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Bruce>Paul>>>>>>>>>>>Blaze. But to echo the General, everyone has the right to enjoy who and how they see fit. Just because everyone doesn't recognize that Bruce is a member of the unholy Trinity of greatest metal vocalists along with Halford and Dio, doesn't make them wrong, just misguided.

For the record, Lemmy doesn't count because as we all know he is in fact the almighty. Neither does Ozzy as the Prince of Darkness. We're talking lesser gods here.

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11 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Sorry man, I would love to help you out but I can't be seen purchasing high rise undergarments. The community here has a real small town vibe and I'd never hear the end of it. I'll try to pick something up for you next time I'm in Boston.

I think they sell the edible ones down in P-town, maybe you could look into that next time you're over there visiting your stuff at the art gallery on Commercial St. On the dl of course, discretion is my middle name 😉

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I've been checking out Hallas

1 hour ago, navybsn said:

Rush - Moving Pictures 40th Anniversary edition

Envy of None - Envy of None

Hallas - Isle of Wisdom

 

How's the 40th ae? Love the original album. I've been checking out that Hallas album as well, but I haven't grabbed it yet. 

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2 hours ago, markm said:

I've been checking out Hallas

How's the 40th ae? Love the original album. I've been checking out that Hallas album as well, but I haven't grabbed it yet. 

Haven't spun it yet. Picked it up mainly for the extra discs which have a previously unreleased live show from that tour. I have 5 copies of that album in various formats, so I didn't really need the new version, but I am excited to hear what they did with the remastering.

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On 4/14/2022 at 1:31 AM, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Thin Lizzy - Toughest street in town

 

I listened to a little bit of Virtual XI the other night when you said you were going to see Blayze because I had honestly never heard him sing. I was aghast. Vox were so bad I almost wanted to cry in empathy for the band's embarrassment. My disdain for Dickenson is legendary, but in this case I'd hafta say Harris did the right thing by bringing Brucie back into the fold. But don't let me sway you, you do you bruv, you bring those wadded up knickers in your pocket and you lob them up on stage with your head held high!

I'm impressed you gave virtual 11 a listen. I agree bringing back Bruce was best choice for iron maiden commercially as apparently they was selling alot less albums. I still prefer his singing and his albums though even if his singing goes a bit karaoke at times.such power🥊🥊I generally prefer niche bands as most big bands just don't really do it for me. Blaze describes himself as a niche musician.  He has a special talent though as Steve Harris and Rick Rubin gave blaze contracts. 

Out of interest which artist or band do you like which most people don't like. It sounds negative but a certain amount of being a metal fan or serious music fan perhaps I think Is listening to the music you like regardless what others say. A certain fuck you I can listen to what I like 

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On 4/16/2022 at 9:19 AM, blaaacdoommmmfan said:

I'm impressed you gave virtual 11 a listen. I agree bringing back Bruce was best choice for iron maiden commercially as apparently they was selling alot less albums. I still prefer his singing and his albums though even if his singing goes a bit karaoke at times.such power🥊🥊I generally prefer niche bands as most big bands just don't really do it for me. Blaze describes himself as a niche musician.  He has a special talent though as Steve Harris and Rick Rubin gave blaze contracts. 

Out of interest which artist or band do you like which most people don't like. It sounds negative but a certain amount of being a metal fan or serious music fan perhaps I think Is listening to the music you like regardless what others say. A certain fuck you I can listen to what I like 

Have you perhaps come across any of my thousands of video posts in the What Are You Listening To thread, Sweets Gobbler? I'm sure there are at least several of my posts to be found on just about every single page of that thread for the last year. Clearly I like the filth, (I'm not an Iron Maiden fan in other words) and the vast majority of what I listen to would fall under the category of 'niche' stuff that most people wouldn't like, if they even knew that it existed. You my friend are a mainstreamer, which is totally fine, but it lets me know that I shouldn't expect you to truly understand.

I would say part of not only being a metalhead or a serious music fan, but even part of just being a grown adult is doing your own thing, thinking for yourself and standing by your convictions regardless of what others might think. I believe the general attitude of 'Fuck you I can consume what I like' goes without saying and should be taken for granted when dealing with all other adults. I am someone who summarily rejects the typical clueless popular mainstream choices in all areas of art & life, not just music. Be it film, television, literature, art, fashion, food, drink, or what have you. Only I am properly equipped to decide what I like best and what best fulfills my needs and I am quite happy to let others to go about their business, do what they may and make up their own minds, assuming that they would much prefer to choose everything for themselves as I do. My taste is the only right taste for me and everyone else's taste is shit, that's the assumption I operate under at all times. It's always cool when I find my tastes aligning or overlaping with someone else's, but I'm totally fine being way out on an island all by myself as well as is more often the case.

On 4/16/2022 at 4:32 PM, KillaKukumba said:

So what do you think?

It's not their best but it's got some good stuff on it.

I'll tell ya what I think Kuke. Album was FUBAR by the atrocious vox.

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