80s Metal

[mike coleman]

I figured it sucked'
hehe
I liked the first Def Leppard LP, I think little Pete Willlis should kick
all their asses





On 9/10/08, Steve Swann <swann1066 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not too keen on most Elf material, it mostly sounds like swamp boogie
> to me.  But one song -  "Wonderworld" I think it's called - clearly presaged
> his terrific work with Rainbow.
>
> And as for his work with Sabbath, I can hardly say enough good things about
> it.  Heaven and Hell is one of about maybe 10 albums (along with Back in
> Black, Fire of Unknown Origin, Number of the Beast, Screaming for Vengeance,
> Blackout, Pyromania, et al) to come out between '80 and '82 that pretty much
> set my taste in rock and metal when I was a kid.  Obviously a lot of them I
> left behind, but I think a couple of them have proven pretty themselves to
> be essentially timeless (Back in Black being perhaps the most obvious
> example).
>
> Steve
>
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> Ah, 80s hair metal (which I get to listen to more these days than ever
> on XM Radio's "The Boneyard" channel).  I never saw Dio in concert
> (with or without Black Sabbath),
>
>
> First time I saw RJD, he was in a local band from
> here in Upstate NY called Elf.  I expect most of
> the folks on this list weren't born yet at the time
> of that gig, or they were very young...
>
>
> tj
>