valanx said:
But i was just curious, do you actually like or listen to any newer bands than the NWOBHM era
No.
Well that's not strictly true but I still listen to loads of NWOBHM along with loads of Rush, Zeppelin, AC/DC, Sabbath, UFO, Scorps, Floyd, Krokus etc. Really what I'm saying is that the music I listen to today is more or less the same music I listened to about 20 years ago. I will go out and get new CDs but it will be the new CD from an older band like Lionheart and AOR. There are some newer bands I listen to, I really like Tool/APC and I'm into that Open Hand, Drive-By Truckers.
The thing is I've got loads of cds that folk have given me, must have about 20 sitting in a drawer and they've been sitting there for about 9 months and I haven't listened to any of them cos to listen to them means I'd have to stop listening to Saxon, Diamond Head/ Sabbath, Girlschool etc and I know probably some of them will be quite good, but I know for a true fact that I won't like any of those bands nearly as much as I love all the stuff I'm listening to just now. The cds I'm talking about that I've not listened to yet are stuff like Gov't Mule, Panic, Opeth, Nevermore, Kings X, Kyuss, Spirital Beggars - some of them might not be really new bands but they are all new to me cos I haven't heard them yet. In fact I must make a point to night of sticking a few of them on, I've heard that Gov't Mule as supposed to be brill, as are Panic.
But I realise I need to start listening to newer bands cos even the bands I've went to see over the past year, apart from Open Hand and Drive by Truckers, the rest have all been bands that have been around for years like Rush, Saxon, Budgie, Whitesnake, Priest, Scorps, Thin Lizzy and the bands that I'm seeing later this year are all old bands as well, Budgie again this week, Motorhead, Girlschool, Magnum, Dio, and the 5 bands playing at the NWOBHM concert. These bands won't be around for a great deal longer, so I have to start getting into new bands or else I won't have any concerts to go to, which would be tragic indeed.
Midnightrider - I was going to recommend Dragonforce to Crusader as well. I only heard of them a few months ago but they are so amazing, they totally blew me away. I was checking their tour dates a few months ago and noticed they are playing in Edinburgh, quite fancied it and thought I'd better check out the Merch to see if they had any decent girl tshirts. There was one but I'm afraid there's no way I could wear it cos of what it says on the front
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Dragonforce DIRTY Power Metal SLUT
I think its this weekend they're playing but I don't think I can make it now, if it was Glasgow I would definitely go but its like 50 miles away, hopefully they will come to Glasgow and then I will see them for sure. They would be totally mindblowing live.
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