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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: Dazza1004 on January 09, 2010, 07:27:22 PM
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Was watching TV last night and they had a Whitesnake vs Def Lepard hour on, I had forgotton how much I like Whitesnake.
I need some recommendations for some 80's style up tempo rock and metal.
One band I always meant to check out were Tesla, any good, if so, which album should I start with ?
Cheers
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i never got as far as checking out tesla, either, despite having one of their albums...
stuff i like (in no order), and you've probably heard of a lot of these already:
van halen
extreme
winger
warrant
skid row
dio
poison
motley crue
david lee roth
i'm probably forgetting some really obvious ones...
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Tesla are great - saw them live a couple of times - supporting Def Leppard
Check out Mechanical Resonance & Great Radio Controversy
Just looked through my ticket stubs collection and come up with the following other bands:
Motley Crue, Ratt, Dokken, Great White, Keel, Black and Blue, House Of Lords, Guiffria, WASP, Night Ranger, Y&T, Quuensryche, Ozzy,
Cinderella, Skid Row, Badlands, Bulletboys ,King Kobra, Poison, Warrant, Teeze, Guns N Roses, LA Guns, Slaughter, Vinnie Vincent, Tyketto, Yngwie malmsteen, Crown of thorns, Crimson Glory, Fates warning, White Lion, Sven Gali, Freak of nature, Living Colour, Heart, Danger Danger
Scorpions, MSG, Accept, Krokus, Helloween, Warlock, Vandenberg, Hanoi Rocks,
UK bands:Iron Maiden, Saxon, Judas Priest, Def Lepp, WhitesnakeShy, Heavy Pettin, Tobruk, Little Angels , Terraplane, Thunder, Blue Blud, Tigertailz , Quireboys, Wolfsbane, Jagged edge, Robin George,
38 Special, Blackfoot,
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Twisted Sister were awesome, Stay Hungry is an essential 80s metal album that must not be forgotted - (oh wait, I hate metal, so don't listen to me) 8)
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Twisted Sister were awesome, Stay Hungry is an essential 80s metal album that must not be forgotted - (oh wait, I hate metal, so don't listen to me) 8)
Silly of me to forget Twisted Sister
great band with two separate sides to them
There is the anthemic stuff that was popular with MTV videos and there is some great heartfelt stuff too (The Price)
Dee Snider is a great songwriter and has a great voice .
Stay Hungry is a great album but I would seriously suggest looking out for "Love is for Suckers" which was supposed to be a Dee Snider solo album but got labelled as twisted Sister.
Also check out WASP's Crimson Idol album - great Blackie Lawless solo album that got labelled as WASP
Lots of WHO influence showing and good songwriting
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Shotgun Messiah are a good cheesy hair metal band! :)
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Blimey, a lot of the usual suspects have already been mentioned, especially by Jonathan!!
A few more, from a quick perusal of my collection:
Saraya (great band!!)
Circle Of Soul
Bang Tango
Autograph
Aviator
Shadow King (Lou Gramm and Vivian Campbell)
Kik Tracee
Cats In Boots
Every Mother's Nightmare
Spread Eagle
Love/Hate
Babylon AD
Faster Pussycat
Britny Fox
Survivor
Diving For Pearls
Tall Stories
Valentine
Steelheart
Stevie Salas Colorcode
Dan Reed Network
Saigon Kick
Some of these are creeping into the '90s, and some are leaning closer to AOR than uptempo hair metal. And they're not all equally good! :lol:
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Guys, we should hold a party with all this on an ipod..
I'll bring some Doritos and Twiglets, 2 litres of cider, some Lambrusco & invite loads of 15 year old girls!
I'd be back in my element!
(quickly followed by police custody) :(
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Guys, we should hold a party with all this on an ipod..
I'll bring some Doritos and Twiglets, 2 litres of cider, some Lambrusco & invite loads of 15 year old girls!
I'd be back in my element!
