King Crimson would fit the bill very well as an occult-themed rock band that was quite influential in London from the late sixties onward. The Court Of The Crimson King ('69) had some references to Chambers and was an iconic weirdo-rock album that impressed Pete Townshend.
If every vampire who said he was at the crucifixion was actually there, it would have been like Woodstock.
Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 01, 2005 7:17:11 pm PDT #497 of 10457
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Gandalfe - May 01, 2005 7:38:50 pm PDT #498 of 10457
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Not Zeppelin. I would think that rebel Giles would have been philosophically opposed to Zeppelin. If you're looking for a specific EVENT that he would have killed to go to, rather than just a band that he would have liked to have seen, what about the infamous Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (aka Bowie) concert in 1973, at the Hammersmith Odeon on July 3rd, 1973? You can read about it here, and, if I recall, there is some proof that Giles did like Bowie, yes? (FYI, legend has it that a member or members of the future Sex Pistols stole the P.A. system that was used at this concert. You could have Giles do it instead, if you wanted.)
Connie Neil - May 01, 2005 7:45:25 pm PDT #499 of 10457
brillig
ah, well, it's written. I'll just have to hope that the fic readers aren't musical philosophers.
Topic!Cindy - May 02, 2005 2:53:31 am PDT #500 of 10457
What is even happening?
Not Zeppelin. I would think that rebel Giles would have been philosophically opposed to Zeppelin.Why do you think this, Gandalfe (just curious--I'm not writing anything).
Gandalfe - May 02, 2005 3:52:47 am PDT #501 of 10457
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Led Zeppelin were the band that the punks railed and rebelled against. They were the establishment, and nobody who was anti-establishment would be for them.
sumi - May 02, 2005 4:38:15 am PDT #502 of 10457
Art Crawl!!!
I'd say Iggy, Bowie, maybe Marc Bolan.
Topic!Cindy - May 02, 2005 4:57:15 am PDT #503 of 10457
What is even happening?
Yeah, but Giles also liked Freebird.
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I know that's not a Zep song. Freebird just indicates to me Giles probably wasn't as proto-punk as we'd think.
DXMachina - May 02, 2005 5:00:59 am PDT #504 of 10457
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The Who might be too earnest for him;
Not so much as to keep him from performing "Behind Blue Eyes" in public at a coffee house.
Gandalfe - May 02, 2005 6:13:26 am PDT #505 of 10457
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I know that's not a Zep song. Freebird just indicates to me Giles probably wasn't as proto-punk as we'd think.
He's not NOW, but, as I've found, when you get older, if you love music, your tastes expand.
Nutty - May 02, 2005 6:23:13 am PDT #506 of 10457
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, and the age question is still up in the air. If Giles was 20 in 1967 (when Disraeli Gears came out) then that's one frame of reference; but if he was 20 in 1973, very different frame of reference. Agreed that, 20 years on, people do mellow and come around to liking good music that was anathema in their youth; whereas 20 years do not always kill one's love for the awful music of one's youth.
Which is why I own a Neneh Cherry album.