FAVOURITE BANDS OF ALL TIME!

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essbee — Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:02:31 +1100

hmmm...

TOTO !!!!!!!
with all the lead singers except Byron...
Foreigner
LOU!!!
Bad Company
with all of their singers!!!
Outfield
very underated...check out 'Voices Of Babylon'
Journey
I miss Steve Perry
Giant
Dan Huff is a GOD!!
April Wine
Classic Canadian Rockers
Harem Scarem
First two CD's only though
REO Speedwagon
heard it from a friend who...heard it from a friend who...
.38 Special
Caught Up in You is still one of my all-time fav songs...

RE: FAVOURITE BANDS OF ALL TIME!

KISSaholic — Wed, 06 Sep 2000 00:30:17 +1100

In no order certain order :
Queensryche - best voice in music (that's alive)
KISS - die hard fan since I was 7 (long time ago)
Great White - 80's much better than the 90's
Queen - best voice in music & one of the best guitarists (always wanted to see
them live)
Def Leppard - thay got me hooked w/ Pyromania
Y&T - very underrated as somebody else stated
Sammy Hagar - performs a great show
Loverboy - reminds me of high school
Motley Crue - Vince can't sing live,but studio stuff is great
Humble Pie - great bluesy/rock from the 70's
Black Crowes - great bluesy rock,influenced by Humble Pie
Led Zeppelin - nothing more to say
The Beatles - drugged up Beatles are GREAT
Stone temple Pilots - the only newer 90's band I really like

A few quick others,Cinderella,Dokken,Guns N Roses,AC/DC and many more along the same line.

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Andrew Paul — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 22:35:49 +1100

1) Queen-obvious isn't it? 2) TNT- the chemistry between Harnell & Le Tekro gives us dynamite(sorry) 3) Virgin Steele-masters of their art. 4) Yngwie Malmsteen. 5) Judas Priest-simply great heavy metal. 6) Jekyll & Hyde- great songs, great playing, great singing. 7) Angel- thanks to reading Dave Reynolds as an impressionable youth. 8) Molly Hatchet. 9) Cheap Trick- handed down the blueprint for Mars Electric etc. 10)Whitesnake.

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Songlover — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:24:03 +1100

Hey Adam, please tell me you have listened to Survivor's 2nd album "Premonition". So simple but classic, straightforward and catchy. You'll then realise why EOTT was the next great follow up tune, all because of Premonition.

Cheers!

adam wrote:
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DEF LEPPARD-Steve clark was the reason I wanted to learn guitar. There was something really cool about that guy.

BON JOVI-Reminds me about my high school days

VAN HALEN-The name says it all!

JOURNEY-Cruising with my friends and their older brothers, and listening to them in the car radio on humid summer nights (oh yeah!)

DANGER DANGER-A fucking great rock band.

IRON MAIDEN-If their name was in dictionary, it would have underneath "pure original heavy metal". Also one of the best twin guitar bands ever.

SURVIVOR-Inspirational! I don't care how corny it sounds, but when I was a kid "Eye of the Tiger" got me really pumped. Then of course you have songs like "The Search is Over" etc.

OZZY-One of the pioneers of heavy metal. Absolutely love the Zakk Wylde era albums.

WHITE LION-I can't help but love Vito's guitar work.(Love that song "Hungry" from the Pride album)

NIGHT RANGER- Another Inspirational band that has some of the best songwriters in the business.

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Songlover — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:23:46 +1100

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Kevin — Tue, 05 Sep 2000 07:02:53 +1100

probably too low for anybody to read this, but....

EchoMan wrote:
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Seriously, TEN doesn't do anything at all for me, I think it's kinda flat and boring. I just wish the would have brought what they did in Dare, especially on the Blood From Stone album. Having said that I now go back to hiding.

well, a lot of Dare was Darren Wharton more than anybody else--he was the main lyric writer and the "Calm Before the Storm" cd (just Darren and a new band) still sounds like Dare--though in a more laid-back form nonetheless. That said though, Ten's Spellbound does have a bit of BFS-isms going around here and there.

Kevin

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Kevin — Sun, 03 Sep 2000 12:26:56 +1100

ALEX SIEDLER wrote:
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5. Magnum - what an awesome band, musically not perfect, but THATS the music i live for!

I'm just curious. This means????

Hi Kevin!!

