Metal Nu Metal Groove Metal Hard Rock Heavy Metal Industrial

[Shaun]

Suggestions anyone? :)

Any experts on Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Heavy Metal Industrial etc? Would love some suggestions of popular ones.

I've asked the client to provide a few examples of her favourites from those genres, but as yet no reply.


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Music or Artists Required: Metal
Nu Metal
Groove Metal
Hard Rock
Heavy Metal
Industrial
Electro-Swing
Halloween Songs
=====================REQUESTS=====================
RQ1_artist: Rob Zombie
RQ1_title: Dragula
RQ2_artist: Wednesday 13
RQ2_title: I Walked With A Zombie
RQ3_artist: Mushroomhead
RQ3_title: Rumour Has It (Adele Cover)
RQ4_artist: Otep
RQ4_title: Royals (Lorde Cover)
RQ5_artist: Stone Sour
RQ5_title: Wicked Game
RQ6_artist: Harry Belafonte
RQ6_title: Jump In The Line
RQ7_artist: The Pretty Reckless
RQ7_title: Why'd You Bring A Shotgun To The Party
RQ8_artist: Savage Garden
RQ8_title: Affirmation
RQ9_artist: Shinedown
RQ9_title: Cut The Cord
RQ10_artist: Sia
RQ10_title: Cheap Thrills
RQ11_artist: Soil
RQ11_title: Halo
RQ12_artist: Tenacious D
RQ12_title: Tribute
RQ13_artist: Tenacious D
RQ13_title: Beelzeboss
RQ14_artist: ZZ Top
RQ14_title: Sharp Dressed Man
RQ15_artist: Bon Jovi
RQ15_title: Livin' On A Prayer
RQ16_artist: Devildriver
RQ16_title: Sail
RQ17_artist: Barenaked Ladies
RQ17_title: One Week
RQ18_artist: The Bosshoss
RQ18_title: I Keep On Dancin'
RQ19_artist: Korn
RQ19_title: Word Up
RQ20_artist: David Bowie
RQ20_title: Magic Dance
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Additional Comments: While we would like a good mix of music, could the set please be more geared towards hard rock/metal and Halloween music, thank you.

[rth_discos]

Suggestions anyone? :)

Any experts on Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Heavy Metal Industrial etc? Would love some suggestions of popular ones.

I've asked the client to provide a few examples of her favourites from those genres, but as yet no reply.

Wow, that's getting *very specialist*

I hope her guests are up for it!

[Nakatomi]

NiN... They industrial metal? I think they are but not sure. Closer is a song that's gone down well at a few gatherings of metallic types I've done. Everything else it seems I've forgotten already.

[Excalibur]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but unless he's released some stuff I haven't heard, I don't remember Harry Belafonte doing a lot of heavy metal. :confused:

Sorry Shaun, while I've played quite a few on that list, I'm no expert.

[Corabar Steve]

White Zombie / Rob Zombie, Nine Inch Nails, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Deftones, System of a Down, Ministry, Slipknot.

Probably get away with some Faith No More, RHCP, & Rage Against the Machine.

& this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOq_D-iLQWM

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Great version that Steve!
If they're up for a mosh then I'd suggest Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry.

Good list by Steve - I'd also add in Korn and Coal Chamber too.

[Shaun]

Thanks all, really appreciated. I'll admit, I'm totally out my comfort zone. Even any 'favourites' you can list by the recommended bands above would be helpful.

[Corabar Steve]

White Zombie - More human than human, Thunderkiss 65, Super-charger heaven, Black sunshine
Rob Zombie - Dragula
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a hole, The hand that feeds, Only
Linkin Park - Burn it down, Crawling, In the end, Numb,
Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff, Take a look around, Rollin', Faith
System of a Down - Chop suey!, Sugar
Ministry - Jesus built my hotrod
Slipknot - Duality, Wait and bleed
Papa Roach - Last resort
Korn - Freak on a leash

Any of the better known FNM, RHCP & RATM tracks that are similar sounding to the above will probably work too.

