I'm 57, have been collecting rock and all kinds of music since I was 15, and now have over 9,000 albums. And I will always have a love of and soft spot for Nazareth because 1975's "Hair of the Dog" started it all and my foray and journey into music exploration and appreciation as being the very first album ("record") I ever bought. Great, unique album and still sounds great today. I don't know if there will ever be another singer with a voice like Dan McCafferty's ---- the perfect complement to Manny Charlton's brilliant, bluesy hard rock guitar. All the best.
My "bar band" opened for Naz around 2001 in a rather large rock bar in Sarnia ON. They were so nice to us, and rocked the building to the foundations. Great memories.
Nice to see a light shined on this criminally underrated band. Such an impressive body of work and Dan’s vocals one of the most imitated singers ever but never as good as the original.
Great to see one of the greatest Hard Rock/Proto-Metal bands of the 70s finally get some recognition. Hair of the Dog is still one of the best albums ever made across all genres of Rock. R.I.P. Dan, Manny, and Darrell.
I saw this band twice. I saw the "Malice in Wonderland" tour in 1980 in Saginaw Michigan. They recorded the show that night. We knew we were gonna make the live album... but the live album wasn't to be from that tour. But the next studio album was Fool Circle. The song Cocaine was on the album and was from the night in Saginaw. So I sorta made the live album. That concert was the moment I realized not all concerts were the same, there were some nights that were magic. That show was one of those nights. I saw them a couple years later in Mt Pleasant Michigan, they were not very good, Dan was really drunk. The suprises of both shows were the opening bands. The first show had Blackfoot open (Strikes tour!) and the second time was Donny Iris (he was great that night!). I miss Nazareth, when they were good, they were fantastic.
Great show! My first Nazaeth exposure was This Flight Tonight on the local AM station in the spring of 1973.......I discovered them even before Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk, BTO et al landed on my radar. My brother was into them huge and picked up all their early albums. I remember my first album purchase was RazAmaNaz. Great memories!
I am writing this comment right at the beginning of this video and I haven't heard too many of Nazareth's albums but the one that I have listened to extensively and that I love is 'No Mean City'.
Nice show gentlemen! They played in my town once in the late 70's - before the show Dan fell in the stairway backstage and screwed up his back. Rather than cancel, he sang the show seated and polished off what seemed to be an entire bottle of Jack Daniels. He didn't miss a beat!
' Guitar Hack ', like you, I also really appreciate Roger Glover's production work. But if you check the credits of these 3 albums produced by Roger Glover, in 2 or all of these records he had the help of Geoff Emerick, audio engineer for the Beatles and Procol Harum among others. So this polished and balanced sound is a merit of both .
Saw them in '75 (Rush opened) and '76 (Mahogany Rush opened) first two concerts I ever seen. Both really great shows. I was blown away by Frank Marino.
Just finished the discography, really enjoyed it though No Jive is their last truly great album and easily the best album after 2XS which is also really good so I was really surprised to see No Jive getting dogged on here, its fantastic. Another two I really enjoyed especially were Expect No Mercy and Loud and Proud. but really I enjoyed most of them. Especially the first 18
My top 5: 5. Rampant-good album, one of their most solid. "Loved and Lost", "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"-good songs. The album's stand outs are not as stunning as the rest. It is a little bit overlooked. 4. Loud 'n' Proud-their most solid album imo, not a bad song on it, but it is a little same-y, a little like Razamanaz II, but the tracks are really good produced, gritty, heavy, aggressive. "Ballad of Hollis Brown" is amazing. 3. No Mean City-Not one of their heaviest albums by any means, but it is sufficiently heavy and has some of their best variations. "No Mean City" and "Simple Solution"-great gritty heavy bluesy hard rock tunes, "Star" is a great pop ballad, "Whatever You Want Babe" I love too. 2. Razamanaz-These guys were grasping straws and then pounded this out, jumped to the top of the hard rock pile fast imo. Boogie, heavy metal, pop, doom. "Razamanaz", "Alcatraz", "Sold My Soul", "Broken Down Angel"-such anthemic songs. 1. Hair of the Dog-I actually hate the title track, but this is their heaviest album. "Miss Misery" and "Beggars Day" slay and the soulful ballads near the end round things out perfectly.
If I could only keep one = Loud and Proud. The Ballad of Hollis Brown is just over the top. That tune alone is a must have in any hard rock collection.
