tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post2045618912987051131..comments2024-01-29T13:50:30.524-08:00Comments on ASK EARACHE: San Francisco Bay-Area's many groundbreaking bandsDigbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369393137798141351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-79496779343440945862009-08-06T01:32:57.380-07:002009-08-06T01:32:57.380-07:00Thanks Cosmo and Joaquim for enlightening us with ...Thanks Cosmo and Joaquim for enlightening us with some new great SF bands.Ludicra are worth watching, definately.<br /><br />You also mention how the dotcom boom and bust has changed the city.I remember how one of the early programmers and shareholders of the very first web-browser company- Netscape- <a href="http://www.jwz.org" rel="nofollow">Jamie W Zawinski</a>, was pictured in photos at the Digbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14369393137798141351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-70956260711842858332009-08-04T14:31:23.587-07:002009-08-04T14:31:23.587-07:00San Francisco definitely has malls. It is not hip...San Francisco definitely has malls. It is not hippie-land anymore, though traces of that remain. Now it is a mix of right, left, rich, poor, and everything else. The dotcom boom and bust changed the city a lot. It is still a very interesting place, but it is tough to paint it with stereotypes now.<br /><br />The Bay Area has a thriving underground metal scene. I reference some of its bands Invisible Orangeshttp://invisibleoranges.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523249.post-80439869007940601032009-07-31T14:46:14.554-07:002009-07-31T14:46:14.554-07:00Dig, check out this interesting instrumental metal...Dig, check out this interesting instrumental metal band, "The Fucking Champs", from SF.<br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/thefuckingchamps<br /><br />They have confessed being influenced by extreme metal (yours Confessor has been mentioned in interviews) but the idea is to make some experimental instrumental traditional metal. Quite good.Joaquimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006710356218611806noreply@blogger.com