[yourdj]

Done about 4 rock weddings this year.
Some of the highlights.

Airborne - Runnin' Wild
Alter Bridge - Addicted To Pain
Andrew WK - Party Hard
Bif Naked - Nothing Else Matters
Black Stone Cherry - Blind Man
Clutch - Electric Worry
Cradle Of Filth - Temptation

Darkness - Open Fire
Delain - April Rain
Five Finger Death Punch - Wash It All Away
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Halestorm - Love Bites
Head Automatica - Beating Heart Baby
Hollywood Undead - Lump Your Head
Hollywood Undead - War Child
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
Motley Crue - Saint's of Los Angeles

Muse - Time Is Running Out
Nightwish - I Wish I Had An Angel
Nightwish - Nemo
Nightwish - Storytime
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Offspring - All I Have Left Is You
Offspring - Want You Bad
Skindred - Doom Riff
Slash (feat Fergie, Cypress Hill) - Paradise City
Soil - Breaking Me Down

System of a Down - Chop Suey
Turisas - Rasputin
Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You
Volbeat - Lola Montez
Volbeat - Lonesome Rider
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
All American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
Blink 182 - First Date
Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want

Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix
Feeder - Just A Day
Good Charlotte - Riot Girl
Green Day - Holiday
Limp Bizkit - Rollin
Papa Roach - Crash
Paramour - Misery Business
Sum 41 - Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
We The King's - Check Yes Juliet

To be Loved – Papa Roach
Maybe Someday – Black Stone Cherry
Bad Company – Five Finger Death Punch
Enter Sandman – Metallica
Happy Song – Bring Me the Horizon
Forever – In This Moment
Absolute Zero – Stone Sour

My favs to play are Papa Roach, System of a Down and Coheed And Cambria.
Would love to get away with some Faith no More or Therapy?

Alien ant farm - smooth criminal and smash mouth - believer are dead cert to work to get everyone going.


Thanks all, really appreciated. I'll admit, I'm totally out my comfort zone. Even any 'favourites' you can list by the recommended bands above would be helpful.

Perhaps get someone else to do it or bring someone along that knows about that sort of genre?
I got Dave Mills to DJ an event as the bride was rather peculiar to say the least (probably totally normal to Steve).
Her wedding was on Halloween and she wanted some very obscure tracks that I had no idea about, so did not DJ.

I had a booking at my residency where the girl told me to play her very obscure list and nothing else and it ended up with only them dancing all night. Very frustrating when the bride, groom and their friends only like the music! I only take on rock wedding when there is a mix of 'normal' tracks and a safe list of rock to fall back on. I always tell them I will try my best and usually do play most of the set list. Classic rock, teenage dirtbag / greenday / Nirvana / metallica type tracks are awesome for that as it pleases both parties.

[Excalibur]

Toby mentioned Metallica-Enter Sandman, which is not only one of my favourites, but seems to have " crossover appeal ", if such a thing is possible. Nobody has yet mentioned Rammstein, Du Hast is my favourite

[yourdj]

Rammstein, Du Hast is my favourite

I don't understand that track at all. We left Download Festival when Rammstein were on. NO TRAFFIC. :p

This is an easy listening list (mainly classic rock) that I fall back on for a rocky crowd. General alternative / indie really.

