HW Favorite year/line-up

[Tim Stephenson]

Hmmm.... Harvard eh?  I stand to be wiped out here.  Never mind.

Just because a few Goths joined the faltering Hun line up prooves nothing
more than that the Huns had run out of inspiration some time ago and needed
a fresh infusion of styles from new talent.  The eastern movement was
reduced to aging old Rock dinosaurs by the mid to late fourth century,
spending most of their time doing support gigs for eytie prog bands like
'The  IV Legion'.  I assert again that the 'happening sound' was Krautrock.
Yes indeed there was a swift evolution of bands, but this just shows the
wealth of talent there was.  What about the extended tour of The Vandals?
Legendary stuff this, as they covered most of europe then the Iberian
peninsula, before their triumphant finale in Africa.
Nah - the Huns were musically isolated, nothing came from them until the
Mongols lots later.  The Goths, apart from their own great albums, spawned
bands like the Rugians and later the Gepids and Lombards (notable for their
long hair and mustaches, including Lemmy on Bass)

>>>I maintain that the Huns were top notch in 362
>
>>Possibly, but the Goths and Visigoths are definitely the bands to watch,
>>and look out for a storming gig in Rome for the Ostrogoths in the near
>>future.

>No, I have to agree with the first post. The Goths early work was excellent
(as was that of some of their members previous work) but it never really
reached a wide audience. The Huns came out of nowhere to really made it big
in the late fourth century, and consistently topped the charts for the best
part of a century. While the Goths were finally able to reach a larger
audience during this period, they were hurt by numerous lineup changes and
competition for ownership of the name. The real beneficiaries were the
Huns, and you can be sure its no accident the most successful Hun lineups
included ex-Goths. It was only towards the end of the fifth century with
the breakup of the Huns that several reformed Goth projects got it together
and achieved real commercial success. But really, this material bore only
passing resemblance to the original Goth stuff.