Finally a clear picture of 80s DR AVALANCHE

demolitionsisters · 14 Dec 2011, 09:40

So this was after all the mystical Oberheim DMX they programmed for FALAA's recording sessions, funny that Wayne's carrying it like a baby, looks like the thing had already become somewhat of a shaman for the band with the sole purpose (apart from drumming duties) of conducting the girls' speed rituals & other debauched practices towards the occasional spiritual jerk-off tunes which all the sisters' songs eventually came to be. What do you think, man?

Bartek · 14 Dec 2011, 10:01

I think that becuse is before noon here (CET) and becuse i didn't drink alcohol i can't replay to your question in 'sesnible' way.
And this photo isn't really new.

demolitionsisters · 14 Dec 2011, 10:33

Bartek wrote: And this photo isn't really new.

For you maybe, but not for other people, you may rest assured of that.

14 Dec 2011, 11:00

ah yeah, the black planet video shoot... there was a post around here somewhere that linked to the original blog that he video director wrote... interesting stuff (including a bit about them teaching andrew to drive iirc)

it has been posted before, but its always good to bring these things back every now and again for the newer folks

dtsom · 14 Dec 2011, 11:00

DR AVALANCHE IN BRASIL 2006

14 Dec 2011, 11:03

BIG RIG!

amazing it ever worked tbh.

and the good doktor circa 2011:

how times change... finally!

demolitionsisters · 14 Dec 2011, 11:09

Quiff Boy wrote:ah yeah, the black planet video shoot... there was a post around here somewhere that linked to the original blog that he video director wrote... interesting stuff (including a bit about them teaching andrew to drive iirc)

it has been posted before, but its always good to bring these things back every now and again for the newer folks

Do you have the link of that post?

dtsom · 14 Dec 2011, 11:15

demolitionsisters wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:ah yeah, the black planet video shoot... there was a post around here somewhere that linked to the original blog that he video director wrote... interesting stuff (including a bit about them teaching andrew to drive iirc)

it has been posted before, but its always good to bring these things back every now and again for the newer folks
Do you have the link of that post?

after a bit of searching...here itÂ´s!!

http://www.robertwebb.com/som.htm

demolitionsisters · 14 Dec 2011, 11:17

dtsom wrote:
demolitionsisters wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:ah yeah, the black planet video shoot... there was a post around here somewhere that linked to the original blog that he video director wrote... interesting stuff (including a bit about them teaching andrew to drive iirc)

it has been posted before, but its always good to bring these things back every now and again for the newer folks
Do you have the link of that post?
after a bit of searching...here itÂ´s!!

http://www.robertwebb.com/som.htm

Thanx, man. Very interesting stuff, hadn't seen most of those pictures before.

dtsom · 14 Dec 2011, 11:18

Quiff Boy wrote:BIG RIG!

amazing it ever worked tbh.

and the good doktor circa 2011:

how times change... finally!

nothing compare with the old one.....

demolitionsisters · 14 Dec 2011, 11:33

dtsom wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:BIG RIG!

amazing it ever worked tbh.

and the good doktor circa 2011:

how times change... finally!
nothing compare with the old one.....

Von looks a bit like a full-on bald version of Mr. Burns on that one. Scary how skinny he's become! But then again it'd be fair to assume that all that unending speed consumption should've affected his health to a certain extent anyway, hope he's still digging the chicks though

14 Dec 2011, 11:57

yeah, he does look frighteningly thin there. and frail

lachert · 14 Dec 2011, 12:12

Quiff Boy wrote:yeah, he does look frighteningly thin there. and frail

'cause there was no tour in 2004. go figure

centurionofprix · 14 Dec 2011, 12:57

Compared to Reading '91, he's positively BUILT in that picture.

Machine Regime · 14 Dec 2011, 13:33

Yikes. All of sudden Fat Eldritch (which period was that from recently?) seems positively reassuring.

And what the Effing Christ were all those modules and cables about - they're a band, not Apollo m*****n control..

Izzy HaveMercy · 14 Dec 2011, 13:58

Machine Regime wrote:And what the Effing Christ were all those modules and cables about - they're a band, not Apollo m*****n control..

Quite normal considered the outboard effects and sequencer they were running...

IZ.

Izzy HaveMercy · 14 Dec 2011, 13:59

Quiff Boy wrote:BIG RIG!

amazing it ever worked tbh.

and the good doktor circa 2011:

how times change... finally!

The Doctor runs in Final Cut Pro?

How.... inventive.

IZ.

Husek · 14 Dec 2011, 14:21

dtsom wrote:DR AVALANCHE IN BRASIL 2006

This is AVID pro Tools running there?

Machine Regime · 14 Dec 2011, 14:57

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:
Machine Regime wrote:And what the Effing Christ were all those modules and cables about - they're a band, not Apollo m*****n control..
Quite normal considered the outboard effects and sequencer they were running...

IZ.

Well... that's alright, then.

timsinister · 14 Dec 2011, 16:41

dtsom wrote:
nothing compare with the old one.....

Where are these pictures from? Always keen to see more shots from it, my first Sisters gig!

Being645 · 14 Dec 2011, 16:55

Quiff Boy wrote:BIG RIG!

amazing it ever worked tbh.

and the good doktor circa 2011:

how times change... finally!

Hah, wonderful ...

... and it has definitely made a difference ...

...

markfiend wrote:
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
...

Oh yesss ...

...

...

@timsinister

I think, scardwel made them ... don't have the link though now ...

...

14 Dec 2011, 16:57

Being645 wrote:I think, scardwel made them ...

Possibly from the sound-check then?

timsinister · 14 Dec 2011, 17:42

Cheers!

We'll wait for the Great Man himself to determine.

DocSommer · 14 Dec 2011, 17:54

So they don't use the goold old akai hardware samplers anymore? I always thought they used the notebooks basicly as a sequencer for the hardware samplers (1x) browsing through the web (1x) and watching porn (1x) = 3 notebooks in total.

IIRC Andrew always seems proud about using as much hardware for live gigging as possible and mocking about other bands who tends to cut corners there. I know that there's no real advantage/reason for using hardware samplers quality wise but still I do appreciate the effort that comes along if you stick with these old gears since almost every nowadays kid can open his notebook and play a few sounds (as for the sisters you don't really need to start with a software that's more complex than fruity loops wich is pretty easy to handle^^). But if you like to operate this old stuff you'll need to know more about MIDI, SCSI and operating the sampler itself - I find none of that really intuitive to handle, that's why I'm having an Akai S3000XL as a dust collector standing here.

14 Dec 2011, 18:02

they always used to use very old, very elaborate hardware that was always breaking down

basically, it was stuff andrew was comfortable using, so he ensured they kept it

however, over the last couple of si has convinced him to move stuff gradually to a more portable solution, hence the mac book pros.

presumably this is also why nurse is pretty much a permanent fixture on stage with them these days... ?