Don’t Stop Believing - Journey dont Don't Starship
Here I Go Again 87 (CLASSIC ROCK - SLOW START) Whitesnake
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
Sex IS on Fire Kings Of Leon
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
Smells Like Teens Spirit Nirvana
Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard
Nothing Else Matters Metallica
Enter Sandman Metallica
You and Me Song The Wannadies
Two Princes Spin Doctors
Teenage Kicks The Undertones
Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus
Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash
She's So Lovely - Scouting for girls Scouting For Girls
Run DMC Featuring Aerosmith- Walk This Way Run DMC Feat. Aerosmith
Michael Jackson - Just Beat It
Keiser Chiefs - Everday I love you less
I'd Do Anything For Love Meat Loaf
I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor Arctic Monkeys
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine O’
Girl You've Really Got Me Going The Kinks
eye of the tiger
Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols
Beat It Michael Jackson
Are You Gonna Go My Way Various Artists
Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet
American Idiot Green Day
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
Green Day - Basket Case
Where I Find My Heaven Gigolo Aunts
Greenday-The Time of Your Life
greenday - when i come around
Florence - You've Got the Love Florence + The Machine
Ace Of Spades Motörhead
Alive Pearl Jam
all right now Free
All Summer Long Kid Rock
Always (slower version) Bon Jovi
...And Justice For All Metallica
The Bad Touch Bloodhound Gang
Beat It (Ft. John Mayer) Fall Out Boy
The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson
Best Day Of My Life American Authors
Black Chandelier Biffy Clyro
Crazy, Crazy Nights KISS
Danger! High Voltage Electric Six
Dreaming of You The Coral
In Too Deep Sum 41
Little Lion Man (Radio Edit) (139 BPM) Mumford & Sons
Love Gun Kiss
Master Of Puppets Metallica
More than a feeling Boston
Mountains Biffy Clyro
My Generation The Who
My Sharona The Knack
Nickelback - Rockstar Nickelback
No One Knows Queens Of The Stone Age
Paint It Black (Stereo Version) The Rolling Stones
Pretty Vacant (were so pretty) The Sex Pistols
Rebel Rebel David Bowie
Rocks Primal Scream
Rope Foo Fighters
Run to The Hills Iron Maiden
Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers
Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
Sharp Dressed Man ZZ Top
She Sells Sanctuary - the Cult Various Artists
She's All Natural Buffalo Summer
Since You Been Gone Rainbow
Smooth Criminal Alien Ant Farm
Status Quo - Rockin All Over The World - rocking
Thunderstruck AC/DC
Valerie (Feat. Amy Winehouse) Mark Ronson
Weak Skunk Anansie
Whole Lotta Love (Edit) Led Zeppelin
You Give Love a Bad Name Bon Jovi
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Learn To Fly Foo Fighters
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters - Everlong (acoustic) Foo Fighters
Many Of Horror Biffy Clyro
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Ho Hey The Lumineers
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
ACDC - SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
Whole Lotta Rosie AC/DC
Down Down (Single Edit) Status Quo
Every Breath You Take The Police
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Pompeii Bastille
Kids MGMT
Pumped Up Kicks [Album Version Foster The People
Chocolate The 1975
Fat Lip Sum 41
Steal My Sunshine Len
Buddy Holly Weezer
The Darkness- I Believe In A Thing Called Love The Darkness
Place Your Hands Reef
Buck Rogers Feeder
Song 2 Blur
Rock the Casbah The Clash
A Town Called Malice The Jam
Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Paradise City Guns N' Roses
Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) [Radio Edit] Limp Bizkit
Come As You Are Nirvana
Nirvana - Nevermind - Lithium
Just A Girl No Doubt
Last Resort Papa Roach
Perl Jam - Daughter Pearl Jam
Heaven Is A Halfpipe (If I Die Opm
The Offspring - Pretty Fly for a White Guy
Still Into You Paramore
Give it Away Red Hot Chili Peppers
Take On Me Reel Big Fish
I'm A Believer Smash Mouth
the smiths - this charming man
Fool's Gold The Stone Roses
Last Nite NIGHT The Strokes
Too Much Too Young The Specials
Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap & The Temper Trap
A-Punk Vampire Weekend
Same Jeans Various Artists
Woman Wolfmother
Moving To New York The Wombats
MEGADETH - Holy Wars the Punishment Due
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Inside Various Artists
Rock Bottom UFO
Doctor Doctor UFO
Ready To Go Republica
No Tomorrow Orson
Breaking The Law Judas Priest
Don't Matter Kings Of Leon
My Favourite Game The Cardigans
Bubbles Biffy Clyro
Highway to Hell AC/DC
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You shouldn't've) Buzzcocks
Shake It Metro Station
Linkin Park - Numb
Linking Park - What I've Done
Supermassive Black Hole Muse
Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers
T Rex - 20th Century Boy
Steve Harley - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Romantics - What I Like About You
The Rolling Stones- GET NO Satisfaction
Rolling Stones - Honkey Tonk Women
Oldies - Louie Louie
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Europe - The Final Countdown
black sabbath - PARANOID
iggy pop - passenger
money for nothing
Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes
The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzie Various Artists
Nutbush City Limits Tina Turner
I Am the Resurrection The Stone Roses
Golden Touch Razorlight
I'm gonna be 500 Miles The Proclaimers
saturday nights alright - for fighting Elton John
Smoke On The Water Deep Purple
Parklife Blur
I Love College Asher Roth
Scummy Arctic monkeys
Between Angels and Insects Papa Roach
Trouble (ROCK - NICE) Skindred
Girl All The Bad Guys Want Bowling For Soup
Misery Business Paramore
Dance, Dance Fall Out Boy
Sugar, We're Going Down Fall Out Boy
Fire, Fire Heaven's Basement
Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (Acoustic)
Wake me up inside / Bring me to life - linkin park Evanescence
Tainted Love Marilyn Manson
Fear Of Dying (ROCK - GIRL SINGING) Jack Off Jill
Movies Alien Ant Farm
When You Were Young Album Version The Killers
Use Somebody Kings Of Leon
One Way or Another Blondie
Monster The Automatic Automatic
Many Of Horror Biffy Clyro
The Kooks - Naive
Stacy's Mom Fountains Of Wayne
Snow ((Hey Oh)) chill Red Hot Chili Peppers
Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand
Back In Black AC\DC
Whatever You Want Status Quo
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
I Can Dream Skunk Anansie
Gravemakers & Gunslingers (SWEARING)
Nowhere Therapy?
Digging The Grave Faith No More
The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies Faith No More
The Spin Doctors - Two Princess
I Was Made For Loving You Kiss
Whiskey in the Jar Metallica
Don't Let Me Get Me Pink
So What Pink
One Week Barenaked Ladies
Run To You Bryan Adams
Closing Time Semisonic
Livin' On A Prayer LIVING Bon Jovi
Mr Brightside - RADIO EDIT The Killers
Fallout boy- Thanks For The Memories Fall Out Boy
Out Of The Black Royal Blood
Blue Orchid The White Stripes
Want You Bad The Offspring
Land Of Confusion Disturbed

