I really liked (still do) Kingdom Come. Liked it's original line-up as 'Stone Fury' even more!
Still lovin' my 80's metal!
- Thread starter Rylo
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Yeah, Stryper is one of the best bands I've ever seen. Also, the nicest bunch of guys you'd ever want to meet.
Sweet still plays drums sideways. :thumbsup
Sweet still plays drums sideways. :thumbsup
Rylo, glad to hear there's a fellow Stryper fan here! Been a big fan of their's since '85. These days I wind up listening to a lot of Disciple which is a bit heavier but probably my favorite band currently.
I still love 80's metal... I mean, it's kinda hard to not love it when it was the music I listened to throughout my teenage years. Dokken, Ratt, etc. ... really love Wasted Years by Maiden - man, what a great song.
There's a host of other bands I could mention that for me fall into the 80's metal category though I dunno if other folks listened to these guys much because they were largely religious bands in the vein of Stryper - Guardian, Halo, Recon, Deliverance, Sacred Warrior, etc.
But probably my favorite 'hair metal' song of all time that I unapologetically turn up to ridiculous volumes every time I hear it is appropriately titled "Turn Up the Radio"... Don't mind if I doAutograph - Turn Up The Radio (Music Video) - YouTube
Eopie Herder
Sr Member
Man, I love a lot of those, Exodus and Overkill are two of my favorite bands, but Testament.....god I love Testament. And their last album was spectacular! Here my favorite track from it...
TESTAMENT - More Than Meets The Eye - YouTube
And my absolute favorite band, Forbidden! Much the same as Testament, but not as well known. They also released a new album not too long ago, here's a good one from that...
Forbidden - Adapt Or Die - YouTube
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
How do people forget Manowar...once the loudest band in the world?!
Hell, they even got Orson Welles to help with a tune!
Hell, they even got Orson Welles to help with a tune!
Fizbin
Well-Known Member
Holy crap! How did this band escape my radar all these years? Me likey!!!
Thank you, sir. :thumbsup
I never cared for them after seeing them on Headbangers Ball. They played the hard-ass part a bit much for my liking. Very Danzig-ish that way.
Eopie Herder
Sr Member
You're welcome! I highly recommend the album "Twisted Into Form" Paul Bostaph on drums, and it is phenomenal! This song just kills it!!!
ForbiddeN - Infinite.wmv - YouTube
(intro is a separate track, hence the strange cut in)
Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
*gasp* They are like Viking Metal!(From New York, but still) They were before Danzig. Neener neener.
avianoguitarist
Active Member
So great to see all the love for Dokken! Lynch is who inspired me to pick up the guitar way back in 87....I can still listen to all of those albums. ( the first ones, that is...after they broke up and re-united briefly I didn't care for those) Lynch Mob had some great songs too.
I've had the privilege of meeting George a few times, this one was a few years ago at a guitar clinic in Raleigh.
Yep--me too, bud!
Been a Lynch fan since 1984. Met him the first time in '87:
nwjedidave
Sr Member
Does the "retro made up" band STEEL DRAGON count? (from the movie ROCK STAR) Now thats some killer 80s music if you ask me!
Steel Dragon - We All Die Young - YouTube
Steel Dragon - Stand Up And Shout! - YouTube
Steel Dragon - Blood pollution - YouTube
Steel Dragon - We All Die Young - YouTube
Steel Dragon - Stand Up And Shout! - YouTube
Steel Dragon - Blood pollution - YouTube
Laspector
Master Member
DUDE, I was there, too. that was the summer of 88, right? Remember at the end when that guy climbed up on top of the scoreboard (7 or 8 stories up) and everyone was yelling JUMP JUMP!!
Of course...It's a supergroup! Everyone but Mark is a metal god, anyway.
Jason Bonham/drums, Jeff Pilson/Bass, Zakk wylde/Guitar and Mike Matijevic (Steelheart) singing most of the vocals. In fact, all the vocals you mentioned.
Here's the original version of, "We all die young."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLrz2u6NhLE&feature=related
AND, since you mentioned it, here's a pic of some Steel Dragon swag from the corner of my office.
-Rylo
Jason Bonham/drums, Jeff Pilson/Bass, Zakk wylde/Guitar and Mike Matijevic (Steelheart) singing most of the vocals. In fact, all the vocals you mentioned.
Here's the original version of, "We all die young."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLrz2u6NhLE&feature=related
AND, since you mentioned it, here's a pic of some Steel Dragon swag from the corner of my office.
-Rylo
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nwjedidave
Sr Member
Mike Matijevic and Jeff Scott Soto both did vocals as far as I understand it.
J.S.S.
Jeff Scott Soto - Stand Up And Shout - YouTube
a pretty good Queen cover here:
Jeff Scott Soto - I Want It All (Queen Cover) - YouTube
J.S.S.
Jeff Scott Soto - Stand Up And Shout - YouTube
a pretty good Queen cover here:
Jeff Scott Soto - I Want It All (Queen Cover) - YouTube
Dunno.
I've spent some time around Mike and told me he did the ones I mentioned to you. It's discussed in the Director's cut, too. Myles Kennedy (who played Thor at the end) is also mentioned. Never heard a thing about Soto being on the soundtrack.
I've spent some time around Mike and told me he did the ones I mentioned to you. It's discussed in the Director's cut, too. Myles Kennedy (who played Thor at the end) is also mentioned. Never heard a thing about Soto being on the soundtrack.
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nwjedidave
Sr Member
Soto is listed on the liner notes. (again if I remember correctly)
JMChladek
Sr Member
I've got a few albums from the bands mentioned on this list. My collection has KISS (mostly, still a metal classic with Creatures being their most metal album), Priest, Twisted Sister, Maiden and a little AC/DC. I've also got some Halen, even though it evolved a little away from Metal when Hagar joined. Others I'll add to this list
Motorhead (Lemmie rules! heh heh)
Pantera (okay, going a little away from 80s metal, but KISS inspired them so they count)
Sammy Hagar (when solo he had some metal-ish tunes, even if it was more polished)
John Jett (maybe more standard Rock, but she compliments metal bass guitars nicely)
Scorpions (Rock me like a Hurricane!)
John Jett still kicks it quite well (and looks good to boot). Get her in concert in a bar atmosphere and it is old school (Do you wanna touch... Yeah! Do you wanna touch... Yeah!...).
Some of the choices on this list are pretty good, until you factor in what Beavis and Butthead did to them back in the 90s when they riffed their videos (Accept and Overkill for a couple of examples, still hillarious though).
BTW, if we count Steel Dragon, then we are forgetting the greatest Metal band of all...
SPINAL TAP!
I mean, how can you NOT like Big Bottom, or Stonehenge?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DSR9tZ1hA
Motorhead (Lemmie rules! heh heh)
Pantera (okay, going a little away from 80s metal, but KISS inspired them so they count)
Sammy Hagar (when solo he had some metal-ish tunes, even if it was more polished)
John Jett (maybe more standard Rock, but she compliments metal bass guitars nicely)
Scorpions (Rock me like a Hurricane!)
John Jett still kicks it quite well (and looks good to boot). Get her in concert in a bar atmosphere and it is old school (Do you wanna touch... Yeah! Do you wanna touch... Yeah!...).
Some of the choices on this list are pretty good, until you factor in what Beavis and Butthead did to them back in the 90s when they riffed their videos (Accept and Overkill for a couple of examples, still hillarious though).
BTW, if we count Steel Dragon, then we are forgetting the greatest Metal band of all...
SPINAL TAP!
I mean, how can you NOT like Big Bottom, or Stonehenge?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DSR9tZ1hA
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