Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger (1991) I wrote my stories about Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind and Metallica's Master of Puppets yesterday but the post just disappeared. 🙁 Anyway, after listening to basically just Metallica (and Led Zeppelin) for about couple of years in the late 1980s, I had a shortish punk phase. However, while Dead Kennedys is still one of my favorite bands, punk didn't leave any huge imprints on me and my musical life. Then in the fall of 1991 I happened to watch MTV Europe's Headbangers Ball, and it premiered Soundgarden's video for "Jesus Christ Pose". What a shock (in a positive sense)! Crushingly heavy, groovy, psychedelic... and that voice... Who are these guys?! I don't know whether the album was out yet by then, but I do remember that I waited a while and only purchased it after I'd heard "Outshined" (the 2nd single/video). I hadn't quite entered the CD age yet, so Badmotorfinger was one of the very last vinyls I bought back then (and Louder than Love actually the very first CD a little later). It was by far my most listened to record in 1991-92, simply couldn't get enough. Even today, Soundgarden is among my top ten bands of all-time and Badmotorfinger is a top ten album for me. I have to listen to it at least once a year, usually a fair bit more. Favorite songs are "Jesus Christ Pose", "Rusty Cage", "Somewhere" (always loved it!), "Room a Thousand Years Wide", "Holy Water" and especially "Slaves & Bulldozers" which has become my #1 Soundgarden song ever.
Today is a 2 for 1. 1990 - I am not a guitarist but was really into instrumental guitar music, the shredders, etc....I was fascinated of what they used, how they got their tones, and bought a lot of guitar magazines. 2 names that kept coming up in lists of best guitarists were Steve Morse (I only knew him from the 2 Kansas albums he did) and Eric Johnson who I didn't know at all. I went to my local music store and found High Tension Wires by Steve Morse and Ah Via Musicom by Eric Johnson. It all made sense to me from the first listens why these 2 guys were so highly thought of in guitar circles. I went on to discover the Dixie Dregs, Eric Johnson's first album and have gotten everything these guys have played on ever since. These are still 2 of my favorite guitar albums that I have found.
Fantastic album. Pete KANSAS. Leftoverture in fact. Jenna at 16 did project on this choice, got an A plus= proud DAD. My second concert. Kansas. PALLADIUM. NYC. 1980. Pete thanks once again for your time 👍💯
Gm Gary, Yea Kansas a great pick along story Pete did. I saw Kansas in 76 Hara - Dayton and a great show with Styx/Starcastle opening. Indeed to be proud of your kid for the report. TC friend.
My day 26 favorite album story is listening to Devo on the KSJS San Jose State Radio back in 1982. Songs like Whip It, etc. Went to our local Where House records and bought the 1978 Devo - Are We Not Men? … We are Devo CD and then bought a few more of their CDs in the 80s. Listen to those CDs on and off today.
I remember I had one of those scholastic magazines that kids could subscribe to via school in 3rd grade -- and one was very hip in 1978, featuring an article on Devo! It was still early days. Yet another seed planted for my love of eccentric new wave and post-punk.
I used to record late-night radio shows. Only then you could hear some rock music. Discovered a few bands and artists this way. Despite the terrible quality of the recording and the fact that it was cut to a commercial break, I couldn’t get that song out of my head. Every time I listened to it I had to rewind the tape to do it again. It was Don't Tell Me You Love Me by Night Ranger. I remember first buying a 12" single with the song Night Ranger on the b-side, both tracks blew my mind, plus the sound was absolutely impressive, a big improvement over my radio recording. Inevitably I ended up getting the album, Dawn Patrol, in my opinion by far their best work and one of the best hard rock debuts ever.
Wonderful pick and write up, Ramon. "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" is a classic. "Dawn Patrol" is a great LP from start to finish. Hope you had a terrific Christmas.
YAS, around that time an FM station would play new release albums in their entirety on Sunday nights and friends and I would tape them. Mostly the big AOR names. Billy Squier was a fave from that batch, but I liked NIght Ranger too.
Hi everyone, Boxing Day here in the UK, and well, I suppose that's more ir less it for another year, once we've polished off the leftover turkey... Pete, I hope you're feeling better today and that all your family managed to enjoy Xmas in spite of all those various ailments. Only a "sort of" story today, more a case of finding an album that made me realise that the type of metal I fell in love with back in the 80s (think Accept or Painkiller era Priest) was alive and kicking well into the 21st century, and I stumbled on it almost by accident when it was name checked on SoT. I can't remember who by, but if it was you, then thank you! "Burn The Night" by RIOT CITY Old school, no-nonsense metal, riffs coming out of the woodwork, vocal gymnastics, powerhouse drumming... stunning stuff! And, from there, I found quite a lot of these other NWOTHM bands that seem to have been flooding out of the woodwork, like Enforcer, Gatekeeper, Air Raid, Haunt, Owlbear and Ironflame, among others, so horns in the air!! [No Gary, not those Horns...] Enjoy the rest of the Holiday everyone... I'm back to work at midnight tonight, so say hi to cheer me up!
Marvelous call and article, Iain. I have this on vinyl, love Warrior of Time, Living Fast and Steel Rider. The only Riot City I have in CD format is Electric Elite so I better get caught up. Have a great night at work (it's 5:45 AM here -- I'm trudging off to work myself...in slow motion it seems...).
Hi Iain! Cheer up, my friend! As a famous French song says, "le travail c'est la santé", work is health. I won't reveal the next verse to avoid demoralizing you...Many bands for me to check out! I'll start with Riot City
My gateway band was The Lord Weird Slough Feg from San Francisco, who started releasing albums in the late 90s. They are reportedly working on a new album, so I hope to see them live again, one of the best live band around. They did play Hell's Heroes a few years back. I've seen all the bands you mentioned the past several years, nice one calling out Ironflame -- I highly recommend the latest! A Slough Feg adjacent band that I recommend is Hands of Goro. And Castle - Evil Remains.
Wow Sir Iain, speaking of name dropping! Sounds like a full weekend's worth of work hearing those monstrosities. I don't want to work! | just want to bang on my drum all day!
Pick #26: Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime. Yet another classic 1988 release and also one I heard in Richmond, VA when I was just going through several albums of various time periods and bands, and I had vaguely heard of Queensrÿche here and there from a Watchmojo list and here and there but had zero actual idea as to what they sounded like or really anything about them. Then I heard Operation: Mindcrime in full one day after going through some list on either best progressive metal albums or best concept albums (not sure which), and as soon as I listened to it I regretted not giving it a chance much sooner. #1: The Who's Tommy (1969) #2: RX Bandits' ...And the Battle Begun (2006) #3: Metallica's ...And Justice For All (1988) #4: Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979) #5: Daft Punk's Alive 2007 #6: Yes's Close to the Edge (1972) #7: Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) #8: Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004) #9: Silverchair's Diorama (2002) #10: Green Day's American Idiot (2004) #11: The Killers' Hot Fuss (2004) #12: Death's Symbolic (1995) #13: Radiohead's Kid A (2000) #14: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns (2010) #15: Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001) #16: Tool's Lateralus (2001) #17: Opeth's Blackwater Park (2001) #18: Rush's Grace Under Pressure (1984) #19: Rainbow's Rising (1976) #20: Black Sabbath's Mob Rules (1981) #21: Kansas's Leftoverture (1976) #22: Pearl Jam's Ten (1991) #23: Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole (1997) #24: Talking Heads' Remain In Light (1980) #25A: Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) #25B: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity (2016) #26: Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
We were visiting my aunt and uncle in Milwaukee, must have been 1975 as I grabbed the new album by my favorite band Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti. I was in the basement listening to the album. Adults were upstairs visiting. My uncle came down, "Is everything OK? Is the record skipping?". No skips, it was Trampled Under Foot with it's repetitive groove! Lol.
Good one with the Kansas Day 26 Billy squier don't say no I remember when I was about 12 years old the stroke was all over the place You couldn't escape it. AM radio FM radio it didn't matter And I remember going shopping for some winter boots. We didn't go to our usual place Sears this time though we ended up at Kmart. And I remember seeing the album cover with Billy in a men's room holding a guitar sitting on the floor. And I had a few bucks at the time mom bought the rest of it. I remember bringing it home. Listening to the stroke numerous times. But I remember there was that time probably a week later when I decided to listen to the whole album. So I dropped the needle on side one and in the dark began. And I was like wow this is hard and rocking and awesome. My kind of lover 2 days gone. Now this time FM radio was gravitating passed the stroke the hard rock stations in Chicago were also playing lonely Is the Night. Now when I flip the record over and there it was starting off with that opening guitar lick. I knew I struck gold when I got this album at that age. To this day I still love this album love the pull out the CD and the one that followed it emotions in motion they kind of go together back and back for just some hard rockin. I don't have much of his catalog after that other than a greatest hits that came out a few years back a best of I think it is. But I do enjoy those two albums but don't say no it's still just awesome.
Day26-Robin Trower. This is going to be my lastest year entry this month. When I was playing in bands back in 1992, I heard this song Too Rolling Stoned by Robin Trower. I never heard of him before,and thought how bluesy he is. I loved it immediately. I’ve heard of Stevie Ray Vaughn,Gary Moore and others that sound like Trower. I was shocked that it took me almost 20 years after the song was released to hear it. I enjoyed listening to other Trower hit’s,and in 1994 I bought his Anthology box set,with some of his greatest hits. I think Robin Trower is one of the best blues guitarists of all time,mixed with rock.
Great story and pick metal. My first purchase was his first live lp my two favorites are Too Rolling Stoned and Day Of The Eagle. I agree he is one of the best blues rock guitar players.
To me Otis Redding was the King Of Soul. He was every bit as good if not better than James Brown. Unfortunately he didnt have the length of career as Brown but he left a lot of wonderful recordings between the years 1962 and 1967. My first lp was the Live At Monterey lp that was half Jimi Hendrix and half Otis Redding which was highlighted by his version of Satisfaction. But as i got into cds i wanted a good collection of Redding. The best one i found was titled The Otis Redding Story a 3 cd set released on Atlantic Records in 1987. Its not everything he recorded but covers his best songs from 1962 to 1967. My favorite songs on this set are These Arms Of Mine. Ive Been Loving You Too Long. Shake. Satisfaction. I Cant Turn You Loose. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Sad Song. Try A Little Tenderness. Hard To Handle and his biggest hit Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay. It was worth the wait for this purchase. Everybody who likes soul music cant go wrong with this collection.
Brilliant pick and write up, Dennis. That 3 CD set sounds awesome. I only have a 'Best Of' that I play often, always hitting the "replay" knob for "I Can't Turn You Loose." Hope you had a magnificent Christmas.
I saw Kansas live a few months before Leftoverture came out. The lights went down, there was a little keyboard and then they started singing "Carry on / my wayward son..", the band kicks in & BAM.
