Seems like most of the early "hair bands" (Quiet Riot, Keel, Rough Cutt, Stryper, Black N Blue, Y&T, Twisted Sister, etc,) the majority of their catalogs are forgettable filler. I like early Stryper and Keel but basically you're right. Ratt and Mötley were far ahead of the rest in 83-...

BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:42 pm I’ll take Keel over QR any day!

If QR could write songs they would be Keel. Or Twisted Sister.

For my ears - “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)”. How fortuitous. When I heard the song after that ("Time for Change") I should have known it was over. It wasn't the last good song, but the last great song. Primal Scream, Angela, Enslaved and SoLA are good songs. DGAM, SATD, Wild Side and...

Nikki just refuses to give us the classic Crue sound. Anything from 81-91 would be great, but he just won’t do it… They tried to go back to the old sound with New Tattoo and that sucked too. Some of those riffs even were from the Dr. Feelgood era. I'm not sure what people were expecting with the ly...

Electric Angels- both albums
Pretty Maids - RH&H and Future World
Electric Boys - Groovus Maximus
Icon - s/t and Night of the Crime
Heavens Edge - s/t
Lillan Axe - s/t and Love + War
Slash Puppet
Lessdress - Love Industry
Shotgun Messiah- s/t
Vain - All Those Strangers

Before the arrival of Spotify and the like, I’d read about these two early tracks, Toast of the Town, and some other, fans raved about the quality of the songs , and lamented the fact they had never been released. Spotify comes, and bonus tracks appear, and I didn’t like either of them. I take it y...

The Steinman diaries about it are amazing - to hear him tell it, they're an bunch of brainless, talentless Brummies who were nothing more than Mutt's puppets. Steinman may be correct… Has any other Mutt produced band described him as a taskmaster? AC DC? The Cars? He only seemed to need to whip DL ...

Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:00 pm I saw a clip of Vanessa asking Phil Anselmo an uncomfortable question. He turned to her and asked, "Who are you?"

Was it her who asked Anelmo if he is gay?

GoodJudge wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:08 pm Given that plenty of Sludgers live in an alternative musical reality, I'm waiting for the poster that genuinely thinks Grohl is just a hack that got lucky

Nirvana's Tommy Thayer, scab Chad Channing!

A mythology of drugged out dudes in a van writing Too Fast For Love or Welcome to the Jungle. Whatever. Like anything the truth is somewhere in the middle. I get your point but those aren't good examples as they were both played live before the bands got signed. Mötley even self released their debu...

Kristiane Backer was the 1st Headbangers ball Europe presenter I remember. Preferred her to Warwick. Backer was hotter and didn't focus so much on bands that were her friends... or had her husband in them. If you just watched HBB Europe, you'd think The Almighty was on Guns/Mötley's level while in ...

He didn’t host the Headbanger’s Ball in Europe, Vanessa Warwick did, and the show was as big over here. It was all about the bands/music at the time. Might be good for you to know ”over there”. If it hadn’t been Riki, someone else would have been the host and presented the videos in MTV’s prime. Kr...

The lead singers (soulless) Euro-Metal vocal style is beyond annoying, and the reason why I could not get into Lion. Funny, I've seen this mentioned several times over the years. I always felt like Kal Swan was a breath of fresh air when everyone was trying to be a high pitched screamer. Not annoyi...

Never Say Die, Iron Eagle ...

LAglamrocker wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:20 am Dating
Such a hassle - not worth time or effort
Definitely life scam- avoid it

Dating can be fun. The scam is getting married and/or living together. No need to go there.

I'll take stupid lyrics over stupid rockers trying to be "deep"......i.e. Skid Row "Quicksand Jesus"...... yeah... or Kiss on most of Carnival of Souls. "Heartless, rich and greedy watch the churches rape the needy" would be a literal, stupid lyric even if it didn't co...

I think both David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen are/were introverted. Very interested to see what Alex writes about Ed in his book, but Roth all but admitted himself that he is an introvert in his book. Never had a steady group of friends after 3rd grade or so, loves reading as an activity, explores...

As long as the soundtrack has ten Frankensteined Van Halen songs from the 1970s, I'm in. Throw in a 1985 rehearsal with Roth too.

Wasn't Boyz are Gonna Rock already on Lick it Up as On the Eight Day?? Would have been a bit weird to record it again on the follow up album. I know they also tried Back on the Streets and for some unimaginable reason did not put it on Lick it Up....I've also heard supposedly Lick it Up era demos o...

Some good songs and great playing let down by the mix sounding like shit, and not enough variety in the tunes. A bunch of them are pretty much just the same song. Never, Never Know Why, Lightning Strikes, Fool Like You … how many mid tempo rockers did they need? Yeah, they didn't even try there. So...

Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:45 am I think 30 or 35€ at a Stones show.

Same here, in 2015 I think.

Gibsonite wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:43 pm April 16, 39 years ago. Triumph Thunder Seven tour with Helix opening. Great show

41 years ago, Iron Maiden on the World Piece Tour with Rock Goddess opening. Also a great show.

Black Sabbath - Past Lives
Judas Priest - Priest... Live!
Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Accept - Staying A Life
Deep Purple - Made in Japan (if it is metal....)

Now it seems its the whole border thing. The border issue has been around for a long long time. Its never gonna stop. America is not some tiny island, if people wanna come to America, there gonna Come to America, and stay. Seems like some people have figured it out. Make life poor, miserable and da...

You know what's funny? When I was a kid, I didn't like cheese that much. I didn't like bacon either. Thankfully, I outgrew all that! Cheese and bacon are about the best things on the planet! What's even funnier is that I did exactly the opposite. Loved cheese and bacon as a kid, now I wouldn't noti...

Mikkey Dee has got to be a tweaker. He was in Motorhead after all. He must be 100 and he is still playing at a high level. Ya, it's speed for sure. Just making sure. Mikkey Dee only turned 60 last year and he's all over mainstream media back home in Sweden. If he had any drug problems at any point,...

Something you fully believe is going to happen in this ever-changing,crazy world? A worldwide population decline. Not a bold prediction actually, the crash is in fact already here in most parts of the world. It is just not very visible yet due to immigration and people living longer, but India, Chi...

I feel like I'm in some weird groundhog day type situation when I turn on the radio, it hasn't changed in like 30 years, it's pretty freaking weird. The world is changing at a much slower pace now than in the 1900s. Just look at fashion. Walking around in 1988 dressed like in 1968 would look ridicu...

It's a pretty sad situation. I'm pretty sure that the old guy was confused and scared. He felt his life and relatives life were in danger. That being said he killed an innocent woman who was trying to leave, so he needs to go to jail. Didn't the innocent woman notice her life was in danger? What ha...

Sometimes wishes come true. At least if you're an Icontard. The original Icon line-up is recording a new album and posted a first snippet in their facebook group today. What does it sound like? It sounds like Icon. Clifford still sounds like it's 1985. Join the Icon Nation group if you want to liste...