Fave 80's Metal

ether

Saw this article in 'Revolver' magazine, thought I'd see what turns out on top.
They have Poison, White Lion, Dokken, Ratt and Cinderella in the category of Hair Metal;
Faster Pussycat, Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses in Sleaze Metal;
Maiden, Whitesnake, Leppard, Diamond Head and Priest in Euro Metal;
Megadeth, Testament, Slayer, 'Tallica and Anthrax in Thrash Metal;
Queensryche, Voivod, King's X, Fates Warning and Morbid Angel in Brain Metal;
and Danzig, Motorhead, AC/DC, W.A.S.P. and Ozzy in No-Brainer Metal.

I like a few bands from each but if I had to pick a category it'd be Thrash.

Tar.Aldarion

yes thrash have all the good bands there

Doctor J

Brain Metal? No-Brainer Metal? Euro metal? Sleaze Metal? Who thinks up this nonsense? What have Def Leppard and Judas Priest got in common apart from geographic location? Skid Row sound nothing like Faster Pussycat, and as for Ozzy being no-brainer Metal? His first two solo albums were revolutionary and still sound like nothing else.

Death to lame and lazy journo categorisation. Whichever spastic thought up that article clearly jumped onto the Metal bandwagon sometime within the last 5 years.

Jazzy

Doctor J wrote:

Death to lame and lazy journo categorisation. Whichever spastic thought up that article clearly jumped onto the Metal bandwagon sometime within the last 5 years.

too right.
where is the best band to come out of america at this time?? David Lee Roths Van Halen???

indeed lame journalism

Sugarfix

I just had an argument wit a dude bout Man O War... 'member them?? Does anyone else agree that thay are the GAYEST metal band uv ever seen? Massive pecs and biceps and tiny leather clothing??

Doctor J

Manowar are one of the greatest Metal bands ever. Don't let the questionable image fool you, there are few bands as dedicated to Metal as manowar and few bands have a more skillful collection of musicians either.

Nea

Doctor J wrote:

Whichever spastic thought up that article clearly jumped onto the Metal bandwagon sometime within the last 5 years.

Does this mean that anyone who only got into metal in the last 5 years hasn't got a clue or the classifications of the catagories were arse?

mp3guy

dude, learn your metal genres...

Gross Halfwit

Since when the **** is Motorhead No-Brainer metal? Motorhead ar the daddies of Speed and Thrash Metal! Im shocked and hungry!

OLP

iron maiden

byte

Crappy categories indeed. I'd have to choose Thrash Metal from the list with No Brainer :rolleyes: in 2nd.

Ancient1

"Brain Metal" lol...

Sounds like something straight out of Kerrang :rolleyes:

Karl Hungus

Christ, I'm tempted to lock this thread on the grounds of it being retarded.

Quoting from 'Revolver' should be a banable offense after this.

Doctor J

Nea wrote:

Does this mean that anyone who only got into metal in the last 5 years hasn't got a clue or the classifications of the catagories were arse?

This means someone who clearly doesn't know what they're talking about shouldn't be writing articles on the subject they don't know about. The cretin created his/her own genres on the strengths of photographs, I'll wager, without hearing most of the bands involved. It reeks of "Oh guitar music is cool again, that's what I'll be into" and dig up a few back issues of kerrang, look at some pics and make all that nonsense up but without knowing the music of the bands mentioned.

Karl Hungus wrote:

Quoting from 'Revolver' should be a banable offense after this.

Yes. Seconded. Please.

RicardoSmith

Karl Hungus wrote:

Christ, I'm tempted to lock this thread on the grounds of it being retarded.

Quoting from 'Revolver' should be a banable offense after this.

Seconded! Again....(should that be thirded..ed)

eoin5

Doctor J wrote:

Manowar are one of the greatest Metal bands ever. Don't let the questionable image fool you, there are few bands as dedicated to Metal as manowar and few bands have a more skillful collection of musicians either.

I find Manowar songs boring, really flat, plus one cd had a bass solo that was maybe funny for about 20 seconds and then I couldnt listen to it anymore, Nigels solo in Spinal Tap was better musically. I think the CD was something about Troy and Hector and stuff. Desent drummer (apart from the annoying drum solo on said album, no point in playing in 9/16 time or whatever without some groove), respect to the guitarists tho.
Rant over

mayordenis

Sugarfix wrote:

I just had an argument wit a dude bout Man O War... 'member them?? Does anyone else agree that thay are the GAYEST metal band uv ever seen? Massive pecs and biceps and tiny leather clothing??

there probably my favourite band,
but in general they have anything but massive pecs and biceps,
thats only the cartoon work on there album covers,
sure they dress like vikings but other than Eric Adams the singer.
Great band though i wont have ppl bad mouthing them.

Doctor J

eoin5 wrote:

I find Manowar songs boring, really flat, plus one cd had a bass solo that was maybe funny for about 20 seconds and then I couldnt listen to it anymore, Nigels solo in Spinal Tap was better musically. I think the CD was something about Troy and Hector and stuff. Desent drummer (apart from the annoying drum solo on said album, no point in playing in 9/16 time or whatever without some groove), respect to the guitarists tho.
Rant over

Yes, the Triumph Of Steel, great album. You'll find most of their CD's have a bass solo, in fact I'd view them as a feature, I'd recommend you check out the Kings Of Metal album for him playing Flight Of The Bumblebee on bass, the man is a tremendously skilled bassist. Great band, playing real Metal music. Granted it comes across as cheesy at times but Manowar stuck to what they do when every other Metal band was turning their back on Metal for $$$

Into Glory Ride is my own personal fave, ye just can't fault it

mayordenis

Battle hyms has a bass version of william tell titled "williams tale"
its amazing.

ether

Karl Hungus wrote:

Christ, I'm tempted to lock this thread on the grounds of it being retarded.