I remember getting Kiss "Double Platinum" from my grandmother (I'm sure via my mother) for Christmas in 1978. I also remember not being too crazy about the artwork; no color and not as cool as my only other Kiss album, "Alive II". I also didn't care for the production (not a term I was familiar with at the time, they just sounded "different") of the "Alive II" songs on the album. But boy, were there plenty of other gems I could sink my teeth into: Strutter '78, Do You Love Me?, Firehouse, Hotter than Hell, 100,000 Years, Rock and Roll All Nite, C'mon and Love Me, Cold Gin, Black Diamond... What was already a burning blaze had turned into a full-blown wildfire of Kiss worship.
The formative years of a young tyke's musical preferences.....we never forget those first few albums we got, the excitement and the devotion to a certain group(s). It's the setting of the template for our future musical journeys. Note that Dr. Toad is getting philosophical today! 🐸
Day 26 This is another album that my cousin had already had and I wanted my own copy after hearing her’s at her house. This album is THE DOORS 13. I wanted it so I could listen to it while I was doing my homework from high school. I bought it from my mother music catalog back in 1970 since it was December this album took place of her buying me a different gift. The title of this album refers to the number of tracks on this album. The songs came from a variety of different studio albums by The Doors. This album is the Doors only compilation album that was released while Jim Morrison was alive. The cover is in awesome condition and the sleeve has pictures of the band on one side and Morrison on the other side. The record was made by Elektra company. The label has a picture of a butterfly on it plus the names of all the songs. The cover is in light blue with a picture of Jim Morrison upfront and the band in the back. The number 13 is in the upper right hand corner on this album. My favorite songs on this album are “Light My Fire”, “The Crystal Ship”, “You’re Lost Little Girl”, and “Hello, I Love You”.
Wonderful pick and write up, Mel. I loved "The Crystal Ship" and "Land Ho" (Robbie does some cool guitar work on this one). Hope you had a marvelous Christmas. It's back to work for me this AM. I'll come by and pick you up in half an hour, don't forget your toolbox...lol
@ hi Gadget. I hope you had a great Christmas. I think it’s going to take you longer to get here than a half an hour…. Lol..How’s everyone else doing today? Thanks for liking my story today.
Laika - Sounds of the Satellites (1997) Soon after I started my website in 1995, I got an email from Margaret Fiedler of Laika, because I had their debut Silver Apples Of The Moon (1994) near the top of my list. I had seen her previous band Moonshake open for PJ Harvey back in '93, and via The Wire magazine, I was getting into Portishead, Pram, Disco Inferno, Tricky and Laika. She and I maintained an email friendship, and she sent me an early promo of their second album, which I freakin' loved. I knew the popular thing was Britpop, but at the time I ignored all that and was really digging these avant pop bands. Margaret would later play guitar for PJ Harvey on tour with U2 and I got to meet up with them backstage with Bono swanning around nearby.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and haven't over indulged too much. It hasn't done my waistline much good, that's for sure. Pete, hope you and your family are feeling better now. My story today, begins at 1980 Reading Festival with bands from NWOBHM and some established bigger names, Pat Travers, Whitesnake, UFO, Budgie and Krokus all on the bill and Slade making an amazing 'comeback'. A A-Z heavy metal guide was given away. It was far from exhaustive and as was still typical of the time, many of the entries would not be classed as metal today. I knew of almost all the entrants except one who piqued my interest because they looked so different and sounded intriguing from the write up. I made a mental note of the name. Over the coming months I saw their name crop up in a complimentary way from the likes of Rob Halford and Burke Shelley (Budgie) in magazine interviews. Shopping for new albums in a record store in our nearest big town some months later, I saw an album in the import racks that I took a closer look at. It was by this band I'd read about, but should I pay almost double the normal price for a domestic release for a new album by this band I'd never heard any music by. The sleeve looked cool, a fossil with a cool logo and on the back was a sort of futuristic robot. The clincher was 'produced by Jeff Glixman' one of my favourite producers. I took the plunge, brought it home and fingers crossed stuck it on. I was then confronted by a lethal blast of powerchords and a bass line both funky and bludgeoning followed by a massive riff and on top of this was a fantastic female voice like Tina Turner crossed with Aretha Franklin. It was Joyce 'Baby Jean' Kennedy and the album IRONAGE by MOTHER'S FINEST. What a discovery this album was. Joyce is amazing, a real powerhouse of a black soul singer, singing metal here and her male vocal partner, Glen Murdoch hardly suffered in comparison. This was classic North American metal/hard rock with elements of AC/DC, Van Halen, Nugent and even hints of Zeppelin but given a real rnb, soul and funk twist. It was uncompromising stuff. If Motown wanted their own NWOBHM band this is what it would have probably sounded like. Naturally, I was so pleased with my new discovery and the album received positive reviews in just about all the UK music papers and Ironage hardly left my turntable for months. I spread the word among my 'rock' friends and a few of them subsequently purchased their own copies. It remains an underappreciated treasure to this day and some years ago Kerrang voted Ironage amongst the 100 all time great metal albums.
@ you’re welcome Jerry. Thank you for being so kind about my situation. It was very hard and upsetting when your loved one is in the nursing home. I had a friend who spent Christmas with me and a cousin who came over with some cookies that she had made.
Day 26. The Stooges - Fun House I had that one friend in high school that played drums in local hard rock bands. He turned me on to this record one night while we were indulging in samples. I dug the first side, but the second side was kind of WTF for me. The last song was like a recorded trainwreck. To me it is now a classic. 1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 3. Steppenwolf - S/T 4. Mason Proffit - Wanted 5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson 6. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head 7. The Doors - S/T 8. Bride - Scarecrow Messiah 9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments 10. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour 11. Tower of Power - East Bay Grease 12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West 13. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills 14. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers 15. John Michael Talbot - The Lord's Supper 16. X - Lost Angeles 17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends 18. Elvin Bishop - Rock My Soul 19. Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time.... But Get Out Alive! 20. The Choir - Circle Slide 21. MC5 - Heavy Lifting 22. Skillet - Ardent Worship 23. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation 24. Television - Marquee Moon 25. Fats Domino - Christmas Is a Special Day 26. The Stooges - Fun House
My journey back in time continues in mid of September 1976, when my second and last economy school year started. I got a few albums which I had ordered on the postal way, both from KING CRIMSON, “In The Court Of The Crimson King” (1969), and “Red” (1974). In a music magazine I had read an article about them and their progressive influence on music, and that Greg Lake and John Wetton had been singers/bassists for the band on both of these albums (amongst others). I had plenty of money left from my wages I earned at the bank in August, so I decided to get both the albums. I soon learned to love them. Songs like “21th Century Schizoid Man”, “Epitaph”, “The Court Of The Crimson King”, “One More Red Nightmare” and “Starless” are classic prog, and I guess that bands like Yes and Genesis have been influenced by Crimson, at least by their album from 1969. By that time, I already had ordered another few albums, on which I will talk about tomorrow. -- My economic school has been in the district town, 20 kms away from my hometown. Although I was 18+, I had no driving license back then due to having been on low money. In the first year I took the bus, but I had to be at the bus stop very early at 6:20 AM, with the school teaching starting much later at 8:00 AM. Now, in the second year, a neighbour aged around 40 told me that he could take me to the district town daily for free, where he worked as a heating engineer. This meant that I had time until 7:15 AM, when he started to drive off, and I had not to walk to the bus stop 1 km away. After school was finished (usually at 1:00 PM, at Fridays 45 minutes earlier), I still had a good opportunity to get home, using the bus. My neighbour worked full time until 5:00 PM, so it had been no option waiting for him. The bus was free because of public support, and I got a coupon for a ticket each month in advance. Since September 1975 when my economy school time started, we had one day in the week (usually Monday), when we had 4 additional hours in the afternoon, after a midday break between 1 and 2 PM. This had been introduced due to the reason that Saturday school teaching had just been disestablished at German schools at the time. My whole time at the secondary school had been on a 6-days week schedule before. But the new law wasn’t bad at all, I did enjoy having longer weekends a lot (and I guess that all our teachers also did). My school time albums discoveries, In chronogical order: day 01: 07/1971 (fav) Led Zeppelin IV, (first) Led Zeppelin III day 02: 08/1971 (fav) Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water day 03: 09/1971 (fav) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing Of day 04: 09/1971 (fav) Deep Purple In Rock, (first) Deep Purple, Fireball day 05: 11/1971 (fav) Jethro Tull, Aqualung day 06: 11/1971 (fav) Black Sabbath s/t, (first) Master Of Reality day 07: 12/1971 Jesus Christ Superstar day 08: 01/1972 (fav) Grand Funk, Phoenix, (first) Grand Funk, E Pluribus Funk day 09: 03/1972 The Doors, L.A.Woman day 10: 04/1972 Neil Young, Harvest day 11: 06/1972 (fav) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, (first) Pink Floyd, Meddle day 12: 07/1972 (first/fav) Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards ("Magician's Birthday" coming very close) day 13: 07/1972 (first) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (fav, maybe) Trilogy day 14: 09/1972 (first) Alice Cooper, School's Out (fav) Alice Cooper, Killer day 15: 10/1972 (first) Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance (fav) Days Of Future Passed day 16: 02/1973 (first) Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (fav) Cat Stevens, Foreigner (because of the suite) day 17: 03/1973 (first/fav) Yes, Close To The Edge day 18: 07/1973 (first/fav) Ekseption 5 day 19: 10/1973 (first/fav) Stevie Wonder, Innervisions day 20: 11/1973 (first/fav) The Who, Quadrophenia day 21: 12/1973 (first/fav) Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road day 22: 07/1975 (first/fav) Supertramp, Crime Of The Century (close: Breakfast In America) day 23: 02/1976 (first/fav) Queen, A Night At The Opera day 24: 04/1976 (first) 10cc, The Original Soundtrack + How Dare You day 25: 07/1976 (first) Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail, (fav) Selling England By The Pound day 26: 09/1976 (first) King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King + Red
@@ziggyzagzi8017 Thank you very much, Ziggy! This is interesting, because I never have seen it like that. It's exciting when the memories awake to new life, while I dive back into these distant times.
Because of this channel, I have expanded my southern rock section. I have added to my Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchet, and Blackfoot cd collection. Each of these bands has their own special sound. They are a lot of fun to listen to.
Day 26. It was back-to- school week in September, 1974 and I had dropped by a friend's house after the first day of classes. My buddy's older brother showed me his most recent album purchase and was raving about it. The cover had a photo of a sturdily-built wooden box containing a jumble of gear parts and sprockets. Stencilled in black on the front of that box were the words "NOT FRAGILE". Big brother put the needle down on the first track of that vinyl and a deep bass line started to pulse into a riff and then came the crunch of the guitar laying that heavy riff down over top of the bass line. Then the mighty roar of C. F. Turner's voice came in singing a verse which culminated into the statement "Not Fragile". I was immediately and totally hooked...on the strength of that one riff and that voice. I went down to the record store the very next day and got me a copy of that Not Fragile album by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I played it over and over and over again on that same RCA stereo I had bought a few weeks previous. The whole album was absolutely hard rock solid....in fact it hit Number One in the U.S.A on the Billboard charts later that autumn. We Canadian kids were rightfully very proud of our own Canadian band B.T.O. 🍁 having hit the big time that year. 🍁
In our carport where our band set up our instruments, I'm sitting on my Sears drum kit, The craziest sounds from a guitar ever emerged from the radio. ERUPTION!!!!!!
