Filed under: 80's, 90's, Megadeth | Tags: hard, Megadeth, Metal, Music, rock, Video
I feel like getting a little more heavy today. Megadeth is the topic of choice.
My first run in with Megadeth was seeing the video for Peace Sells. Being all buzzed up in a room full of my buddies and it was like a strobe light. From the opening bass line to the double bass drum at the end it just rocked all the way through.
In my Sophomore or Junior year of High School I was able to catch them live in Cedar Rapids, IA opening for Alice Cooper. It was a strange combo and you could tell it by the varying age in the audience. They were met by booing when they returned for another song. Dave Mustaine took it in stride with the response…”We’re going to do one more, if you don’t like it…fuck you…” and they broke into Peace Sells.
Years later I caught them again on the Countdown to Extinction tour at Palmer Auditorium in Davenport, IA. wasn’t much of a concert feel as they pretty much stand in the same place and trash their heads but it rocked anyway.
I was a huge Metallica fan as a kid so I struggled at times with the “If you like one you can’t like the other…” but got over it. Funny how we can get tied up in those things, huh?
So anyway, let’s rock out and watch some Megadeth videos!
Filed under: 80's, Bands, Bulletboys, Videos | Tags: 80's, Bulletboys, Hair, Music, rock, Video
So the way I guess this is working right now is that when I have a song in my head, we get a post. For some reason, don’t know why because I had not heard it in a while, Smooth Up In Ya by the Bulletboys has been hanging out.
It was 1988 and at the time the Bulletboys were being compared to the original Van Halen lineup (mostly because of singer Marq Torien’s hair). It’s hard to believe that it had only been a few years since the break up of the original VH at the time.
From Wikipedia:
The band’s first two albums (BulletBoys and Freakshow) were well received by critics and fans alike proven by the band selling over 1 million copies worldwide. Some critics compared the band to David Lee Roth-era Van Halen, as Torien’s vocal and performances were similar to Diamond Dave. That argument was furthered by the fact that Ted Templeman produced both the Roth-era Van Halen albums and the BulletBoys. In addition, both bands were signed to Warner Bros. Records.
Big Bass and Drums, man! Let’s watch a couple videos!