What i meant was that Magnum isnt much of a technical band, like e.g. Dream Theater or Maiden, but songwise; there cant be something better than Tony Clarkins songs! They just got THAT feeling!

actually, I would say Magnum is probably more technical than a lot of the bands out there--maybe not DT, but they never tried to be progressive that much (well, Don't Wake the Lion and Wild Swan are approaching progressive though at parts....)

(check out on a storytellers night if you havent got it)

got it, LOVE it, but I prefer Wings of Heaven actually--especially the US edition with the bonus song.

Kevin

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stuart — Sun, 03 Sep 2000 05:55:38 +1100

1 journey-just the best
2 toto-jeff porcaro,nobody comes close
3carpenters???-karen's voice is heaven

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Bladesian — Sun, 03 Sep 2000 04:48:49 +1100

Night Ranger
Styx
REO Speedwagon

And an honorable mention to Mother's Army -- I love the CDs, but they don't make it up there withStyx, REO, and Night Ranger three without live shows.

Also, my fave country band, Sons Of The Desert. :-) (Jack Blades co-wrote one of their songs.)

Bladesian

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ALEX SIEDLER — Sat, 02 Sep 2000 22:12:14 +1100

5. Magnum - what an awesome band, musically not perfect, but THATS the music i live for!

I'm just curious. This means????

Hi Kevin!!

What i meant was that Magnum isnt much of a technical band, like e.g. Dream Theater or Maiden, but songwise; there cant be something better than Tony Clarkins songs! They just got THAT feeling! (check out on a storytellers night if you havent got it)

ALEX

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Kevin — Sat, 02 Sep 2000 12:33:50 +1100

Alex siedler wrote:
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5. Magnum - what an awesome band, musically not perfect, but THATS the music i live for!

I'm just curious. This means????

Kevin

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Peter M. Bietenholz — Sat, 02 Sep 2000 07:21:12 +1100

1. Whitesnake - Probably one of the most consisting bands of all time. Released up to the dreadful "Slip Of The Tongue" not even one mediocre album. Had with DC the best Rock vocalist of all time. And released with "Slide It In" one of the classiest and best produced albums ever.

2. Van Hagar - Not that I didn't like the Roth years, but Sammy provided a new element and more diverse style to their songwriting.

3. Def Leppard - Reinvented themselves on every record until "Adrenalize".

4. Y & T - Probably the most underrated band ever. Had the perfect combination of power and melody. It's a shame that Dave Meniketti never really got the (commercial) success he and his boys deserved. His guitar play is - besides to the mighty Gary Moore - second to none in terms of power and feel.

5. Blackfoot - another shamlessly underrated band. I don't think I've ever seen a better and tighter live band. "Marauder" and "Tomcattin" are total church.

6. Aerosmith - Best American R'n'Roll band ever. But they need to get off the Diane Warren train and start to rock out again!

7. Deep Purple - Legends. "In Rock" is the mother of all Hardrock albums. Although I favor the Coverdale/Hughes years (suprise, surprise...;-)).

8. Black Sabbath. Okay, the Ozzy and Dio stuff is legendary. But "Headless Cross" and "TYR" are my two faves.

9. Dokken - "Under Lock And Key" is simply THE Melodic Hardrock album of all time. A lot more talented than the rest of the LA hair bands.

10. Thin Lizzy - Didn't really get into them all that much until about five years ago. Every album rules - even if it took me a long time to realize that. I'm majorly pissed that their gig in my town got cancelled AGAIN!

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Alex siedler — Sat, 02 Sep 2000 07:01:57 +1100

1. POISON - the reason i started playin guitar, thats why they´re No 1!

2. Bon Jovi - still Rock and Roll, no matter what others say

3. Europe - Joey Tempest is definitly one (if no THE) best songwriter out there

4. Def Leppard - one word: H Y S T E R I A

5. Magnum - what an awesome band, musically not perfect, but THATS the music i live for!

6. Dare - Well, music talks for itself

7.TEN - i just love them

others: Fair Warning, Union, Skid Row, Kiss, Gotthard, Cinderella, GNR

ALEX

This dog's opinion ...

