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Really?!?!?! Is Nuno involved? I remember on that VH1 show a couple of years ago where they tried to get '80s bands to reunite, Extreme was the ONLY band that refused. Everyone except Nuno was cool with the idea, but they all said "don't bother asking Nuno." They went to ask Nuno, but he refused to talk to them or even appear on camera

If they got back together, that would rock!


Got 'em. I have Transcendence on CD. You can probably get it from an Amazon seller or something.

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Yes, Nuno is involved.

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Anyone buy guitar magazines, at least in the '80s? Invariably, I'd read the interviews and think, "Oh, man! This is going to be the greatest album ever," and then I'd flip to the reviews in the same issue and it would be slaughtered. The most notorious was White Lion--Mane Attraction. The interview made it sound awesome, but the review said, "Your little sister's going to buy it, so borrow it from her if you really want to waste your time." The magazines always did stuff like that.

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Now THAT's a statement us "older" metalheads love to hear. I've loved Maiden since the first album, which I bought as a "blind buy" in 1980(?), and I'll never forget the pivotal moment of my life when I dropped the needle on Side One, Track One and "Prowler" changed my life forever.

"Powerslave" was a monumental album for me. I was able to proudly declare "Look how far they've come!" They'd made it through numerous line-up changes, political and media crucifixion (over nonsensical "satanic" charges), and the total ignorance of American radio to become one of the biggest and most revered acts in the world. The 13-minute "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is one the greatest songs ever written...

Another huge moment in my life was hearing the "Restless and Wild" album for the first time. I already owned and enjoyed "Accept" and "Breaker" (the two albums before "Restless"), so I HAD to own "Restless and Wild" even though it was only available on German import vinyl at the time (Ten bucks was HARD for me to come by in the early 80s).

The "heaviest" metal bands at the time were probably Motorhead and Venom (yes, I'm a fan of those bands, too), but nothing could have prepared me for the moment "Fast As a Shark" blistered out of my speakers for the first time. "Power Metal" was truly born. This was like Judas Priest on speed.

As far as people "loving or hating" Accept, I believe the animosity toward them began with the follow-up album "Balls to the Wall." While it's probably second-only to "R&W" in the Accept canon musically, I think the lyrics and cover art did them a lot of damage. The band didn't have a great command of the English language, so they roped in a "friend" of theirs referred only to as "Deaffy" to write the lyrics. It was revealed only a few years ago that "Deaffy" is in actuality Gaby Hauke, the band's manager...and a woman (she's married to guitarist Wolf Hoffmann). The problem was she wrote the lyrics for one of the heaviest bands in the world at the time...from a woman's perspective. Now, I'm all for women in heavy music, and I love lyrics from a woman's point of view, but things can get a little skewed when those lyrics are being sung by a diminutive German man wearing camouflage.
Men in metal aren't supposed to sing lyrics like "By looking in his eyes something turned me loose in this hot night" and " I can feel your sex winding up the girl in the red dress" (both from the same song, by the way). The album cover and the song title "London Leatherboys" didn't do them any favors, either.

Sorry for rambling, but I'm a walking metal almanac, and can't help myself...

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I'm not sure where I heard this but the singer in Accept was gay which gives those lyrics new meaning, as well as "get your balls to the wall man" and a whole new meaning to London Leather Boys. Weird now how many metal guys were, like Rob Halford of Priest, not thats there is anything wrong with that...
I am a hair band fan from way back but never got into the harder bands like Motorhead or Wasp, Deep Purple's "Burn" and Black Sabbath's "Paraniod" were my first real albums, followed by Rainbow. I'll admit i've not bought anything new in a while except for the new Def Leppard (which is ok but sounds too pop-ish) but I'm stuck on the Boneyard on XM.
My problem nowadays is that i'm trying to re-create the "glory days" when every song rocked but I find most new metal lacking, Metallica's ST. Anger just sucked compred to the older stuff.
I still find myself listening to the old stuff, you just can't beat the guitar riff of Ratt's Lay It Down and for those of you who wrote off Winger, get "Pull" which did not sell but contains their heaviest material to date, I still work out to it.

