Anyone have albums they CAN'T get burned out on ?

[Abryl]

And Abryl reminded me of this one ... Anthrax - The sound of White Noise! one of my top 10 albums of alllllllll time there!

It's awesome. Only, Room For One More, 1000 Points Of Hate, This Is Not An Exit... all of them kick ass!

 

[JonnyD]

It's awesome. Only, Room For One More, 1000 Points Of Hate, This Is Not An Exit... all of them kick ass!

I hate you and you hate me
I cannot not look at you and breathe
So full of hate that i can't see
My funny vibe is hard to miss
Your ignorance can't be called bliss
I fuckin wash my hands of this

That is one of the Best Records EVER!

 

[Bryant]

Absolutely. I 100% couldn't agree more. I actually had people come up to me when I was 22 and say, "You still listen to that shit?" Huh?! Yeah, these people were no more than a year older than myself. I want to ask them if they lived a previous life on a farm in Ohio in the 1930's.

This could go on for an even longer rant, but if you find someone who says that they USED to listen to "that shit", but now they don't, chances are they never were really into it in the first place. Faking it the whole time, if you know what I mean.

Since this is the Old School board, I will dust off a classic word for those people:

"Poseurs". :Spin: :Spin:

I agree 100%. My tastes have evolved over the years to a large degree, but the majority of my tastes have evolved within the metal genre. It's not like I don't have an open ear to other music and listen to some of it, but I can't see how someone could once love the aggression and technical mastery only metal music gives you and then just decide you don't like it anymore.

Bryant

 

[Bryant]

Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

Kick ass release !!! Anthrax's best. Don't know why they couldn't keep the pace afterward with such a great vocalist as Bush.


Bryant

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

I agree 100%. My tastes have evolved over the years to a large degree, but the majority of my tastes have evolved within the metal genre. It's not like I don't have an open ear to other music and listen to some of it, but I can't see how someone could once love the aggression and technical mastery only metal music gives you and then just decide you don't like it anymore.

Bryant

Very well put, Bryant The absolute worst, however, is when you have a band, for instance, with previous albums straying the metal genre, then after a while they decide to CHANGE and become "Non-metal". The "absolute worst" part comes when they say crap like, "we've grown out of that style", or "a lot of our old fans don't understand the change". Yeah...change. Change that makes you want to go uke:

Those examples I gave are just smoke and mirrors (SX_Allright!! ) to mask the real reason, which is they are usually too old, worn out, and overall just lack the ideas anymore to compete in the (vastly) wide spectrum of the metal umbrella.

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

Kick ass release !!! Anthrax's best. Don't know why they couldn't keep the pace afterward with such a great vocalist as Bush.


Bryant

I don't know, man. I'm gonna have to go with "Persistence of Time" as their best. I actually prefer Bush over Belladonna, actually. PoP just has those unreal songs onn it, for me, anyways.

Still, Sound...is a pretty good one, though.

 

[Clammy]

Sixxswine made me rembember a album I will not ever get sick off

Priest Stained Class - For me ,that is the best vocals EVER
Exciter -Heavy Metal Maniac -= the first band of thrash
Exodus -Bonded By Blood

The point here is ..we don't get sick of METAL

Old School board rules!!
In this day and age..try talking about metal to a person

BERST LINE IS " I loved metal when I was younger"
I snap when I hear that shit
"oh you've grown up now and listen to what your wife makes you listen too"


Fuck!!!
My Mom Is almost 60 and loves Saxon,Priest,Nevermore,Maiden...
She never grew OUT of Metal

Sorry for the banter but metal is a way of life

Man, I could not have put it better myself!!! A lot of my friends "grew out of metal" after it went back underground. They're my friends and all, but they' re hopeless fucking SHEEP! Always following whatever trend was coming through town. Sad!

I have been listening to the heavy stuff since I discovered KISS in 78! My favourite stuff is 80s metal. I listen to it now... hell I PLAY it now!

My mom, who's in her 60s now, comes out to my bands' shows all the time!!