[Excalibur]

Eclectic, Toby. :zip:

[Corabar Steve]

Shame only about 3 of them are relevant to the OP.



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[Corabar Steve]

Just noticed they mention Electro-Swing in the quote. Are you OK on that Shaun?

[Daryll]

Good electro -swing song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twqM56f_cVo&list=PLskW5b1fsXAC28FmRx4LmrAAOE7ZQIy7E&index=13

Daryll

[Shaun]

Just noticed they mention Electro-Swing in the quote. Are you OK on that Shaun?

By no means an expert, but I do like Electro-Swing myself, so should be good for that. Always open to suggestions though if you have any faves Steve.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the lists and comments.

[Excalibur]

Parov Stelar is big in Electro Swing, here are some suggestions (Parov Stelar) from folk for my first foray into this area.
Sak Noel can be good, but a teeny teeny word of caution. Some of his songs are a tad " interesting". Check out " I am the law ", particularly the video. I posted it on here before, can't remember if it was deemed unseemly, or as Steve reckoned, just garbage. :confused::)

[yourdj]

Shame only about 3 of them are relevant to the OP.



18075

Plenty of "hard rock and heavy metal" in my first post? Pretty broad criteria the way I am reading it, but i guess Shaun is ofay with those genres so sorry if that wasted your time? Just trying to help as i had a cracking list from an actual client. Yes the second list has very little to do with it so fair point. :)

18076

I have a 3 hour list of tracks that encompass modern electro swing, but I dare not post it.
PM me if you want it Shaun. :)

I love some of the PS remixes. Love - Remix is a great track (yes I know its not swing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYWUK-sm9OQ
Its the first track on my background track if I have a younger or slightly clubby crowd before FD.