November 2017 Asia and Toto IV (both CDs) Africa by Toto and Heat of the Moment by Asia I heard on the radio, television and film when I was young. The first time I heard of these two bands, I used to compare them because Toto had a song named after a continent and Asia was also named after one. By 2017, I have become a full classic rock fan. In the fall of 2017, it was last semester at community college and I had one class in the Manassas campus. Right after class, I went to B&N and went to the CD sections and I found Toto IV and Asia’s self titled debut album. Both were on sale, and I purchased both of them and also The Who Sell Out. When I got home I listened to all 3 albums. I immediately fell in love with Toto and Asia. I often site these two albums as my favorites of 1982.
Floodland- Sisters of Mercy 1987 I am listening to nothing but thrash and Metal and I just turned 21 so one of the first clubs I go to for the first time is Aldos in Lyndhurst NJ. Me and my friends walk in and we get looks of disgust from the crowd because the club was a new wave/ goth club and we were surrounded by non metal clubgoers. As Im there, I hear the intro to This Corrosion and I was afraid to admit that I liked it. I also met a very hot goth girl that night and we hung out a lot and got me into more goth bands which I still love today. Dingbatz hosts Aldos reunion parties which I have attended and its still great to hear Ted Wrigley playing all the goth classics.
Today I will discuss David Crosby's solo effort entitled 'If I could only remember my name" released in '71 on Atlantic Records. My brother had bought this LP and I eventually took a listen to it. I am drawn to recordings where musicians and singers from different labels or bands get together and play together regardless of contractual stipulations. This album has quite a number of West Coast musicians like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and even Santana. Something of healing process for Crosby, these musicians helped him record this one of a kind sound -with David's otherworldly acapella singing on songs like "Song with no Words" and "Orleans" to group vocals with Grace Slick and Joni MItchell adding to the harmonies on songs like "What are their names?" and "laughing". Many of these same musicians would later perform on Jefferson (now Starship)'s "Blows Against the Empire", which had the same boundary crossing element that subverted standard practice with managers and lawyers in the music biz.
I believe it was the 20th anniversary of Woodstock (1989), and there were these commemorative shows on the event that year. I also was watching "The Wonder Years" TV show, which was popular at that time. The opening credit song was Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help From My Friends." I drew a particular interest in Joe Cocker and his music through those spotlights. I went to my local record store, Disc Connection (probably on my bike as I was 15), and found this double LP set called Joe Cocker Off the Record, which I believe is a UK release - so it was an import. I bought it, I think for like $7.99, and I absolutely loved it. Still to this day, it's probably the best concise greatest hits of Joe Cocker's music. I still love playing it. I then started getting some of his most recent releases and enjoyed those as well. Several years later, I explored deeper into Joe Cocker's catalog. Every time I listen to his classics, I think of that enjoyable journey of discovery of Joe Cocker's music.
Great story steven i always liked Joe Cocker but i never heard of this release sounds good. I did a profile of the cd titled Joe Cocker his 2nd lp im sure yours is quite different.
@@dennisstratton6508 Thanks, Dennis! Yes, I believe a few songs from that self-titled album are on this "off the record" album. I looked recently and it was still available from a couple people on Disogs.
The year was 1976. My older sister came home with 'Black And Blue' by The Rolling Stones. She idolized Mick Jagger boundlessly and I teased her about it, by calling Jagger mister fat lips, because that's what an annoying little brat of a brother is supposed to do. I guess that her favorite song was 'Fool To Cry', she played it constantly. A few years later I bought the album myself and I can tell now that it's a critically underrated album. For me it's not the best Stones album, but it's the one that stirs up fine memories and it contains some memorable songs like 'Fool To Cry' 'Hot Stuff' 'Crazy Mama' as also the deep cuts like 'Memory Motel' and 'Hand Of Fate'. And yeah Jagger is very charismatic, big sis.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie. That's very kind of you. it's always great to be here, but due to lack of time, I unfortunately sometimes have to pass.
My Day 26 is Nightmare the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 23, 2010, through Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Mike Elizondo, mixed in New York City by audio engineer Andy Wallace, and mastered by Ted Jensen. The cover of the album features a tribute to Sullivan; the tombstone reads "FOREVER" with emphasis on "REV". Nightmare is Avenged Sevenfold's first album to be recorded without Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan performing drums due to his death in December 2009. However, he did write parts that were used for the final recordings, making this the last album he would write on until 2023,[4] and his vocal takes are still on the album as a tribute to him.[3] The rest of the drum tracks were handled by Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who also played with the band for all their tours through the end of 2010. They then hired drummer Arin Ilejay, who played with the band from 2011 to 2015. In 2010, I would go on the computer in my spare time at school and play on games when we were doing a project for Halloween and I decided to listen a cool Halloween album my friend next to me told me to check out a band called avenged sevenfold and I began to listen to the title track of this album and as a metallica fan and soon to be dream theater fan that same year I would fall in love with this band really fast because the album reminded me of The Ride the lightning album mixed with master of Puppets but alot heavier. Today, I thank my friends for showing me this album because without her. I wouldn't have a next generation metallica like an album and band. The video depicts lead vocalist M. Shadows about to undergo surgery, when the surgeons take him out of the room on a gurney and wheel him through the hallway of the hospital. Shadows then notices the torn-down former drum kit of the band's deceased drummer, The Rev, when he toured with them to support their record City of Evil. The surgeons move him through halls and he sees the members of Avenged Sevenfold acting mentally insane, such as rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance convulsing on the floor in a straitjacket (and later waltzing with a skeleton), lead guitarist Synyster Gates continually banging his bloodied forehead against the window of a door, and bassist Johnny Christ crawling on the ceiling with a skeleton, as well as disturbing images of children playing and soaked in blood. The video shifts between these scenes and scenes of the band performing in a black room with a small amount of background light. Towards the end of the video, M. Shadows begins to fight the gurney, wanting to get off, as they wheel him toward a room being led by two young boys. He cannot get off because he is strapped to it. He is wheeled into a room, where the last drum set The Rev toured with Avenged Sevenfold with is set up with a light behind it, morphed into The Rev's figure. The video for Nightmare does not feature Mike Portnoy playing drums; this was decided by Portnoy himself as he wanted it to be all about Avenged Sevenfold and seeing as how The Rev wrote most of the drums for the album. Portnoy thought it would be wrong to have himself in the video. The music video is heavily based on the infamous scene from Jacob's Ladder where Jacob Singer, played by Tim Robbins, is being pulled through a hospital on a stretcher. The band used Jacob's Ladder as inspiration for the video because they knew it was one of The Rev's favorite movies. The music video for So Far Away (directed by Wayne Isham) features the four remaining members of the band playing in a studio and also riding in a Cadillac DeVille through a neighborhood (possibly Huntington Beach, where the band originated). Throughout the video, flashbacks of the four play. They are shown as children playing in a garage, then teens playing and hanging out, and stealing beer from a liquor store. There is a scene in the video in which a young Sullivan is depicted riding the handlebars of a bike being ridden by a young M. Shadows, kicking over a metal trash can on the street. Shadows referenced this when talking about Sullivan before playing So Far Away at Rock am Ring 2014. ("we've known this guy since we were this big, rolling round the neighborhood, knocking over trash cans; just being dickheads"). During the bridge, a collection of photos and videos of the Rev play. It ends with a clip of the remaining band members and James embracing. In September 2011, the band announced plans for an official music video for buried alive 4] They tried to get Rob Zombie to direct the video, but he declined due to being focused on another project.[4] A music video never ended up being produced, but on February 14, 2013, an animated lyric video was posted on RUclips.[5] As of April 20, 2023, the lyric video has over 100 million views on RUclips.[6] Track listing All songs credited to Avenged Sevenfold. Actual songwriters adapted from Tidal[55] and band interviews.[56][57] Standard single-disc edition[25][26] No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Nightmare" Matthew SandersJames Sullivan 2. "Welcome to the Family" SullivanSanders 3. "Danger Line" SandersJonathan SewardZachary BakerSullivan 4. "Buried Alive" SullivanSandersBrian Haner Jr 5. "Natural Born Killer" Sullivan 6. "So Far Away" HanerSullivan 7. "God Hates Us" SandersSullivan 8. "Victim" SandersBakerHanerSewardSullivan 9. "Tonight the World Dies" SullivanSewardSanders 10. "Fiction" Sullivan 11. "Save Me" SullivanSanders Charts Weekly charts Chart (2010) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[58] 9 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[59] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[60] 67 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[61] 87 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[62] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[63] 47 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[64] 1 French Albums (SNEP)[65] 136 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[66] 36 Greek Albums (IFPI)[67] 46 Irish Albums (IRMA)[68] 9 Italian Albums (FIMI)[69] 47 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[70] 12 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[71] 35 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[72] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[73] 14 Scottish Albums (OCC)[74] 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[75] 57 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[76] 65 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[77] 9 UK Albums (OCC)[78] 5 US Billboard 200[79] 1 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[80] 1 Year-end charts edit Chart (2010) Position US Billboard 200[81] 76 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[82] 15 Chart (2011) Position US Billboard 200[83] 133 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[84] 21 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[7] Platinum 80,000^ United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 100,000^ United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000‡
Excellent article. I really like a lot of A7X's stuff, Nightmare included, enjoyed all the details in your piece, quite a few facts I didn't know, thanks!
