Jump to content

alpha p

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    106

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by alpha p

  1. alpha p
    Saw them support Alice in the UK a few years ago. I'd never knowingly heard their music but they were really good
  2. alpha p
    In the pre internet days, I had not seen this cover design before the album was released, so was totally agog when it appeared on the racks of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne HMV shop. Derek Riggs finest without doubt The album not too bad either.....
  3. alpha p
    DLR Eat Em And Smile
  4. alpha p
    I've been a fan of RJD for many years, but would agree with the comments regarding Holy Diver being a solo album. Somehow, Ronnie's on-stage comment "We are Dio" never quite rang true for me.
  5. alpha p
    Madrigal Losing It The Mission The Pass Bravado Tai Shan The Garden
  6. alpha p
    Whilst the 3 albums with RJD, along with Down to Earth, are always on my list of top albums, I struggle with the JLT stuff a bit. Difficult to Cure is ok, and the others have their moments, but I'll have to go with Yes. Ritchie's solo on Death Alley Driver is superb though.
  7. alpha p
    Rainbow with Ritchie and Graham Bonnet Ozzy with Jake AC/DC with Brian Marillion with Fish John Sykes with anyone Sadly, for differing reasons, I doubt any of this is remotely likely
  8. alpha p
    V-2 Schneider on Bowie's Heroes named after him, apparently
  9. alpha p
    What was it with '80's bands an "We Rock" lyrics? Enough. You established that years before then. I do really love Thank God For The Bomb. But I'm gonna give it to Bark At The Moon. I'm So Tired of all this shiite, G'nite, y'all Ozzy As a young Dio fan, I loved We Rock, but must admit to cringing when i hear it now
  10. alpha p
    I can remember purchasing Bark At The Moon and dashing home to play it; and as a moment in time, I've gone with this album..and deserves it even just for the title track. Ultimate Sin is ok, but was a bit disappointed on first listen, and seldom play it. Shot In The Dark and Killer Of Giants still good though.
  11. alpha p
    Black Sabbath Debut
  12. alpha p
    They're waiting until the very last second before cancelling this tour. I think the first date is May 30, no word yet but there's no way it's happening and everyone knows it. It seems the Ozzy/Priest UK tour destined never to happen....but hope I'm wrong
  13. alpha p
    The mid 90s BBM project was a sort of updated Cream, with Jack, Ginger and Gary Moore. One album, Around The Next Dream, whilst not a classic, has it moments and worth a listen. I can't imagine Gary will have helped Ginger's temperament, cos I think at times, he could be as bad.
  14. alpha p
    Adrenalize was just trying to be Hysteria 2, but without Mutt Lange and didn't work at all for me....and I gave the album to a charity shop a few years back.
  15. alpha p
    Both great bands in their day, but after 1987 and Hysteria, very patchy. Still love Hysteria, only issue for me is that it's so heavily "Mutt Lange'd" they struggle to re-produce (no pun intended) the sound live. However, saw them on the UK tour celebrating the Hysteria anniversary a few years back, and they were still very good. Sadly, I never got to see Whitesnake in their "blues" prime, first time being on the 87 tour, by which time they were a different band really. It's a tough call, but by a photo-finish, I've gone for Leppard in each category...but as I say very very close
  16. alpha p
    Gary Moore Wild Frontier Twisted Sister Stay Hungry Y & T In Rock We Trust
  17. alpha p
    Have you seen her lately? I've just taken a look....dear me, how sad is that. Why do good looking women or men feel the need to have "work" done?
  18. alpha p
    Nursery Cryme's a bit strange too
  19. alpha p
    I was going to suggest Queensryche Hear In the Now Frontier...but forgot this was supposed to relate to great albums !! Sabbath are guilty of quite a few sadly...Paranoid, Reality, Vol 4, Sabotage, Born Again, Seventh Star, Eternal Idol, Dehumanizer, Forbidden. Scorpions...Lovedrive, Animal Magnetism and particularly the original cover to VK, which is quite possibly illegal. EDIT. Apologies, didn't realise this had already been posted.
  20. alpha p
    That would be my #2 behind Diary. I never understood all the love Blizzard got. That album is about 1/3 good and 2/3 trash for me. No Bone Movies is the only song on Blizzard I feel is a step down from the rest of the album. The rest is about as good as you can get for a metal album. On a recent thread regarding skipping tracks on albums, Movies was a track i quoted. Only weak song on the album, although Steal Away The Night not so good either Great guitar opening and solo on Steal Away though. Agreed
  21. alpha p
    That would be my #2 behind Diary. I never understood all the love Blizzard got. That album is about 1/3 good and 2/3 trash for me. No Bone Movies is the only song on Blizzard I feel is a step down from the rest of the album. The rest is about as good as you can get for a metal album. On a recent thread regarding skipping tracks on albums, Movies was a track i quoted. Only weak song on the album, although Steal Away The Night not so good either
  22. alpha p
    Back then as a teen from a sheltered upbringing, I had now idea what most of the lyrics on this one were about. I honestly thought this was about someone knocking at a door....oh dear.
  23. alpha p
    I saw several UK tours in 86, Ozzy, Queen, Metallica, Sabbath, Maiden, WASP, Accept...but quite a few didn't make it over here on those tours, including VH, DLR and Priest. Based on our expectations/worries as to whether DLR could survive beyond Halen, and the quality resultant album, along with Skyscraper, I'd go with Eat Em and Smile. Managed to see Dave once only, Donington 88, which I have no recollection of whatsoever.....drink man, so sad.
  24. alpha p
    Diary. Over The Mountain or Title Track For many years I favoured Blizzard, but maybe the likes of Crazy Train have become a bit over-familiar.
  25. alpha p
    Some great posts here, thanks everyone. Album Holy Diver. Bark is very very good, but just falls a bit short. Guitarist I'd go for Jakey any day, and to be honest, although Viv is good, never thought he was great. Would have loved it for Ozzy and Sharron to offer an olive branch to Jake, and do one more tour, but 100% never going to happen. Both albums have aged ok, and even the Rainbow in the Dark synth still sounds good.
×
×
  • Create New...