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It will be interesting to see - *if* we can arrange to make the pre-party - how this lineup compares to the '80s one. (I saw them 3-4 times in '88 and '89-90.)
General Zod said:I remember seeing the premiere of the "The Calling" video on The Headbanger's Ball, back in the day. Ran right out and bought the CD... uhhh, I mean cassette.
Zod
MetalAges said:Ditto, AND, I still have it! Haha. I actually have all my (1000 or so!) cassettes from the old days.
MysticX9 said:Yeah, 1999's WIDE OPEN - here's what we said about it in Detritus
back then:
http://dynamitemetal.com/detritus/d04/42r2.shtml
lady_space said:cassette? What's that?
Bryant, how'd you miss these guys? Even I have something by them.
Trans-Siberian Outcast said:Leatherwolf also flew under my radar back in the day. I know I've heard "of" them. I am pretty sure I also heard them. I believe some of my friends played them for me. But somehow, they never registered. Listening to those song samples from the new album, I am impressed. Doesn't sound very old school though. They must have updated their sound. It's too up-tempo to be old school, more influenced by modern day power metal (not speed metal).
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Saxon should get a main stage headline slot...imho.KingsGene said:The Calling - that was the one that brought me in way back when. Big choruses as I recall. I think I still have the vinyl LP. I'll have to dig it out and transfer to CD/mp3.
Perhaps we need to have a pre-PreParty with all NWOBHM type bands - Saxon headlining?
TheWhisper said:Saxon should get a main stage headline slot...imho.
I hope the tour(5 - 6 shows) happens this year, and doesn't get cancelled like last year. I will travel to see them if they make it here this year.Ascension said:I totally agree. Saxon was part of the original wave of metal that came from England & forged paths for others. "Dallas 1pm" is a classic.