There's a lot of junk bands that have found great success. Manowar isn't unique in that manner. To each his own .. if you love them .. great. It's all good.
Now that I can agree with you on ... PoS is one of my least liked bands. There is really noting about them that appeals to me. I like Manowar 10 times better .. maybe more.
I was bagging on the band .. not getting personal with anyone. Don't take the criticism of a band so personally. Different strokes for different folks .. ya know. I went back to see if maybe I happened to get too personal with any of my posts ... I didn't.
If I listed the Top 100 things I like to hear in a Metal song, two minutes worth of Orson Wells, shockingly, wouldn't make the list. For my money, "Fighting the World" isn't a great song.
Alright I got ya ... I normally wouldn't jump into someone's thread, and belittle a band, but I also didn't expect the new Manowar disc to be getting high praise. I saw that new video the other day, and though it was a truly awful song, so I was suprised to hear any praise coming Manowar's way. I should probably be a little more thoughtful next time.
I've been following them since the beginning - when they were pretty different from a lot of the other metal bands around. They have fallen into a rut of late - too many "chanty/sing-a-long" songs and not utilizing the talents of the guys in the band enough in my opinion (especially Eric Adams - prolly my favorite metal vocalist of all time) but I will stick with them til the bitter end. They have always treated me with class and respect and a lot of my best memories come from either their music or their shows.
Didn't you just tell us all to lighten up? I think you may be taking this thread a bit seriously. It's unfair to expect an entire forum to be nothing but positive, about any band. I don't even know what the point would be in reading a forum with no counterpoint.
