Members Evil Jimmi Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Saigon Kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jnurp Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Gruntruck (peaked when Grunge was dying)Sabbat (peaked when thrash/speed was dying) dude gruntruck is awesome. I have had their cd for 15 or 16 years and still play it a ton. "not a lot to save"...what an amazing riff. You know the lead singer died awhile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 The Kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elric Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 If The darkness only they came out in 85' You mean '75. There's nothing 80's about those guys. They are not slick enough for 80's metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudder1310 Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Let me add Floater to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Fastway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlayboyChris Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Waysted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Waysted lol. I see what you did there. What, no HCAF love for Pete Way?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Frankly, I think this list starts and ends with King's X. But I will also throw in Voivod. They always seemed to change styles right BEFORE it become popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlayboyChris Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 lol. I see what you did there. What, no HCAF love for Pete Way?!? Pete Way in UFO = win Pete Way's other projects featuring "Way" as part of the name = fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Pete Way in UFO = winPete Way's other projects featuring "Way" as part of the name = fail such a fine line between clever and stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DOUBLE J64 Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 If he wouldn't of died so young, Tommy Bolin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Frankly, I think this list starts and ends with King's X. But I will also throw in Voivod. They always seemed to change styles right BEFORE it become popular. Gotta' King's X and Voivoid. Also, Hum and Failure. And Trouble was both before and after their time, IMO. I've never been a hair rock/metal fan other than some of the shredders and more heavy rock-oriented, but one band called Last Crack had a couple songs I thought sounded really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ripley7t Posted October 28, 2008 Members Share Posted October 28, 2008 Badlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GregMan Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Gruntruck (peaked when Grunge was dying)Sabbat (peaked when thrash/speed was dying) I saw Gruntruck open up for Pantera in the early 90's in Frankfurt, Germany. It was a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unstrung Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 I {censored}ing love the Darkness. Their second CD, not so much, though. It's a shame their singer burnt out, he kicked ass. I think these guys were just a little behind: [YOUTUBE]KaQW65bVzaE[/YOUTUBE] It's {censored}ing SHOTGUN MESSIAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeathMonkey Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 I'll plus one King's X, Voivod and Damn The Machine - that DTM record is STILL {censored}ing amazing. Great songwriting, great playing - I actually saw Voivod and DTM at the last show at One Step Beyond in Santa Clara. {censored}ing killer. I'd say Frank Marino as well. For some reason he just never caught on, but he's a bad mother{censored}er. Also, GTR, as silly as some of their schtick was, wrote SMOKIN hard rock songs, and featured Steve Howe and Steve Hackett. Howe's other grab for radio, Asia, never did as well as I thought they should have over the long haul. For a band with three bona fide hits, they've disappeared completely from the retro landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrontEndLoader Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Sabbat (peaked when thrash/speed was dying) Sneap did alright for himself though And I guess Walkyier did as well (to a lesser financial extent) Greta (whoah look at that wiener - yeah, greta's got quite a unit on him ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squealie Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 OK, Let's pretend Kings-X had a mega selling record. 'boo hoo, Kings-X was ok until that sellout {censored} they did, then it was all downhill' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 OK, Let's pretend Kings-X had a mega selling record.'boo hoo, Kings-X was ok until that sellout {censored} they did, then it was all downhill' I think the same could be said for any band that hasn't made it and for most that have. It's not that them not making it big was a disappointment to me, but at least they were one of the bands that seemed worthy of some recognition, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doppelbanger Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 corrosion of conformity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 powermad. their stuff is still relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oddone Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 The darkness, late 70s. Wolfmother, sometime around led zeps origins, though with out led zepp they probably would have no idea what to do or play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members B Money Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 totally agree with King's X, but it's not for lack of trying. Atlantic tried pushing them in the late 80's-early 90's (I remember the "It's Love" video was played on headbangers ball) but they were just a little too different to catch on. Another band I think was ahead of thier time was Urge Overkill. Probably too quiriky to ever break into the really big time, but they flirted with it. "Sister Havana" is a killer song that for whatever reason didn't catch on. Thier cover of "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" was heavily featured in Pulp Fiction but even that failed to garner them much attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 It's {censored}ing SHOTGUN MESSIAH. Shotgun Messaih, definitely!! Their debut album hit smack dab when Hair Metal was hot. No pulse. Then, they release the beyond-excellent "Second Coming" album just as Sleeze Metal (GnR, Faster Pussycat, et al) were hitting big. Again, no impact. Lastly, they released the sledgehammer "Violent New Breed" just as Industrial Metal was the in thing. This album is amazing, and earned Kerrang's highest honours. It was as good as any early NIN album, but failed to make a dent. Damn shame they broke up shortly thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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