Spiritual Beggars

Mglaffas81 · Subject: Spiritual Beggars Sat May 30, 2009 7:44 pm

Anyone heard of these guys? Just heard them while browsing through YouTube. Great band!

Lurideath · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Sat May 30, 2009 8:07 pm

Yeah great band. Michael Amott rules in this band!

Troublezone · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Sat May 30, 2009 9:00 pm

I have their first record.

Good stoner rock.

James B. · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Sun May 31, 2009 12:46 am

dig the 70's vibe but the guitar tone on the verses clash's a bit, perhaps. I wouldn't change the station if the tune came on.

sam · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Sun May 31, 2009 1:27 am

good stuff, shows how diverse Michael Amott is.

**detuned** · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Sun May 31, 2009 1:58 am

Their first 3 albums are in the "stoner" vein (that video is from their third album Ad Astra). They changed vocalists for the next two albums and morphed more into a heavier version of the Deep Purple/Whitesnake template.

My favorite album is On Fire, which I've played to death over the past few months. All the albums I've heard are excellent.

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Troublezone · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Sun May 31, 2009 2:01 am

detuned wrote:

Their first 3 albums are in the "stoner" vein (that video is from their third album Ad Astra). They changed vocalists for the next two albums and morphed more into a heavier version of the Deep Purple/Whitesnake template.

My favorite album is On Fire, which I've played to death over the past few months. All the albums I've heard are excellent.

The first album definately has a Trouble (manic frustration) vibe to it.

MetalGuy71 · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:31 am

Got my 1st disc from these guys. I've been spinning On Fire for the last 2 weeks and I love it. I don't know where that disc falls chronologically, but I certainly hear the Deep Purple-vibe going on with that organ music so I'm guessing it's latter-day. Cool stuff that makes me want to check out more from these guys, fo shizzle.

Is the other vocalist decent? If I like the guy on On Fire, will I like the other dude?

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**detuned** · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:52 am

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Got my 1st disc from these guys. I've been spinning On Fire for the last 2 weeks and I love it. I don't know where that disc falls chronologically, but I certainly hear the Deep Purple-vibe going on with that organ music so I'm guessing it's latter-day. Cool stuff that makes me want to check out more from these guys, fo shizzle.

Is the other vocalist decent? If I like the guy on On Fire, will I like the other dude?

On Fire is the 4th album and the first to feature the vocalist from Grand Magus. The earlier vocalist is more in the Kyuss-John Garcia inspired vein. I like both eras of the band, but On Fire is still my favorite. I would grab Ad Astra as the next pick...that was the first album to feature a keyboard player as well.

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MetalGuy71 · Subject: Re: Spiritual Beggars Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:59 am

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I would grab Ad Astra as the next pick

Their discography is relatively small and not overly expensive, so I'm sure in time, I'll get them all. I was eyeing up Ad Astra as the next purchase though, but mostly because of the boobies on the cover. Boobies trump everything when it comes to making decisions.

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