Big Bow Wow — Sat, 02 Sep 2000 02:49:25 +1100

1. Queen - no close second imo
2. Rush - so original, especially 70s work
3. Steely Dan - their music is so timeless and classic, _Hey 19_ sound just as good today as way back when
4. Van Halen - EVH is god except for _III_ where aliens must be involved :(
5. Sammy Hagar - his live show hooked me
6. Styx - incomparable ying and yang of Dennis and Tommy
7. TNT - how this band escape my radar in the early 90s is a mystery to me
8. Boston - first two albums were huge
9. INXS - liked their funk infused r'n'r
10. Elton John - early EJ does it for me

Honorable mention goes to Cheap Trick, who I try to see everytime they come to town. I only got around to buying _Dream Police_., but I could not get into it since for me the band and their music needs to be heard live.

I did notice that while making this list that the majority of the bands were around when I was in high school (74-78).

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wayne — Sat, 02 Sep 2000 02:11:11 +1100

Warrant,Danger Danger,Def leppard, Night Ranger,and April Wine

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Eva — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 22:31:05 +1100

With TEN is a question of LOVE (my case) and HATE (some of you guys who don't know how to appreciate good music :-) )

Pete, I am glad to know I have a twin. :-)

A very good weekend, you guys!!

Eva

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EchoMan — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 22:20:25 +1100

[ With the risk of getting publically flogged... :-) ]

I can't understand why everyone (almost) lists TEN on a top >TEN< list... ;-)

Seriously, TEN doesn't do anything at all for me, I think it's kinda flat and boring. I just wish the would have brought what they did in Dare, especially on the Blood From Stone album. Having said that I now go back to hiding.

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Pete — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 22:14:52 +1100

Me and Eva are twins, all of hers plus more.
Dream Theater
Giant
Dokken
and many, many more on this cut price cd, sorry.

Just lots

Pete

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Eva — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 18:50:14 +1100

1.- TEN. Of course!! IMHO they are the best.
Then in no particular order...
DEF LEPPARD
FAIR WARNING
LILLIAN AXE
DANGER DANGER
WHITE LION
EUROPE
BON JOVI
WARRANT
HAREM SCAREM
TYKETTO
JOHNNY LIMA
BRYAN ADAMS
ROYAL HUNT
BONFIRE
DARE
FIREHOUSE
MSG (WITH ROBIN MCAULEY)
KANE ROBERTS
NELSON
POISON
TALISMAN
VIXEN
WINGER...

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Dave — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 11:23:53 +1100

My favorites which include Melodic Rock & Not is

1) The Beatles - Wrote the book on pop music for future generations.

2)Queen - Were the most musically talented group in any decade

3)Thin Lizzy - Phil was simply the best, the music was unique

4)Deep Purple - What can I say I love em all incarnations

5)The Who- Best Live Band & Songwriter in Pete Townshend

6)Enuff Z'Nuff - Sorry guys, but their music is great, all 10 CD's

7)Night Ranger - Jack Blades & Co kick major butt

8)Styx - Their 70's CD's are great,

9)Rainbow - Richie's stuff is the prototype for Bach & Roll

10)The Knack - Yea make of me but I think their great -(Get The Knack/Round Trip/Zoom) are great CD's

I also know the importance of Led Zeppelin in the history of music, one of the
greatest groups of all time

Keep Rockin !

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Steve, Denmark — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 05:13:42 +1100

1. Yngwie J. Malmsteen´s Rising Force. IMHO the most consistently good melodic metal act from the mid-80´s to now. Incredible songs and totally redefined lead guitar.
2. Rainbow. Classic hard rock. Not a single bad album. Reinvented their sound in the early 80´s but still maintained an exceptionally high quality throughout. And Blackmore ruled the roost of guitar players for many, many years...
3. Dio. Lost it a bit in recent times but,again - generally consistent quality, fantastic, bombastic melodic metal songs delivered by a vocalist who is second to none. Never seen a duff gig. Never heard a duff note.
4. Black Sabbath. The pioneers. My preference is for the Tony Martin and Dio ereas, but the Reunion albummade me reevaluate their older material significantly.
5. Ten. Yeah, why not?! They´ve turned out a row of consistently good albums and even Spellbound has its moments. I look forward to hearing Babylon but if the reports and reviews are true, then I´m in for a treat! They hold up their influences with pride and have learned their lessons well.
6. UFO. For me they defined hard rock in the the early 80´s. A better comnbination of riffs embellished with subtle keyboard melodies one is hard pressed to find. A totally unique singer in Phil Mogg and too many pure classic songs to mention.
7. Dokken. I always regarded them as a sort of American UFO! Great songs and excellent guitar. Having said that Shadowlife was a total disaster and I rapidly lost interest after that...
8. Impelliteri. Melodic power metal with hyper speed guitar to the max. Basically pins you to the wall and doesn´t let go. Great stuff.

