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by WOLF
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:45 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?
Replies: 41
Views: 1893

Re: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?

Music for Priest fans who think Painkiller is their best album. That’s who the real Priest is catering for as well. Not at all. If you listen to the new album the best part of it is the diversity. There’s absolutely elements of Painkiller, but also elements of Turbo/Ram It Down, the reunion era, th...
by WOLF
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?
Replies: 41
Views: 1893

Re: Is KK sinking all his money into KK's priest?

parasite74 wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:37 am KK Priest is a much better band than Judas Priest is at this point. Both live and on record.
They are great at playing Priest material. Their originals are generic, paint by numbers metal crap. Music for Priest fans who think Painkiller is their best album.
by WOLF
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: ROY CATHEY = UNHAPPY ... I’m watching Gen X crowd request Tribute Bands for cruises designated for original artists
Replies: 32
Views: 1427

Re: ROY CATHEY = UNHAPPY ... I’m watching Gen X crowd request Tribute Bands for cruises designated for original artists

Funny how it’s never successful artists, who wrote and performed great originals, who have these gripes. Always a D-lister who’s jealous the cover band draws 5x the crowd and $ he does. Here’s an idea… be better, or accept your lot in life.
by WOLF
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?
Replies: 22
Views: 691

Re: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?

Rocker4Real wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:21 pm Dogman is the best album and "Pretend" is a great song. If you've only heard "It's Love", and "Over My Head", you aren't familiar with King's X.
Great choice! I also agree with you on people simply naming singles/videos.
by WOLF
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?
Replies: 22
Views: 691

Re: *POLL* Is "Cigarettes" King's X best song?

It’s excellent… but Dogman is their best song.
by WOLF
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: How "at capacity" do venues need to be at to make $$$?
Replies: 20
Views: 1164

Re: How "at capacity" do venues need to be at to make $$$?

A lot of the answer has to do with if it’s a corporately (often Live Nation) owned venue, or a privately held club. In the case of a Live Nation owned venue, they are the promoter, the ticket seller, and a venue. So even though there’s overhead/staffing/etc. to pay for the venue, they are paying the...
by WOLF
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Priest tour 2024 Panic Attack : worst Halford has ever sounded
Replies: 43
Views: 1942

Re: Priest tour 2024 Panic Attack : worst Halford has ever sounded

BernieTaupson wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:14 am Fucking horrible.

https://youtu.be/b1Il_BMoP6M?si=lbYJjnzEbcy_Hrt2
That’s what a man in his 70’s singing heavy metal sounds like. I don’t find it all that bad, and friends there said it was great.
by WOLF
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: JUDAS PRIEST: Streaming new album
Replies: 24
Views: 1232

Re: JUDAS PRIEST: Streaming new album

An absolutely amazing release for any band, let alone a veteran band. Heavy moments, melodic moments… a very diverse record; well played and produced, with Halford in fine voice (admittedly with “help” I’m sure). Fans from every era can enjoy this record. 8.5/10 PS - blows KK’s Priest away. THAT was...
by WOLF
Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:07 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Generation Swine revisited
Replies: 29
Views: 1969

Re: Generation Swine revisited

Worst Crüe album. Total botched comeback attempt. Instead of giving old fans the nostalgia they wanted they tried to be modern and failed epically. Give me New Tattoo or SOLA any day.
by WOLF
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: New Dickinson up on streaming
Replies: 8
Views: 520

Re: New Dickinson up on streaming

It’s a 8/10 for me. Thinking man’s metal. Bruce challenges the listener… it’s not paint by numbers metal (a la KK or Accept). It takes several listens to take everything in, establish favourites - and those favourites will evolve. It’s nowhere near Accident of Birth or The Chemical Wedding, but it’s...
by WOLF
Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: What concert were you at that debuted a scab?
Replies: 22
Views: 1168

Re: What concert were you at that debuted a scab?

I was at Ray Gillen’s third show with Black Sabbath. Pre-internet days, and nobody knew Glenn Hughes was out, nor who the new guy was. It took a review in the local paper, two days later, to provide the story… and the mystery singer’s name.
by WOLF
Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: the new Mick Mars album?
Replies: 45
Views: 3784

Re: the new Mick Mars album?

Darkmist wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:58 pm I dont know what people expected
NOT “Mick Mars presents Brides Of Destruction - The Sequel”

Something in the vein of MC94, with a singer not singing through a megaphone, would have been nice. Corabi would have been a bonus.
by WOLF
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Favorite Publicity Stunts
Replies: 33
Views: 1684

Re: Favorite Publicity Stunts

Motley Crue "retirement contract" This is my favourite, as every now and then, here on Sludge, or on social media, you get people referring to it as if it was real/legal/binding, and using it as the basis of their argument. Truly the gift that keeps giving in being able to point out human...
by WOLF
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: the new Mick Mars album?
Replies: 45
Views: 3784

Re: the new Mick Mars album?