[Shaun]

I asked the Bride for a few of her favourites from the genres mentioned....


Nu - Metal
Duality - Slipknot
Down With The Sickness - Disturbed
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Loco - Coal Chamber


Groove Metal
If possible the mash up of Tik Tok by Kesha and Redneck by Lamb of God
Cowboys from Hell - Pantera



Hard Rock
Redemption Blues - Audrey Horne
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Walk This Way - Aerosmith feat. Run-DMC
By The Way - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Hell and High Water - Black Stone Cherry
She Builds Quick Machines - Velvet Revolver
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) - The Offspring
I Keep on Dancing - The Bosshoss
Blood Red Sandman - Lordi


Industrial
Du Hast - Rammstein
Dead Enough for Life - Icon of Coil
If possible, the mash up of The Perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails and Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
Blue Monday - Orgy
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie



Electro-Swing
Puttin' on the Ritz - The Drapers


Older Songs
I Don't Want to Set The World on Fire - The Ink Spots
Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong
Witchcraft- Frank Sinatra
Mack The Knife - Bobbie Darin
Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka

[yourdj]

Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong


I love this track. In the second (older) list I sent you. :) The Gatsby could form quite a bit of the early evening. You could go between new and old. Quite a few tracks from the other list I posted Steve. But also a few I have never heard of - lets hope the guests know them huh? :p

Tik Tok? - Is that grove metal then? By jove. I have found that my metal head brides have a very strange selective EDM tastes as well? They have picked tracks i would never have imagined and would have never guessed. The power of a track list. DJ's that just turn up and say they know what to play are kidding them selves if you ask me as everyone likes different things, looking at some of my set lists.

[Excalibur]

Older Songs
I Don't Want to Set The World on Fire - The Ink Spots
Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong
Witchcraft- Frank Sinatra
Mack The Knife - Bobbie Darin
Calendar Girl - Neil Sedaka

Heavens above Shaun, I've not played Ink Spots at a disco for a while. Don't forget Whispering Grass, either. :) The Platters are of a similar time and style.

Not sure about the classifications of some tracks, ie Sweet is Glam Rock, never Heavy, but what's in a name? Hope you and the guests have a ball.

[Shaun]

Hope you and the guests have a ball.

I hope so too. :zip:

They're happy for me to chop and change at will to ensure everyone is happy. So I'm a little more at ease than I previously was.


Again, thanks for all your contributions to this thread everyone. And thank you also to Toby for PM'ing me a nice big list. Much appreciated.

I'll let you all know how it goes.

[Nakatomi]

DJ's that just turn up and say they know what to play are kidding them selves if you ask me as everyone likes different things, looking at some of my set lists.

Haha they always make me laugh out loud. Somebody posts about a provided music list & they go off on one about professional integrity of the DJ, reading the room, yada yada yada. What a crock! Yeah boy, let's put you in a room full of smartly dressed metal fans & see how long it takes you to find out what they like by merely testing the water with your 'tried & tested' DJ tropes! :rofl: ... is what I think of those guys.

[yourdj]

let's put you in a room full of smartly dressed metal fans & see how long it takes you to find out what they like by merely testing the water with your 'tried & tested' DJ tropes! :rofl: ... is what I think of those guys.

Even the biggest hardest bearded, tattoed, 'bad mad and dangerous to know' metal head might like Beyonce or backstreet boys. You just don't know. I like metal and I look like a 5th Harmony fan :p

All the people that have said that to me are ex record and CD DJ's that just did not have the access we have these days to music on the fly, or have worked blind to the client. Certain weddings, minimising requests and a set list works a charm, but I would say 80-90% of them work better with a detailed pre event set list and guests request on then night especially Shauns event.