(quickly followed by police custody) :(
8)
I want to come to that party
we have similar parties most weeks, just the metal part though, not the 15year olds girls
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Guys, we should hold a party with all this on an ipod..
I'll bring some Doritos and Twiglets, 2 litres of cider, some Lambrusco & invite loads of 15 year old girls!
I'd be back in my element!
(quickly followed by police custody) :(
:lol: :lol:
Oh man, you kill me. :lol:
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Tesla are great - saw them live a couple of times - supporting Def Leppard
Check out Mechanical Resonance & Great Radio Controversy
Just looked through my ticket stubs collection and come up with the following other bands:
Motley Crue, Ratt, Dokken, Great White, Keel, Black and Blue, House Of Lords, Guiffria, WASP, Night Ranger, Y&T, Quuensryche, Ozzy,
Cinderella, Skid Row, Badlands, Bulletboys ,King Kobra, Poison, Warrant, Teeze, Guns N Roses, LA Guns, Slaughter, Vinnie Vincent, Tyketto, Yngwie malmsteen, Crown of thorns, Crimson Glory, Fates warning, White Lion, Sven Gali, Freak of nature, Living Colour, Heart, Danger Danger
Scorpions, MSG, Accept, Krokus, Helloween, Warlock, Vandenberg, Hanoi Rocks,
UK bands:Iron Maiden, Saxon, Judas Priest, Def Lepp, WhitesnakeShy, Heavy Pettin, Tobruk, Little Angels , Terraplane, Thunder, Blue Blud, Tigertailz , Quireboys, Wolfsbane, Jagged edge, Robin George,
38 Special, Blackfoot,
+1 on Cinderella, just rediscovered them recently. You shouldn't look at them too intensely, but listening is great!
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Just going back to Tesla, since you mentioned them specifically, they were great back in the late '80s and are still going pretty strong today. I saw them at the Marquee in '87 and it was one of the best gigs I've ever been to. They got chucked in with the hair metal bands just because of the time they appeared, but they were much more '70s-influenced IMO.
Jon has already mentioned their best albums, second album The Great Radio Controversy is an absolute classic and the first, Mechanical Resonance, runs it pretty close.
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I think their debut was released in 1990, but they still have lots of the 80s hard rock/"metal" sound to me and of course I'm talking about Gorky Park (don't forget about the Russians).
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Guys, we should hold a party with all this on an ipod..
I'll bring some Doritos and Twiglets, 2 litres of cider, some Lambrusco & invite loads of 15 year old girls!
I'd be back in my element!
(quickly followed by police custody) :(
:lol: :lol:
Oh man, you kill me. :lol:
that's just wrong, it's legal sweden
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I'm tempted to go see Winger in March.
They are playing the Academy 3 in Manchester. It's a tiny venue
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Lets not forget Billy Idol!
After all, with a Rebel Yell, she cried more more more ...
+2 for Cinderella & Scorpions
We've missed off Journey and Mr Big too :-)
Edit: Also - The Cult!
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Good catch with those...
Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
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Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
Nope - but definitely check out his videos :-)
And: Bad Company
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Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
dave_mc did. But no harm in repetition.... only Eat 'Em and Smile though, I don't think the later ones were as good.
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Love/Hate, now we're talking - I used to go mad for that band...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_JylOn4IvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmOdKMjNao&feature=related
Oh, and Enuff Z'nuff had some decent songs too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-greVjUEdc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCiqL5wtNTs
Slaughter too ('just' into the 90s, but 80s rock in style...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JJXy2pKy7A&feature=fvst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukmobha2krY
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Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
dave_mc did. But no harm in repetition.... only Eat 'Em and Smile though, I don't think the later ones were as good.
SKYScr@pER!!!!
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as predicted, i forgot an awful lot of obvious ones :lol:
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Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
dave_mc did. But no harm in repetition.... only Eat 'Em and Smile though, I don't think the later ones were as good.
SKYScr@pER!!!!
Nah, I thought it was OK, but a disappointment. Then when Vai left it got worse.
