my Jameson/Coke over my notebook looking at this. I'm not a regular visitor of MetalSludge so this was new to me: [url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=851&Itemid=39]http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=851&Itemid=39[/url].http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892193#msg-892193Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:32 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892426#msg-892426 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892426#msg-892426 Fred NoticeboardFri, 18 May 2012 05:53:39 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892354#msg-892354 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892354#msg-892354
Horses for courses.]]> rocknut NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 23:52:23 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892348#msg-892348 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892348#msg-892348 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 23:36:19 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892314#msg-892314 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892314#msg-892314 mark_kennedy NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 21:49:42 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892309#msg-892309 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892309#msg-892309
Mabel were strictly a pop band and, away from the bigger glam pop groups of the decade - Sweet and Slade for example - they were no different to countless other British and European pop bands operating at that time that were aimed solely at garnering chart hits backed by a solid pre-teen/teen female following. Rather like, in a different style of course, One Direction today.

You call them crap because they weren't exactly that accomplished from a musical point of view (because they were just kids after all), but also due to the fact they don't appeal to you from a musical point of view anyway, but that's to take nothing away from how successful they were to the audiences they appealed to and the fact that it gave Mike excellent grounding in order to go forward to produce the kind of music he did to which does appeal to you.

Edited for spelling]]> Dave Reynolds NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 21:18:25 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892304#msg-892304 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892304#msg-892304 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 20:54:19 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892302#msg-892302 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892302#msg-892302 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 20:50:06 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892297#msg-892297 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892297#msg-892297 Ydde NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 20:17:46 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892295#msg-892295 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892295#msg-892295
Then again, I just watched the Heart video for This Man Is Mine, and that also made me cringe.]]> rocknut NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:51:44 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892293#msg-892293 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892293#msg-892293 Dave Reynolds NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:49:59 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892290#msg-892290 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892290#msg-892290 rocknut NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:35:48 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892289#msg-892289 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892289#msg-892289 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:31:55 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892288#msg-892288 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892288#msg-892288 rocknut NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:26:05 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892287#msg-892287 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892287#msg-892287 rocknut NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:24:51 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892285#msg-892285 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892285#msg-892285 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:22:08 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892284#msg-892284 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892284#msg-892284
It IS him, isn't it?]]> Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:20:03 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892283#msg-892283 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892283#msg-892283
And yeah, I have some embarrassing pics of myself as well and you know what? I can laugh about them as well. I never released such shitty music though. However, I love White Lion, so Mike more than made up for that.]]> Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 19:18:44 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892273#msg-892273 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892273#msg-892273
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IilXVjX19Js]]> donjohan43 NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 18:46:20 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892272#msg-892272 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892272#msg-892272 Ydde NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 18:35:23 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892260#msg-892260 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892260#msg-892260
Everyone has old photo's they don't like looking at.]]> rocknut NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 18:15:19 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892258#msg-892258 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892258#msg-892258 Adam B NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 17:50:32 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892254#msg-892254 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892254#msg-892254
It was after moving to Spain that the group changed musical direction, going for a harder sound and eventually changing the band name to Studs (releasing a reasonably rare album in 1981 that, if you listen to it now, musically formed part of the template that Tramp used when teaming up with Vito Bratta to put White Lion together). Before moving to New York Tramp, on the advice of David Lee Roth who he had met on a VH trek to Spain, changed the band name again to Lion.

Mike used to get a bit of stick in the 80s when mention of Mabel was made, especially thanks to the photo of him that appeared in the very first issue of 'Kerrang!', but he always took it in good spirit. The photos and info on Mabel had been in the public domain for years, so it was hardly going to embarrass Mike when 'Metal Sludge' decided to post these photos a few years ago now.]]> Dave Reynolds NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 17:43:49 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892251#msg-892251 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892251#msg-892251

From our own RL]]> Tony M NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 17:32:00 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892249#msg-892249 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892249#msg-892249 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 17:18:58 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892234#msg-892234 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892234#msg-892234 Ydde NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 13:16:01 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892219#msg-892219 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892219#msg-892219
And Stryper may have looked like Charlie's Angels to you (personally I thought Cheryl Ladd and Jacklyn Smith looked way better, but to each his own), at least they played some decent music. Which Mabel obviously did not...]]> Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 08:59:34 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892217#msg-892217 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892217#msg-892217 Scott NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 08:41:39 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892216#msg-892216 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892216#msg-892216 adolfo NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 08:40:23 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892215#msg-892215 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892215#msg-892215 Fred NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 08:33:13 +1000 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892213#msg-892213 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,892193,892213#msg-892213-------------------------------------------------------
> Yeah, but sometimes the past should stay
> hidden.:-)


in the current globalized world there is no place to hide. Hahahah]]> adolfo NoticeboardThu, 17 May 2012 08:27:28 +1000