DAY 26- BLACK SABBATH- Paranoid. 1970 =Hi friends. I had to deconstruct the top of the list and couldn't remember or find the list so have write in for few days as the top 2 in last days pretty solid to remember and unchanged to this list. So when it comes to Black Sabbath this album had gotten along I believe back then first as I know as would get after Volume 4 and then Master Of Reality. Then Black Sabbath debut then onward. As to when as to how they would show where I had the money of allowance and such to get them. I don't have Paranoid the vinyl as I need to get as well as Master Of Reality as somewhere they got purged out or something. But got the other albums and yet do have Paranoid on CD as part of a Black Sabbath Set that got at local record store , Which includes US Black Sabbath debut and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath lps. Which I do have on vinyl. On Paranoid back in the day and locating the vinyl in the used section at record store and taking it home to play on stereo then wait for songs to be played on the FM radio stations which I loved but not to 0play when I wanted. So was happy along in 72 to get it and when I would play it my brother would come over in next room or as we got older want to hear from it. It would bring back memories and when he would see Sabbath along much earlier then I which wouldn't concur till 1980 Heaven and Hell w Dio and V Appice in band for that great tour and album. 86 Seventh Star album tour then finally the REUNION with the band in 1999 Pantera and Deftones opening. War Pigs Paranoid Planet Caravan Iron Man Electric Funeral Hand Of Doom Rat Salad Fairies Wear Boots ================ Back to the album. War Pigs with the riffs heavy with Iommi and Ozzys vocals and Geezer and the bass and Bill Ward and great pounding drumming and the song that is so crisp heavy with that sound and the lyrics of politicians and war and has lasted in so long for so many years since 1970 and many have done well spot on versions of artists who have the track. Paranoid with the staple single that branded Sabbath with what most clain to most know of and ending of most to every show they did as a band, And hevay chugging hard rheavy rocker and drumming great and so good every time with Ozzy singing, Good of some other Sabbath singers too Planet Caravan a mellow mover of doomy psychedelic soul blues/ It's pretty cool still Iron Man heavy song with Bill Ward and start of drums and Tony Iommis classic heavy riffs and playing and Wards drumming Geezer and bass and Ozzys singing lyrics then the heavy drunning and Iommis solo and so good each time of a heavy rocker, Electric Funeral a doom rocker of chords and change of tempo in song amnd rocking then going back to the tempo before. Quite good it is and real solid. Hand Of Doom. Heavy doom rocker and kickin with change of tempos in it too. And the comtent to life by downfall to drug heroin. And just atke along the sound and realize its just a rocker with a message. I try the best I can to figure how to speak of each number. Rat Salad Heavy drumming solo with Ward and licks of heavy guitar with Iommi, Bass too og Geezer Butler. Fairies Wear Boots a classic heavy rocker and with blues funk and great drums and along with Ozzys vocals and guitar bass and drums at its massive heavy for the time. The album a staple classic for so long definately to be possibly in the top 5. I looking back give it a 4. Its real and still solid and has held up well the years, Well keep on coming along withthe albums and stories, And the thing of holding along and of love hugs and prayers, And hopes to get well from runny nose and sneezing and throat think its in the air. Keep getting well too Pete as you start sounding better, Kansas great pick TC everyone and you also Pete. The music is the liquor of life. Enjoy it. C ya later friends 🎶🎶❤🤗🙏☮✴
Day 26: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979) It was Christmas and my dad bought me In the Heat of the Night. I looked at the album cover and thought There is one badass rocker chick. Later in the day I went into my bedroom to play this album. The first song started, “Heartbreaker”, and I immediately became that badass rocker chick. Well, at least in my mind anyway. lol During the song, there was air drumming going on. Throughout the album I was a one rocker chick show. I was really getting into the drumming of Glen Hamilton. The dogs seemed to be entertained. My favorite tracks upon first listen was “Heartbreaker”, “No You Don't”, “In the Heat of the Night” and “I Need a Lover”. I loved this album and played it every chance I got. Even today I listen to this album. Day 26: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night 1979) Day 25: No Story Day 24: No Story Day 23: The Who - Quadrophenia (1973) Day 22: Van Halen - Van Halen (1978) Day 21: ABBA - Arrival (1976) Day 20: The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) Day 19: Dio - Holy Diver (1983) Day 18: No Story Day 17: No Story Day 16: The Runaways - The Runaways (1976) Day 15: Live - Throwing Copper (1994) Day 14: No Story Day 13: No Story Day 12: Rainbow - Rising (1976) Day 11: Yes - Fragile (Released in the UK on 12 November 1971 and in the US on 4 January 1972) Day 10: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976) Day 9: Deep Purple Machine Head (1972) Day 8: Boston - Boston (1976) Day 7: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973) Day 6: Suzi Quatro - If You Knew Suzi (1978) Day 5: Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (1976) Day 4: Journey - Infinity (1978) Day 3: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983) Day 2: Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971) Day 1: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
Hi Debbie, Interesting story. I know some songs from Pat Benatar from the radio which came out in the mid of the 80s, "Love Is A Battlefield" and "We Belong" had been chart hits here in Germany. I'm unfamiliar with her earlier work.
I rarely bought an album (or cassette) in a smaller town of then Yugoslavia, I mentioned Dubrovnik and I believe there were only two or three smaller towns where I gave my pocket money for a music. Two I will mention in this series of stories. Today the town is Smederevska Palanka, nowdays with population of around 20,000. Some hour and a half by bus or train from Belgrade. I used to spend a good part of my summer vacation when I was in primary school, with my mother’s parents who lived there. They had an apartment in the suburb and I always had found memories on stays with them as my grandma was fantastic cook and grandpa was professor in high school before his pension so he also could make my stay interesting. Plus so much kids from other buildings and houses to play with. After grandma passed away my grandpa moved to a smaller apartment but right in the city center, which is important for this short story today - simply as otherwise I probably would not go to city center. I believe it was August 1981, I was due to serve the army from September that year and I went to visit my grandpa. Being 18, even the visit was for a few days only, I could not stay whole day inside so I walked the city center and entered their department store, Uzor. I remember that the choice of albums was not large and I already had almost everything that would be of interest to me. Everything but one album - Status Quo - Rockin’ All Over The World. I was not much of their fan, but I had and loved their double live album, so I decided to buy it. Now it serves also as a memory of my last visit to my grandpa as soon he also passed away, early in 1982.
Very interesting story, Zlatan. I have not been a big Quo fan, either, but their single hits (mainly in the 70s) were much fun and played everywhere, similar like with Slade at the time.
There have been a lot of favorite first album stories and experiences over the years for me especially for hard rock, heavy metal, southern rock and prog rock with a little new wave and power pop thrown in here and there thanks again Pete and SOT. 🎶🎶📻🎶🎶
Leftoverture on side A of the cassette and The Grand Illusion on side B. Literally wore that tape out … it was really nothing but prog for me after that.
Back as a teen into Rock. Nothing was as good as Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Sabbath etc..But one evening I had to go to by buddy’s older sister’s apartment. He had to pick up something from her. She said hey does your friend get high? I grew up on the beaches of LA in the 70’s the answer was pretty obvious. So we all sat in this darkened room with smoke just lingering the room. She puts on this album which was kinda rock but more easy rock, country rock. I loved it even being this hard rock fan. To this day still one of my favorites. It was Jackson Browne. The album ‘Running On Empty’.
Pilgrimage, Wishbone Ash. Heard this first in 1973. Was on a long summer holiday from school. Probably the most enjoyable school holiday I ever had. The intro to the second track definitely takes me back to this time.
26. Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs I only discovered this back in 2006. I was out drinking at a bar and someone had played Day Of The Eagle and the title track. The latter was mesmerizing. It reminded me of Pink Floyd a bit. The day after hearing these tunes, I took a trip to FYE to get this CD and listened to it immediately. Man, this is an amazing album! It’s a perfect album in that none of the tracks are bad or need to be skipped over.
Great content, as always! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
Funkadelic ... One Nation Under A Groove Around 1981, I went to this huge suburban shopping area anchored by a large mall. At that time, it had multiple record chain stores within walking distance of each other. Today, it has five stores offering music, but the FYE store in the mall is currently having a going out of business sale during the peak Christmas season. Yeah, FYE does not offer much music today, but it is still sad to lose another retail music outlet. So, back to 1981. I was at the major strip mall section of the area. There was a chain record store that for the life of me that I can't remember the name of. Record (Blank) or Music (Blank), whatever it was. In its remainder section was a boatload of the then three-year old iconic funk classic One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic for a buck each. OK, the price was special enough for a young man working backward to collect quality music. Further, it was a two-record set. The full-length album, plus a 7-inch bonus EP. Moreso, it revisited Funkadelic's Westbound label roots as a rock/psychedelic/soul band, the reason white rock nerds adore those early Funkadelic (P-Funk) records. On top of that, maybe most of all, it had a live version of Maggot Brain on the EP. At that time, and for a number of years thereafter, all the Westbound label early Funkadelic records were out of print. A copy of the Maggot Brain album being the most expensive and rare to obtain from record conventions and used record stores. Especially in Cleveland, where Maggot Brain is a late night radio staple to calm down the drunks at closing time. So, finding this in a then lily-white Cleveland suburb was particularly special. I had to pay a bit more than a dollar to replace this record with a CD copy, to be sure.
That show you done on bands you should like but for some reason they just don't resonate? For me, Kansas falls into this category. If heard this album, and it just doesn't register.
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Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger (1991)
I wrote my stories about Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind and Metallica's Master of Puppets yesterday but the post just disappeared. 🙁
Anyway, after listening to basically just Metallica (and Led Zeppelin) for about couple of years in the late 1980s, I had a shortish punk phase. However, while Dead Kennedys is still one of my favorite bands, punk didn't leave any huge imprints on me and my musical life.
Then in the fall of 1991 I happened to watch MTV Europe's Headbangers Ball, and it premiered Soundgarden's video for "Jesus Christ Pose". What a shock (in a positive sense)! Crushingly heavy, groovy, psychedelic... and that voice... Who are these guys?! I don't know whether the album was out yet by then, but I do remember that I waited a while and only purchased it after I'd heard "Outshined" (the 2nd single/video). I hadn't quite entered the CD age yet, so Badmotorfinger was one of the very last vinyls I bought back then (and Louder than Love actually the very first CD a little later). It was by far my most listened to record in 1991-92, simply couldn't get enough.
Even today, Soundgarden is among my top ten bands of all-time and Badmotorfinger is a top ten album for me. I have to listen to it at least once a year, usually a fair bit more. Favorite songs are "Jesus Christ Pose", "Rusty Cage", "Somewhere" (always loved it!), "Room a Thousand Years Wide", "Holy Water" and especially "Slaves & Bulldozers" which has become my #1 Soundgarden song ever.
Today is a 2 for 1. 1990 - I am not a guitarist but was really into instrumental guitar music, the shredders, etc....I was fascinated of what they used, how they got their tones, and bought a lot of guitar magazines. 2 names that kept coming up in lists of best guitarists were Steve Morse (I only knew him from the 2 Kansas albums he did) and Eric Johnson who I didn't know at all. I went to my local music store and found High Tension Wires by Steve Morse and Ah Via Musicom by Eric Johnson. It all made sense to me from the first listens why these 2 guys were so highly thought of in guitar circles. I went on to discover the Dixie Dregs, Eric Johnson's first album and have gotten everything these guys have played on ever since. These are still 2 of my favorite guitar albums that I have found.
Fantastic album. Pete KANSAS. Leftoverture in fact. Jenna at 16 did project on this choice, got an A plus= proud DAD. My second concert. Kansas. PALLADIUM. NYC. 1980. Pete thanks once again for your time 👍💯
@@garyjoyce2160 hi Gary. Great article.
Thank you. Melanie. Enjoy your day 👍💯
@ you’re welcome Gary
Gm Gary, Yea Kansas a great pick along story Pete did. I saw Kansas in 76 Hara - Dayton and a great show with Styx/Starcastle opening. Indeed to be proud of your kid for the report. TC friend.
