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...

With Come Out and Play that anger wasn't there anymore, it was just a heavy metal album with a stupid lead off single. That's how I would describe Stay Hungry. WNGTI was just too happy and lightweight and the rest of the album was quite generic HM. Maybe The Beast and Burn In Hell have some of that...

You misspelled "Under the Blade".
Every album was weaker than the one before, maybe except COAP being a bit better than Stay Hungry.

7.5/8 outta 10 Overall I would agree but in her age group, she's easily a 9. Started university in 1984, so she must be 60 or more now. (It's on her linkedin profile, it's open and I was curious about her age) If she’s really 60, very hot. I would have guess 45ish That's one of the reasons I checke...

A massive disappointment. Imagine following up LAFS with something comparable... they could have become a massive band. Instead, this album pretty much killed their upward ascent and they never recovered. You may have forgotten, I sure wish I did, but later they released a little single called &quo...

Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:16 am 7.5/8 outta 10

Overall I would agree but in her age group, she's easily a 9.
Started university in 1984, so she must be 60 or more now.
(It's on her linkedin profile, it's open and I was curious about her age)

He's talking about all this stuff, but that was yesterday. What's Lou singing lately? I remember Lou doing a pretty big-budget Shadow King project that was mostly turgeo-id. One good song only, and that was the little acoustic piece done by Viv Campbell. Shadow King is possibly the worst "supe...

Was just watching their performance in Dortmund '83 (the best single day line up of metal bands ever assembled) Donington 1988 would like a word with you. Maiden, Kiss, DLR, Megadeth, GNR and Helloween was a solid line-up. You could argue Kiss vs Roth or Priest vs Ozzy but Krokus and Quiet Riot got...

War_in_D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:39 pm Tim Karr - Rubbin' Me the Right Way

He might be an E lister.

Yeah he would at best open for d-listers like Shotgun Messiah or Danger Danger.

Anthrax442 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:36 pm or Mustaine screwing up the lyrics to Anarchy in the UK

Mustaine didn't screw up, he intentionally replaced 70s British things like UDA, MPLA and IRA with things late 80s Americans could relate to - can't remember but wasn't it FDA, CIA and USA? Or was that n Mötley version?

Iron Maiden cut the first and last verse off Skyhook's Women in Uniform and made two puzzling changes to the lyrics. First, replacing "Flying to my hometown on a 747" with "Comin' back to London on a 747" which makes perfect sense and if they chose to play it live it could have s...

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.