BOC: Lyric discussions

[Goran Janicijevic]

John A. Swartz wrote in <37F89D88.1DF1EDD1 at mitre.org>:

>ABSOLUTELY!!  Iron Maiden is not exactly in the same class lyrically as
>BOC (and of course, there aren't many who are), but I wouldn't exactly
>say they are "just for kiddies entering the world of HM".  Their

It happen to be in the early eighties, I used to compare 'Cultosaurus'
with the IM actual 'Killers'. Light years of quality between these two
bands. A single note on Lips In The Hills beats the whole opus of IM,
and says more than they ever could.

>influence on metal in the 80s is probably just as significant as BOC's.
>And, as pointed out above, they actually have a pretty good range of
>subject matter, much of it taken from some great literature.  Don't let
>the rotting corpse that is their mascot fool you into thinking otherwise.

It was named Freddie, I recall.
--
Goran