Wedding/personalty occasions this is, lots of corporates and some parties work well treated like a club set, depending on the vibe and guests present. :)

[Shakermaker Promotions]

I was at a wedding fair this time last year and was the only DJ there as I am recommended by the venue (Pitt Hall Barn).
A girl approached me with her Mum. Her Mum was doing most of the talking and asked me to tell her about how I went about things when I did my job and I told them what I tell everyone and that's that I am very 'request friendly' and thrive on music input from my customers and their guests because I like to give them the music that they WANT to hear and NOT what I THINK they want to hear, despite my experience.

The girl, who'd been pretty quiet up until then started taking notice of what I was saying. I had no idea what type of music she liked. All she had done until that point was smile and say "hello".

I also said another thing that I nearly always say and that was that it was my job and I take it seriously just like anybody does with their own job.
If went on to say that if I played the music that I liked, I probably wouldn't be a full-time DJ because they wouldn't be as many bookings coming my way so I adapt and play what the customers want. I think that's the same with all of us (hence Shaun asking about this particular genre and why forums like this are great for helping).

Anyway, the Mum (still doing most of the talking), firstly asked what my type of music was and secondly told me that her daughter was quite specific about what her and her fiance liked. I told them both that my preference is Alternative, Rock, Ska and Punk and as soon as I said that, the daughter suddenly looked interested. It didn't take long for her to start listing bands that she and her fiance and friends liked (Disturbed, Sepultura, Korn etc.) and it was her that asked if I would be able to play that kind of stuff at her wedding. An email quotation followed and I was booked the following day for the wedding which is in February.

Since that initial conversation, the Bride seems a different person. She can't believe she has booked a DJ that will play the music they want and I guess the reason she didn't look that interested when we originally met was because she expected the usual wedding disco which she really didn't want.
I have advised that the guests need taking into account because it won't be everybody's cup of tea and she assures me that most of the guests are into it so we'll have to see.

I was suited and booted when I met her and her Mum. I just looked like a bloke with a shaven head. When we got talking we got on to the subject of live music, tattoos and piercings and we ended up comparing ink because she was covered up too and had lots of tattoos too.

[yourdj]

her fiance and friends liked (Disturbed, Sepultura, Korn etc.)

I get really annoyed when parents take over and don't let the bride talk. Its their wedding, let them say what they want. On occasions I have directed all my questions from the mum to the couple and they look shocked and don't know what to say. I did have one mum that kept trying to organise meeting with the couple. I ended up saying "would it not be easier to do this directly" as things were starting to get confusing.

Nothing else matters first dance.

I think from memory disturbed was what my couple here were dancing too later on in the night and they were the only ones on the floor. Several older couples left the room and went and sat downstairs for the rest of the night. They were happy as larry though and did not mind me also playing chart stuff & classics for most of the other guests. :)

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[Shakermaker Promotions]

On the occasion I was talking about I don't think the Mum was taking over. The Bride to be was just very quiet at the time and I guessed it was down to the fact that she expected, thought or imagined me to be just another wedding DJ. No disrespect when I say that.
Like I said, once she realised that I could cater for her because I knew the genres she liked, she was more animated.

I've done a number of weddings like Shaun is going to experience and so far, they have all gone well.
I looked at the email after I'd posted earlier and they've requested that the more heavier stuff (like Disturbed for example) is played after 10.00pm. They want a mix of Indie, Ska, Rock, Punk and Nu Metal amongst other things.

As for 'Nothing Else Matters' - I had a string of weddings where that was the first dance and I got bored with it very quickly which was a shame because I did like that song too.

[Corabar Steve]

Even the biggest hardest bearded, tattoed, 'bad mad and dangerous to know' metal head might like Beyonce or backstreet boys. You just don't know.

Oh yes you :Censored: well do. (It's just as well I've not long got back in* from last night's gig, after a 19 hour working day (& a stupidly long journey home) & am too tired to go into that one any further)

Contrary to popular belief it is possible to have fun to music that you don't particularly like. A good portion of last night's crowd (including the B&G) were into "Metal", but that didn't mean that when the set changed from Lordi, Turisas & Rammstein that they didn't dance to YMCA & Agadoo. Far from it.

