OFF: Other bands

[DRider]

While I agree that during the 1980's, Metal was the best music genre in
general. I hated that Tompson Twins, big hair synth kinda crap......

There were some eclectic so-called "New Wave" bands that were cool
though.....
XTC, The Stranglers, Boomtown Rats, Gary Numan...

But the crap on the radio and MTV was awful and overall I am a firm believer
that the 1980's sucked! I graduated high school in 1983, so I think I know a
little about that time period. Just before graduation, we were jammin Iron
Maiden's Piece of Mind, not Tears For Queers or whatever (sorry Mike  ")....

And while, I think that European metal bands do have the edge on American
metal bands, lumping all American Metal bands into the Motley Crue, Ratt,
Kiss mold is underselling us Yanks by a longshot.

To me, that's like saying punk was invented in England.

By saying that - a person is overlooking Iggy and The Stooges, The MC5 and
the Ramones.....
who were "Kickin Out The Jams, Mother Fuckers!" long before the Sex Pistols
said "Never Mind The Bollocks".....

I love all 5 bands listed below. I even went to see Motley Crue in 1984 at
Veterans Memorial in Columbus, Ohio because SAXON was the opening band. The
show was scheduled to start at 8:00 PM. We got there at 7:20 PM to be sure
to see SAXON and they were 1/2 way through their set. I was pissed!!

Peace,

D
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fagin [mailto:vulcanfoundry at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: Other bands


Yeah, top notch! we used to see them in the 80s and they were superb. used
to
blow everyone away. German bands really have it sussed. I used to like Kiss
&
Van Halen but after Donington 1987 where I met Lemmy on the way I had a
revelation that all music is bollocks apart from Hawkwind, we had a chat and
I said "are you going to Hawkwind tommorrow" he didnt answer but shook my
hand and walked off to his car. the next day I got back to London and Acid
Daze blew me away, Silver machine was incredible! I swapped all the other
records i had for hawkwind and motorhead and got my hair cut.

I used to hate Motley Crue and Ratt but "Lay it Down" is an ok song, though
I
dont think they wrote it. Sorry, but I dont think any US Metal bands "have
it" especially Kiss which is commercial tripe.

"Shake you heads and fill your heart with.....

Accept
Scorpions
MSG
Saxon
Motorhead......"