I really wanted to like this. It’s a huge disappointment. You’d think, given his age and experience he’d do something retro. Instead we get modern rock garbage, with horrible Emo vocals, a la Brides Of Destruction and Sixx AM.
by WOLF
Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: RIP Helix drummer Greg “Fritz” Hinz
Replies: 13
Views: 758

Re: RIP Helix drummer Greg “Fritz” Hinz

Nice to see the love and respect for an excellent, honest, hard working band. Given my age I came on board with their third album, No Rest For The Wicked, and if you make a playlist of that and the 3-4 albums that followed you’ll find yourself rockin’ all afternoon. No Rest For The Wicked Walkin’ Th...
by WOLF
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:59 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: New Blaze Bayley promo LOL
Replies: 2
Views: 308

Re: New Blaze Bayley promo LOL

Cheezy video aside, the song is really good and Blaze is singing better than ever.
by WOLF
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: RIP Helix drummer Greg “Fritz” Hinz
Replies: 13
Views: 758

RIP Helix drummer Greg “Fritz” Hinz

RIP to classic era Helix drummer Greg “Fritz” Hinz. You guys might remember him as the blond-haired, half clothed, wild man drummer in their videos and at their shows. He was with the band, on and off, for 40 years and played on all their classic era records. A great drummer and even better person, ...
by WOLF
Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Is the hate for Priest’s Turbo really justified??
Replies: 62
Views: 2359

Re: Is the hate for Priest’s Turbo really justified??

It’s a great record… OK, a good one. Bold for them, and appropriate for the times. The only people I know who don’t like it are the heavier/faster true metal meatheads whom feel threatened by anything melodic and argue that Painkiller is the best metal record of all time.
by WOLF
Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: AC/DC may be about to announce a tour
Replies: 30
Views: 2207

Re: AC/DC may be about to announce a tour

cowpins wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:24 am Cue thunderdan.

Does anyone know the AC/DC Pre-sale code?
Does anyone know who's opening for AC/DC?
Does anyone know if AC/DC is doing stadium, or arena's?
You forgot “does anyone else think Poison would fit great on
the AC/DC tour”!
by WOLF
Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Jack Russell/Tracii Guns’ “Medusa” - my review
Replies: 10
Views: 973

Re: Jack Russell/Tracii Guns’ “Medusa” - my review

Complete and utter generic, assembly line shit, written by the Frontiers in-house writing team. Devoid of any soul. Could have been performed by any “super-group” they decided to form that week.
by WOLF
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: RIP ... James Kottak, Dead at 61.
Replies: 43
Views: 4009

Re: RIP ... James Kottak, Dead at 61.

As many have said, not unexpected but very sad. Addiction sucks, and can turn a person who has “everything” into a person who has nothing in short order.

RIP. I enjoyed his work when he was well.
by WOLF
Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Opening Act Hall Of Fame Inductees
Replies: 41
Views: 1734

Re: Opening Act Hall Of Fame Inductees

Shocked Great White weren’t mentioned. Pre-fire, in the mid-80’s, they and Dokken were the go to opening acts if you wanted to bring in some extra fans and appeal to the hair metal crowd. Off the top of my head I remember them opening big tours for Priest, Whitesnake, Scorpions, and Alice Cooper. Ci...
by WOLF
Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: TESLA announces US Tour + Las Vegas residency
Replies: 12
Views: 1042

Re: TESLA announces US Tour + Las Vegas residency

I was in Vegas this past Fall. Saw the residency on a Wednesday and liked it so much I went back Friday. Great venue for them, they do hits, newer songs, and deep cuts, and switch out between 3-5 songs every show. Best shows I saw this year.
by WOLF
Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Judas Priest or KKs Priest Who would you rather see?
Replies: 27
Views: 1296

Re: Judas Priest or KKs Priest Who would you rather see?

KK’s band is cringeworthy. Metal for meatheads, who only think a band is good if every song is fast and heavy. Totally generic crap. They sound like they can be 100 other bands musically, and Ripper oversings everything. At least Priest has some variety and nuance… the two songs released from the up...
by WOLF
Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Everyone on Sludge agrees, 2024 Poison not Bret!
Replies: 25
Views: 1686

Re: Everyone on Sludge agrees, 2024 Poison not Bret!

Apologies Hootchietoad- Looks like 1 date of a live nation tour announced. no poison like we all thought. so dee snider i take it do MC and sing 2 biggest songs. so is firehouse and warrant doiing 30 and 45 minute sets or whatever or how are they going to do this, looks like some kind of tour. bret...
by WOLF
Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:57 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Favorite new releases of 2023
Replies: 73
Views: 5001

Re: Favorite new releases of 2023

In Flames, Foregone
Overkill, Scorched
Metallica, 72 Seasons
Dokken, Heaven Comes Down
Prong, State Of Emergency
Nita Strauss, The Call Of The Void
Winger, Seven
Metal Church, Congregation Of Annihilation
Uriah Heep, Chaos & Colour
Powerwolf, Interludium
by WOLF
Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Manowar thoughts, please
Replies: 24
Views: 2179

Re: Manowar thoughts, please

Basically Spinal Tap, but not funny on purpose.

Wanna drive a Manowar fan crazy? Compare them to Poison… which I often do. If you call Poison poseurs for their lipstick and makeup, you similarly need to call Manowar poseurs for their schtick. Both image driven, middling bands.
by WOLF
Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:19 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: KISS final concert on PPV this Saturday
Replies: 124
Views: 8408

Re: KISS final concert on PPV this Saturday

Day of show at 2:25pm and TONS of blue dots. This line-up can't even sell out their big last ever hometown show. Embarrassing. https://i.imgur.com/pYbAYZv.png Those blue dots were all released day of the show. Obstructed view seats, and platinum or VIP experience seats that were unsold and converte...
by WOLF
Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:45 am
Forum: The Original Gossip Board
Topic: Ace Frehley 10,000 Volts
Replies: 27
Views: 1524

Re: Ace Frehley 10,000 Volts

I see some online pundits going nuts over it and I don’t get it. It’s OK… even good… but not great. I much prefer most of the material on the first Frehley’s Comet record, Trouble Walkin’, and even Anomaly. Hell… Kiss are getting flak for playing Say Yeah on the Farewell tour and I think that’s a be...