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So guys, is it morally acceptable to illegally download if you already own the lp or CD? Say, you own it on vinyl but want a digital cop. Or you already own the CD but a super-duper deluxe version comes out with extras you want. Is it okay to illegally download? I reckon it is!

Everyone knows that a ginger gash is the smelliest....

But you're the same as all of us on here Dave-a metal nerd!

Okay-here's controversy, sort of. I gave a loan of a Halford CD to one of the lads in my section at work. Then another member of the section seen the poster inside it: He slagged me rotten-"What a faggot!" "That's the gayest thing on the planet!" all that sort of thing. I said that it wasn't 'gay' at all. It was The Metal God being metal!!!! I then said something stupid: "Look at the man. If you had to be bummed by any rock star on the planet, it would be him..." That was last year and I've still not heard the end of it. And I'm his boss too.....

Classic. So's Dead Skin Mask. Not a big Pantera fan, but Walk is a really cool riff. But not as cool as: Sabs-Neon Night AC/DC-Highway to Hell Blue Oyster Cult-Hot Rails To Hell UFO-Only You Can Rock Me Twisted Sister-Destroyer Thin Lizzy-Soldier Of Fortune Iron Maiden-Phantom Of The Opera Deep Purple-Smoke On The Water Motorhead-Bomber

Bloody should be....

Oh. And Blue Oyster Cult.

I just do not get Metallica's success. At all. And '70's 'metal' is the best. Priest, Motorhead, Saxon AC f'ckin' DC maaaaannnnn!!!!!!!

I think that there's a cultural/generation thing that we should maybe worry about to an extent-younger generation will maybe accept that downloading from pirate sites is the norm and not question it. This could lead to a situation where they very rarely buy physical albums or pay for downloads. One thing's for certain-the record companies aren't going to stop it-the sofware pirates will always be one step ahead. They'll have to come up with something else!

Well I decided to not go, due to not knowing if the RZ set would be cut short or not. I was told that both bands got about 1hr 15 mins in Glasgow, Manson was bearable, but RZ blew him away. Wish I'd went now.

Here's a couple I just got into recently: Grand Magus- Sabaton- I'm assuming you're familiar with Ghost- Ghost - Ritual - YouTube

I thought it was just me! Oh well, sorted now!

Apparently written specifically as a concert opener. I don't know why they included Mistreated on that live album. so many great Rainbow songs, and they put that on...

It's a good album-the great tracks are genuinely great. I feel there's a wee bit too much filler, but that's probably just me. Please don't let me put you off!! The boy can sing too-reminds me of Brian Johnstone a bit: gravely and screechy too! Haven't heard anything from the newest album 'Stalingrad' yet, but I'll go to Youtube and suss it out...

There's so much that's perfect about it-the musicianship, the singing, the songs (obviously). How the hell Blackmore let Dio leave I'll never know. but that's the Minstrel for you!

Your old man's good to you! Look out for a hidden gem- The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent. Not considered a classic, but it is.

I've said it before-the first 4 Saxon albums are on a par with the first 4 Maiden albums. If anyone wants to hear Saxon in their prime, get a hold of the Radio Clyde radio recording of them at Glasgow Apollo in 1982. It was fantastic (the crowd especially memorable) and was recorded as part of the tour to promote the (dissapointing IMO) live album The Eagle Has Landed. I've still got the cutting from Kerrang! magazine where Biff said he'd wished they'd released the Glasgow show as the live album instead of TEHL.

Just saw this thread-funny, it's taken me nearly 4o years to get these two albums- Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Long Live Rock And Roll. The first one is good, but LLRAR is brilliant. As for Rising, it's up there with Back In Black/Led Zep 4/Paranoid as the greatest heavy album ever made. I could write a whole page about it. I won't wait another 40 years before I get the Live album mind you, even though it's a bit self indulgent.

Yep, great albums too. What's your opinion of the recent ones? I've only heard Blood Of The Nations, and whilst some songs are brilliant, I feel it's not quite got the consistancy to make it a 'must have'.

Agree, not metal as we know it today, but back in the '70s it was classed as metal.

Balls To The Wall has no bad songs on it. Utter classic.