I feel like Nazareth - Woke up this Morning was the inspiration to George Thoroughgood's entire career. I also think that Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers song was inspired by Nazareth - No Mean City song.
Beggars Day was also a cover, although Nazareth improved upon it. Hair of the Dog is Day Tripper slowed down??? I always assumed that it could have been considered Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance sped up ?????,
@@seaoftranquilityprog Oh I have it. My comment was more an in-joke about my book "Razama-Snaz! The Listener's Guide to Nazareth" that came out a couple years ago.
Nazareth is the Heaviest Metal band in the history of music. Miss Misery, Hard Times, and Ballad of Hollis Brown makes Judas Priest, Motorhead, Venom, and Black Sabbath sound like Elton John. I used to play Ballad of Hollis Brown for Metal fans and it was way too noisy and intense for them to handle. Nazareth could be considered the first Black Metal band with songs like I Will Not be Led, and I Sold My Soul
"... makes Judas Priest, Motorhead, Venom, and Black Sabbath sound like Elton John." That statement make me smile. Love it. 😉 From a Great Nazareth fan, that love Judas Priest, Motorhead, Venom, Black Sabbath & Elton John as well.
Very tough task ranking the different Nazareth albums.... But here my personal benchmarks:1- Hair of the dog 2- The Newz 3- Rampant 4- Expect No Mercy 5- No mean city RIP Darrell, Dan & Manny. Thanks for everything
1. Exercises ( Glen Coe Massacre ) - Hair of the Dog ( tie for first) 2. Loud n Proud ( the most straight forward Hard Rock album) 3. Razzmanaz ( what a variety of music) 4. Nazareth ( great atmosphere) 5. No Mean City ( the other Straight ahead Hard Rock album) 6. Expect No Mercy ( a great album) 7. Rampant ( a totally unique style for the band) 8. Too Close Enough for Rock and Roll ( kind of follow up to Hair of the Dog that Point of Entry was to British Steel) 9. Play n the Game( almost a contract obligation release) 10. the Fool Circle ( Nazareth go AOR Pop) 11. Snazz ( Absolutely ferocious rendition of Telegram) 12 . Malice in Wonderland ( Very Lightweight other than the Heavy Metal song Turning a New Leaf ) 13. 12 × 5 ( kind of like John Cougar Mellencamp without the hooks) 14. Boogaloo ( awful album art and album title, musically average) Those are the best, fukkkk the rest, they must all suck because I have never heard them
@@JCStorm76 That's an album title??? I thought that you were being a smart ass, and making fun of my list. That's why I left the Ghetto - Cowboy Slang talking reply. My apologies
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5 Loud N Proud 4 Nazareth 3 Hair of the Dog 2 Expect No Mercy 1 Razamanaz. And the 1972 single Hard Living.
I'm 57, have been collecting rock and all kinds of music since I was 15, and now have over 9,000 albums. And I will always have a love of and soft spot for Nazareth because 1975's "Hair of the Dog" started it all and my foray and journey into music exploration and appreciation as being the very first album ("record") I ever bought. Great, unique album and still sounds great today. I don't know if there will ever be another singer with a voice like Dan McCafferty's ---- the perfect complement to Manny Charlton's brilliant, bluesy hard rock guitar. All the best.
My "bar band" opened for Naz around 2001 in a rather large rock bar in Sarnia ON. They were so nice to us, and rocked the building to the foundations. Great memories.
Close enough for Rock and Roll was my favorite with Expect no mercy right there
One of my all time favorite bands. My personal favorite album is "Close Enough for Rock and Roll"
Nice to see a light shined on this criminally underrated band. Such an impressive body of work and Dan’s vocals one of the most imitated singers ever but never as good as the original.
" BOOGALOO" (1998) - is awesome!!!!!
🎉🎉❤😊❤🎉🎉
Great to see one of the greatest Hard Rock/Proto-Metal bands of the 70s finally get some recognition. Hair of the Dog is still one of the best albums ever made across all genres of Rock. R.I.P. Dan, Manny, and Darrell.
Nazareth had some of the coolest album covers in rock history.
I saw this band twice. I saw the "Malice in Wonderland" tour in 1980 in Saginaw Michigan. They recorded the show that night. We knew we were gonna make the live album... but the live album wasn't to be from that tour. But the next studio album was Fool Circle. The song Cocaine was on the album and was from the night in Saginaw. So I sorta made the live album. That concert was the moment I realized not all concerts were the same, there were some nights that were magic. That show was one of those nights. I saw them a couple years later in Mt Pleasant Michigan, they were not very good, Dan was really drunk. The suprises of both shows were the opening bands. The first show had Blackfoot open (Strikes tour!) and the second time was Donny Iris (he was great that night!). I miss Nazareth, when they were good, they were fantastic.