Jon. Wow another great concert you saw. Awesome. Enjoy your day 👍
My day 26 favorite album story is listening to Devo on the KSJS San Jose State Radio back in 1982. Songs like Whip It, etc. Went to our local Where House records and bought the 1978 Devo - Are We Not Men? … We are Devo CD and then bought a few more of their CDs in the 80s. Listen to those CDs on and off today.
I remember I had one of those scholastic magazines that kids could subscribe to via school in 3rd grade -- and one was very hip in 1978, featuring an article on Devo! It was still early days. Yet another seed planted for my love of eccentric new wave and post-punk.
Warehouse on Bascom?
@@deaconofbeacon733 your right with the spelling. I will correct my past post.
I used to record late-night radio shows. Only then you could hear some rock music. Discovered a few bands and artists this way. Despite the terrible quality of the recording and the fact that it was cut to a commercial break, I couldn’t get that song out of my head. Every time I listened to it I had to rewind the tape to do it again. It was Don't Tell Me You Love Me by Night Ranger. I remember first buying a 12" single with the song Night Ranger on the b-side, both tracks blew my mind, plus the sound was absolutely impressive, a big improvement over my radio recording. Inevitably I ended up getting the album, Dawn Patrol, in my opinion by far their best work and one of the best hard rock debuts ever.
Wonderful pick and write up, Ramon. "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" is a classic. "Dawn Patrol" is a great LP from start to finish. Hope you had a terrific Christmas.
@gadgettheratboy9051 Thank you Gadget! I hope you did too!
YAS, around that time an FM station would play new release albums in their entirety on Sunday nights and friends and I would tape them. Mostly the big AOR names. Billy Squier was a fave from that batch, but I liked NIght Ranger too.
I remember taping cheap trick. Budokan, George thorogood live and Devo live
@@ramonace4770 Great story Ramon. An awesome debut album for sure.
Hi everyone, Boxing Day here in the UK, and well, I suppose that's more ir less it for another year, once we've polished off the leftover turkey...
Pete, I hope you're feeling better today and that all your family managed to enjoy Xmas in spite of all those various ailments.
Only a "sort of" story today, more a case of finding an album that made me realise that the type of metal I fell in love with back in the 80s (think Accept or Painkiller era Priest) was alive and kicking well into the 21st century, and I stumbled on it almost by accident when it was name checked on SoT. I can't remember who by, but if it was you, then thank you!
"Burn The Night" by RIOT CITY
Old school, no-nonsense metal, riffs coming out of the woodwork, vocal gymnastics, powerhouse drumming... stunning stuff! And, from there, I found quite a lot of these other NWOTHM bands that seem to have been flooding out of the woodwork, like Enforcer, Gatekeeper, Air Raid, Haunt, Owlbear and Ironflame, among others, so horns in the air!! [No Gary, not those Horns...]
Enjoy the rest of the Holiday everyone... I'm back to work at midnight tonight, so say hi to cheer me up!
Marvelous call and article, Iain. I have this on vinyl, love Warrior of Time, Living Fast and Steel Rider. The only Riot City I have in CD format is Electric Elite so I better get caught up. Have a great night at work (it's 5:45 AM here -- I'm trudging off to work myself...in slow motion it seems...).
Hi Iain! Cheer up, my friend! As a famous French song says, "le travail c'est la santé", work is health.
I won't reveal the next verse to avoid demoralizing you...Many bands for me to check out! I'll start with Riot City
My gateway band was The Lord Weird Slough Feg from San Francisco, who started releasing albums in the late 90s. They are reportedly working on a new album, so I hope to see them live again, one of the best live band around. They did play Hell's Heroes a few years back. I've seen all the bands you mentioned the past several years, nice one calling out Ironflame -- I highly recommend the latest! A Slough Feg adjacent band that I recommend is Hands of Goro. And Castle - Evil Remains.
@@iainhead9898 hi Iain. Happy Boxing Day. Interesting story.
Wow Sir Iain, speaking of name dropping! Sounds like a full weekend's worth of work hearing those monstrosities. I don't want to work! | just want to bang on my drum all day!
Pick #26: Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime. Yet another classic 1988 release and also one I heard in Richmond, VA when I was just going through several albums of various time periods and bands, and I had vaguely heard of Queensrÿche here and there from a Watchmojo list and here and there but had zero actual idea as to what they sounded like or really anything about them. Then I heard Operation: Mindcrime in full one day after going through some list on either best progressive metal albums or best concept albums (not sure which), and as soon as I listened to it I regretted not giving it a chance much sooner.
#1: The Who's Tommy (1969)
#2: RX Bandits' ...And the Battle Begun (2006)
#3: Metallica's ...And Justice For All (1988)
#4: Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979)
#5: Daft Punk's Alive 2007
#6: Yes's Close to the Edge (1972)
#7: Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
#8: Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004)
#9: Silverchair's Diorama (2002)
#10: Green Day's American Idiot (2004)
#11: The Killers' Hot Fuss (2004)
#12: Death's Symbolic (1995)
#13: Radiohead's Kid A (2000)
#14: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns (2010)
#15: Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001)
#16: Tool's Lateralus (2001)
#17: Opeth's Blackwater Park (2001)
#18: Rush's Grace Under Pressure (1984)
#19: Rainbow's Rising (1976)
#20: Black Sabbath's Mob Rules (1981)
#21: Kansas's Leftoverture (1976)
#22: Pearl Jam's Ten (1991)
#23: Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
#24: Talking Heads' Remain In Light (1980)
#25A: Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
#25B: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Nonagon Infinity (2016)
#26: Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
We were visiting my aunt and uncle in Milwaukee, must have been 1975 as I grabbed the new album by my favorite band Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti. I was in the basement listening to the album. Adults were upstairs visiting. My uncle came down, "Is everything OK? Is the record skipping?". No skips, it was Trampled Under Foot with it's repetitive groove! Lol.
@@monte.olson58 hi Monte. Interesting article.
Great story and pick monte
Good one with the Kansas
Day 26
Billy squier don't say no
I remember when I was about 12 years old the stroke was all over the place
You couldn't escape it.
AM radio FM radio it didn't matter
And I remember going shopping for some winter boots. We didn't go to our usual place Sears this time though we ended up at Kmart. And I remember seeing the album cover with Billy in a men's room holding a guitar sitting on the floor.
And I had a few bucks at the time mom bought the rest of it.
I remember bringing it home. Listening to the stroke numerous times.
But I remember there was that time probably a week later when I decided to listen to the whole album.
So I dropped the needle on side one and in the dark began. And I was like wow this is hard and rocking and awesome.
My kind of lover 2 days gone.
Now this time FM radio was gravitating passed the stroke the hard rock stations in Chicago were also playing lonely Is the Night.
Now when I flip the record over and there it was starting off with that opening guitar lick.
I knew I struck gold when I got this album at that age.
To this day I still love this album love the pull out the CD and the one that followed it emotions in motion they kind of go together back and back for just some hard rockin.
I don't have much of his catalog after that other than a greatest hits that came out a few years back a best of I think it is.
But I do enjoy those two albums but don't say no it's still just awesome.
Great pick and story kev. I have a greatest hits by him also.
@@dennisstratton6508thanks Dennis.
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist hi Kev. Interesting story and excellent pick
Definitely a great hard rock tandem of albums there. Was into him then
Day26-Robin Trower. This is going to be my lastest year entry this month. When I was playing in bands back in 1992, I heard this song Too Rolling Stoned by Robin Trower. I never heard of him before,and thought how bluesy he is. I loved it immediately. I’ve heard of Stevie Ray Vaughn,Gary Moore and others that sound like Trower. I was shocked that it took me almost 20 years after the song was released to hear it. I enjoyed listening to other Trower hit’s,and in 1994 I bought his Anthology box set,with some of his greatest hits. I think Robin Trower is one of the best blues guitarists of all time,mixed with rock.
Great story and pick metal. My first purchase was his first live lp my two favorites are Too Rolling Stoned and Day Of The Eagle. I agree he is one of the best blues rock guitar players.
To me Otis Redding was the King Of Soul. He was every bit as good if not better than James Brown. Unfortunately he didnt have the length of career as Brown but he left a lot of wonderful recordings between the years 1962 and 1967. My first lp was the Live At Monterey lp that was half Jimi Hendrix and half Otis Redding which was highlighted by his version of Satisfaction. But as i got into cds i wanted a good collection of Redding. The best one i found was titled The Otis Redding Story a 3 cd set released on Atlantic Records in 1987. Its not everything he recorded but covers his best songs from 1962 to 1967. My favorite songs on this set are These Arms Of Mine. Ive Been Loving You Too Long. Shake. Satisfaction. I Cant Turn You Loose. Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Sad Song. Try A Little Tenderness. Hard To Handle and his biggest hit Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay. It was worth the wait for this purchase. Everybody who likes soul music cant go wrong with this collection.
Brilliant pick and write up, Dennis. That 3 CD set sounds awesome. I only have a 'Best Of' that I play often, always hitting the "replay" knob for "I Can't Turn You Loose." Hope you had a magnificent Christmas.
Thank you gadgett i had a wonderful Christmas now if only my Bears can beat Seattle tonight.
Great story Dennis. '...dock of the bay' is my favorite song.😎👍
Thank you Denny. Thats a great choice for favorite. For me its These Arms of Mine ut just oozes soul. Upbeat song i like Hard To Handle.
@@dennisstratton6508 hi Dennis. Marvelous story
🌠 GREAT STORY PETE ..HOPE YER FEELING BETTER
I saw Kansas live a few months before Leftoverture came out. The lights went down, there was a little keyboard and then they started singing "Carry on / my wayward son..", the band kicks in & BAM.
I remember getting Kiss "Double Platinum" from my grandmother (I'm sure via my mother) for Christmas in 1978. I also remember not being too crazy about the artwork; no color and not as cool as my only other Kiss album, "Alive II". I also didn't care for the production (not a term I was familiar with at the time, they just sounded "different") of the "Alive II" songs on the album. But boy, were there plenty of other gems I could sink my teeth into: Strutter '78, Do You Love Me?, Firehouse, Hotter than Hell, 100,000 Years, Rock and Roll All Nite, C'mon and Love Me, Cold Gin, Black Diamond...
What was already a burning blaze had turned into a full-blown wildfire of Kiss worship.
This mix was icing on the cake!
The formative years of a young tyke's musical preferences.....we never forget those first few albums we got, the excitement and the devotion to a certain group(s). It's the setting of the template for our future musical journeys. Note that Dr. Toad is getting philosophical today! 🐸
@@garyh.238 🤔
Great story independence. That was a great starting point for any kid that had no Kiss albums yet.
