I would love to see: 1. Heavy Pettin' 2. No sweat 3. Terraplane (Just for nostalgia) 4. Original Saxon. Jim
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If you're going to do it, show some consideration to those around you. The thing about smartphones is that you have a huge screen on the back to frame up what you're shooting so there's no reason to wave your phone about in front of everybody. I use a bridge camera at gigs and always use the optical viewfinder. It's more accurate and you're not spoiling everyone's view.
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Brilliant gig. This was the first time I had seen H.E.A.T. and I was mightly impressed. Erik is definitely the star of the band but they all played their part in making it a fantastic night. Only disappointment is that they didn't come back for an encore, I was looking forward to hearing We're Gonna Make It. Still, it didn't spoil things. I can't wait for them to come back.
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I've not heard any of the new stuff yet but I'm really looking forward to it. Poor Scott just doesn't seem to be able to please anyone. I remember when he first came out with 21 Guns, he was getting slagged for "deserting" the Lizzy sound. Now he seems to be getting slaughtered for doing the entire opposite. Why shouldn't they sound like Lizzy, if anyone's entitled to sound like the
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This is the first chance I've had to post my thoughts on the above tour. On Sunday night, I was at King Tut's in Glasgow for the Scottish leg of the tour and my wife and I were mighty impressed. I've been fortunate to have seen every line-up of FM and they've yet to let me down. Sunday night was no exception. However, I was a bit surprised at their set list. I thought after last years Indisc
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Maybe I'm in the minority but out of the four Shadowman albums, Ghost In The Mirror is my least favourite. Just personal preference but the songs don't do anything for me. I do like the first two albums but Watching Over You is my favourite. Are You Ready is a great track full of swagger that kinds of reminds me of classic Bad Company. I can really imagine Paul Rodgers singing this. Jim
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Biff Byford has just posted on www.saxon747.com that Pete has died. No confirmation if it is Pete Gill he's refering to but I can't see it being anyone else. If true, this is very sad news. I never got the chance to see him perform with Saxon but I remember him on stage with Motorhead at Donington in '86. An amazing and very much under-rated drummer. Jim
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Couldn't agree more mate. I was at the 2003 shows as well and I remember Pete singing with Sailor at the time. I'll be honest, I wasn't too sure about him at first but having finally seen him live and listened to the recent NYC and SFA Revisited albums, I'm totally hooked. The chemistry between Andy, Pete and Tony at the front of the stage is a joy to watch. I look forward to hearing more fro
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Spellbound, Name Of The Rose and Babylon, all for different reasons. Jim
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For a number of reasons, Steve and Andy don't get on despite Andy trying on a number of occasions to put something together with Steve. When Andy and Mick got back together, they invited Steve to join up with them and at first it looked as though he would but he eventually decided against it. Mal McNulty who now sings with Slade replaced him. Andy has kept the flag flying for The Sweet for yea
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The Gallagher boys might not have championed The Sweet over the years, but the likes of Joe Elliott, Vince Neil and Ace Frehley all have. Any self-respecting rock music lover should be familiar with the likes of Set Me Free, Action, Fox On The Run and Ballroom Blitz. Also, without being disrespectful to Slade who are a great band, The Sweet story from the early days right up until now is a fasc
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How can anyone say Firefest is expensive. Yeah, looking at it at face value, you might think it's a bit steep, but remember how many bands you are seeing for this and compare it with, say Rush. I think it's actualy great value for money.
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Kieran, the difference between Firefest and HRH AOR is that Firefest is OUR festival and that's thanks to you and Bruce and all the others. Everyone I know that goes to Firefest feels as though they in their own small way has played their part in making the show happen. I've always felt that Firefest has a "We're all in this together" vibe about it and as long as that continues, I don'
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I'd really love them to once again use the same production team from Wings Of Heaven. To be honest, the last time I really enjoyed Bob's voice was on Gary Hughes's Once And Future King albums. Since their reformation, IMO, they have been a bit hit and miss to me. I've loved songs like Still, All My Bridges and Wild Angels but there haven't been enough stand out tracks. I did like the Visitati
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Spot on Kieran. Yeah, I can hear bit's of Red as well and the more I hear it, I can understand the Gary Moore comparisons from the Wild Frontier-era.