Great show! My first Nazaeth exposure was This Flight Tonight on the local AM station in the spring of 1973.......I discovered them even before Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk, BTO et al landed on my radar. My brother was into them huge and picked up all their early albums. I remember my first album purchase was RazAmaNaz. Great memories!
Always tremendous stuff with this trio. Thx guys 👍💯. Happy/ HEALTHY
Great show Hack!
1. Hair of the Dog
2. Razzamanazz
3. Expect No Mercy
4. Close Enough for Rock N Roll
5. Big Dog
Great stuff.
I am writing this comment right at the beginning of this video and I haven't heard too many of Nazareth's albums but the one that I have listened to extensively and that I love is 'No Mean City'.
Woke up this morning by Nazareth has got to be one of those bad ass songs I have ever heard love the slide guitar on that
Yup. It's killer.
Razamanaz was the first album I bought with my first paycheck when I Was 16 years old in 1976
Nice show gentlemen! They played in my town once in the late 70's - before the show Dan fell in the stairway backstage and screwed up his back. Rather than cancel, he sang the show seated and polished off what seemed to be an entire bottle of Jack Daniels. He didn't miss a beat!
Just ordered Loud n Proud!!! Thank you all!!
Great album!
@@GuitarHack66 hey there.. love your input! Your background could use some color on the walls. And maybe hang some more guitars!
1. Hair of the Dog
2. Loud and Proud
3. Razamanaz
4. Nazareth
5. Expect no Mercy
First concert...Billy Squier with Nazareth 1982.
...... the guitar playing at the very end of changing times reminds me a little bit of the allman Brothers Band.
Happy holidays to the crew! Catching the replay...
Happy New Year!
I fucking love Move Me. Good choice
Thanks. Yeah I think it's great. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel.
' Guitar Hack ', like you, I also really appreciate Roger Glover's production work. But if you check the credits of these 3 albums produced by Roger Glover, in 2 or all of these records he had the help of Geoff Emerick, audio engineer for the Beatles and Procol Harum among others. So this polished and balanced sound is a merit of both .
Saw them in '75 (Rush opened) and '76 (Mahogany Rush opened) first two concerts I ever seen. Both really great shows. I was blown away by Frank Marino.
The early albums where great.
5 - 2×5
4 - Cinema
3 - No Mean City
2 - Razamanaz
1 - Hair Of The Dog 🐕
No Mean City ... absolutely !
Just finished the discography, really enjoyed it though No Jive is their last truly great album and easily the best album after 2XS which is also really good so I was really surprised to see No Jive getting dogged on here, its fantastic. Another two I really enjoyed especially were Expect No Mercy and Loud and Proud. but really I enjoyed most of them. Especially the first 18
Great show Great Band Dan was one of the greatest vocalist of Hard rock.
5. Razamanaz
4. Malice In Wonderland
3. Expect No Mercy
2. No Mean City
1. Hair Of The Dog
My top 5:
5. Rampant-good album, one of their most solid. "Loved and Lost", "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"-good songs. The album's stand outs are not as stunning as the rest. It is a little bit overlooked.
4. Loud 'n' Proud-their most solid album imo, not a bad song on it, but it is a little same-y, a little like Razamanaz II, but the tracks are really good produced, gritty, heavy, aggressive. "Ballad of Hollis Brown" is amazing.
3. No Mean City-Not one of their heaviest albums by any means, but it is sufficiently heavy and has some of their best variations. "No Mean City" and "Simple Solution"-great gritty heavy bluesy hard rock tunes, "Star" is a great pop ballad, "Whatever You Want Babe" I love too.
2. Razamanaz-These guys were grasping straws and then pounded this out, jumped to the top of the hard rock pile fast imo. Boogie, heavy metal, pop, doom. "Razamanaz", "Alcatraz", "Sold My Soul", "Broken Down Angel"-such anthemic songs.
1. Hair of the Dog-I actually hate the title track, but this is their heaviest album. "Miss Misery" and "Beggars Day" slay and the soulful ballads near the end round things out perfectly.
'No Mean City Parts 1 and 2' is absolutely one of my favourite heavy songs ever !