@@independenceltd. The Toad goes into his "Nerd" mode from time to time!!! 🤓
Day 26
This is another album that my cousin had already had and I wanted my own copy after hearing her’s at her house. This album is THE DOORS 13. I wanted it so I could listen to it while I was doing my homework from high school. I bought it from my mother music catalog back in 1970 since it was December this album took place of her buying me a different gift. The title of this album refers to the number of tracks on this album. The songs came from a variety of different studio albums by The Doors. This album is the Doors only compilation album that was released while Jim Morrison was alive. The cover is in awesome condition and the sleeve has pictures of the band on one side and Morrison on the other side. The record was made by Elektra company. The label has a picture of a butterfly on it plus the names of all the songs. The cover is in light blue with a picture of Jim Morrison upfront and the band in the back. The number 13 is in the upper right hand corner on this album. My favorite songs on this album are “Light My Fire”, “The Crystal Ship”, “You’re Lost Little Girl”, and “Hello, I Love You”.
Great story, Melanie! Great band too! Thanks!
@ thanks Steven
Wonderful pick and write up, Mel. I loved "The Crystal Ship" and "Land Ho" (Robbie does some cool guitar work on this one). Hope you had a marvelous Christmas. It's back to work for me this AM. I'll come by and pick you up in half an hour, don't forget your toolbox...lol
@ hi Gadget. I hope you had a great Christmas. I think it’s going to take you longer to get here than a half an hour…. Lol..How’s everyone else doing today? Thanks for liking my story today.
Great pick, Melanie. Hope you had a great Christmas.
Laika - Sounds of the Satellites (1997)
Soon after I started my website in 1995, I got an email from Margaret Fiedler of Laika, because I had their debut Silver Apples Of The Moon (1994) near the top of my list. I had seen her previous band Moonshake open for PJ Harvey back in '93, and via The Wire magazine, I was getting into Portishead, Pram, Disco Inferno, Tricky and Laika. She and I maintained an email friendship, and she sent me an early promo of their second album, which I freakin' loved. I knew the popular thing was Britpop, but at the time I ignored all that and was really digging these avant pop bands. Margaret would later play guitar for PJ Harvey on tour with U2 and I got to meet up with them backstage with Bono swanning around nearby.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and haven't over indulged too much. It hasn't done my waistline much good, that's for sure. Pete, hope you and your family are feeling better now.
My story today, begins at 1980 Reading Festival with bands from NWOBHM and some established bigger names, Pat Travers, Whitesnake, UFO, Budgie and Krokus all on the bill and Slade making an amazing 'comeback'. A A-Z heavy metal guide was given away. It was far from exhaustive and as was still typical of the time, many of the entries would not be classed as metal today. I knew of almost all the entrants except one who piqued my interest because they looked so different and sounded intriguing from the write up. I made a mental note of the name. Over the coming months I saw their name crop up in a complimentary way from the likes of Rob Halford and Burke Shelley (Budgie) in magazine interviews. Shopping for new albums in a record store in our nearest big town some months later, I saw an album in the import racks that I took a closer look at. It was by this band I'd read about, but should I pay almost double the normal price for a domestic release for a new album by this band I'd never heard any music by. The sleeve looked cool, a fossil with a cool logo and on the back was a sort of futuristic robot. The clincher was 'produced by Jeff Glixman' one of my favourite producers. I took the plunge, brought it home and fingers crossed stuck it on. I was then confronted by a lethal blast of powerchords and a bass line both funky and bludgeoning followed by a massive riff and on top of this was a fantastic female voice like Tina Turner crossed with Aretha Franklin. It was Joyce 'Baby Jean' Kennedy and the album IRONAGE by MOTHER'S FINEST. What a discovery this album was. Joyce is amazing, a real powerhouse of a black soul singer, singing metal here and her male vocal partner, Glen Murdoch hardly suffered in comparison. This was classic North American metal/hard rock with elements of AC/DC, Van Halen, Nugent and even hints of Zeppelin but given a real rnb, soul and funk twist. It was uncompromising stuff. If Motown wanted their own NWOBHM band this is what it would have probably sounded like. Naturally, I was so pleased with my new discovery and the album received positive reviews in just about all the UK music papers and Ironage hardly left my turntable for months. I spread the word among my 'rock' friends and a few of them subsequently purchased their own copies. It remains an underappreciated treasure to this day and some years ago Kerrang voted Ironage amongst the 100 all time great metal albums.
@@jerryattwooll4864 hi Jerry. Interesting story.
Mother's Finest is a great band
@independenceltd. Totally agree. One of my best discoveries. Should be a much bigger band.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie. Hope you had a great day yesterday, though it must be somewhat difficult with your husband in the nursing home.
@ you’re welcome Jerry. Thank you for being so kind about my situation. It was very hard and upsetting when your loved one is in the nursing home. I had a friend who spent Christmas with me and a cousin who came over with some cookies that she had made.
Day 26. The Stooges - Fun House I had that one friend in high school that played drums in local hard rock bands. He turned me on to this record one night while we were indulging in samples. I dug the first side, but the second side was kind of WTF for me. The last song was like a recorded trainwreck. To me it is now a classic.
1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
3. Steppenwolf - S/T
4. Mason Proffit - Wanted
5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
6. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head
7. The Doors - S/T
8. Bride - Scarecrow Messiah
9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments
10. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour
11. Tower of Power - East Bay Grease
12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West
13. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
14. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
15. John Michael Talbot - The Lord's Supper
16. X - Lost Angeles
17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends
18. Elvin Bishop - Rock My Soul
19. Iron City Houserockers - Have a Good Time.... But Get Out Alive!
20. The Choir - Circle Slide
21. MC5 - Heavy Lifting
22. Skillet - Ardent Worship
23. Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation
24. Television - Marquee Moon
25. Fats Domino - Christmas Is a Special Day
26. The Stooges - Fun House
My all-time favorite, never heard it 'til I played it on my radio show in college!
Love it. I'm still not entirely sold on that last song though.
My journey back in time continues in mid of September 1976, when my second and last economy school year started. I got a few albums which I had ordered on the postal way, both from
KING CRIMSON, “In The Court Of The Crimson King” (1969), and “Red” (1974).
In a music magazine I had read an article about them and their progressive influence on music, and that Greg Lake and John Wetton had been singers/bassists for the band on both of these albums (amongst others). I had plenty of money left from my wages I earned at the bank in August, so I decided to get both the albums. I soon learned to love them. Songs like “21th Century Schizoid Man”, “Epitaph”, “The Court Of The Crimson King”, “One More Red Nightmare” and “Starless” are classic prog, and I guess that bands like Yes and Genesis have been influenced by Crimson, at least by their album from 1969.
By that time, I already had ordered another few albums, on which I will talk about tomorrow. --
My economic school has been in the district town, 20 kms away from my hometown. Although I was 18+, I had no driving license back then due to having been on low money. In the first year I took the bus, but I had to be at the bus stop very early at 6:20 AM, with the school teaching starting much later at 8:00 AM. Now, in the second year, a neighbour aged around 40 told me that he could take me to the district town daily for free, where he worked as a heating engineer. This meant that I had time until 7:15 AM, when he started to drive off, and I had not to walk to the bus stop 1 km away. After school was finished (usually at 1:00 PM, at Fridays 45 minutes earlier), I still had a good opportunity to get home, using the bus. My neighbour worked full time until 5:00 PM, so it had been no option waiting for him. The bus was free because of public support, and I got a coupon for a ticket each month in advance.
Since September 1975 when my economy school time started, we had one day in the week (usually Monday), when we had 4 additional hours in the afternoon, after a midday break between 1 and 2 PM. This had been introduced due to the reason that Saturday school teaching had just been disestablished at German schools at the time. My whole time at the secondary school had been on a 6-days week schedule before. But the new law wasn’t bad at all, I did enjoy having longer weekends a lot (and I guess that all our teachers also did).
My school time albums discoveries, In chronogical order:
day 01: 07/1971 (fav) Led Zeppelin IV, (first) Led Zeppelin III
day 02: 08/1971 (fav) Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water
day 03: 09/1971 (fav) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing Of
day 04: 09/1971 (fav) Deep Purple In Rock, (first) Deep Purple, Fireball
day 05: 11/1971 (fav) Jethro Tull, Aqualung
day 06: 11/1971 (fav) Black Sabbath s/t, (first) Master Of Reality
day 07: 12/1971 Jesus Christ Superstar
day 08: 01/1972 (fav) Grand Funk, Phoenix, (first) Grand Funk, E Pluribus Funk
day 09: 03/1972 The Doors, L.A.Woman
day 10: 04/1972 Neil Young, Harvest
day 11: 06/1972 (fav) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, (first) Pink Floyd, Meddle
day 12: 07/1972 (first/fav) Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards ("Magician's Birthday" coming very close)
day 13: 07/1972 (first) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (fav, maybe) Trilogy
day 14: 09/1972 (first) Alice Cooper, School's Out (fav) Alice Cooper, Killer
day 15: 10/1972 (first) Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance (fav) Days Of Future Passed
day 16: 02/1973 (first) Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (fav) Cat Stevens, Foreigner (because of the suite)
day 17: 03/1973 (first/fav) Yes, Close To The Edge
day 18: 07/1973 (first/fav) Ekseption 5
day 19: 10/1973 (first/fav) Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
day 20: 11/1973 (first/fav) The Who, Quadrophenia
day 21: 12/1973 (first/fav) Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
day 22: 07/1975 (first/fav) Supertramp, Crime Of The Century (close: Breakfast In America)
day 23: 02/1976 (first/fav) Queen, A Night At The Opera
day 24: 04/1976 (first) 10cc, The Original Soundtrack + How Dare You
day 25: 07/1976 (first) Genesis, A Trick Of The Tail, (fav) Selling England By The Pound
day 26: 09/1976 (first) King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King + Red
@@FrankLang-i3n hi FrankLang. Marvelous story
Superior Prog Rock, and your stories about your society are cool. You show us the little nuances that differ from other lands
@@melaniethurber5117 Thank you kindly, Mel! You're welcome.
@ you’re welcome FrankLang
@@ziggyzagzi8017 Thank you very much, Ziggy! This is interesting, because I never have seen it like that. It's exciting when the memories awake to new life, while I dive back into these distant times.
Molly Hatchet Flirtin With Disaster . Once again Rock station WPLJ turned me on to this album. Always loved the cool singing of Danny Joe Brown.
Its my favorite Molly Hatchett cd favorite song is Whiskey Man. Good pick sweet fa
Because of this channel, I have expanded my southern rock section. I have added to my Allman Brothers, Molly Hatchet, and Blackfoot cd collection. Each of these bands has their own special sound. They are a lot of fun to listen to.
Day 26. It was back-to- school week in September, 1974 and I had dropped by a friend's house after the first day of classes. My buddy's older brother showed me his most recent album purchase and was raving about it. The cover had a photo of a sturdily-built wooden box containing a jumble of gear parts and sprockets. Stencilled in black on the front of that box were the words "NOT FRAGILE". Big brother put the needle down on the first track of that vinyl and a deep bass line started to pulse into a riff and then came the crunch of the guitar laying that heavy riff down over top of the bass line. Then the mighty roar of C. F. Turner's voice came in singing a verse which culminated into the statement "Not Fragile". I was immediately and totally hooked...on the strength of that one riff and that voice. I went down to the record store the very next day and got me a copy of that Not Fragile album by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. I played it over and over and over again on that same RCA stereo I had bought a few weeks previous. The whole album was absolutely hard rock solid....in fact it hit Number One in the U.S.A on the Billboard charts later that autumn. We Canadian kids were rightfully very proud of our own Canadian band B.T.O. 🍁 having hit the big time that year. 🍁
"I'ma Sledgehammer, baby!"
