Def Leppard legend? No one goes to see DL to hear any of the songs Viv recorded with them. He was great on the Dio stuff, but did nothing of note after that. Played a few tracks on a forgotten Lou Graham solo album, Riverdogs was a bomb and so was Shadow King.

I'm about 80% through the whole 10 hour show. I really enjoyed most of it. So far, the only weak points were Corgan (can't sing and his stage moves are absolutely laughable), didn't like the way Pantera sounded, Hagar was a joke besides a decent version of Bad Motor Scooter, and the strange timing A...

I always liked his playing, melodies, and tone on the No More Tears album. He had a great run from No Rest through Book Of Shadows. He did the same BLS stuff for too long after that.

Badlands reunion! Who can be the singer? Mattley, funny Badlands story for you. I was sitting w/ Jake on the MORC one night and asked him his "favorite Jake E Lee" riff, like if he was a 3rd person, and he chuckled and said that he loved Hard Wire. I told him no, that Jake E Lee's best ri...

I remember reading an interview years ago where Black said that taking the Contraband gig broke up Shark Island

Second best Hagar album after 5150. Production is very good and fit in with that big early 90s hard rock sound and Ed was inspired by his new guitar tone and setup. One of the best tracks on that album for sure. The newest remaster does a great job in balancing the sound at a higher volume where the...

I had the same experience with that album a couple summers ago. I avoided it because the two singles were terrible and I really didn't even listen to it back in the day when it was released. I agree that there are some really great songs on there like "Heaven is," "White Lightning,&qu...

The only album I really listen to anymore is Kill em' All. Could never get into anything past the black album. No idea how those 90s records sold so well.

From those box offices, Warrant/Trixter/Firehouse were outdrawing Ratt/LA Guns/Bang Tango. As it's already been said numerous times in this thread, the newer bands were miles above Ratt by 1991. This doesn't surprise me at all. Like I said, you saw those three bands on MTV. Of the other three, at t...

As someone who watched an absolute shitload of MTV in 1990-1991, Detonator was DOA. Winger, Poison, Warrant, Skid Row, Motley, Cinderella, Slaughter, and to a lesser extent Trixter and later Firehouse were what was on the air from mid 90 to mid 91. I NEVER saw videos from Ratt. Ever. I think I saw ...

The one with "Stay" on it

We already got a bunch of those last year (the Ted Templeman mixes, or whatever it was called...good stuff). Is there a link out there for that stuff still? I remember listening to some of it but that’s been awhile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQQrv4lCa0&t=1s&ab_channel=thunderdude54

It's awful and desperate. For as good as he is, Satch just can't do EVH at all. I've seen bar band guitar players with a better feel for VH songs.

The debut is excellent

Savatage... hmmmm, could there be a less interesting group? Oh yea, Rush and Dream Theater. $tEvil That’s just dumb. Their early albums had GREAT riffs, great songs, great vocals and they stood apart from the majority of Priest/Maiden clones who were still recycling the early ‘80s cliches. They wer...

XYZ first album to Hungry, White Lion Fight To Survive to Pride, Def Leppard On Through the Night to High n Dry, and TNT self titled to Knights of the New Thunder

Can't go wrong with Stained Class, Hell Bent/Killing Machine, and Sin After Sin. Took influence from what Gillen and Mercury were doing and set the template for metal vocals for the 80s metal scene.

Biggest mistake was having Wants You! produced by Jack Douglas. Let Em' Talk would kill with heavier production. Only interested in Shortino Rough Cutt.

Can we revisit A Letter From Death Row while we're at it?

Jesus Christ, what is your GIF from? That was a rage on my local news many years ago. My then room mate used to work night shift in a shitty nursing home. There was this old grandma (way above 100 years) who kept tellin her someone was coming every night to throw her outta his bed. Thing is many ti...

Absolutely no-one does Edward better than this guy!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oseRAg8J0IE Good god. This guy (Jacob DeRaps) is an incredible player. https://youtu.be/FFcaAhfKveA?si=cUukzl7_5CB68Wlm https://youtu.be/S9hWoOMdVjY?si=b_bdNMG65DXufp8o https://youtu.be/DcWfxwFIqq4?si=AE4cDLHrXkFix...

Never cared much for Pretty Woman, but that's as far as I'll go. Loss of Control kicks ass and Top Jimmy has one of Ed's best solos and he plays a Ripley on it.

Eric Carr had a handful of surprisingly good songs that were way better than the shit they were releasing in the 80s. Can You Feel It is better than 90% of 80s KISS. https://youtu.be/OhgXlLozjpQ?si=fzyuUtuyuATuGEa9 Eyes of Love could have been fixed up a bit, again it’s better than Gene’s schlock. ...

GoodJudge wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:27 pm I just listened to these Skid Row demos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 292AE3508F - which has made a good start to the day. Thanks for posting.

Check these out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9CL6a ... WallofRock

Luke has "covered" a VH track before.

Here's the VH Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQMHhlW ... HalenVault

Here's Luke's version the VH demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-jfOil ... GeraldChen

Which band has the best unreleased demos? Was listening to a bunch of Skid Row demos and can't believe that some of them didn't make it on a record and the band hasn't released most of them officially. VH obviously has some great stuff.

Crossroads, Sunshine of Your Love, and Born Under a Bad Sign (incredible Clapton solo).

Love the Misfits and the first three Danzig albums. Couldn't really get into Samhain. I got the Misfits coffin box set at release and it looks to be going for quite a bit now.

greengoblinrulz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 7:44 pm 2Die4
What it Takes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RswgNn6lSg

Sounds like a Christian rock version of The Stroke.

I always liked his approach on those Bulletboys albums. Has a cool style. I saw a video a few months ago from a Bonzo/Zepp tribute show and was impressed.