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My favorite album of 2012 was Flying Colors' self-titled album. What a great album! The most I've listened to a new album in a very long time.

Sarzo is a super bassman and always seemed to have a lot of integrity (which is why it surprises me to see him in Tate's Scab-ryche). Personally, I'm very interested to see what the other guys can do now that the supposedly "controlling" hand of Tate is gone. LaTorre does a good enough job with the old stuff that we haven't gotten to hear in many years. And, I'm sure that they'll be writing the new material with his voice in mind as opposed to Tates's. Dedicated To Chaos was an unlistenable PoS. It can only go up from there. I'm hoping the move has given them that breath of fresh air they needed to get back to writing exciting music again. As for Empire, I love the album. I still love Mindcrime better. But, it's a very solid album. As was said by someone else earlier, "Silent Lucidity" is the only one I can live without. It's a great song. However, MTV killed the song. And, radio continues to kill it (on stations that actually still play rock music). And, the tour was phenomenal. Suicidal Tendencies as the opener. Mindcrime in its entirety. Just awesome! My favorite from the album can change depending on my mood. However, one of my faves has always been "Another Rainy Night (Without You)". I've always found the harmonies of the song's main guitar riff to be very cool. The solo is pretty good, too. And, I like the changing dynamics of the song.

I just received an e-mail from Rockabye Baby! announcing the release date of the new addition to their catalog... Lullabye Renditions of Rush! A brand new year means a brand new roster of releases to treat your littlest rocker. First up for 2013: Lullaby Renditions of Rush. Do you have a modern day warrior putting up a fight at bedtime? Looking for a reliable way to put baby to sleep and not some fly by night sandman? Try Rockabye Baby’s tender lullaby versions of Rush’s hard rock hits. This magic music will bring your baby closer to the heart of slumberland. 2112: Overture Limelight Fly by Night The Spirit of Radio Freewill Tom Sawyer Working Man A Farewell to Kings The Trees Red Barchetta Subdivisions Closer to the Hear

As much as I love Ozzy, I disagree. His first two solo albums are two of my favorite albums by any artist. Bark at the Moon is decent, but much of it hasn't aged well. After that, his solo work is, at best, spotty. I agree about DD though. They are basically the face of early MTV. What you said about Ozzy already surpasses GnR's qualifications. Appetite is one of the most classic hard rock albums. Illusions 1 and 2 are good (combined, they could've made one killer album without the filler songs). GnR Lies and Spaghetti Incident hardly qualify as GnR albums. And, Chinese Democracy is "meh". At least in his 25+ years as a solo artist, Ozzy's put out more than 4 albums. Granted, I haven't liked anything since 'No More Tears'. But, that's beside the point. He could be inducted solely on the fact that he introduced most of the world to Randy Rhoads. If there's a place for Isaac Hayes, ABBA and Donna Summer, surely there's a place for solo Ozzy! And, I know I shouldn't get too excited over this. After all, it's all complete BS anyway.

I just finished watching it on YouTube. They did a fantastic job. Even better was seeing the reactions from Page, Plant and Jonesy. You gotta wonder, though, what it was exactly that had Plant welling up like that. Was it the wonderful treatment the Wilson sisters were giving one of Zep's most celebrated songs? Or, was it, as was pointed out in an earlier post, that Plant knows he can't do that anymore? Either way, it was very touching to see him genuinely moved. I so wish they would tour. I've seen Page on his own. I've seen Plant on his own. But, to see them tour together with JPJ and Jason would be very cool.

KISS - just do it already! Ozzy - Sabbath needed to go first. Now, it's his time as a solo artist. The Ramones Yes Deep Purple Judas Priest Motorhead The next 2 should be in but are not at the "THEY MUST BE IN!!!" level: Duran Duran - if ABBA and Blondie can get in, these guys should be in Lionel Richie - Commodores and solo work, the guy can write a good song

Hey! Thanks for mentioning that. I remembered seeing Bad English live once but I forgot they opened for Whitesnake. The Babys meets Journey. They had a few hits but they were too poppy for me! "Slip" really does still hold up in 2012! Tonight I will crank the "1987" cd. Classic. "Forget Me Not" off the first Bad English album is a great song. MTV would frustrate me when the album came out because they would play the video to that song and they would never put the credits on. So, I had no idea who they were. After a month or so, they finally started putting up the titles. I bought the album the next day. A few weeks later, "When I See You Smile" was released and everyone knew who they were. '1987' is way better than 'Slip Of The Tongue' (IMO). SotT is good. But 1987 is awesome. I so wish they could've written another album with that crew. Sykes wrote some good stuff. He proved that again with 'Blue Murder'.

I listened to the album a little while ago. It still holds up fairly well. I got to see this tour, too. Bad English were the openers, right?