Metal IS a way of life... it's the way I live MY life. Really, my life revolves around music, and my music is METAL, so my life revolves around METAL!!!!! :hotjump:

Fuck the poseurs!

Fuck any asswipe that asks why you still listen to METAL!!

Cheers to all the OLD SCHOOL!!!

 

[Clammy]

It's awesome. Only, Room For One More, 1000 Points Of Hate, This Is Not An Exit... all of them kick ass!

I agree 100%!!

Sound Of White Noise is a MASTERPIECE!! My favourite Anthrax record by far! I think John Bush's voice is SO much better for Anthrax thatn Joey's was. This was REALLY driven home last year when I saw them live twice, and John KILLED on the old Belladonna era stuff! I haven't gotten the DVD yet, but it's definitely on my "to get" list!

Cheers!

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Besides Vinnie Vincent Invasion, some other ones:

Kane Roberts - Saints & Sinners
Shotgun Messiah - Shotgun Messiah
KISS - Crazy Nights
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Vain - No Respect
WASP - WASP
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch
AC/DC - Back In Black

 

[Greeno]

I have been listening to the heavy stuff since I discovered KISS in 78! My favourite stuff is 80s metal.

Wow! We have alot in common, Clammy. I also got into music because of KISS and at the same time.... around the Love Gun and Double Platinum years. And I too think it gets no better than 80's metal.

Damn Clammy, you may be my long lost Canadian twin brother! hahaha.

Now if I can just find a cool old metal band to join the circle will be complete.

 

[Psychonaut]

I forgot one of my big ones: Faith No More - Angel Dust!

 

[Abryl]

Kick ass release !!! Anthrax's best. Don't know why they couldn't keep the pace afterward with such a great vocalist as Bush.

I love John's voice, it's very powerful and unique. I actually love every Anthrax release with him singing, especially this one but We've Come For You All blew me away too! My favorite album of 2003, no contest.

I agree 100%!!

Sound Of White Noise is a MASTERPIECE!! My favourite Anthrax record by far! I think John Bush's voice is SO much better for Anthrax thatn Joey's was. This was REALLY driven home last year when I saw them live twice, and John KILLED on the old Belladonna era stuff! I haven't gotten the DVD yet, but it's definitely on my "to get" list!

I hate you for seeing them twice last year!! Just about every time I've been in the U.S. during the past year I missed them cuz they were playing a few days or like two weeks after I had to come back home

I had the chance to see them in 97 tho, but they only played for 1 hour cuz they were opening for Pantera. One of the best performances I've ever seen, Charlie was just amazing! Needless to say John owns the stage

I downloaded the live DVD on audio and loved it. I'm definitely buying this one too

 

[Bryant]

Very well put, Bryant The absolute worst, however, is when you have a band, for instance, with previous albums straying the metal genre, then after a while they decide to CHANGE and become "Non-metal". The "absolute worst" part comes when they say crap like, "we've grown out of that style", or "a lot of our old fans don't understand the change". Yeah...change. Change that makes you want to go uke:

Those examples I gave are just smoke and mirrors (SX_Allright!! ) to mask the real reason, which is they are usually too old, worn out, and overall just lack the ideas anymore to compete in the (vastly) wide spectrum of the metal umbrella.

Well I can tell you who the kings are of that bullshit..... and it's not Selloutica. It is Geoff Tate of Queensryche. He not only claims he has outgrown the "Chunka chunka stuff" as he put it, he een claims he never liked it to begin with. I can respect artists that like other stuff (Like Zakk Wylde for example) but if you are a metal artist, you should also be a metal fan. Being in a metal band is not a "job" (though it is very hard work) but should be a passion.
Geoff Tate has about as much class as a fucking cockroach. I mean come on...... Yngwie's a dick, but at least he's funny. He might shit on other artists but not his fans.


Bryant

 

[Bryant]

I don't know, man. I'm gonna have to go with "Persistence of Time" as their best. I actually prefer Bush over Belladonna, actually. PoP just has those unreal songs onn it, for me, anyways.

Still, Sound...is a pretty good one, though.