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Apologies if this has been discussed before but it's only this week that I've managed to listen to the new Eclipse album. Not bad so far, take a few more listens before I can form a true opinion. I was just wondering what everyone thought of the track Battlegrounds. I know in his review Andrew compares it to 1987-era Whitesnake and Gary Moore, but the more I hear, the more I find myself hearing
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Out Of The Silence Abandon Nothing Stronger Than Love The Raindance Heartbreaker Blood From Stone We Don't Need A Reason Real Love
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I would add to your list the two Terraplane albums that the Thunder boys did in the mid eighties, and also the debut by Bronz. Finally, and I know a lot of people won't agree because they're basically a prog rock band, but I thought Pallas's The Wedge was a great melodic rock album. Imagination and Dance Through The Fire and two cracking songs.
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I like some of the band's 80's albums, but only for individual tracks. ELO's halcyon days will always be the 70's, that was when Jeff Lynne was a real songwriter. Listen to anything from Face The Music, Eldorado, Out Of The Blue, etc, and you'll see what I mean.
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I've been a big fan of ELO's since the 70's and am a huge admirer of Jeff Lynne. I'll be interested to hear both of these releases, especially Mr Blue Sky. I don't know what to make of Jeff sometimes. He is an undoubted musical genius but I can't work out his stance on ELO. When Secret Messages came out in 1983, he was already looking at moving away from ELO. Balance Of Power was a contractua
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Maybe I'm missing the point here, but when I go to a gig, it's to HEAR the songs. The visuals just add to the spectacle. When Kiss play, you know you're gonna see Gene's fire breathing/blood spewing act, you know you're gonna see rocket firing/flying guitars, you know you're gonna see levitating drum kits...it's what they're known for and if they didn't do it...everyone would feel they'd been r
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Jon Lord was a musical genius, and one of Rock's true gentelmen. I was fortunate to see him with both Whitesnake and Purple. Neither band would be what they are today without Jon's input.
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Thanks for the welcome back guys!!!! lol
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I used to post ocassionally on this noticeboard a few years ago but then because of certain circumstances (nothing to do with this board I must stress), I stopped. One thing I never did though was stop using the site, which I find both entertaining AND informative. I also kept checking out the noticeboard and enjoyed all the differing opinions, jokes and general banter. A while back, I decided
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Run Riot got played at Donington in '86. I have a bootleg tape of the show somewhere. Love And Affection was also played.
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Just a few random thoughts from an avid Saxon fan. If the point of this programme was to lift the band's profile: Why was the new album never mentioned by name on the programme? Surely to build up the group's profile, The Inner Sanctum, widely regarded as Saxon's best album in years, should have been plugged to death? Why use background music from other bands like Rainbow and Boston...doesn't
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Just been listening to Waysted's "Save Your Prayers", which in turn led me to revisit some of the old Waysted stuff. I was wondering which version of Heaven Tonight people like best. This is NOT a Danny Vaughn V Fin link, just an enquiry into what people think is better. Personally, although I do like both versions, I prefer Vaughn's version.
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Keiran, I understand fully where you're coming from and I've been racking my brain to come up with some suggestions that would match your criteria. How about this: Stage Dolls - It's been way to long since they've played the UK. Lillian Axe - See above. Shy - It would be great to see Tony O'Hora again and the guys playing a set from their first couple of albums. Steve Overland (FM, Shadowman or
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As far as I can see, this is a win win situation for Journey fans. Steve Augeri's performances on Arrival and the Red EP was second to none in my opinion. Yes, he seemed to struggle a bit on Generations, but now we know why, he HAD problems with his voice. Also, I don't think the overall production of that album helped his case. If he was to return fully fit, and with his voice back to his be
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Anytime I go to see a band play live, I expect to hear new material, especially if the tour is to support a new album. If a band just plays the same stuff over and over again then to me, it means: 1. They have no faith in their new material. 2. Their career is on the slide and they know if they don't, they won't get much of a turnout. 3. They're on a comeback and taking the safe option. I
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