Quoting from 'Revolver' should be a banable offense after this.

Point taken, just thought it might be of interest, obviously not. Thrash had to come out on top.

adox

Well seeing as there are at least three artists from each category that I really like I`ll have to vote all or nothing

ether

suit youself, but its not about the artists its the type of metal.

adox

ether wrote:

suit youself, but its not about the artists its the type of metal.

Well ok I like all the types of metal listed...............ridiculous as they are!

adox

ether wrote:

suit youself, but its not about the artists its the type of metal.

Well ok I like all the types of metal listed...............ridiculous as they are!

I was trying to point out that I didnt have a preference for any one genre that they seem to have made up due to the artists that they had listed!


**Mental note** Be sure to post the "spell it out for you" version next time

melekalikimaka

was lita ford metal???

RicardoSmith

melekalikimaka wrote:

was lita ford metal???

Only the bits you couldn't see.

Sarky

Motorhead, No-brainer? As far as I can remember, there's not a single other band that managed to fit the word "Parallellogram" into their lyrics...

And I too will have none of this Manowar bashing. Cheesy as their music may sound, they have incredible skill (Mmm, Bumblebee...) and dedication (not many bands sign contracts in their own blood. ) Kings Of Metal is a sodding blinder of a tune, and Listening to The Warrior's Prayer run into Blood Of A King (I think, I may have the title confused) has to be heard to be fully appreciated. Glorious stuff.

So, in conclusion...

"Grandfather?"
"Yes?"
"Who were those four men?"
"Who were they? THEY WERE THE METAL KINGS!"

Shark-69

I love all those metal bands mentioned in the poll but as for the genres.....wtf?....I have heard so many other types of metal genres,especially from the 80's,but i have to say that i'm not a fan of categorisation of music.... it disgusts me....Euro metal?..Is that a joke?...I mean why categorise bands that have little in common by their respective locations in a poll which clearly lacks an in depth knowledge of metal music :mad:

Angus MacGyver

Sugarfix wrote:

I just had an argument wit a dude bout Man O War... 'member them?? Does anyone else agree that thay are the GAYEST metal band uv ever seen? Massive pecs and biceps and tiny leather clothing??

Accept were 10 times as gay as Man o war, "balls to the wall", Hilarious video.

mike65

So where does proper metal fit in? ie Queensryche etc?

Mike.

Doctor J

Can't you read?

Queensryche are Brain Metal... because they... have... brains?

Oobie

Shame you can't vote for all of them

My least favourite based on the categories above would be brain metal but the rest I love equally!

MagnumForce

the genres are made up bollox and i cant pick any one of them because they've f*cked up them up too much everythings in the wrong place. W.A.S.P. being No-Brainer metal?? The man(Blackie Lawless) wrote one of the best rock operas ever(Crimson Idol)!! And The Headless Children is an incredible collection of songs some of which are written very thoughtfully and purposefully about then current and past events.

And what the hell is Euro-Metal?? that could be ANYTHING, black metal, power metal, NWOBHM, thrash metal...ANYTHING!!

I hate this journalistic crap, you'd expect better, but unfortunatly people couldnt care less anymore. I bet you wouldnt have found this low standard in metal magazines in the Eighties.

And as much as i love Manowar, Joey's bass solos are incredibly bad, he's sacrificed skill for speed and thats just not right, he could play well, but he doesnt. William's Tale is awful, he makes so many mistakes and goes out of time all over the place. Fight of the Bumblebee is fairly decent though for the most part, and jesus dont even mention *shudder* Thunderpick!! Damn good songs and great musicians apart from Joey's solos though.

deman

I had to pick Euro Metal (whatever that is exactly) as Maiden, Whitesnake and Leppard were there. But AC/DC, Motorhead, WASP, Ozzy, Guns'n'Roses, Motley Crue and Metalica were among my favourites too. So what is the point of this poll exactly??

Per Liefsonson

What? No black metal? Pah...

blastman

DEATH TO FALSE METAL!!

(and stupid music "journalists")

OctavarIan

Thrash \m/

tj-music.com

To stay in the lingo, I think I am also a Europe Metal guy: PRIEST and all that.

gline

what happened to the death metal category??
early death like obituary and even sepulturas earlier stuff could be considered death metal

these catagories are lame :mad:

Suff

Well....I love Def Leppard (still listen to them, "Yeah!" the new album is out) but I wont put them in any Metal Cat as they are Hard Rock/ pop band.

as for Manowar, they are funny, the thing with them is simply not to take them seriously just enjoy a good song! lost interest in them thesedays.

I'm into Def Leppard, G'N'R, Joe Satriani, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hedrix, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, Megadeth David bowie, Tom Waits (WOW he's sooo F*@&%£> Brillaint Recommended album "Alice") and Thin Lizzy.

those are labeled these days as "Dad Rock"

I have to say that I dont enjoy any of todays new rock/metal bands.
to me they all sound just the same.

I cant remember the last time (say 5 years) I heared a song that mad me go "WOW thats sooo F*@/&%$ Brillaint!!!!!!!!!! " and thats regardless of the style of music,...rock, metal or whatever you may call it.

any out there with the same feeling!?

nosmo

Pointlessly overclassified metal plz.
Thanks

Doomspell

Ya definately Thrash metal...although I do like Guns N' Roses

pbsuxok1znja4r

I think I prefer 'false' metal myself. :rolleyes:
As for Manowar having stayed true to metal when the big(ger) bucks were elsewhere - where's the merit in that? It doesn't make their music inherently better or anything. The same sounds still come out of their CDs, regardless of what they were getting paid.
But yeah, rock journalism of this sort is the weakest of sauce. Thrash FTW