Symphony X

[MrKnickerbocker]

Romeo’s solo in Saucey Jack always makes me laugh because the first time we saw them 23 years ago in that dinky little bar in Aurora, the guys brought out a bottle of Jack for him for his birthday.

Russell still drinks a Jack & Coke towards the end of most shows.

I remember Hunters Night being the single best track from all of those Allen/Lande albums. They could have done so much more with these albums, but I recall every song being cookie-cutter verse/chorus 4-minute non-prog boringness. Compare that to the stuff that Tobias did with these guys in Avantasia, and it’s night and day.

Hunter's Night is definitely not the best song on the albums, but it's one of the better ones. It's definitely all very much the same and even the best songs across the albums I would only rate an 8-9/10. There's nothing outstanding.

Listen again, though, the guitar playing is legitimately great throughout.

Highlights:
The Walls of Fucking Babylon
Dominfuckingnation
Revefuckinglation

That's more fucking than Symphony X have done in ages.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Russell still drinks a Jack & Coke towards the end of most shows.

Really? Never noticed. I thought I recall him saying he quit smoking, which is obviously a great thing considering his pipes.

Listen again, though, the guitar playing is legitimately great throughout.

Will do. I need some more commuting music, anyway, and I've already grown tired of working my way backwards through Megadeth's discography (currently about to start Dystopia... I've made it so far lol).

That's more fucking than Symphony X have done in ages.

LOL