If I could only keep one = Loud and Proud. The Ballad of Hollis Brown is just over the top. That tune alone is a must have in any hard rock collection.
#1: Rampant #2: Razamanaz #3: Loud 'n' Proud #4: Hair of the Dog #5: Close Enough for R'n'R
Cheers.
1.Razamanaz
2.Hair of The Dog
3.Rampant
4.Loud n Proud
5.Greatest Hits
Sunshine was the first song I learned how to play on guitar🤘
Nazareth................. Rules
Raz Ama Naz
Loud and Proud
Hair of the Dog
Expect No Mercy
Malice In Wonderland
I am surprised that someone actually mentioned Rampant, but didn't Even mention the absolutely fantastic cover of Yardbirds - Shapes of Things.
Oh yeah rampant's got the Great Shanghaid in Shanghai
I feel like Nazareth - Woke up this Morning was the inspiration to George Thoroughgood's entire career. I also think that Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers song was inspired by Nazareth - No Mean City song.
1. Hair of the Dog
2. Razamanaz
3. Loud 'n' Proud
4. Expect No Mercy
5. Malice in Wonderland
Yes Hair of the Dog is a great album. Somehow I forgot on my list.
The song Razzamanaz was Deep Purple - Speed King sped up
Beggars Day was also a cover, although Nazareth improved upon it. Hair of the Dog is Day Tripper slowed down??? I always assumed that it could have been considered Aerosmith - Same Old Song and Dance sped up ?????,
Great band. Someone should write the first book about them and their albums!
Check out Martin's book, which came out earlier this year.
@@seaoftranquilityprog Oh I have it. My comment was more an in-joke about my book "Razama-Snaz! The Listener's Guide to Nazareth" that came out a couple years ago.
Even though Silver Dollar Forger is far from the best Nazareth song , it was a great example of what an amazing Vocalist Dan Mc Cafferty was
I love Silver Dollar Forger and also No Mean City Parts 1 and 2 !
No Mean City!!
Nazareth is the Heaviest Metal band in the history of music. Miss Misery, Hard Times, and Ballad of Hollis Brown makes Judas Priest, Motorhead, Venom, and Black Sabbath sound like Elton John. I used to play Ballad of Hollis Brown for Metal fans and it was way too noisy and intense for them to handle. Nazareth could be considered the first Black Metal band with songs like I Will Not be Led, and I Sold My Soul
"... makes Judas Priest, Motorhead, Venom, and Black Sabbath sound like Elton John." That statement make me smile. Love it. 😉 From a Great Nazareth fan, that love Judas Priest, Motorhead, Venom, Black Sabbath & Elton John as well.
😂😂😂
Very tough task ranking the different Nazareth albums.... But here my personal benchmarks:1- Hair of the dog 2- The Newz 3- Rampant
4- Expect No Mercy 5- No mean city
RIP Darrell, Dan & Manny. Thanks for everything
1. Exercises ( Glen Coe Massacre ) - Hair of the Dog ( tie for first)
2. Loud n Proud ( the most straight forward Hard Rock album)
3. Razzmanaz ( what a variety of music)
4. Nazareth ( great atmosphere)
5. No Mean City ( the other Straight ahead Hard Rock album)
6. Expect No Mercy ( a great album)
7. Rampant ( a totally unique style for the band)
8. Too Close Enough for Rock and Roll ( kind of follow up to Hair of the Dog that Point of Entry was to British Steel)
9. Play n the Game( almost a contract obligation release)
10. the Fool Circle ( Nazareth go AOR Pop)
11. Snazz ( Absolutely ferocious rendition of Telegram)
12 . Malice in Wonderland ( Very Lightweight other than the Heavy Metal song Turning a New Leaf )
13. 12 × 5 ( kind of like John Cougar Mellencamp without the hooks)
14. Boogaloo ( awful album art and album title, musically average)
Those are the best, fukkkk the rest, they must all suck because I have never heard them
Two words. No Jive
@@JCStorm76 Explain what y'all b talking about????? Ah reckon Dat y'all don't cotton to the Same Nazareth albums n shit?????
@@godetonter4764It’s a great album. That’s all
@@JCStorm76 That's an album title??? I thought that you were being a smart ass, and making fun of my list. That's why I left the Ghetto - Cowboy Slang talking reply. My apologies
@@godetonter4764 It’s fine. Yes it’s a Nazareth album from 1991
No, 'Rock n Roll Telephone' is not just the last album with Dan, it is the last ever Nazareth album.