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Afghan Dave

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« on: May 21, 2006, 08:43:33 AM »
Miami Vice! Yes.. Yes!

$hit, I've just watched the trailer at Miamivice.com for the new film and it looks AMAZING!

I'm really hyped about this as that show was the world to me back in the day. Before I grew my hair and just after I first picked up a guitar I used to LOVE that show.

The vibe of the new film looks spot on and really comtemporary... gives me chills. I'm gonna shave my "broken leg home alone beard" into something COOL with stubble and book this years holiday - I love sun, sea and speedboats.... Yeh.. and I'm gonna wear a T-shirt under my suit jacket as well... I'm livin' La Vida Loca baby... (I may have gone a little nuts as I havn't been out of the house for a week)
 PDT_024

Hey I know there are quite a few guys on here who loved the 80s from the "what are you listening to" posts.

Most of my favourite music / bands are rooted in the 80s - Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth ect.. Even The Cure and The Smiths.. the list is huge!

Even gigs were brilliant.. Queen @ Wembley + Donnington when it was the REAL Monsters of Rock!

What came after? $hit Grunge and Britpop tossers like Oasis!   PDT_029

Apart from Alice in Chains, the 90s were a washout to me... Then we got Nu-metal around 2000.. Wat da f**k was that all about?

The 80s values are coming back baby.. the old bands are touring again and even articulate musicianship is making a comeback... "In the Circle
The Circle of Life"............
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Jp.

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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2006, 12:03:08 PM »
Interesting rant dave 8)

given the age of most of the posters around here I think you might be out in the cold on this one.

I come from a cross over period. I appreciate the eightes in its late stages and most of the nineties were a bit of a lost time where the real cream made it to the airways but had to compete with the oceans of rubbish.

Then again just listen to comercial radio now! :x
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maliciousteve

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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2006, 12:09:12 PM »
I was only born in 1986, so i only really remember most of the 90's. But the 80's seems to be alot more interesting musically than anything else recently.
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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2006, 12:09:43 PM »
agreed wholeheartedly (apart from the cure and stuff like that).

And the a-team is better than miami vice.

I was born in the early 80's, so I can't remember much about it, but i think the music and tv programs are kind of in-built into my psyche...

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38thBeatle

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« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2006, 12:42:30 PM »
You guys make me feel old.
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Jp.

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« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2006, 12:47:45 PM »
I'm about to be a dad.

There does that help.... feel younger now. :lol:
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Crazy_Joe

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« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2006, 01:10:14 PM »
I pity the fool who didn't like 80's thrash metal, that was one of my favourite periods of music ever.
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« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2006, 01:27:30 PM »
:D I didn`t like the 80`s period of Thrash metal it was & still is Cr@p. In many respects it helped to kill & minimise HM. Along with the over the top image of more mainstream metal [ hair metal etc ] Metal fans didn`t have a lot to choose from.

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« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2006, 02:10:46 PM »
If it wasn't for the Talking Heads, Me, and the Transformers the 80's woulda sucked so much harder...
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Afghan Dave

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« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2006, 03:14:04 PM »
80s Thrash metal is cr@p? No way... The Big Four Metallica / Deth / Slayer / Anthrax DEFINED thrash!

The progression of the genre was intense during this period, their passion & rivalry were a catalyst for breaking through boundaries..

Reign in Blood is still magnificent!

Hey, I gotta agree about Transformers - I've even got some mint boxed originals  (I was a fussy child who kept his toys in showroom condition - I had no one to play with  :cry: ).

I've got a metalhead friend who bought the Original Soundtrack album on tape in 1985ish and he still loves it cause EVEN THAT ROCKED!

BTW --- I'm very popular now and have lots of friends... really... no really I am...
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« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2006, 03:32:20 PM »
Hey JP that does make me feel better. Look forward to the best job you will ever have ( i.e. being a dad)
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« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2006, 03:55:52 PM »
The 80s rocked.  A very cool decade for guitar playing aswell.
Transformers, The A Team, ThunderCats and Muthaf***in' Knightrider bi***es!!!!!!! The mans decade!!!!!! :D  :D

PS JP, Congrats on the impending fatherhood thing ,it's a blast (hell I've done it twice.)
My kids are 2 and 4 and they can both do devils horns and say Heavy metal man!!!!! 8)  8)
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Crazy_Joe

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« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2006, 03:56:17 PM »
Metallica
Megadeth
Anthrax
Annihilator
Testament
Kreator
Overkill
Death Angel
Nuclear Assault
Sodom
Destruction
Motorhead
Possessed
Razor
Suicidal Tendencies
Dark Angel
Vio-Lence
Exodus
Celtic Frost
Municipal Waste

All of these are very good 80's thrash/speed metal bands, i love it they were an influence for more extreme genres which we have today.
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Afghan Dave

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« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2006, 04:21:59 PM »
Van Halen 1984....

Whitesnake 1987...

Then.... the 90s and Y2K we got...Limp Bizkit?

It became a musical Planet of the Apes....

 "Damn you all... Damn you all to hell!...."
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« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2006, 04:49:00 PM »
Quote from: Afghan Dave
Van Halen 1984....

Whitesnake 1987...

Then.... the 90s and Y2K we got...Limp Bizkit?

It became a musical Planet of the Apes....

 "Damn you all... Damn you all to hell!...."


I dunno, I think a lot of the bands from the late 80's peaked in the early 90's (plus some new bands):

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jane's Addiction
Soundgarden
Alice In Chains
Smashing Pumpkins
Tool
Guns N Roses (not certain on the timing of this...)
Rage Against The Machine
Muse
QOTSA
Sonic Youth
Faith No More/Fantomas etc

These are all good 'rock' bands, just with a more contemporary sound...music moves on, but all these bands contain good musicians.

Plus, Passion and Warfare ---> 1993 :)
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