Oh, and Enuff Z'nuff had some decent songs too...
Oh god, how did I forget Enuff Z'Nuff? One of my favourite bands, I have every single one of their albums. :oops:
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Love/Hate, now we're talking - I used to go mad for that band...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_JylOn4IvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmOdKMjNao&feature=related
I was rodieing for a mate's band who supported them at the Marquee on NYE sometime in the early 90s. I can't remember the correct year as I was $%&#ed.
I do remember the singer from my mate's band getting a gobble of his orange skinned other half on the stairs heading down to the dressing room. I believe he dumped her after giving her some facial decoration, classy.
Love/hate wanted to play at around midnight, which meant we were working quite a bit earlier so we were out of it by the new year. I also believe I may have called someone from Kerrang a w**ker and told him porkies about the band which the tw@t subsequently published. He did have a massive piece of hash though. Oh happy days...
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Good catch with those...
Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
Just a gigolo was a great cover of the song by Louis Prima. He was the voice of Louie the monkey in the jungle book!
This thread makes me feel old after reading about all those bands form the 80s.
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Good catch with those...
Did we mention David Lee Roth solo?
I especially enjoyed the Dave Lee Roth solo album " Little Aint Enough " with Jason Becker on guitar. Other staples of my diet being the 1986 'Whitesnake' album, Van Halen's "1984" - and occasionally Skid Row's "Slave To The Grind' . Diamond Dave was the most entertaining character at the time.
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Don't forget Enuff Z'nuff. They write some wonderful catchy rock choons.
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Don't forget Enuff Z'nuff. They write some wonderful catchy rock choons.
+1
They had quite a Beatles influence
Fond memories of seeing them at the Camden underworld back in '93 - reunited with DErek Frigo on lead guitar (whose hair always looks like it's been dropped onto him from a great height and hasn't landed straight)
Was the first time I saw a Dual rectifier amplifier (and it was used for rock not metal too!) and it sounded really good
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DErek Frigo on lead guitar (whose hair always looks like it's been dropped onto him from a great height and hasn't landed straight)
Probably because none of it was actually attached to his head!
RIP Derek, I think the band were always at their best with him on guitar.
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DErek Frigo on lead guitar (whose hair always looks like it's been dropped onto him from a great height and hasn't landed straight)
Probably because none of it was actually attached to his head!
RIP Derek, I think the band were always at their best with him on guitar.
Frigo was an awesome player. There's a great version of the reunion playing at the Key Club on Donnies DVD. He wailed-what a waste. Theres actually a really funny mini documentary on you tube with some of the ex members bitching about Chip and Donnie. Here's part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTzo6HUwQ_4
They're actually playing in at the Underworld with Faster Pussycat on Monday. I was going to go, but looking at some of the recent vids on You Tube I dont think i could bear to see them these days. I think it would ruin them for me!
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+1 on Cinderella, just rediscovered them recently. You shouldn't look at them too intensely, but listening is great!
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+3 the man speaks the truth. Forget the 1st Album Night Songs. Long Cold Winter and Heartbreak Station are superb.
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+1 on Cinderella, just rediscovered them recently. You shouldn't look at them too intensely, but listening is great!
+3 the man speaks the truth. Forget the 1st Album Night Songs. Long Cold Winter and Heartbreak Station are superb.
Noooo!!! All the best stuff is on Night Songs.
On the next two albums Tom Kiefer decided he was a "bluesman", took himself too seriously and disappeared up his own arse ("Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams" is brilliant, though).
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We'll agree to disagree it's safer that way :D
I found Night Songs to be an attempt for DC clones to cash in on hair metal, it really did nowt for me. He did go up his own arse but I found the music and playing so much better with the blues influences brought to the fore on the other albums.
While we're on 80's Rock(ish) The original poster could a do a lot worse than pick up 'Let It Rock' Best of ,by the Georgia Satellites or In the Land of Salvation and Sin.