I think you're thinking too much about it. If you're excited when they start playing a song, show it - sing, air guitar, whatever. If you're not so excited when a song starts, do whatever you feel like. At the Newark show, there was a dude screaming "Headlooong Fliiiiiight" during the entire first set. When they broke into the song, he totally freaked and was singing louder than Geddy. Was it annoying? Hell yeah! Did I say anything to the guy? Hell no! The dude was having a blast and the song that he absolutely wanted to hear played was being played. Why should I crap on his parade?!? Bottom line, you payed your money to see a band play songs. As long as you're having honest reactions, who cares what you do?!? Whatever you do at a show, have a good time.

Long-time KISS fan who doesn't like Sonic Boom (or at least the Gene half). On first listen or two, didn't like Monster. Each song started to sound like a Frankenstein of 2 or more older KISS songs. I told a friend of mine who's a huge long-time fan as well what I thought of it and he asked if we were listening to the same album. He said he loved it and thought it was one of their best. So, I'm listening to it some more. I do wish I still had a dedicated stereo at home to listen to this on. Nowadays, everything is iPod, car stereo or computer speakers. Nothing really big-sounding. Maybe I'll play it through the home theater setup of my blu-ray player for a broader spectrum of sound. One thing I will stand behind is that "Take Me Down Below" has to be one of the worst songs lyrically that they've ever created. Absolutely horrible!

Death Angel/ Anthrax/ Testament - October 5th, Montclair NJ Rush - October 20th, Newark NJ Megadeth - November 14th, Sayreville NJ

I just listened to my first iTunes clip, for "Wall Of Sound". Does anyone else hear "Murder In High Heels"?

I can't believe they're playing the Starland Ballroom here in New Jersey. I've gone to a handful of shows there and it blows my mind that they're playing there. If it holds 1,200 people, I'd be surprised. You can't find an actual capacity because the website says it depends on who's playing, that it can be altered to a degree. Tix go on-sale today at noon. I'm gonna try my best to get a ticket. Hopefully, I'll be seeing them for my 9th time. I got to see them when they toured for Countdown in '92. So, this'll be kinda cool to see/ hear the whole album performed 20 years later.

Eric Carr. Not that Eric Singer isn't a good drummer. But, Carr's bombastic drum sound was fantastic. Even if the return of the make-up couldn't have been avoided, it could've been a return to the Elder/ (almost) Creatures line-up. Plus, Psycho Circus and Sonic Boom could've been helped immensely by his energy.

QUOTE (Rick N. Backer @ Aug 1 2012, 01:55 PM)QUOTE (metaldad @ Aug 1 2012, 01:47 PM)QUOTE (shail @ Aug 1 2012, 12:44 PM) QUOTE (Presto-digitation @ Jul 31 2012, 02:47 PM)QUOTE (shail @ Jul 31 2012, 11:44 AM) Kiss? It's kiddie good two shoes music. happy happy joy joy shit. boys running around with lolly pops in their mouths. You should not speak in public. did you run out of lolly pops? well go find your mommy and ask for another one. sounds like you've had one to many. Not only does this Not make any sense, it's not funny at all . Seriously MD, I should let you know that because I see you put Kiss in your 5 bands in your rotation list every f-ing day, you broke me down and I picked up Sonic Boom. Haven't had a chance to give it a spin yet though. Please tell me that Sonic Boom is not going to be your introduction to KISS's music! IMO, it's easily in the bottom 5 (or maybe 3) of their studio albums.

Back in high school before I could drive, I was waiting for my friend and his father (our ride) to pick me up to head to the Queensryche (touring for Mindcrime)/ Def Leppard (touring for Hysteria) show. My friend had a soccer game that afternoon which went into overtime. Once they finally picked me up (this was before cell phones, so I had no idea why he was so frickin' late), we got to the show and totally missed Queensryche. It would've been my first time seeing them. I had to wait 3 more years for the Building Empires tour to finally see them live. I was pissed!

My wife and I took our then 3.5-year-old daughter to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra 2 winters ago. She wore big ear-hugging ear protection (made by 3M, found on Amazon for $8) and absolutely loved it. As long as you're careful with the ears, there shouldn't be a problem.

Anthrax's "Got The Time" and "Antisocial" = Iron Maiden's "Fear Of The Dark" Songs the bands love but most fans can absolutely live without in the live set.

Good news... "Dark Roots Of Earth", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT, sold more than 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 12 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on July 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. TESTAMENT's previous studio album, "The Formation of Damnation", opened with 11,400 units back in May 2008 to debut at position No. 59 on The Billboard 200 chart. "When I say Rise Up, you say war"

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Extreme - "More Than Words"

I'd go for it. I've seen him a few times at G3 over the years. He usually has a pretty good backing band, too. Puts on a pretty good show.

Actually, anybody wanting to read them all, here's a link containing the lawsuit documents of everyone's statements... http://www.anybodylistening.net/breakdownr...hp?topic=2906.0

Roger Waters in Philly this Saturday. Darius Rucker in September. And, Rush in October. Some "hopefully" concerts are Flying Colors in September and Anthrax/ Testament in October. Keeping my fingers crossed on those two.