than any Metallica record.
and also that this Safe Home such a great fun track and was ace when I caught Anthrax last year. such a well constructed track. it's also one of the best 'love songs that pretend to be about a person but are actually about metal and we'll all realise that but not say it when we sing along at the show' tracks EVAH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8SM_Hr1Ldk
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 16 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
as to why these guys are actually called the Big Four - well, afaict it's just because they were the first + biggest bands of the genre. the designation's been around for quite awhile, I would guess before '98 even but I dunno.
― I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_of_Thrash
― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this is impossible
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Friday, 16 September 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
slayer, really, probably, but it's like choosing between one of your really ugly, surly children
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Friday, 16 September 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
^^
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 16 September 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
if nothing else, slayer have probably been the band i've listened to most consistently over the last 20 years or so. it took a long time to return to the others, probably because i overplayed the classics when i was 11 to 14 or so.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Friday, 16 September 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
somewhere the dudes in Testament and Exodus are just staring at this thread, stewing with hate
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Hhttp://i.imgur.com/7WOj5.gifhttp://i.imgur.com/7WOj5.gifS
― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
you know what's really OFF THE CHAIN???
dan spitz from anthrax now does repair and restoration of high end vintage swiss watches!
http://www.spitzwatch.com/
\m/
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
lol xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes u can even hear the air being let out of a hardman
A multiple Grammy nominated Platinum recording artist and Swiss Certified Master Watchmaker of Complications Specialist takes you through another dimension.
!!!
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
is this like that thing aero did the other day where you just insert one total fabrication into a press release
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 16 September 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
it's ALL REAL TALK SWISS TIME PIECE LUXURY FIXIN DOGG
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
OK here's an important question.
― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
get ready
please give this this proper attention
new dimensions of watchmaking vs. new planetary systems?
― some dude, Friday, 16 September 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
you ready?
ahem
Of all the members of the Big 4, who is the most WS?
― James Ferraro Boyz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 16 September 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link