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ZZ Top - Eliminator

Cold Chisel - East

Damn I wish this wind would stop. I'm so glad I don't live somewhere tropical where cyclones and tornadoes are a regular thing. We are copping winds up to about 120ks at the moment, no rain yet but apparently it's coming. But it's been like it for 3 days now. Usually September is our windy month, it's the time where we tie all the cows to fence post and chain the tractor to the shed (to stop the shed flying away of course) but it's come early this year. And with all the rain we've had the ground in some parts is too soft to keep the trees standing.

I couldn't get into V, not sure what it was. I don't hate it but it just wasn't an album I could bring myself to buy because I figured it would be lucky if I ever played it a second time.

Death - Spiritual Healing

Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance

Love Independent

Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise

I'm not much on Havok for some reason, not sure why but none of their albums have really hit the mark totally for me. Warbringer and Angelus Apatrida I can definitely get along with.

In Malice's Wake's most recent album is pretty good but when it comes to new(ish) Aussie thrash I'm more headed towards the bands they often share the stage with Harlott, Desecrator, and Hidden Intent.

I listen to the Overkill discography (including DD's Bronx's Casket Co) from start to finish at least once a year. I don't dislike any of their albums but I do play the earlier stuff and the later stuff more often. It's like Flotsam and Jetsam, I go through their catalogue once a year, (including AK Corral) but frequently play stuff from the start and end.

I just read that news. I'm not a recent MC fan but damn I always loved Mike's voice before Metal Church turned to crap.

2 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Not criticizing anyone's choices or anything but I do find it quite interesting how so many young dudes stick with the tried and true old school legacy bands from days of yore as their current favorite bands. While a crusty old relic like me who's old enough to be their father (or even an older uncle) has abandoned most of those dinosaur bands from my youth years ago in favor of younger more extreme metal bands. I've gotta think maybe they just haven't had enough time to get sick of them yet. Overkill and Motorhead and Celtic Frost were my favorite bands for a couple of decades, but not for the last 15 years or so they've been replaced by more recent discoveries. Don't get me wrong I still love those bands, they're just not in the running to be my current favorites anymore.

I'm sure I'm old enough to be a grandfather to some but I still haven't abandoned the old school stuff. I still listen to new stuff and I listen to a wider range of music than I used to in the 80's and 90's but I still revert back to the older stuff regularly.  Dropping a 5 favourite band list for me would be tiresome and annoying because it would nearly change with every fifth album.

13 minutes ago, Hungarino said:

I almost didn't make the stupid obvious sarcastic comment that this list is overkill

And now I have to go spin some Overkill. I have probably only really listened to 3 or 4 of those 19. Any newer gems that I should try first? 

The last two albums Wings Of War and The Grinding Wheel are regular spinners for me.

Jesus Undressed Nanny Kay.

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For me (and I realise you didn't ask but I replied ) all his music from his days with Sam Gopal and Hawkwind to his stuff with Head Cat was just brilliant. He not only showed diversity in his music but he showed support for such a wide bunch of musicians. He gave bands everywhere all sorts of help and advice  and so many musos have a "Lemmy moment".

The guy also never gave up, those days where Motorhead were struggling to gain fans, keep fans and not loose record contracts must have been hard but the guy (and the rest of the band) just kept pushing on.

For me one of the stand out things was that the band Airbourne from Australia was given the Bomber lighting rig to use for their previous tours. Money might have changed hands, kisses, cuddles, bottles of jack, anything could have happened behind the scenes but the end result was a relatively small band from Nowhere Australia got to use something iconic for their stage show.

Orange Goblin - Rough And Ready

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Possessed - Seven Churches

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Kreator - Extreme Aggressions

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Licking Intestinal Fluids Thoroughly

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The annoying soundtrack to Asphalt 9.

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Quitting Undies Is Terrifying

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The problem getting gigs is that there is less and less venues and more and more bands (all genres) looking for gigs. Restrictive rules by governments and councils have seen venues close. Not being able to pay loans, licences etc and venues going bankrupt. I don't know the exact figure off the top of my head but from a show I watched recently it claimed that there is something like 65% less venues in this country than there was in the 80's and 90's.

It's all good and well to have YT and Twitch etc but it's a very rare case world wide where a band can just start a live YT feed and suddenly be renowned all over. I could probably name a hundred live streamed shows out of this country that most people have never heard of. Likewise I'm sure plenty of people could do the same in their local area. It's not really a case of build it and they will come any more because the number of people building it makes it hard for anyone to get found.

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