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Travis — Fri, 01 Sep 2000 01:17:15 +1100

I have to go with mainly 80's bands, mainly due to my dislike of the 'Led Zepplin' sound. Here goes...

1. Guns and Roses-- I think the Use your Illusion albums are classic, and I never tire of hearing every song.

2. Bon Jovi-- Ever since I first heard 'Living on a prayer' I have loved the guys from New Jersey. Whether it be from the band or a solo album, they constantly put out songs that I will sing months and years later,

3. Tesla-- A band I have a hard time describing. In a way every song they have done could have been on any of their albums, All of them still make me feel good when I hear them.

4. Def Leppard-- The first rock song I ever heard was 'Pour some Sugar on me' that was all it took.

5. Skid Row-- How I wish that this band still made music. Even the Subhuman race CD was awesome once you got past it's power.

Others: Poison, Warrant, Great White, Thunder, Quireboys, Tyketto..etc you get the picture.

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Robert — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:30:55 +1100

The following bands are the reason I started listening to melodic rock music to begin with; and the reason why I still do today.

In no particular order:

Def Leppard-My favorite of the 80s stadium rock bands ("hair bands").
Journey-Kings of AOR.
Bon Jovi-No matter what direction, they always put out quality music.
Aerosmith-One word: Legends.
Harem Scarem-One of the best bands (perhaps the best band) to come out of the
90s.
Hardline-Wish we had more than one album from these guys.
Mr. Big-Paul Gilbert is incredible, Eric Martin is no slouch either.
Ten-The best of the New Breed of Melodic Rock (NBMR).
Giant-Dann Huff is one of my all-time favorite singers, songwriters, guitarists, and
producers.
House Of Lords-Can't wait for their return. Demons Down is amazing.
Van Halen-The Hagar era was my favorite, DLR was great as well.
Tesla-One of the more intelligent-sounding 80s rock bands.
Thunder-I always thought it was a shame that they never got the recognition they
deserved. One of the best things to come out of the UK.
Y&T-Although most of the world didn't get them, I loved anything they did. Ten is a
nearly perfect rock album.

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adam — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:05:06 +1100

DEF LEPPARD-Steve clark was the reason I wanted to learn guitar. There was something really cool about that guy.

BON JOVI-Reminds me about my high school days

VAN HALEN-The name says it all!

JOURNEY-Cruising with my friends and their older brothers, and listening to them in the car radio on humid summer nights (oh yeah!)

DANGER DANGER-A fucking great rock band.

IRON MAIDEN-If their name was in dictionary, it would have underneath "pure original heavy metal". Also one of the best twin guitar bands ever.

SURVIVOR-Inspirational! I don't care how corny it sounds, but when I was a kid "Eye of the Tiger" got me really pumped. Then of course you have songs like "The Search is Over" etc.

OZZY-One of the pioneers of heavy metal. Absolutely love the Zakk Wylde era albums.

WHITE LION-I can't help but love Vito's guitar work.(Love that song "Hungry" from the Pride album)

NIGHT RANGER- Another Inspirational band that has some of the best songwriters in the business.

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John Q — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:42:08 +1100

You're only giving me TEN?! Well, then let me narrow it down to (in alphabetical order):

AC/DC - no band has ever had a run like Angus and Co. did from 'Dirt Deeds' thru 'For Those About To Rock'. That's - what? - 7 or 8 albums with not one mediocre song in sight. Bon Scott was the epitome of a rock'n'roll singer and probably the greatest story teller in modern rock.

BLACK SABBATH - I appreciate the Ozzy period because the original Sabbath were the inventors, but I'm more partial to the Dio years. 'Heaven & Hell' and 'Mob Rules' is the most awesome double punch in the history of heavy metal. Some of the stuff with Tony Martin is excellent as well, particularly 'Eternal Idol'. Ozzy solo has also had some incredible moments, most of all the 2 albums with Randy Rhoads.

DEEP PURPLE - Other than Sabbath and Zep, these guys defined hard rock/metal in the 70's. 'In Rock' thru 'Come Taste The Band' was an amazing run. Also, let me throw RAINBOW in here, too - 'Rising' and 'Long Live Rock'n'Roll' are as good as anything Blackmore ever did with Purple.