I was a thrasher back in the day and Anthrax was a great live band, but Belladonna was plain bad on disc. They had cool headbanging music, but I could never get past Joey's vocals. Don't get me wrong, my friends had those CDs and tapes and I didn't bitch when thety played it, but I never owned a single Belladonna era Anthrax release. To each his own though. Many people don't like Udo's vocals and he is easily in my top ten all time vocalists, so what do I know ?


Bryant

 

[carnut]

Well I can tell you who the kings are of that bullshit..... and it's not Selloutica. It is Geoff Tate of Queensryche. He not only claims he has outgrown the "Chunka chunka stuff" as he put it, he een claims he never liked it to begin with. I can respect artists that like other stuff (Like Zakk Wylde for example) but if you are a metal artist, you should also be a metal fan. Being in a metal band is not a "job" (though it is very hard work) but should be a passion.
Geoff Tate has about as much class as a fucking cockroach. I mean come on...... Yngwie's a dick, but at least he's funny. He might shit on other artists but not his fans.


Bryant

Damn, that sucks if true, I was planning to tattoo the Queensryche logo on my back but need to think about that now...

 

[Bryant]

Damn, that sucks if true, I was planning to tattoo the Queensryche logo on my back but need to think about that now...

Ha ha ha well the other bandmembers are cool. I think they try, but Geoff is a dick. I'm not even one to curse much (on message boards though I do in real life) but tate is a fucking asshole and everytime he opens his mouth on an interview, he has something to say I don't like.
That asshole even flashed images of George W. Bush and Adolf Hitler together on stage at their last show. I don't agree with the war in Iraq, and also am not real happy with some of Bush's decisions as President, BUT he is NOT even close to Adolf Hitler. Making a political statement is one thing, but comparing The President of the United States (no matter who it is) to Adolf Hitler is taking things too far. I love people from all over the world (as you can tell because I reply to many of your posts and I consider people from ANY country my equal) but I do love my country and Geoff not only shits on his fans, but his country as well with things such as that. Fuck him !!!


Bryant

 

[Greeno]

I was a thrasher back in the day and Anthrax was a great live band, but Belladonna was plain bad on disc.

 

[Fangface]

heh Geoff talks too much in interviews at times that's right, but having "outgrown Metal", as stupid as it can be, doesn't mean that he dislikes his fans.
By the way Queensryche has always been a band in constant evolution 'til the beginning, drawning influences from other genres of music and they've only been making music for themselves. Which is a good thing IMO, an artist should always write songs that please him first.

I don't think that he hates Metal though, just take a look at the current tour. What do they play? The whole Operation Mindcrime disc. Hey, seems like sometimes they also want to please their fans... and I'll be there

And if you think Geoff is a total dick..... well, please read this story :
http://69.0.6.174/tate/News/GeoffBrit.htm

Ailing teen gets her dream: meeting Queensryche singer:

By Linda Castrone, Denver Post Staff Writer

How does a miracle begin?
A child in pain whispers a prayer. It is scooped up by her guardian angel, who draws it to her lips and blows it to the wind. It pierces the hearts of a dozen strangers, who move mountains to ease her suffering, if only for a moment.

In this case, the child in pain is 17-year-old Brittany Woneis, who was born with a rare but agonizing disease called epidermolysis bullosa that destroys her skin and soft tissues. Her prayer was to meet the rock star whose heavy-metal music is her constant companion.

Hospice of Metro Denver social worker Margaret Sharpe listened, and didn’t stop writing and calling until she captured the attention of Geoff Tate, lead singer of the band Queensryche, and his wife, Susan.

They were coming to Denver for a concert in July as part of Queensryche’s world tour and were touched by Brittany’s circumstances.

Says Susan, “The music must be something that enchants her. I told Geoff about her, and he said, ‘I’m not even worthy. Of course I’ll do it."‘

With the Tates on board, the hospice worked with tour promoter Clear Channel Entertainment and Kroenke Sports Enterprises, owner of the concert venue, Universal Lending Pavilion. They came away with VIP parking passes and the pavilion’s two best boxes, then lined up transportation in a medical van.

