The original Kansas. Black Sabbath with Bill Ward. Angel.
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Van Halen's first. And Gary Moore on the G-Force album.
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When Sabbath started out all those years ago they were VERY original. Nothing like them. I'm not expecting them to come up with something "never-before-heard" this time around. Hardly anyone does.
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Not that I care that much about lyrics but "Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide".....how original.
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First album still stands as a good album (maybe because it is the first), never liked "Cool Kids", loved "midnite Dynamite" when it came out (I don't anymore, but that is the case with a lot of 80's releases), lost interest with "Blow My Fuse".
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Rock and roll machine - Triumph (1977) Rock and roll man - Legs Diamond (1977) Rock and roll Romeo - Sammy Hagar (1976)
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Frank Marino has meant so much to me in my "musical upbringing". Discovered him when I heard the track "Strange Universe" being played on Swedish Radio in 1975. Love the "Juggernaut"-album and the track mentioned, "You Got Livin'" (from "What's Next") is one of the best opening numbers of all time, IMO. Hope he releases some new material soon and,
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In my opinion, this is the best Heep-era.
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Great band. And we got 3 albums from them, I'm happy with that. Didn't expect anymore. I'd see no problem in carrying on witha replacement, though. Maybe someone like Jake E Lee.
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Near perfect....to me that means only one filler at the most....to me that means "The Kick Inside" by Kate Bush.
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That voice....so crisp, so clear, chilling. Not my kind of music AT ALL but despite being into the likes of Bloodrock, Mercyful Fate, Trouble you can't ignore the greatness of that voice. Up there with Kate Bush.
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Here in Sweden Eloy means nothing, as far as I know. Too bad, it's a band that has made quite a number of good albums. Discovered them in 1980 with that years album, Colours. Still my favourite by them. Along with the very first album from '71 which I bought on CD in 1990, gimmick-cover and all.
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Born Again has a garbage production, yes, but most of the songs are among the better (IMO) in the whole Sabbath repertoire. Was very surprised myself at the quality of those songs as for me Sabbath is the Ozzy years.
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Queen Bee by Grand Funk was in the Heavy Metal movie from 1981. Great song from the band in their comeback.
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Yes, it's unbelieveable 30 years have gone by... But actually it didn't cause that much of a stir among me and my friends. We were more into the debut (Answer To The Master!) so I guess we can't be called real Leppardfans. That album seem to be to Lep fans what Rocka Rolla is to many diehard Judas Priestfans.
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Vantheman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Frank Marino, was he with Mahogany Rush? who > cares. At least it was in the middle of the Heavy > Metal Holocaust show at Port Vale, so I > concentrated on getting a tan. > > Oh and Uli Jon Roth on his Astral Skies tour, I > have erased that show from my memory, I cannot > even remember w
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Reunion albums are rarely this good.
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Not much of a Teslafan but their versions of Rock Bottom and Bad Reputation are incredible.
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Most bands with a career as long as theirs were at their best in the 70's; Kansas, Rush, Journey, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest. Aerosmith being no exception.
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It Bites - Flag Van Halen - She's the woman Howlin Rain - Self made man Howlin Rain - Strange thunder Kenny Stewart - Your enemy is my best friend
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This album has renewed my interest in Heart, simply because there are a lot more songs to my liking than has been the case for many years. Love guitarsolos but strangely enough this works without them. Funny when people talk about "80's Heart" it's always s/t, Brigade and Bad Animals. Very rarely Passionworks (great album) and Private Audition (underrated).
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Saw them in Malmoe, Sweden, and while they performed as true professionals and played most of the old songs you could hope for, there seemed to be some distance between Meniketti and the rest of the band. Very enthusiastic performance from the bassist who seem to be enoying playing in Y&T. Most surprising moments were Beautiful Dreamer and Earthshaker off the first album.
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The music is great but I can't get past that singer. He just sounds very dull.For this kind of music I would have wanted someone with wider range and higher voice.
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Would have loved to see G-Force! A shortlived band with an incredible album! Anyone here saw them?
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Budgie, King's X, Hard Stuff, Limelight, The Hunt, Mahogany Rush
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Thin Lizzy are extremely overrated. Depends on what kind of hardrock you're into, of course, but I've always felt they've had more attention and success than they deserved. Their really heavy songs, such as The Ballad Of A Hard Man (which, in turn, I think is overlooked!), Opium Trail and Massacre can't be faulted but there are too many songs on too many albums that doesn't do anything for me. On
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Grand Funk's "Live album" from 1970 is the one for me. An album that makes you feel as though you are there; the spoken intro, the improved version of some of the songs, the sound, the between-talks. And of course the gate-fold cover. Others I enjoy are Scorpions/Tokyo Tapes, Bloodrock/Live, Truth & Janey/Live 4-8-76.
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