IRON MAIDEN - sadly only a shell of their former glorious selves these days - with or without Bruce and Adrian - but 'Iron Maiden' thru 'Seventh Son' was classic after classic (especially the first 4). Other than Sabbath, they've probably been more influential than just about any other metal band. Helloween and the hordes of clone bands wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Maiden (...which would actually be a good think come to think of it...;-((( ).

JUDAS PRIEST - 'Sad Wings Of Destiny', ''Sin After Sin', 'Stained Class', 'Hellbent For Leather', 'Unleashed In The East', 'British Steel', "Point Of Entry' (well, part of it anyway...), 'Screaming For Vengeance', 'Defenders Of The Faith' (not counting a couple of stinkers...) and 'Painkiller'. That's all the argument you need right there. JP = heavy metal. Rob Halford = Metal God!

LED ZEPPELIN - yep, they're on the damn radio waaaay too much, but when all is said and done, they're still one of the greatest bands ever. Jimmy Page, limited as he is as a guitar player technically speaking, is the biggest visionary in hard rock the world has ever seen - and has come up with more classic riffs than any human other than maybe Iommi.

QUEEN - it still kills me how incredibly diverse Queen was. Didn't care for a lot of the later albums, safe a few specific songs, but the 70's stuff was plain amazing. Freddie was a god and Brian May's guitar tone and phrasing was out of this world. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has got to be one of the greatest songs ever written.

THIN LIZZY - the greatest 2-guitar band ever! Totally underrated but are finally starting to get their due. Most Lizzy heads probably prefer the Gorham/Robertson era, which was great, but I'm really partial to the last 4 releases, 'Black Rose', 'Chinatown', 'Renegade', and 'Thunder & Lighting'. 'Live & Dangerous' has got to be up there in the top 5 as far as live albums go.

VAN HALEN (w/ DLR) - first 4 albums are unbeatable. VHI is one of the top 10 greatest rock records of all time! Too bad they have now decided to make a mockery of their awesome legacy by doing this reunion thing. God, somebody, ANYBODY - please stop this before it's too late and the world is forced to witness another geezer rock debacle.

Honorable mention: Rush, UFO, Metallica (pre-'Load').

P.S.: If it looks like I only like bands that had their peaks in the 70's and 80's - I'm not. It's just that these bands, all in their own way, really defined to an overwhelming degree what's going on today in terms of hard rock/metal. The level of quality these bands put out is still the yardstick by which any band out there is measured - and most fall short by a mile.

FAVOURITE BANDS OF ALL TIME!

KAOS FAN — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:30:55 +1100

Just for fun's sake and as an indication of the listening tastes of all you brothers of melodic rock out there!
1.NIGHT RANGER -phenomenal band, vocalist, and guitarists - Watson and Gillis!
2.HEARTLAND - i reckon Chris Ousey as a vocalist rocks major league and Steve Morris is a way cool guitarist. Their best is yet to come - new rocking album imminent. Look out for side project "The Distance" - fantastic.
3.DEEP PURPLE - Love Blackmore and all the lineup changes assure real diversity. They've hardly done a bad album in 3 decades!
4.HELLOWEEN - all the prog/power clones(and their are many these days) took all their references from Helloween and a certain Yngwie Malmsteen!
5.BOSTON - my favourite of the Journey/Foreigner clique of AOR bands not least because they rock the heaviest. I just wish they were more prolific!
6.KANSAS - talk about experimental and pompous! But some of those melodies are killer! I hear the new album's a cracker.
7.WARRANT - don't laugh. They've done some cracking stuff. I hope their next album's as ballsy as Dog Eat Dog and Jani's a really good songwriter.
8.THIN LIZZY - Gorham and Robertson - twin guitar bliss! But then come to think of it John Sykes wasn't half bad and Snowy White ditto! Phil Lynott - a god!
9. TEN - I don't care if people say they are imitators -because they are not! Their derivative of a few bands (ie Whitesnake) etc. but so is everyone. What they do, they do exceedingly well - My dream package tour - Ten, Heartland and Danger Danger - pure bliss!
10. VAN HALEN - except for Cherone! He sucked - Sammy and DLR ruled!
Honourable mentions and growers - Harem Scarem, Danger Danger, Autograph, Ozzy Osbourne, Emerald Rain, Orion the Hunter, Diving for Pearls.
So get craking! What do you guys think!
Cheers! KAOS FAN!