Looking at some locations, seems you can live like a king in some places for a small portion of the cost it takes to retire in the US. Anyone else looked into this and if so, what are your thoughts? From those you listed, Malaysia may be a good option, and also India and Sri Lanka are affordable an...

By far the most stupid bandname in music history. I never could get past the name. Songs are meh, although they are considered to be the second coming of the Beatles by some on here. Cinderella has to be the worst name ever. Nailed it. WTF were they thinking? The label should have asked them to cha...

1 album per artist ... and no bands that had a career before the 80s... sorry VH, Heart etc Dokken - Under Lock and Key Queensryche - Rage for Order Icon - Night of the Crime Pretty Maids - Future World Electric Angels - s/t GnR - AFD Def Leppard - High'N Dry House of Lords - Demons Down Heavens Ed...

No love for Metallica's Mama Said?

This ain’t even Heart. This new version is the two sisters plus Ann’s recent solo band plus one other new guy who I think is a Nancy ally. It’s funny Gene and Paul always got shit all the time for going out with half a band but Heart have been doing it for years too. They just seem to get “survivor...

wildside1969 wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 12:51 pm
Iron Maiden - Mother of Mercy

Also Mother Russia.

has anyone mentioned eric carr, eric singer, vinnie, bruce and tommy? Eric Singer had a career before KISS. To a lesser extent, Bruce did, too and Bruce had some success after KISS. how many arenas and stadiums did badlands play? a couple of small tours with lita a sabbath didn't "make his car...

has anyone mentioned eric carr, eric singer, vinnie, bruce and tommy? Eric Singer had a career before KISS. To a lesser extent, Bruce did, too and Bruce had some success after KISS. Did Bruce really have a "career" or "success" though? I mean, the same way a guy who delivers Pap...

To be clear, Revenge got a proper Vinyl release in Europe and South America, and then the US release you're referring to. Alive III looks like got a South American release and didn't hit Europe. Either way, pre-internet, you weren't seeing them in the US, more than likely. Yes, I'm in the US and th...

Seems like Paula REALLY wanted to produce at the time...did he ever get to do anything significant? All I can think of are nobodies like New England, Voodoo X and War Babies. Gene at least did House of Lords, BnB and Keel that we still talk about here. As for the LA Guns and Gene story, seems he tr...

DORO - He produced her first solo album and was the main reason I even bought it . One might think Doro's career peaked way before her SECOND solo album with Gene and MELONHEAD as producers. It certainly didn't peak with her first, it was a bit of a bomb and that's probably why Mercury called in $i...

On LP, the first two Boss Hog albums and the picture discs of Seventh Son (with banner), Master of Puppets and Leprosy can get reasonable coin but (here's one for Ham Stroker) I was shocked to find my Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos gatefold with a comic insert is worth +£100. I guess the Warhammer c...

He's tried to distance himself from that as if it was a phase he went through in his 20s. Notice he doesn't have any of those bands open for him or play on Hair Band packaged tours. Now, he's a serious adult contemporary artist... I think it was a phase. Or chasing trends to become successful. Don'...

Desmond came into the situation because Paul wanted to pork his girlfriend Maria Vidal who also sang in his band. Without her in the picture, Paul wouldn't have given Desmond or his no-hope disco rock band a second thought. I thought Desmond Child was gay and that was what attracted Paul Desmond is...

No question they were the prototype, but it's impossible to be part of a movement that came AFTER you... :roll: And if we think about it, weren't VH (at least partly) molded on Zep - are they a hair band too then? I could argue the starting point for softer, pretty boy metal was when Mötley had a h...

Vinyl was pressed less and less starting in the early 90s. Bands that didn’t take off only had their first run printed so they’re usually rare Nobody bought rock vinyl in the 90s and well into the 00s. Think dance music still sold on vinyl, club DJs seemed to like it. But in 90-95 you could buy use...

Going strictly by Discogs median price, that would be a Judas Priest self-titled box from 1985, signed by 4 members in 1988 (no Glenn) and including sunburst label copies of Killing Machine, Stained Class and British Steel, a unique pressing of the Take These Chains single, a band photo and a sticke...

They lacked in the song department and image department. And, they were DAMN lucky to have been able to release four major label albums. Their "luck" in that regard was mostly a factor of being one of the bands that got in very early in the curve, they were in L.A. and got signed as far b...

BTW, Desmond didn't come into the situation with "I Was Made For Loving You". Paul and he worked on it together. Afterwards, Paul and Vini Poncia worked on it. The chorus was written by Paul and Vini. Desmond came into the situation because Paul wanted to pork his girlfriend Maria Vidal w...

I am a diehard KISS fan from 76-77 (I was 7 years old), and I was into KISS in the 80s as a teenager, but I didn't really come across many 80s teenagers who were fans. Most of the guys I hung out with were into Maiden, Priest, Metallica and the girls Bon Jovi, Cinderella, and Poison. The vibe I got...

I did, I discovered Kiss just before MFTE came out. Wasn't that impressed with that album or the recent Unmasked, so the original band was the real Kiss to me until Lick It Up came out. Probably that's why that album is still in my top 3-4, I loved the sound and I still think Vinnie was a great addi...

. Sabaton was given enough time to play something like 12 songs. And there was a lot of folks there that knew their stuff even the song sung in Swiss. I’d never heard of them before. There is no Swiss language even in Switzerland. Sabaton may have sung in Swedish. And they suck but I guess they can...

Paul jump-started his renowned career, but it wasn't Paul's doing. Desmond co-wrote (or probably mostly wrote) the song. It was his own doing. But Desmond did not write most of IWMFLY. Paul had an idea about a song inspired by what was played at Studio 54 with a pulsating beat and lyrics about imme...

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 2:00 am You put GNR on and they’re not one either.

Riverdogs are a bit of a stretch too. They sounded more like Soul Asylum than White Lion.

Agree with about half of the list. Including GnR.

If bands they took out as opening bands count, the list grows: Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Rush, Mötley Crue and Iron Maiden all opened for Kiss shortly before they themselves became arena headliners. And that's just off the top of my head. Maybe Slaughter too, but their successful career didn't last ve...

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 9:31 pm He might be polishing that turd to take a swipe at Vince.

This. Wasn't he (in The Dirt) pissed that Scott Humphrey invalidated him during the recording, rejected his guitar parts and had John play guitar etc?

One-and-done nobodies like Rockhead, Contraband and Candy Harlot are on the list but not bands like Icon, Heavens Edge and Pretty Maids who weren't huge but at least had a couple of albums and tours and have a cult following?? Has ANYBODY on here ever met a Rockhead or Candy Harlot fan??

Dreamin' Again is decent. I read somewhere that every band has at least one good song in them. Dreamin Again is Rough Cutt's. Reminds me of two otherwise spectacularly shitty 80s metal bands that somehow pulled a great song out of their asses. Bodine with Black Star Rising and Faithful Breath with ...

And our course Kiss Exposed and Motley Uncensored. I think those were the 2 most popular ones. Yeah forgot about them but they were huge at the time. Pre-reunion and pre-Kissology, seeing 70s Kiss in pro quality was a big thing. Now everything is out there in even better quality and all you have le...

Priest - Electric Eye: it's got all their official videos up through the Painkiller album + the full Priest...LIve! show in Dallas + a few BBC early days videos close 2nd: Maiden - The Early Years: it's got 3 shows (incl. both Dianno and Bruce Bruce) + a nice long documentary featuring interviews w...