Cynic - Focus

are there any cynic fans here? focus is one of my favourite albums ever . it owns your ass!

very good band, i liked Focus as well.

does anyone have the complete Portal demo they did after they splut up cos i have some of those tracks on the remaster of cynic

I do! I even remastered it myself.

IS IT ANY GOOD?

I got this album for $7.00 through yourmusic.com. I played it once, wasn't impressed and sold it on Half.com for $10.00.

It didn't fit well with my ears. (that's what she said)

spectrefate wrote:

I got this album for $7.00 through yourmusic.com. I played it once, wasn't impressed and sold it on Half.com for $10.00.

It didn't fit well with my ears. (that's what she said)

nice profit! how did you do that. shame you did not like it

Great album!

TheGooch wrote:

does anyone have the complete Portal demo they did after they splut up cos i have some of those tracks on the remaster of cynic

Yea I have it (original version, not the Eyesore self abused remaster) and a couple of the Cynic Demos, if I ever get Broadband (hopefully soon) i'll upload 'em for you.

they are the Dog's Bollox.

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Locky wrote:

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they are the Dog's Bollox.

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Does that mean they are good or bad? I imagine a dog's balls as being a bad thing.

Locky wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

does anyone have the complete Portal demo they did after they splut up cos i have some of those tracks on the remaster of cynic

Yea I have it (original version, not the Eyesore self abused remaster) and a couple of the Cynic Demos, if I ever get Broadband (hopefully soon) i'll upload 'em for you.

they are the Dog's Bollox.

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that would be cool as the three songs i have heard are the dogs bollocks

spectrefate wrote:

Locky wrote:

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they are the Dog's Bollox.

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Does that mean they are good or bad? I imagine a dog's balls as being a bad thing.

Bollox can mean a few things, like

I got a kick in the Bollox (someone kicked me in my nutsack)
The album is the "Dogs" (that album is the Dogs Bollox / it's fookin' excellent)
ahh Bollox (something is gone wrong)
(I'm) Bollox'd (I'm tired)


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So it's an all purpose word like sh!t. OK. I see.

i wonder where it came from but its a common expression in england when not in polite company

its irony of course though

TheGooch wrote:

i wonder where it came from but its a common expression in england when not in polite company

its irony of course though

Well I'd like to know who came up with the phrase "tighter than a Ducks Arse" now that would be interesting to know.

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I love the colloquialisms! My wife can often be heard muttering she's "fagged out" meaning, fortunately or not, that she's tired. Also, without looking can the European brethren tell me what a "buller" is because that's one I love!

One time in Chapel at a fairly conservative Christian college my wife learned the hard way not to say something like "that test was hard as hell" which is O.K. in her neck o' the woods....

She's got tons that are so unique to her Island I can't keep up with them all....

I like 'em. A shame they only released one album.

TheGooch wrote:

IS IT ANY GOOD?

Sure, if you like something more ambient, with a female vocalist. Like Ambeon.

Locky wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

does anyone have the complete Portal demo they did after they splut up cos i have some of those tracks on the remaster of cynic

Yea I have it (original version, not the Eyesore self abused remaster) and a couple of the Cynic Demos, if I ever get Broadband (hopefully soon) i'll upload 'em for you.

they are the Dog's Bollox.

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You have the original version?

Eyesore wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

IS IT ANY GOOD?

Sure, if you like something more ambient, with a female vocalist. Like Ambeon.

i do like a bit of that from time to time. that is why i listen to opeth