By the time Brittany got her miracle last Tuesday, it had passed through 12 sets of hands. She arrived at the Queensryche concert with an entourage that included her mother, two uncles, one girlfriend, one social worker, four publicists, a reporter, a photographer and two on-site guides who whisked them backstage to meet the band.

And although about 3,000 other fans crowded into the pavilion to hear Queensryche perform, the band played especially for her.

Music helped ease pain

Brittany has been listening to Queensryche’s music since she was 3, she says, but since December she has been relying on it to get her through long, painful days. Her skin disease is now attacking the lining of her stomach, making it hard for her to absorb nutrients. With each pound she loses, she grows weaker and more susceptible to infection. Now only 36 pounds, she spends her days lying in bed or in a reclining chair, listening to music and watching TV. She hasn’t sat upright for months.

When Sharpe first met her, Brittany was discouraged by her declining health, but they found common ground in their love for music.

In mid-March, Brittany had another setback that hit her hard. The 32-year-old man who had been dating her mother died unexpectedly from an asthma attack.

“She considered him her dad,” Sharpe says. “When he died, she seemed hopeless. She told me she was miserable and ready to be done with this.

“Kids touch me,” she adds, “especially Brittany. She has been so cheated out of having more of a life, and there I was, powerless to help.”

Brittany resembles a rag doll, her lifeless limbs and torso covered with protective gauze bandages, her animated face and head the only parts left unwrapped. Twice a week the bandages are changed. It’s a process so painful she needs to be sedated beforehand.

As Brittany drifts off, and in between times when the pain gets unbearable, she slaps on her headphones and listens to Queensryche.

“When I’m not feeling good and nothing will make me feel better, I listen to loud music,” she says. “I wait for the, what do you call it? The adrenalin rush, and it makes me feel better.”

When asked if Brittany Woneis could meet him, Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate said, ‘I’m not even worthy. Of course I’ll do it.’
Seeds of a dream

One particularly trying day, Sharpe begged Brittany for help. “I wish there was something cool I could do that would make your life better,” she said. “Can you think of anything at all?”

Ten minutes later, Brittany had two ideas. “I want to meet Geoff Tate, or I want to pet an orca whale.”

“Oh, gosh,” Sharpe remembers thinking. “What am I going to do now?” Then she got to work. Dozens of e-mails and letters later, she heard from Susan Tate. “I’ll do whatever you need,” her e-mail said. “Let’s talk details.”

By that time Brittany was fighting another infection and “was doing so poorly I didn’t think she’d make it,” Sharpe says. She’d like to think the news of her upcoming date with Queensryche helped Brittany pull through.

Susan Tate doesn’t always travel with the band, but she flew in to meet them for their Denver date. Before the concert, she was busy backstage lining up a private room for Brittany’s “meet and greet” with the musicians. Once the girl’s entourage arrived, she ushered in the band, then brought Geoff back for a more private conversation.

He and Brittany talked about how the group’s songs are written, how their videos are filmed, what songs their fans always want to hear. “The Lady Wore Black” and “Silent Lucidity” are enduring favorites, Geoff told her. The band plays them on each tour, alternating nights.

“Which one would you like to hear tonight?” he asked her. “You get to choose.”

She chose “The Lady Wore Black,” which wasn’t on that night’s set list. As she was escorted to the VIP seats in the heart of the tent, Geoff’s instructions went out over the crew’s walkie-talkies: “Brittany wants ‘Lady.’ Sub it in.”

Moving the stars

Susan and Geoff Tate have four children between them; other band members have three more. They often get special requests from fans but never anything like Brittany’s.

She’s not their average fan, for starters. Most are men in their 20s and 30s, Susan says. Many are cops, soldiers, computer jockeys and pro ballplayers.

Perhaps because they’re parents or because Geoff writes the lyrics that blast through Brittany’s headphones, they felt an irresistible urge to help. As the evening wore on, Susan flitted in and out of the VIP box, sitting beside Brittany and whispering encouragement.

