Rock In Pattaya

[davethailand]

Hehe it takes time but it makes me emotional.

Do you wear black nail polish?

[Crypt36]

Haha lol no! I listen all kinds of heavy guitar music. Oi, Punk, Hardcore, Thrash, Death and Black Metal and just look normal...

When it comes to playing the intruments these guys are <deleted> heroes anyways... Shame only a few underground fans have the ears to appreciate it.

[JSixpack]

AFAIK ther are three venues in town with regular jam sessions:

Blues Factory (Walking Street) Sunday nights

Bristol Bar (Jomtien Soi 6) Wednesday and Sunday Nights

Leo's Blues Bar (Nakluea Soi 18) Friday and sometimes Saturday nights.

Most other places with live band will let you play if you ask for jamming.

Happened to ride by Leo's Blues Bar (Naklua Soi 18) and heard the ubiquitous "Hotel California" wafting out, so I sped up to get away more quickly. Hope the jam sessions are better.

This town don't understand the blues genre.

[Lost in LOS]

its not live but i sit in sweethearts agogo sometimes for the great music.....girls okay but the rock music is outstanding

[raro]

AFAIK ther are three venues in town with regular jam sessions:

Blues Factory (Walking Street) Sunday nights

Bristol Bar (Jomtien Soi 6) Wednesday and Sunday Nights

Leo's Blues Bar (Nakluea Soi 18) Friday and sometimes Saturday nights.

Most other places with live band will let you play if you ask for jamming.

Happened to ride by Leo's Blues Bar (Naklua Soi 18) and heard the ubiquitous "Hotel California" wafting out, so I sped up to get away more quickly. Hope the jam sessions are better.

This town don't understand the blues genre.

Upon the jams, there is sometimes a guy with a black Tele...he plays Hotel California as the Ramones would play it. Needs about 2.5 minutes to get through it

The houseband is on twice upon jam night. And yes, they play the Pattaya top 100...

[JSixpack]

its not live but i sit in sweethearts agogo sometimes for the great music.....girls okay but the rock music is outstanding

Tnx for that info. Rock has almost died out in the go-gos, one reason I hardly go to them nowadays; the visuals hardly make up for the noise. Whereabouts exactly is Sweethearts?

[Lost in LOS]

its not live but i sit in sweethearts agogo sometimes for the great music.....girls okay but the rock music is outstanding

Tnx for that info. Rock has almost died out in the go-gos, one reason I hardly go to them nowadays; the visuals hardly make up for the noise. Whereabouts exactly is Sweethearts?

walking street next to happy a gogo

[moo9]

Checked out Hard Rock last night. OMG that place is expensive! 4700 Baht for meal and couple of drinks for 3 of us.

Som na na, this is the bright future of Pattaya, but only for quality tourists :-)

Happy New Year

[aussiechick]

andyww -

Ok you've done Blues Factory (brilliant), Hot Tuna and "popped" in to Utopia (where the line up has changed - 1 guitarist / singer has left) and spent a fortune at Hard Rock - have you visited anywhere else or have you found what you're looking for?

In truth there is a lot of good bands around - I keep finding new ones in obscure little bars all over the place - mind you I find some that I really wouldn't even tell anyone I was there

If anyone finds a good band that they think is worth telling the world please let me know too!

[gharknes]

honey pot soi 2 2nd road, little expensive for drink but very very good band

[aussiechick]

I have another one - Funny Girl Bar. The band is Philippino (+ 1 Thai). They do a whole range of songs.

Funny Girl

soi that runs between 7 & 8

cluster of bars

[andyww]

andyww -

Ok you've done Blues Factory (brilliant), Hot Tuna and "popped" in to Utopia (where the line up has changed - 1 guitarist / singer has left) and spent a fortune at Hard Rock - have you visited anywhere else or have you found what you're looking for?

In truth there is a lot of good bands around - I keep finding new ones in obscure little bars all over the place - mind you I find some that I really wouldn't even tell anyone I was there

If anyone finds a good band that they think is worth telling the world please let me know too!

To be perfectly honest I am a bit rocked-out at the moment. Found some other bands but the problem is they all play exactly the same stuff. As soon as the opening bars of Hotel California start, its time for checkbin..

One notable exception. Last Sunday, a group of Thai students turned up at Utopia on motorbikes, borrowed the bands instruments and played a few tracks. I could not believe my ears when they started playing Metropolis by Dream Theater!

For those who dont know, this is a typical impossible-to-play Dream Theater track with the most complex time signatures ever. It requires top-notch ability to play and they did it almost perfectly. Thats what we need, give them a full-time job..

[raro]

As soon as the opening bars of Hotel California start, its time for checkbin..

...same here. same procedure for Wonderful Tonight

One notable exception. Last Sunday, a group of Thai students turned up at Utopia on motorbikes, borrowed the bands instruments and played a few tracks. I could not believe my ears when they started playing Metropolis by Dream Theater!

For those who dont know, this is a typical impossible-to-play Dream Theater track with the most complex time signatures ever. It requires top-notch ability to play and they did it almost perfectly. Thats what we need, give them a full-time job..

Respect! This is indeed one of the most complex songs from a non-Zappa outfit I ever came across. Hope to see these guys somewhere sometimes. Which place was it? Utopia?

[GucciLittlePiggy]

Is the rock gogo bar still there? I definitely remember going in once, but cannot remember anything after that, so can't give a review.

When will the evil that is Hotel California finally be banished from Thailand? When?

[aussiechick]

Well I know where I will be on the 22nd - Blues Factory - The Bastards are playing!!!!!!! This is one band you do not want to miss!! They don't get up here that often so make the most of it!

[davethailand]

andyww -

Ok you've done Blues Factory (brilliant), Hot Tuna and "popped" in to Utopia (where the line up has changed - 1 guitarist / singer has left) and spent a fortune at Hard Rock - have you visited anywhere else or have you found what you're looking for?

In truth there is a lot of good bands around - I keep finding new ones in obscure little bars all over the place - mind you I find some that I really wouldn't even tell anyone I was there

If anyone finds a good band that they think is worth telling the world please let me know too!

To be perfectly honest I am a bit rocked-out at the moment. Found some other bands but the problem is they all play exactly the same stuff. As soon as the opening bars of Hotel California start, its time for checkbin..

One notable exception. Last Sunday, a group of Thai students turned up at Utopia on motorbikes, borrowed the bands instruments and played a few tracks. I could not believe my ears when they started playing Metropolis by Dream Theater!

For those who dont know, this is a typical impossible-to-play Dream Theater track with the most complex time signatures ever. It requires top-notch ability to play and they did it almost perfectly. Thats what we need, give them a full-time job..

My drummers into Dreamtheater, we also have a couple of DVD's by them in the bar.

[raro]

My drummers into Dreamtheater, we also have a couple of DVD's by them in the bar.

don't tell me Snowman's band plays any of their tunes....