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Who's the guitarist in Dokken these days? Did they get George Lynch back?

In 1987 you couldn't pay me to listen to White Lion. But now Wait is one of my all-time favorite sing along in the car tracks.

I'm actually kinda curious to hear what the next Metallica album (if any) sounds like. St. Anger wasn't great, but it seemed like they were at least trying for the first time in many years.

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It's a guy called Jon Levin. Lynch is still solo.

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Don't forget Night Ranger. The guitar solo in Don't Tell Me You Love Me is still in my top ten favs. However, I can't hear Sister Christian without thinking of Boogie Nights.

Great news about Extreme...didn't know they were making a comeback. I love III Sides to Every Story.

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My favorites were always Rumors in the Air and Why Does Love Have to Change.

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I would have liked to have seen Billy Squier front VH for a while. That was a rumor for a while, but it was never real.

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Great song. I love Billy Squier. They say (and "they" includes Billy himself) his career was severely damaged by that Rock Me Tonight video, but I love the song. I managed to miss that video until the YouTube era.

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Udo the lead singer for Accept has been married since 88, and he has two kids a boy and a girl. The boy is in a band playing drums.
As far as hari bands I only like Faster Pussycat, L.S.D, and some Ratt, I'm more of a Priest, Accept, Maiden, Motorhead, Warlock, Misfits, W.A.S.P., and Wendy O fan.

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I'm very fond of 1980s metal but not the hair band stuff (Motley Crue have some good songs though). Bands I like include Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Dio, Anthrax, Testament, Queensryche, Metallica's first four albums and King Diamond.

I'm also fond of bands like Pantera, Sepultura, Iced Earth, Dream Theater, Opeth, Mastodon, Children Of Bodom, Lamb Of God, Death, Morbid Angel, Alice In Chains, Dimmu Borgir, Meshuggah, Down, High On Fire, Ministry, Suffocation and Machine Head.

Anyone else seeing Maiden on their upcoming tour? Here's the North American dates:

USAMay 21, 2008San Antonio, TXVerizon Wireless
USAMay 22, 2008Houston, TXWoodlands
USAMay 25, 2008Albuquerque, NMJournal Pavilion
USAMay 26, 2008Phoenix, AZCricket Pavilion
USAMay 28, 2008Concord, CAConcord
USAMay 30, 2008Los Angeles, CAVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
USAMay 31, 2008Los Angeles, CAVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
USAJune 2, 2008Seattle, WAWhite River Amphitheater
CANADAJune 3, 2008Vancouver, BCPacific Coliseum
CANADAJune 5, 2008Calgary, ABSaddledome
CANADAJune 6, 2008Edmonton, ABRexall Place
CANADAJune 8, 2008Regina, SKBrandt Center
CANADAJune 9, 2008Winnipeg, MBMTS Centre
USAJune 11, 2008Rosemont, ILAllstate Arena
USAJune 12, 2008Cuyahoga Falls, OHBlossom Music Center
USAJune 14, 2008Holmdel, NJPNC Bank Arts Center
USAJune 15, 2008New York, NYMadison Square Gardens
USAJune 17, 2008Camden, NJSusquehanna Bank Centre
USAJune 18, 2008Columbia, MDMerriweather Post Pavilion
USAJune 20, 2008Mansfield, MATweeter Center for The Peforming Arts
CANADAJune 21, 2008MontrealParc Jean-Drapeau

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I thought they were great and had a couple of their albums on tape. I don't currently have any of their CD's but I do have a couple tracks from iTunes.

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I like both but my true love is progressive rock, both new and old. Dream Theater, Genesis, Rush, Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Symphony X, Shadow Gallery, Opeth and so on. I could list a lot more but you get the point.

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Ditto.

I'd love to see Maiden again, but they're not playing around here this go-round.


Maybe you guys were confusing Udo with Billy Squier.

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Cool. Ever heard Porcupine Tree?

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Man, how the hell did I create that list without mentioning PT. Yes, I've got a bunch of their CD's. I'm waiting for the re-release of Lightbulb Sun next week to add that one to the collection. Blackfield is excellent as well.

We're probably getting OT with the prog rock stuff, though.