After the show, she hugged Sharpe and promised not to forget Brittany once the band was back on the road. She also confided that, after the show, Geoff had been really quiet. “He was thrown off by how much it impacted him,” she told Sharpe.

Back in the VIP box, a little bubble of bliss surrounded Brittany and her entourage. Waiters and security guards wandered in and out of it, bringing her a sub sandwich and iced tea, and checking on her comfort.

When Queensryche finally came onstage, Brittany shifted into fan mode, singing along with Geoff and tapping out a rhythm on the plastic box that held her sandwich. When the spotlight shifted to Geoff at the front of the stage, she got quiet.

“‘The Lady Wore Black’ is the first song we ever wrote,” he began, “and tonight we’re gonna dedicate it to our new friend Brittany.”

Dressed in her mother’s black mesh top and shiny black pants, Brittany could have been the lady he was singing about. As he reached the refrain, she struggled to catch her breath, then began to cry.

The lady wore black

See the years through the tears in her eyes

The lady wore black

Her love can set me free.

As fans followed the singer’s eyes into the crowd, they swiveled in their chairs to watch the object of his ballad. Although momentarily in a fishbowl of attention, Brittany was unaware of them. Her eyes were glued to the stage and to Sharpe, who was blotting the tears.

Although already at its dramatic climax, the miracle continued a few more hours, as Brittany listened to another band, Dream Theater, and then was wheeled out to the souvenir booths. Fans along the way who might otherwise have stared at her bandages gave her thumbs-up signs, and one dropped a $10 bill on the counter and told an airbrush tattoo artist to “give the little girl whatever she wants.” (She picked a butterfly for her cheek and several more up the gauze of one arm.)

Buoyed by a giant adrenalin rush, she managed the trip home without anesthesia and finally fell asleep at 2 a.m. The next day, exhausted and feeling the aftereffects of a marathon day, she told Sharpe, “It was the best night I’ve ever had.”

Will the disease or the pain ease because Brittany shared a few hours with the band of her dreams? Most likely not, says Sharpe. But for one evening, an unlikely bond formed between a rock star and a teenage girl that altered them both.

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

Well I can tell you who the kings are of that bullshit..... and it's not Selloutica. It is Geoff Tate of Queensryche. He not only claims he has outgrown the "Chunka chunka stuff" as he put it, he een claims he never liked it to begin with. I can respect artists that like other stuff (Like Zakk Wylde for example) but if you are a metal artist, you should also be a metal fan. Being in a metal band is not a "job" (though it is very hard work) but should be a passion.
Geoff Tate has about as much class as a fucking cockroach. I mean come on...... Yngwie's a dick, but at least he's funny. He might shit on other artists but not his fans.


Bryant

Yeah, they probably are the kings of that statement, although personally I had one or two more in mind that fit it as well. The only thing that I admire Geoff Tate for is being a smart businessman, being that he records the shit that HE wants to hear, stylistically, but when it comes to touring, essentially he gives the old fans what they want, usually a large chunk of the classic material. This in turn sends off a large portion of the crowd with a positive feeling, and more importantly (in a selling sense, anyways), makes them WANT to go see Queensryche again.

That said, their new album is absolute dogshit. uke:

 

[Walter_Langkowski]

I was a thrasher back in the day and Anthrax was a great live band, but Belladonna was plain bad on disc. They had cool headbanging music, but I could never get past Joey's vocals. Don't get me wrong, my friends had those CDs and tapes and I didn't bitch when thety played it, but I never owned a single Belladonna era Anthrax release. To each his own though. Many people don't like Udo's vocals and he is easily in my top ten all time vocalists, so what do I know ?


Bryant

To each their own, my friend. Do not feel shame in having a weird opinion, because I am usually towards the top in that category!

I have met many who list PoP as one of their top three, but also many who list Sound up there as well. Personally, as far as Anthrax goes, my tops are PoP at #1, Sound at #2, so I'm spilt kind of oddly between the two singers, but who gives a f#@%?!