@@garyh.238 hi Garyh. Very interesting article.
@@independenceltd. Oh yeah! That one is a piledriver of a song too!
@@garyh.238 hi garyh. Interesting story
@@garyh.238 excellent story you have written here Garyh
In our carport where our band set up our instruments, I'm sitting on my Sears drum kit, The craziest sounds from a guitar ever emerged from the radio. ERUPTION!!!!!!
Hey, Ziggy! I felt the same way about hearing "Eruption" for the first time.
@weirddebbiem1619 Yes indeed Debbie had to go get that album real quick, one of my top 10 of all time
And? The rest of the story please lol. That whole first album rocked
@dennisstratton6508 We all know the end of that story, top 10 album ever haha
@@ziggyzagzi8017 your welcome ziggy.
November 2017
Asia and Toto IV (both CDs)
Africa by Toto and Heat of the Moment by Asia I heard on the radio, television and film when I was young. The first time I heard of these two bands, I used to compare them because Toto had a song named after a continent and Asia was also named after one. By 2017, I have become a full classic rock fan. In the fall of 2017, it was last semester at community college and I had one class in the Manassas campus. Right after class, I went to B&N and went to the CD sections and I found Toto IV and Asia’s self titled debut album. Both were on sale, and I purchased both of them and also The Who Sell Out. When I got home I listened to all 3 albums. I immediately fell in love with Toto and Asia. I often site these two albums as my favorites of 1982.
@@kamranmalik8546 Definitely 2 great albums Kamran. Great story.
Floodland- Sisters of Mercy
1987 I am listening to nothing but thrash and Metal and I just turned 21 so one of the first clubs I go to for the first time is Aldos in Lyndhurst NJ. Me and my friends walk in and we get looks of disgust from the crowd because the club was a new wave/ goth club and we were surrounded by non metal clubgoers. As Im there, I hear the intro to This Corrosion and I was afraid to admit that I liked it. I also met a very hot goth girl that night and we hung out a lot and got me into more goth bands which I still love today. Dingbatz hosts Aldos reunion parties which I have attended and its still great to hear Ted Wrigley playing all the goth classics.
I remember MTV used to play the ...Corrosion video a lot back in the day and I have to agree it was a great song.
Today I will discuss David Crosby's solo effort entitled 'If I could only remember my name" released in '71 on Atlantic Records. My brother had bought this LP and I eventually took a listen to it. I am drawn to recordings where musicians and singers from different labels or bands get together and play together regardless of contractual stipulations. This album has quite a number of West Coast musicians like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and even Santana. Something of healing process for Crosby, these musicians helped him record this one of a kind sound -with David's otherworldly acapella singing on songs like "Song with no Words" and "Orleans" to group vocals with Grace Slick and Joni MItchell adding to the harmonies on songs like "What are their names?" and "laughing". Many of these same musicians would later perform on Jefferson (now Starship)'s "Blows Against the Empire", which had the same boundary crossing element that subverted standard practice with managers and lawyers in the music biz.
I believe it was the 20th anniversary of Woodstock (1989), and there were these commemorative shows on the event that year. I also was watching "The Wonder Years" TV show, which was popular at that time. The opening credit song was Joe Cocker's version of "With a Little Help From My Friends." I drew a particular interest in Joe Cocker and his music through those spotlights. I went to my local record store, Disc Connection (probably on my bike as I was 15), and found this double LP set called Joe Cocker Off the Record, which I believe is a UK release - so it was an import. I bought it, I think for like $7.99, and I absolutely loved it. Still to this day, it's probably the best concise greatest hits of Joe Cocker's music. I still love playing it. I then started getting some of his most recent releases and enjoyed those as well. Several years later, I explored deeper into Joe Cocker's catalog. Every time I listen to his classics, I think of that enjoyable journey of discovery of Joe Cocker's music.
@@stevenbruno2752 hi Steven. Interesting story.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks, Melanie!
@ you’re welcome Steven
Great story steven i always liked Joe Cocker but i never heard of this release sounds good. I did a profile of the cd titled Joe Cocker his 2nd lp im sure yours is quite different.
@@dennisstratton6508 Thanks, Dennis! Yes, I believe a few songs from that self-titled album are on this "off the record" album. I looked recently and it was still available from a couple people on Disogs.
The year was 1976. My older sister came home with 'Black And Blue' by The Rolling Stones. She idolized Mick Jagger boundlessly and I teased her about it, by calling Jagger mister fat lips, because that's what an annoying little brat of a brother is supposed to do. I guess that her favorite song was 'Fool To Cry', she played it constantly. A few years later I bought the album myself and I can tell now that it's a critically underrated album. For me it's not the best Stones album, but it's the one that stirs up fine memories and it contains some memorable songs like 'Fool To Cry' 'Hot Stuff' 'Crazy Mama' as also the deep cuts like 'Memory Motel' and 'Hand Of Fate'. And yeah Jagger is very charismatic, big sis.
@@dannyhoeykens hi Danny. It’s just wonderful to see you back on. Interesting story.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie. That's very kind of you. it's always great to be here, but due to lack of time, I unfortunately sometimes have to pass.
@ you’re welcome Danny
Great story danny
@dennisstratton6508 Thanks Dennis.
My Day 26 is Nightmare the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 23, 2010, through Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Mike Elizondo, mixed in New York City by audio engineer Andy Wallace, and mastered by Ted Jensen. The cover of the album features a tribute to Sullivan; the tombstone reads "FOREVER" with emphasis on "REV".
Nightmare is Avenged Sevenfold's first album to be recorded without Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan performing drums due to his death in December 2009. However, he did write parts that were used for the final recordings, making this the last album he would write on until 2023,[4] and his vocal takes are still on the album as a tribute to him.[3] The rest of the drum tracks were handled by Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, who also played with the band for all their tours through the end of 2010. They then hired drummer Arin Ilejay, who played with the band from 2011 to 2015.
In 2010, I would go on the computer in my spare time at school and play on games when we were doing a project for Halloween and I decided to listen a cool Halloween album my friend next to me told me to check out a band called avenged sevenfold and I began to listen to the title track of this album and as a metallica fan and soon to be dream theater fan that same year I would fall in love with this band really fast because the album reminded me of The Ride the lightning album mixed with master of Puppets but alot heavier. Today, I thank my friends for showing me this album because without her. I wouldn't have a next generation metallica like an album and band.
The video depicts lead vocalist M. Shadows about to undergo surgery, when the surgeons take him out of the room on a gurney and wheel him through the hallway of the hospital. Shadows then notices the torn-down former drum kit of the band's deceased drummer, The Rev, when he toured with them to support their record City of Evil. The surgeons move him through halls and he sees the members of Avenged Sevenfold acting mentally insane, such as rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance convulsing on the floor in a straitjacket (and later waltzing with a skeleton), lead guitarist Synyster Gates continually banging his bloodied forehead against the window of a door, and bassist Johnny Christ crawling on the ceiling with a skeleton, as well as disturbing images of children playing and soaked in blood. The video shifts between these scenes and scenes of the band performing in a black room with a small amount of background light. Towards the end of the video, M. Shadows begins to fight the gurney, wanting to get off, as they wheel him toward a room being led by two young boys. He cannot get off because he is strapped to it. He is wheeled into a room, where the last drum set The Rev toured with Avenged Sevenfold with is set up with a light behind it, morphed into The Rev's figure.
The video for Nightmare does not feature Mike Portnoy playing drums; this was decided by Portnoy himself as he wanted it to be all about Avenged Sevenfold and seeing as how The Rev wrote most of the drums for the album. Portnoy thought it would be wrong to have himself in the video. The music video is heavily based on the infamous scene from Jacob's Ladder where Jacob Singer, played by Tim Robbins, is being pulled through a hospital on a stretcher. The band used Jacob's Ladder as inspiration for the video because they knew it was one of The Rev's favorite movies.
The music video for So Far Away (directed by Wayne Isham) features the four remaining members of the band playing in a studio and also riding in a Cadillac DeVille through a neighborhood (possibly Huntington Beach, where the band originated). Throughout the video, flashbacks of the four play. They are shown as children playing in a garage, then teens playing and hanging out, and stealing beer from a liquor store. There is a scene in the video in which a young Sullivan is depicted riding the handlebars of a bike being ridden by a young M. Shadows, kicking over a metal trash can on the street. Shadows referenced this when talking about Sullivan before playing So Far Away at Rock am Ring 2014. ("we've known this guy since we were this big, rolling round the neighborhood, knocking over trash cans; just being dickheads"). During the bridge, a collection of photos and videos of the Rev play. It ends with a clip of the remaining band members and James embracing.
In September 2011, the band announced plans for an official music video for buried alive 4] They tried to get Rob Zombie to direct the video, but he declined due to being focused on another project.[4] A music video never ended up being produced, but on February 14, 2013, an animated lyric video was posted on RUclips.[5] As of April 20, 2023, the lyric video has over 100 million views on RUclips.[6]
Track listing
All songs credited to Avenged Sevenfold. Actual songwriters adapted from Tidal[55] and band interviews.[56][57]
Standard single-disc edition[25][26]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Nightmare"
Matthew SandersJames Sullivan
2. "Welcome to the Family"
SullivanSanders
3. "Danger Line"
SandersJonathan SewardZachary BakerSullivan
4. "Buried Alive"
SullivanSandersBrian Haner Jr
5. "Natural Born Killer" Sullivan
6. "So Far Away"
HanerSullivan
7. "God Hates Us"
SandersSullivan
8. "Victim"
SandersBakerHanerSewardSullivan
9. "Tonight the World Dies"
SullivanSewardSanders
10. "Fiction" Sullivan
11. "Save Me"
SullivanSanders
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[58] 9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[59] 33
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[60] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[61] 87
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[62] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[63] 47
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[64] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[65] 136
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[66] 36
Greek Albums (IFPI)[67] 46
Irish Albums (IRMA)[68] 9
Italian Albums (FIMI)[69] 47
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[70] 12
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[71] 35
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[72] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[73] 14
Scottish Albums (OCC)[74] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[75] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[76] 65
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[77] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[78] 5
US Billboard 200[79] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[80] 1
Year-end charts
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Chart (2010) Position
US Billboard 200[81] 76
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[82] 15
Chart (2011) Position
US Billboard 200[83] 133
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[84] 21
Certifications
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Platinum 80,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[6] Platinum 1,000,000‡
That was a great eulogy Vipe. Didn't realize Rev was the writer for them.
@ziggyzagzi8017 yes he's my favorite drummer too
@awesomeviper13 R.i.P. Rev
Excellent article. I really like a lot of A7X's stuff, Nightmare included, enjoyed all the details in your piece, quite a few facts I didn't know, thanks!