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When I saw Genesis above, I began thinking of a lot of other bands (and individuals) that I love and which one could discuss for hours. Some that came to mind were Gentle Giant (I love the Octopus album), Sid Barrett Floyd, John M. and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Other Music, Renaissance, ELP, Rick Wakeman, Tull, the Moody Blues, and tons of others that I listened to back in High School. I had to learn some of their work, and believe me it wasn't easy!

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I saw Accept in 84 opening for Kiss and until I saw Death in the late 90s I always considered them best band Id seen live up to that point.

Simply awesome live. Id seen alot of concerts, but that band at that time always stood out to me as the best 50 minutes of live performing Id seen.

I still love their old music though I admit to not hearing anything theyd done after Udo left the band.

Best live performances Ive seen:

-Death in 97 (Im biased because I love this band so much)
-Snot in 98. Had to be seen, no words can explain this show. Their first record -touring with Max Cavaleras Soufly. It was incredible to watch. Ive never seen a band put so much passion and raw energy into a show before. Outstanding live sound and a "funness" that cant be compared to out of the 100 live shows Ive seen.Unfortunately they only made one record. Their vocalist Lynn Strait was killed in a car wreck. Fantastic!!!! live band. I remember it like it was yesterday and its a very fond memory. My brothers seen most of the shows I have and this is his fav live performance.
-Mike Ness/Social Distortion. Ive seen these guys a few times in the past few years. Ill go anywhere to see them play. A great performer and a great band. Amazing live.

Id add Accept to that list as the 4 best live bands Id ever seen.

Id give my right nut to have seen Voivod in their prime in the late 80s

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I am a huge fan of 80's Hard Rock/Metal. It is what got me through my high school years. Here are my favorites that were on constant rotation in my Walkman up until I graduated in 1986:

Accept - Restless And Wild, Balls To The Wall
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry, Pyromania
Dokken - Tooth And Nail, Under Lock And Key
Lita Ford - Dancin' On The Edge
Great White - Great White
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind, Powerslave
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders Of The Faith
Keel - The Right To Rock
Kiss - Creatures Of The Night, Lick It Up, Animalize, Asylum
Krokus - Headhunter
Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love, Shout At The Devil
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman, Bark At The Moon, The Ultimate Sin
Quiet Riot - Metal Health, Condition Critical
Raven - All For One
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar, Invasion Of Your Privacy
S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die
Stryper - Soldiers Under Command
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P., The Last Command
Y&T - Earthshaker, Mean Streak

I continued to follow and expand my collection of pretty much all the bands above as well as getting into Bulletboys, EZO, Enuff Z 'Nuff, Kings X, Queensryche, Guns N' Roses, etc. in the late 80's. I also got really heavily into Prog Rock and 60's bands like The Beatles, The Doors and The Who.

80's music will always have a special place in my memory though.

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"It's a guy called Jon Levin. Lynch is still solo."

Lynchs singer is Andy Freeman, a friend of mine from high school.

Andy is a pretty great guitar player himself but seems to be sticking to singing nowadays.

Last time I saw Andy was in the late 90s and talked to him around 2001 or so. About 3 years ago a mutal friend told me he was singing for Lynch Mob I said "huh? How the hell did that happen?"
He was working for his father in laws company, got divorced, fed up one day packed his bags and headed out west. I think Andy met Lynch through his brother who had moved out a few years earlier.

You can easily find his myspace or clips of him on youtube under Andrew Freeman. He also has a side band with Vinny Appice(as well as a RATM tribute band)

BTW, I play in a band on friday nights and our drummer was a road technician for just about every metal band out there during the late 80s-late 90s. Incredible drummer. He has one bad knee, needing surgery but a few cups of coffee and it doesnt slow him down at all.

Oh yea and Mylan we were told by my friend years ago that Udo was gay Wolf Hoffman is one of my favorite guitarists and IMHO is really underrated.

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I love that band. Best death metal group ever. Symbolic is their best album IMO. Chuck Schuldiner is among my Top 5 favourite guitarists. It breaks my heart that he's no longer with us. I would have loved to have seen this band live.