The thing is the B&G wanted somebody who could handle either end of this spectrum (& most points in between, including some Steampunk), so were fully prepared to pay our usual fee plus keeping me fed & watered, the extra travel costs involved in my doing a 300+ mile round trip, & hotel room for the night & breakfast this morning.


As an aside...

A thought has occurred to me. What's happened to looking like the tribe you belong to? Things were much easier when you could tell the Mods from the Rockers.

I wonder if people just don't have the courage of their convictions any more?



*Just realised I didn't click Submit Reply when my food delivery arrived, do I have been in a while, but really can't be arsed to rise to pathetic jibes.

[john21wall]

Nice list

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Oh yes you :Censored: well do. (It's just as well I've not long got back in* from last night's gig, after a 19 hour working day (& a stupidly long journey home) & am too tired to go into that one any further)

Contrary to popular belief it is possible to have fun to music that you don't particularly like. A good portion of last night's crowd (including the B&G) were into "Metal", but that didn't mean that when the set changed from Lordi, Turisas & Rammstein that they didn't dance to YMCA & Agadoo. Far from it.

The thing is the B&G wanted somebody who could handle either end of this spectrum (& most points in between, including some Steampunk), so were fully prepared to pay our usual fee plus keeping me fed & watered, the extra travel costs involved in my doing a 300+ mile round trip, & hotel room for the night & breakfast this morning.


As an aside...

A thought has occurred to me. What's happened to looking like the tribe you belong to? Things were much easier when you could tell the Mods from the Rockers.

I wonder if people just don't have the courage of their convictions any more?



*Just realised I didn't click Submit Reply when my food delivery arrived, do I have been in a while, but really can't be arsed to rise to pathetic jibes.


I must admit that I didn't understand Toby's comment either.
Just because someone likes (for example) Metal....does it mean that they are the hardest, maddest, meanest to know?? I don't get it?
Does that mean that all Punks are glue sniffing, gob merchants and that all of the New Romantics are frilly wearing ponces and not as 'hard' as the Skinheads?


Anyway, Steve.... I was talking to someone about 'tribes' and identities just the other night.
I loved it back in the day when you could walk down the streets and see Mods, Rockers, Teds, New Romantics, Goths, Skinheads and Punks for example. There doesn't seem to be that around anymore. You may see some about and I always think it's cool because they're not conforming to the 'norm. They're keeping that retro look and I love it.
Everyone seems to be a clone of what is happening fashion wise at the time.

That's not me and never has been.

[funkymook]

Mods, Rockers, Teds, New Romantics, Goths, Skinheads and Punks for example. There doesn't seem to be that around anymore. You may see some about and I always think it's cool because they're not conforming to the 'norm. They're keeping that retro look and I love it.
Everyone seems to be a clone of what is happening fashion wise at the time.

That's not me and never has been.

I used to wear a crombie and zebra striped brothel creepers and listen to mod, punk, soul, funk, goth etc - that confused a few people.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

I wore a crombie, fred perry, braces and monkey boots and I was into Gary Numan!
I still wear a fred perry and doc martens but like loads of stuff.
A guest at a wedding once invited me back to the bar afterwards for a chat as he'd seen my Tubeway Army tattoo. We chatted for ages about music and under his suit he was covered in tattoos and battle scars from his punk days. He was old skool and was there at the time when it was all happening and in full flow.

Don't get me wrong, I do understand that you also DON'T have to wear the gear to show the music you listen to but I do like that identity thing.
I went to see Numan for the first time in 9 years just a few weeks ago in Norwich and it was great but the crowd there were nothing like they used to be and there weren't many copycats there. I was stood at the back and someone actually asked me "what's a skinhead doing at a Gary Numan gig?".

Not sure if I am getting my point across? I know what I'm trying to say but it's not coming out properly (heavy night at darts last night!).