Dire Straits , The Doobie Brothers, Chicago were the big ones for me. Definitely influenced my taste I think.
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.........you almost peed :)
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Aside from really enjoying the gig myself , one of the vivid memories is a support band size drum kit.............or much smaller than what I was expecting anyway :o) As far as rankings: The Final Countdown Out Of This World prisoners In Paradise Wings Of TOmorrow..... I haven't listened to the rest enough to rank them , but I enjoyed a few tracks off Walk The Earth in preparation fo
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re digital Days Gone By is on Spotify and available in mp3 via Amazon. Not sure of the quality. A few physical bits and pieces here.......will add to thread if I think of anywhere else. https://www.time-tunnel.com.au/search.php?search_query=swanee https://www.musicstack.com/album/swanee/days+gone+by Cheers.
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Too Far On The Wild Side is worth a listen if anybody doesn't have it (Korean ATN bonus track)
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same as Peter Criss?
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that was literally my first gig - Bon Jovi and Roxus in Melbourne :)
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Dream Theater- Images and Words
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if you like something a bit more melodic When Death Comes (2009) is worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XF7NalN4Tk
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Ditto - brilliant album.
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He was told he was going away for a long stretch and took it a bit literally.
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My love of the band waned in the Pitrelli era but Hall of The Mountain King , Gutter Ballet (fave), Streets, Edge of Thorns is one of my all time favourite runs by any band. Handful of Rain was great too but I would've loved to see another album where Alex Skolnick was given more of a chance to make his own mark on the music.
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Yeah it was - but left a bitter taste when the mag just stopped and no offer of refund on remaining subscription was received despite numerous requests.
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Ditto - met the guys at Hard Rock and pestered the guys in there for the photo they took of me and Ed for about a month and finally got it lol Cherone didn't look the part on stage with those guys but it was the best I had heard Ed play live in some time. And great to hear all those old DLR songs. Unfortunately it was on old film camera and the end of the roll (makes me feel very old) but
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Ydde Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the first one being with Ripper That is by far the most ear punishing gig I have ever been to - Priest with Ripper at The Palace. His high notes were something else that night.
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Nice. I have maybe half a dozen - my two faves are Loudness Soldier of Fortune and a still sealed DT Images and Words (with extended art) that's worth a bit.
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Ditto - only reason I am going is to take my son to his first (and last) KISS show. The concert's that far away from when I bought the tickets there's a good chance that either they or I will have carked it by then though.
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That Stones cover was my favorite on the album actually - had an edge the rest lacked.Put their own spin on it too which I liked at the time.
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Yep - Ten N Out is a nice one (Never Again a big fave back in the day) - as was the ballad In The Wink of An Eye off Pull No Punches.
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Granted........but worth it for When The Angels Cry . Would be up there with my favourite songs of theirs.
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High gear?
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....and some of the funniest facial expressions while playing. Like him too
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KISS Killers for me - my first ever album (cassette) and the only album I owned from the age of 8-10yo (82-84) And to this day those 4 extra tracks (esp Nowhere To Run) are big favourites , although they seem to be considered throwaways by many.
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Yeah Ed I just came here for the first time in ages to make some shit up :) When I said "get in" I meant that I tried to get ALONG (in to the city) to see them in 1987. I was aware of the gig and tried to get in/along with my older cousin but was not allowed. I was thirteen. My memory ain't good enough to know what the Festival Hall age situation was. I saw Skid Row there 3 y
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I saw them in Melbourne 2010 and also tried to get in to see them at Festival Hall in 1987 lol (too young)
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I used to have a little circuit going back in the day - Bluebird Records on my way into the city , Metal For Melbourne , JB Hi-fi, Batman , Gaslight, Collectors Corner etc.......maybe a couple I cannot remember. And a bi-monthly trip to Dandenong for Dixons and Radical Records. And was also buying from Andrew and his cool catalogue for some of my AOR. The good old days.
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Pm'd you. Cheers.
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Great ballad - I recently featured that and something off the debut in a little podcast I do with my son.
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Zenology was a fully fledged album , not a compilation (even though the title sounds like one) Other than that - I agree with pretty much all you said :)
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Talisman s/t Talisman Genesis Talisman : Humanimal Talisman : Truth Malmsteen: Marching Out
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