Culture Club or Slayer?

[paisleywookiee]

I did Priest/Maiden/Ozzy/Scorpions at the same time as Ratt/Dokken/Shout at the Devil. Saw Wasp and Metallica on RTL tour and then hit that 1-2-3 of Puppets/Reign in Blood and Peace Sells. I back filled the catalogs of the Big 4 and any other thrash stuff I could at the time. Followed that up with the earliest of death metal as well So much goodness

For awhile I was more in Anthrax than any other band. Had to BEG my mom to let me get Attack of the Killer B’s, due to the parental guidance sticker.

 

[Frodebro]

I did Priest/Maiden/Ozzy/Scorpions at the same time as Ratt/Dokken/Shout at the Devil. Saw Wasp and Metallica on RTL tour and then hit that 1-2-3 of Puppets/Reign in Blood and Peace Sells. I back filled the catalogs of the Big 4 and any other thrash stuff I could at the time. Followed that up with the earliest of death metal as well So much goodness

Metallica never really did it for me, but early Crue, the Queensryche EP, Defenders Of The Faith, Number Of The Beast, Love At First Sting/Blackout all stand out in my mind.

 

[JiveTurkey]

For awhile I was more in Anthrax than any other band. Had to BEG my mom to let me get Attack of the Killer B’s, due to the parental guidance sticker.

Anthrax was great. Though Neil Turbin debut did 0 for me and I kinda felt they were always out of step with the others just a bit? Not in a bad way so much as I wish ATL was out at the same time the other 3 put out their stuff. That Madhouse guitar tone and Medusa was my early Anthrax jam alongside Armed and Dangerous \m/

 

[Frodebro]

Where things actually went sideways for me was when I started digging into Priest’s early catalog (Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Hero Hero, Sin After Sin), and that really pulled my head in a different direction.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Where things actually went sideways for me was when I started digging into Priest’s early catalog (Rocka Rolla, Sad Wings Of Destiny, Hero Hero, Sin After Sin), and that really pulled my head in a different direction.

I've loved pretty much everything classic-era Priest put out. I could do without most of British Steel for the rest of my days as well as Another Thing as well.

 

[Frodebro]

I've loved pretty much everything classic-era Priest put out. I could do without most of British Steel for the rest of my days as well as Another Thing as well.

I burned myself out on British Steel as well, but interestingly I think I listened to the early period far more than BS. Oh, and Point Of Entry was the soundtrack of one of my summers back then, I think around 1985. I bought Defenders on vinyl soon after it was released, which is what started the Priest kick.

Another weird one is my music of choice to have in my Walkman for ski trips on the weekends around then (I was in my HS ski club, and we were bussed to Crystal Mountain every Saturday). Equinox, by Styx. That was my skiing soundtrack. Don’t know why.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I burned myself out on British Steel as well, but interestingly I think I listened to the early period far more than BS. Oh, and Point Of Entry was the soundtrack of one of my summers back then, I think around 1985. I bought Defenders on vinyl soon after it was released, which is what started the Priest kick.

Another weird one is my music of choice to have in my Walkman for ski trips on the weekends around then (I was in my HS ski club, and we were bussed to Crystal Mountain every Saturday). Equinox, by Styx. That was my skiing soundtrack. Don’t know why.

Desert Plains is really the whole album. It even makes the Hot Rockin' video tolerable

 

[Frodebro]

Desert Plains is really the whole album. It even makes the Hot Rockin' video tolerable

Nothing makes that video palatable. Obviously Halford had some influence on that one, though we didn’t know it at the time.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Nothing makes that video palatable. Obviously Halford had some influence on that one, though we didn’t know it at the time.

I pretty much knew. Read the lyrics on Defenders and you know something was up Nothing wrong with it either! It was more bewildering (and humorous) watching metal dudes with more closed perspectives go bonkers

 

[Frodebro]

I pretty much knew. Read the lyrics on Defenders and you know something was up Nothing wrong with it either! It was more bewildering (and humorous) watching metal dudes with more closed perspectives go bonkers

Halford had a good laugh that all of the homophobic rockers of the time didn’t catch on with the leather in the late seventies. He was dropping hints all over the place.

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Anthrax was great. […]

Anthrax never really appealed to me. Too happy. I much prefer bad-tempered music.

 

[Frodebro]

Anthrax never really appealed to me. Too happy. I much prefer bad-tempered music.

I’m The Man is a classic.

 

[Aelred]

But, but... what about the Big 4 of ... whatever CC were? Flock of Seagulls, Dead or Alive, Duran Duran...?

At the time I was into Einsturzende Neubauten before Mufti left and thought all of metal and pop was for poser hairdressers. Except Motorhead.

 

[Frodebro]

But, but... what about the Big 4 of ... whatever CC were? Flock of Seagulls, Dead or Alive, Duran Duran...?

At the time I was into Einsturzende Neubauten before Mufti left and thought all of metal and pop was for poser hairdressers. Except Motorhead.

Early-mid eighties was New Wave, which was actually pretty diverse as far as the various bands and styles that all somehow fell under the same genre umbrella. Flock Of Seagulls was a one hit wonder, Duran Duran was straddling the line between rock & pop, The B52s were just plain fun to listen to. Bananarama, The Go-Gos, The Bangles, Devo, Missing Persons, The Fixx, Cyndi Lauper... There was a lot of really decent music back then. Because of the nature of MTV programming back then, everything just kind of all melted together. There wasn't 1,472 different subgenera of stuff all neatly compartmentalized.

But as far as the "Big 4" of that era, I would say it was Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, and Prince. Those were the ones you simply couldn't get away from.

 

[JiveTurkey]

New wave done right fucking rules.

 

[Frodebro]

New wave done right fucking rules.

Can't forget this one:

 

[Aelred]

Early-mid eighties was New Wave, which was actually pretty diverse as far as the various bands and styles that all somehow fell under the same genre umbrella.

Well, that was most people's 80's on the Pop side.

CC emerged from a particular London scene that also produced Flock of Seagulls (even if they were from Liverpool), Visage, Soft Cell etc. NOT the B-52's, Michael Jackson (Motown) or Bruce Springsteen. Flock of Seagulls may have been a 1 hit wonder in the USA. Not so in England.

 

[Frodebro]

Well, that was most people's 80's on the Pop side.

CC emerged from a particular London scene that also produced Flock of Seagulls (even if they were from Liverpool), Visage, Soft Cell etc. NOT the B-52's, Michael Jackson (Motown) or Bruce Springsteen. Flock of Seagulls may have been a 1 hit wonder in the USA. Not so in England.

Same could be said of Status Quo. Huge in England, but never quite broke through the American market.

 

[TSJMajesty]

ABBA

 

[FuzzyAce]

I chose Culture Club. I love some good ole thrash metal but Slayer was never really my thing. I was more in the Anthrax camp, Testament and Megadeth. But CC actually had some catchy tunes that were very unique (and still are). My wife loooved Boy George when she was younger too.