I'm sure you're right, although I was thinking more about the 70s but even then, this is probably a stylised notion, perceived from afar. Kinda depressing. Falsness does as falseness will...
When it comes to hard & heavy rock, the US never had four weeks like this: 1980 4-13 Judas Priest - British Steel (UK 4) 4-13 Saxon - Wheels of Steel (UK 5) 4-20 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (UK 4) 4-27 Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell (UK 9) 5-04 Motorhead - The Golden Years: Live EP (UK 8) And the US never had a year that can compare to what happened in the UK in 1980.
Electric Guitars - Rock'n'Roll Radio - 2017 01. Rock'n'Roll Radio 02. False Flag Operation 03. Headless Chicken 04. Swagman 05. Splinter 06. Bambi On Ice 07. Lucy Glow 08. Homewrecking Woman 09. Stay Under The Radar 10. Back To You Mika Vandborg – electric guitars (left side), slide guitar, lead vocals Søren Andersen – electric guitars (right side), lead vocals Peter Kjøbsted – bass, backing vocals Morten Hellborn – drums, percussion, backing vocals Guests: Jesper Binzer - lead vocal on Headless Chicken Jacob Binzer - guitar on Headless Chicken Just got this 3rd album by Electric Guitars and am enjoying it immensely. I like it more than their last album (String Fever). Pretty solid hard rock throughout. Good melodies, great guitar playing (duh). Some of the guitar solos sound very much from the Angus Young school of rock (the first two songs that is). Unless you live in Denmark you probably have no idea who these guys are, although you might be familiar with Soren Anderson, who has a long hard rock pedigree with some exposure over here (for example, he has made a couple albums with Glenn Hughes and is on Glenn's new one as well as being in the touring band for it) . For this album, they have fellow Danish rocker band D-A-D members Jesper & Jacob Binzer guesting on one of the songs (Headless Chicken). Jacob also produced this album. My favorite songs on the album are the two opening tracks, with their AC/DC flavored solos, but I like all the songs on this. Here's a couple tracks from this on youtube if yer curious: Opening track Rock'n'Roll Radio Second song False Flag Operation, very AC/DC-ish in a good way False Flag Operation Splinter - another song with a strong AC/DC vibe Splinter Closing track Back to You; might be the longest song on the album? Love the heavy guitar feedback ending Back to You Official video for Swagman, very heavy Sabbath vibe Electric Guitars - Swagman (Official Music Video) - YouTube Official video for Headless Chicken with guest vocalist & guitarist from D-A-D Electric Guitars feat. Jesper Binzer & Jacob Binzer - Headless Chicken (Official Music Video) Note that they have four official releases so far that I know of, the 1st album (2013) which featured a bunch of different Danish guitarists all doing guest guitar solos on the last song (which is how I discovered them, since Tim Christensen of Dizzy Mizz Lizzy is one of those guests, and I am a major DML/Tim fan), Brothers of Passion (2013 - an official live DVD), and previous album String Fever (2015).
The year you mention was indeed the zenith of our creed's time, certainly over here. I remember school shindigs during which headbanging was the M.O. Indeed, as I've mentioned before, Saturday morning kids TV included one show which routinely featured guests like Lemmy (and Motörhead,) Cozy Powell, Robert Plant and Diamond Head! This was probably because the presenters and producers were from a generation schooled on Classic and Hard Rock. It didn't last long - because of the 'New Romantics' - to whom the limp wristed Normans from Londinium immediately flocked (minced.) Today's middle aged knob twiddlers levitate towards Duran Duran instead of Hawkwind.
Yes, I also noted the name. Or Speeding Ragehorn? Mocking the mediocrity at the lower rugs of the ladder these days just isn't sporting but I watch this, particularly Dio's gestures and expressions, and I feel like I'm witnessing a Shakespearean actor on the stage.
During my most recent infusion of Dio, I selected the fantastic The Dio Years CD which I believe has all his 'Sabbath milestones in remastered form. It was the usual trio - 'Heaven And Hell,' 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World' and 'Ear In The Wall.' Mind blowing quality. But seeing the above - Blackmore, Dio, Powell, Bain and Carey (although that looks like David Stone on keys) - it's like encounterimg an alien intelligence.
the dio years is missing "sign of the southern cross" which I thought was one of the highlights of the mob rules album
No. That compilation glaringly omits "Over and Over" - one of Dio's greatest-written, saddest songs ever. "Too many flames, with too much to burn and life's only made of paper." F***ing hell, man - that's a lyric. It actually enrages me this incredible song is constantly overlooked, especially when it follows another amazing track in "Falling." Do people just turn off the record after "Falling?" Am I the only person with "Over and Over" on "Mob Rules?"
Not a bad song on Mob Rules - its only flaw being it gets criticised for being a clone of Heaven And Hell - but if it is - its the evil sister the parents keep locked up in the loft.
Shadow of the Wind is a masterpiece..."every day is an inquisition; who are you? what are you? why?" All three of those new tracks were brilliant.
Let me just say I lost my s**t when I went to the Radio City Music Hall show in 2007 and they pulled out Voodoo. Never thought I'd get to hear them do it live.
I've been listening to Pallbearer's cover of "Over and Over" a lot lately (over and over really). Pallbearer is one of my favorite bands.
The reinvention of the band 'Heaven And Hell' was the best thing ever to happen to that line up - if ever a cloak and dagger court case over the name Black Sabbath helped one era of that band we love it was this moment - as it gave us a properly focussed Dio-era lineup set list and those Heaven And Hell gigs were fantastic. I'm judging this on the Radio Hall and Wacken DVD's and my one time catching them in Manchester 2007. While the Dehumanizer tour was exceptional too - I really don't need Dio covering the Ozzy period. When he had too - the Hammersmith CD is his best moment.
While I mainly agree...Dio's renditions of NIB and Children of the Grave remain the definitive versions for me.
