Haven't seen these guys discussed here yet. Promising young modern hard rock band. http://www.nothingmore.net/
Thanks for the reply but I have single CDs coming. The first has a 1988 date the second has a 1990 date with no mention of being remastered. I saw the twofer and stayed away from it for the reasons you mentioned.
At my age I grew up with vinyl! I don't do much vinyl anymore, It's too much of a hassle at my age. I still have at least 1,000 albums in my collection which I acquired back in the 60s and 70s.
I have 1600 albums in my vinyl collection and for me it's never a hassle...I really enjoy playing my records
Metal Church's video off their upcoming new album is available. Mike Howe comes out of nowhere and 20 years later pretty much sounds like he never missed a beat. The same thought I had about John Arch on 2011's Arch/Matheos: Sympatetic Resonance. I would argue that Metal Church's Gods of Wrath remains one of the best metal ballad every composed.
I hadn't played Metallica for a long time; didn't really get into them until a 'eureka' moment during 'Puppets and Thrash's first era, before getting a little bored of them by 1988/9 and later whilst enjoying the sights and sounds of the Floridian Gulf coast in the mid 90s, being assured by an assistant in a branch of 'Sam Goody' that I "really needed their latest record" which I don't think has been sampled more than thrice ever since but... 'Seek And Destroy.' A bit like willfully cuing up the brace of 'Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid' from 'Zep II, dividends are sometimes so incalculable in the reaping that simple deference to long established milestones which are simply so irrepressibly great - in the classic, Greek sense - often remains all there is to do. Cluck me sideways, this is just primal; so savage and raw but in just the most exquisite measures and Ulrich's drums are the aural equivalent of a furious flurry from Mr. Hagler at his absolute peak. I doubt we'll ever hear its like again.
Cheers, Jeff, that's really good. The 'Church were yet another one of those bands who I (ludicrously) dismissed as 'bandola' at the time and almost certainly because I was too busy digesting other works du jour - but boy - I was missing out, evidently. I heard them all over but didn't hear them, you know? The vocalist sounds a bit like Dee Schneider's younger brother and the chops of the rest of the chaps are terrific: proper, non-shortarsed Metal, despite a video which goes some way to defining my disdain for the visual medium when it comes to listening to Creedware. OK, somebody tell me which albums to go to Discogs for, ta?
David Wayne was the singer on the first two albums: Metal Church and The Dark. He left the band and formed a band called Wayne. Mike Howe replaced him and they did the excellent Blessing In Disguise (that featured 'Badlands'), The Human Factor, Hanging In The Balance the latter two weren't well received by the masses, but became cult favorites. Wayne came back for Masterpeace which was iffy. David Wayne died in 2005 after a car accident. Ronny Munroe joined to record The Weight of the World, A Light In The Dark, This Present Wasteland nd Generation Nothing which were all hit or miss. Kurdt Vanderhoof has been the one driving force behind the band over the years. He also did a couple solo projects. I give him props for pushing on, but in retrospect maye they should have shelved the band rather than release 50/50 albums. Bottom line, you can't go wrong with the first 4 or 5 albums.
Lots of hardcore Metal Church fans swear by the David Wayne years, but I'd recommend Blessing in Disguise as their best album. It's certainly my favorite. Their guitarist, Kurdt Vanderhoof, who writes most of their material does not appear on that album (they hired Metallica roadie, John Marshall to replace him) but he did write a lot of the songs on it. His other projects, particularly Hall Aflame and Vanderhoof, are also worth looking into.
If you saw Metallica after James' Montreal burn incident then you saw John Marshall play with them. The guy is at least 8 feet tall, you can't miss him. I haven't heard Hall Aflame, but I have one of the Vanderhoof albums. It has a very 70s hard rock vibe. I like Dave and Mike equally and love the first three albums. I have to admit that I sort of lost interest after Blessing In Disguise when I went to college and got more into 'alternative' music.
The debut has been a mainstay of the past 6 months. I'll have to move onward. Frankly I never get past "In the Blood" as I can't kick the crack labeled "repeat". That or, less insidiously, my heart is a stylus too easily stuck in a groove. I read "chuck" and instantly thought of bodily injury. Speaking of obsession and love how many times can I purchase these reissues? The 2016 batch. Those plus the tix; I continue to sell my financial soul for Rock 'n' Roll. As far as I know I'm only living once. Off topic a touch but I just saw a young lady in the local sub sandwich shop with "Trouble" in a sweet arc across the upper back of her leather jacket and "Maker" across the bottom with some unknown emblem in the centre. (Oh if I were half my age!) I could have stolen a pic but I think that's not right without asking. Anyway, just wondering if anyone here was so emblazoned in their youth with graphics. We made due with the lowly black marker on denim and a few small patches. Only one who had their literally blue haired, embroidery mad, grandmother in residence rose above.
Yes Jeff, that's it! What's it all about? Edit: firing up boogle. Edit2: oh...seems just a generic style thing. I was hoping the neighbourhood was going to be overrun by tough girls. Well, it sure beats the crap out of "Nike" or some other meaningless logo. I like the attitude.
Oh, Mikey, I might start weeping! Certainly c.1980 (it may have been 1979) but I do recall the patchwork becoming something akin to Idi Amin's military medals which always struck me as simply naff. No, the piece de resistance was a selective array of noms du jour, usually orbiting a Black Sabbath motif arranged in the manner of a cross (not inverted, I hasten to add.) It was fairly tame stuff but at the time and in the words of Mr. Faith, "simple, beautiful, classic;" you know, UFO, Saxon, Motörhead, Rush, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Scorpirons with maybe the odd Thin Lizzy and for the real cognoscenti, what else but Blue Öyster Cult? (Oh and Rainbow, how could I forget? Usually the emblem which framed the whole, in a tasteful arc from shoulder-to-shoulder.)
I definitely recall the BOC symbol infrequently displayed. Oh, and the back-slapping mockery upon he who left out an "E" for the ubiquitous LZ. A search of images and you are correct about various dictator's generals. They even have a name, "battle jackets"! Gezz, a bit much. It looks as though we preceded full blown jacket plumage in 1977, etc. The best looking from this image search is the relatively conservative black metal spawn, with just a touch of red. Right, they do have a very limited colour pallete.
Dreadful. An absolutely unfocused mess as well as lacking a band of primary, secondary devotion. Where on Earth is the collar?
The new Jerry Gaskill "Love and Scars" deserves some love imo, if you like King's X, get this now, it's fantastic.
I loved his first effort. I'll definitely seek this out. I think have every solo and side project that the guys in King's X have done.