DAY 26- BLACK SABBATH- Paranoid. 1970 =Hi friends. I had to deconstruct the top of the list and couldn't remember or find the list so have write in for few days as the top 2 in last days pretty solid to remember and unchanged to this list. So when it comes to Black Sabbath this album had gotten along I believe back then first as I know as would get after Volume 4 and then Master Of Reality. Then Black Sabbath debut then onward. As to when as to how they would show where I had the money of allowance and such to get them. I don't have Paranoid the vinyl as I need to get as well as Master Of Reality as somewhere they got purged out or something. But got the other albums and yet do have Paranoid on CD as part of a Black Sabbath Set that got at local record store , Which includes US Black Sabbath debut and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath lps.
Which I do have on vinyl. On Paranoid back in the day and locating the vinyl in the used section at record store and taking it home to play on stereo then wait for songs to be played on the FM radio stations which I loved but not to 0play when I wanted. So was happy along in 72 to get it and when I would play it my brother would come over in next room or as we got older want to hear from it. It would bring back memories and when he would see Sabbath along much earlier then I which wouldn't concur till 1980 Heaven and Hell w Dio and V Appice in band for that great tour and album. 86 Seventh Star album tour then finally the REUNION with the band in 1999 Pantera and Deftones opening.
War Pigs
Paranoid
Planet Caravan
Iron Man
Electric Funeral
Hand Of Doom
Rat Salad
Fairies Wear Boots
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Back to the album. War Pigs with the riffs heavy with Iommi and Ozzys vocals and Geezer and the bass and Bill Ward and great pounding drumming and the song that is so crisp heavy with that sound and the lyrics of politicians and war and has lasted in so long for so many years since 1970 and many have done well spot on versions of artists who have the track.
Paranoid with the staple single that branded Sabbath with what most clain to most know of and ending of most to every show they did as a band, And hevay chugging hard rheavy rocker and drumming great and so good every time with Ozzy singing, Good of some other Sabbath singers too
Planet Caravan a mellow mover of doomy psychedelic soul blues/ It's pretty cool still
Iron Man heavy song with Bill Ward and start of drums and Tony Iommis classic heavy riffs and playing and Wards drumming Geezer and bass and Ozzys singing lyrics then the heavy drunning and Iommis solo and so good each time of a heavy rocker,
Electric Funeral a doom rocker of chords and change of tempo in song amnd rocking then going back to the tempo before. Quite good it is and real solid.
Hand Of Doom. Heavy doom rocker and kickin with change of tempos in it too. And the comtent to life by downfall to drug heroin. And just atke along the sound and realize its just a rocker with a message. I try the best I can to figure how to speak of each number.
Rat Salad Heavy drumming solo with Ward and licks of heavy guitar with Iommi, Bass too og Geezer Butler.
Fairies Wear Boots a classic heavy rocker and with blues funk and great drums and along with Ozzys vocals and guitar bass and drums at its massive heavy for the time. The album a staple classic for so long definately to be possibly in the top 5. I looking back give it a 4. Its real and still solid and has held up well the years, Well keep on coming along withthe albums and stories, And the thing of holding along and of love hugs and prayers, And hopes to get well from runny nose and sneezing and throat think its in the air. Keep getting well too Pete as you start sounding better, Kansas great pick TC everyone and you also Pete. The music is the liquor of life. Enjoy it. C ya later friends 🎶🎶❤🤗🙏☮✴
@@thedarkwizardroom hi Jon. Don’t take too long to think it through…… lol
Great pick wizard
Hey, Jon! I will be looking forward to reading your story.
@@dennisstratton6508 thanks article is up
@@weirddebbiem1619 Thanks Debbie enjoy! TC
Day 26: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
It was Christmas and my dad bought me In the Heat of the Night. I looked at the album cover and thought There is one badass rocker chick. Later in the day I went into my bedroom to play this album. The first song started, “Heartbreaker”, and I immediately became that badass rocker chick. Well, at least in my mind anyway. lol
During the song, there was air drumming going on. Throughout the album I was a one rocker chick show. I was really getting into the drumming of Glen Hamilton. The dogs seemed to be entertained. My favorite tracks upon first listen was “Heartbreaker”, “No You Don't”, “In the Heat of the Night” and “I Need a Lover”.
I loved this album and played it every chance I got. Even today I listen to this album.
Day 26: Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night 1979)
Day 25: No Story
Day 24: No Story
Day 23: The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
Day 22: Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
Day 21: ABBA - Arrival (1976)
Day 20: The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (2024)
Day 19: Dio - Holy Diver (1983)
Day 18: No Story
Day 17: No Story
Day 16: The Runaways - The Runaways (1976)
Day 15: Live - Throwing Copper (1994)
Day 14: No Story
Day 13: No Story
Day 12: Rainbow - Rising (1976)
Day 11: Yes - Fragile (Released in the UK on 12 November 1971 and in the US on 4 January 1972)
Day 10: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976)
Day 9: Deep Purple Machine Head (1972)
Day 8: Boston - Boston (1976)
Day 7: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
Day 6: Suzi Quatro - If You Knew Suzi (1978)
Day 5: Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle (1976)
Day 4: Journey - Infinity (1978)
Day 3: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983)
Day 2: Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
Day 1: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
@@weirddebbiem1619 hi Debbie. I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas. Your story is very interesting. I know some of those songs that you mentioned.
Hi Debbie, Interesting story. I know some songs from Pat Benatar from the radio which came out in the mid of the 80s, "Love Is A Battlefield" and "We Belong" had been chart hits here in Germany. I'm unfamiliar with her earlier work.
@@weirddebbiem1619 kick ass chick! I saw them play heartbreaker on midnight special or rock concert, one badass song for sure
Hey Debbie, nice gift to get, great album. Loved Ms Benatar in my formative musical years, those first 3 or 4 of hers are all great!
Great story debbie. Pat Benatar is indeed one badass rocker chick.
I rarely bought an album (or cassette) in a smaller town of then Yugoslavia, I mentioned Dubrovnik and I believe there were only two or three smaller towns where I gave my pocket money for a music. Two I will mention in this series of stories. Today the town is Smederevska Palanka, nowdays with population of around 20,000. Some hour and a half by bus or train from Belgrade. I used to spend a good part of my summer vacation when I was in primary school, with my mother’s parents who lived there. They had an apartment in the suburb and I always had found memories on stays with them as my grandma was fantastic cook and grandpa was professor in high school before his pension so he also could make my stay interesting. Plus so much kids from other buildings and houses to play with. After grandma passed away my grandpa moved to a smaller apartment but right in the city center, which is important for this short story today - simply as otherwise I probably would not go to city center. I believe it was August 1981, I was due to serve the army from September that year and I went to visit my grandpa. Being 18, even the visit was for a few days only, I could not stay whole day inside so I walked the city center and entered their department store, Uzor. I remember that the choice of albums was not large and I already had almost everything that would be of interest to me. Everything but one album - Status Quo - Rockin’ All Over The World. I was not much of their fan, but I had and loved their double live album, so I decided to buy it. Now it serves also as a memory of my last visit to my grandpa as soon he also passed away, early in 1982.
Very interesting story, Zlatan. I have not been a big Quo fan, either, but their single hits (mainly in the 70s) were much fun and played everywhere, similar like with Slade at the time.
@FrankLang-i3n Thank you, Frank
@@zlatanfilipovic8798 hi Zlatan interesting story that has a lot of memories with it.
@@zlatanfilipovic8798 hi Zlatan. Interesting story that has a lot of memories with it.
@melaniethurber5117 Thank you, Melanie
There have been a lot of favorite first album stories and experiences over the years for me especially for hard rock, heavy metal, southern rock and prog rock
with a little new wave and power pop thrown in here and there thanks again Pete and SOT. 🎶🎶📻🎶🎶
Leftoverture was my first Kansas album. Like most people, hearing Carry On Wayward Son on the radio was my introduction. Classic album for sure.
I feel like Pete's trying to sell me something in this video... but I can't quite put my finger on it. He's definitely advertising _something._
Leftoverture on side A of the cassette and The Grand Illusion on side B. Literally wore that tape out … it was really nothing but prog for me after that.
Back as a teen into Rock. Nothing was as good as Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Sabbath etc..But one evening I had to go to by buddy’s older sister’s apartment. He had to pick up something from her. She said hey does your friend get high? I grew up on the beaches of LA in the 70’s the answer was pretty obvious. So we all sat in this darkened room with smoke just lingering the room. She puts on this album which was kinda rock but more easy rock, country rock. I loved it even being this hard rock fan. To this day still one of my favorites. It was Jackson Browne. The album ‘Running On Empty’.
Pilgrimage, Wishbone Ash. Heard this first in 1973. Was on a long summer holiday from school. Probably the most enjoyable school holiday I ever had. The intro to the second track definitely takes me back to this time.
26. Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
I only discovered this back in 2006. I was out drinking at a bar and someone had played Day Of The Eagle and the title track. The latter was mesmerizing. It reminded me of Pink Floyd a bit. The day after hearing these tunes, I took a trip to FYE to get this CD and listened to it immediately. Man, this is an amazing album! It’s a perfect album in that none of the tracks are bad or need to be skipped over.
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Great content, as always! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
Leftoverture just a great album ,point of no return is like a sequel to it
Funkadelic ... One Nation Under A Groove
Around 1981, I went to this huge suburban shopping area anchored by a large mall. At that time, it had multiple record chain stores within walking distance of each other.
Today, it has five stores offering music, but the FYE store in the mall is currently having a going out of business sale during the peak Christmas season. Yeah, FYE does not offer much music today, but it is still sad to lose another retail music outlet.
So, back to 1981. I was at the major strip mall section of the area. There was a chain record store that for the life of me that I can't remember the name of. Record (Blank) or Music (Blank), whatever it was.
In its remainder section was a boatload of the then three-year old iconic funk classic One Nation Under A Groove by Funkadelic for a buck each.
OK, the price was special enough for a young man working backward to collect quality music.
Further, it was a two-record set. The full-length album, plus a 7-inch bonus EP.
Moreso, it revisited Funkadelic's Westbound label roots as a rock/psychedelic/soul band, the reason white rock nerds adore those early Funkadelic (P-Funk) records.
On top of that, maybe most of all, it had a live version of Maggot Brain on the EP.
At that time, and for a number of years thereafter, all the Westbound label early Funkadelic records were out of print. A copy of the Maggot Brain album being the most expensive and rare to obtain from record conventions and used record stores. Especially in Cleveland, where Maggot Brain is a late night radio staple to calm down the drunks at closing time.
So, finding this in a then lily-white Cleveland suburb was particularly special.
I had to pay a bit more than a dollar to replace this record with a CD copy, to be sure.
Nice Kansas story, Pete.
That show you done on bands you should like but for some reason they just don't resonate? For me, Kansas falls into this category. If heard this album, and it just doesn't register.