MSG - Desert Song w/ Gary Barden on vocals. This has always been one of my favorite Schenker songs...except I don't really like Graham Bonnet. Until a couple of minutes ago I had no idea this existed. I'm amazed.
Dude, outside of the title track I think that album sucked. When I bought it I was so pumped due to "Metal Health", but after listening to the whole thing, I was like 'meh'.
I like about half of it. My biggest issue is that Carlos Cavazo's guitar solo vehicle, Battle Axe, was weak. His solo on the title track was decent. I felt like he was the weak link.
Fair enough but I think it was the songwriting that was really the glaring weakness. Few tracks had good hooks or memorable riffs. That's not all on Cavazo; just a general lack of chemistry. I mean, if you're relying on Slade covers to get you airplay there's a problem. No disrespect to Slade but if you're going to that well twice ... well ...
Yeah, the songwriting was never a strength in QR, very true. I was just thinking how Carlos lined up against his contemporaries (in my mind): Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch, Randy Rhoads, Glenn Tipton, Adrian Smith, Angus Young, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Buck Dharma, Ace Frehley .. yeah some of these are older but on the metal scene at that time... Two months after Metal Health comes out, Holy Diver is released and Viv Campbell gets added to that list.
Cavazo is a decent guitarist but not great. Having to fill the shoes of Randy Rhoads was almost an impossible situation. It says something that he essentially took Robbin Crosby's place in Ratt deferring to Warren De Martini as the main player. Of course De Martini is a very good player; one of the best of his era, so I guess that's not taking away too much from Cavazo. You are right, though, that the guitarists you listed are all better than Carlos.
There's got to be a middle ground between superlative and sucks. Quiet Riot wasn't horrible, just mediocre.
Because of the recent Rolling Stone Top 100 Metal albums of all time list.. Here is the top 100 metal albums I own (at the moment - I am semi-drunk and put this together in 15 minutes)(in alphabetic order): Alice in Chains - Facelift Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum Baroness - The Blue Record Behemoth - Demigod Behemoth - The Satanist Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Black Sabbath - Paranoid Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness Confrontation Camp - Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear Corrosion of Conformity – In the Arms of God Crowbar – The Serpent Only Lies Danzig –Danzig III: How the Gods Kill Deftones – White Pony The Devil’s Blood – The Time of No Time Everafter The Dillinger Escape Plan – One of Us is the Killer Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon Dio – Holy Diver Down – Nola Dream Theater – Scenes From a Memory Emperor – Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk Emperor – IX Equilibrium Enslaved – Vertebrae Faith No More – Angel Dust Ghost – Opus Eponymous Goatwhore – Blood For the Master Gojira –Magma Grand Magus – Hammer of the North Grip, Inc – Solidify Helmet – Meantime Ihsahn – The Adversary Ihsahn – Angl Ihsahn – Arktis Iron Maiden – Live After Death Iron Maiden – A Matter of Life and Death Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind Iron Maiden – Powerslave Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Judas Priest – Killing Machine Judas Priest – Stained Class Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed Kylesa – Static Tensions Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake Living Colour – Vivid Machine Head – The Blackening Mastodon – Crack the Skye Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction Megadeth – Rust In Peace Meshuggah – Nothing Metallica - …And Justice For All Metallica – Hardwired… To Self-Destruct Metallica – Kill ‘Em All Metallica – Live ****: Binge and Purge Metalica – Master of Puppets Metallica –Metallica (the black album) Metallica – Ride the Lightning Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral The Ocean – Anthorpocentric Ozzy Osbourne – The Ultimate Sin Pantera – Far Beyond Driven Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power Peccatum –Amor Fati A Perfect Circe = Mer de Noms Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine Rainbow – Rising Rotting Christ - Rituals Rotting Christ – Sanctus Diavolos Scorpions – Blackout Scorpions – Love At First Sting Slayer – Decade of Agression Slayer – Reign in Blood Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss Slayer – South of Heaven Slipknot – Iowa Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger Soundgardne – Superunknown Strapping Young Lad – City System of a Down – Toxicity Thorns – Thorns Tool - AEnima Tool – Lateralus Tool – Opiate Tool – Salival Tool - Undertow Tool – 10,000 Days W.A.S.P. – The Crimson Idol Watain – Lawless Darkness Watain – The Wild Hunt White Zombie – Astro Creeop: 2000 The Wretched End – Ominous Zyklon – Disintegrate Nativity in Black – A Tribute to Black Sabbath Nativity in Black II Ronnie James Dio – This is You Life
The more I hear it (no head no backstage pass) I'm convinced its a horror song from the perspective of the groupies.
Any opinions on the sound quality of the Fates Warning Expanded Editions? Are they brickwalled for the boom box crowd?
That's pretty damn good. I like it. (After listening to KISS every day for six months, ya know, who wouldn't? - nah, it's good).
Having a 'little' Zeppelin in your music is never ever a bad thing. I checked out some of their other youtube clips and really liked them. [/QUOTE]
I'm putting Helmet's vinyl reissue of Meantime through the paces as I type this, and man, does it SMOKE! Extremely crankable!