Rocking Albums with some great playing by Rick Richards
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+1 on Cinderella, just rediscovered them recently. You shouldn't look at them too intensely, but listening is great!
+3 the man speaks the truth. Forget the 1st Album Night Songs. Long Cold Winter and Heartbreak Station are superb.
Noooo!!! All the best stuff is on Night Songs.
On the next two albums Tom Kiefer decided he was a "bluesman", took himself too seriously and disappeared up his own arse ("Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams" is brilliant, though).
For me I love Nightsongs with a passion (if anyone is into ACDC/Airbourne - you should love it)
But I also loved the transition they made - Long Cold Winter was great as a slide into blues territory
Heartbreak Station continued that blues slide but added country influences
Still climbing I just havent listened to as much but has some great tunes on it
Tom Keifer looked to what his heroes (esp Led Zepp) were influenced by and got into it - old blues players and that new influence showed up in his writing
But I always come back to Night Songs as it just has that energy from end to end - not unlike the first Skid Row album
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We'll agree to disagree it's safer that way :D
Agreed! :D
Thanks for mentioning the Georgia Satellites, I always liked what I heard of theirs (at least the early stuff) but never actually bought any of it.
For me I love Nightsongs with a passion (if anyone is into ACDC/Airbourne - you should love it)
But I also loved the transition they made - Long Cold Winter was great as a slide into blues territory
Heartbreak Station continued that blues slide but added country influences
That sums it up nicely and explains, in a nutshell, why I don't like the later albums. I like blues but quickly get bored with it. As for country, I don't dislike it in its own right (and I would love to be able to play some of those chicken-pickin' Tele licks)..... but I can't stand it when it crops up unexpectedly on a rock album! :lol:
I'm normally someone who listens to entire albums, not individual songs, but those Cinderella albums are rare cases where I always end up skipping tracks.
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I love the actual track : Long Cold Winter but get frustrated that Planet Rock always just play FAlling apart at the seams
It's a great blues track in my opinion
Check it out if you dont know it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwVJ-2ayPU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qwVJ-2ayPU)
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I still adore Night Songs without exception..
Long Cold Winter = Excellent with 1or 2 skips... then it's all downhill. :(
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A victim of the Early 90's grunge but The Four Horsemen remain one of my fave no holds barred Loud amps, Big guitars and ROCK bands ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKv_YYzdI2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcveGZv799w
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Check out Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue.
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I didn't notice any mention of:
Ratt
Killer Dwarfs
Street Fighter
Tygers of Pan Tang
Alcatraz
Triumph
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haven't read all, but guessing most of the known ones have been said, so here's my two cents worth of more unknown (but no less awesome) bands:
- War Babies
- D.A.D.
- Badlands
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sorry to swing this back to Cinderella
i love the Night Songs album, one of my all time favourite records, but i like very little on Long Cold Winter. maybe i'll have to give it another listen. i think Heartbreak Station is a great album though, real earthy. Still Climbing is more rocking, and i love it too. kind of an older, wiser Night Songs.
did anyone mention Roxx Gang? ignore the mostly daft lyrics and their first album, Things You've Never Done Before, is excellent. Red Rose is brilliant!
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sorry to swing this back to Cinderella
No need to apologise.
i like very little on Long Cold Winter.
Oh come on, Gypsy Road is worth the entry fee alone (though I always skip Don't Know What You Got even if it was Fluff's favourite)
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Kinda late 80s/early 90s, but I love Bang Tango:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxkxjpD4ttA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxkxjpD4ttA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y30TQtcLR0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y30TQtcLR0)
They were awesome live as well. Saw them at the Marquee in about '91 :D
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Oh come on, Gypsy Road is worth the entry fee alone (though I always skip Don't Know What You Got even if it was Fluff's favourite)
it's a great track - that and the title track (which always seems like a reworking of Led Zep's Since I've been Loving You) are the standouts for me on that album
The other tracks are good but not really tracks that make you WANT to put the album on for