'88 probably the best year in Hard Rock!

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Yeah...he was a shredder! Even in the video back in the day. I loved the video cuz it had the hottest chics in it, plus the drummer played with his drums on fire! :lol: :LOL:
 
Mitch Perry played the two handed part of the solo, I believe.....
 
Cool clip. Saw these guys back in the day open for Rush on the Hold Your Fire tour. Mitch Perry was good but I would rather listen/watch Schenker play over the course of a show.
 
Hmmm, let's see:

Queensryche-Mindcrime
Metallica-AJFA
Megadeth-so far, so good...
Sepultura release that year maybe?...
Deftones and AIC formed right around that time

I'm probably forgetting some big ones, but I honestly can't think of any more that effected me as a listener, player (although I was born in '81 :D ) Fucking love Operation Mindcrime though!

I'd say a year in the early '90's sometime was the best time for rock guitar. Not talking about the lack of solos bs, but the good stuff.
 
gibson5413":1w1q17tu said:
Cool clip. Saw these guys back in the day open for Rush on the Hold Your Fire tour. Mitch Perry was good but I would rather listen/watch Schenker play over the course of a show.
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1984...........Van Halen....thats when guitar rock started in my opinion.

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1988 is considered one of the greatest benchmarks in recorded history, just take it from me :thumbsup:
 
AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video
Anthrax - State of Euphoria
Armored Saint - Saints Will Conquer
Atrophy - Socialized Hate
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Beowülf - Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Britny Fox - Britny Fox
Brocas Helm - Black Death
BulletBoys - BulletBoys
Cacophony - Go Off!
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
Cloven Hoof - Dominator
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
Cryptic Slaughter - Stream of Consciousness
D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind
Danzig - Danzig
Death - Leprosy
Death Angel - Frolic through the Park
Dokken - Beast from the East
Europe - Out of This World
Fates Warning - No Exit
Frehley's Comet - Live+1
Frehley's Comet - Second Sighting
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Girlschool - Take a Bite
Guns N' Roses - GN'R Lies
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
Helstar - A Distant Thunder
Hobbs' Angel of Death - Hobbs' Angel of Death
Hydra Vein - Rather Death Than False Of Faith
Impellitteri - Stand in Line
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Judas Priest - Ram It Down
Killer Dwarfs- Big Deal
King Diamond - Them
King Kobra - King Kobra III
Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
King's X - Out of the Silent Planet
Kiss - Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
KIX - Blow My Fuse
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns
Lillian Axe - Lillian Axe
Living Colour - Vivid
Manilla Road - Out of the Abyss
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss
Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
Mekong Delta - The Music of Erich Zann
Metallica - …And Justice for All
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Motörhead - No Sleep at All (live)
MX Machine - Manic Panic
Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
Nuclear Assault - Survive
Overkill - Under the Influence
Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
Pantera - Power Metal
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
Poison - Open Up And Say... Ahh!
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Quiet Riot - Quiet Riot
Rage - Perfect Man
Ratt - Reach for the Sky
Raven - Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
Razor - Violent Restitution
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Riot - Thundersteel
Running Wild - Port Royal
Running Wild - Ready for Boarding
Sadus - Illusions
Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
Saxon - Destiny
Scanner - Hypertrace
Scorpions - Savage Amusement
Sieges Even - Life Cycle
Slayer - South of Heaven
Sodom - Mortal Way Of Live
Soundgarden - Fopp, Ultramega OK
Stone - Stone
Stryper - In God We Trust
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
Sword - Sweet dreams
Tankard - The Morning After
Testament - The New Order
Tormentor - Anno Domini
Toxik - World Circus
Uncle Slam - Say Uncle
Van Halen - OU812
Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Virgin Steele - Age of Consent
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Winger - Winger
Wrathchild - The Biz Suxx
X Japan - Vanishing Vision
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Odyssey
Znöwhite - Act Of God




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I hate the cheesy delay the sound guys used to put on the vocals back then. Schenker always has the best feel. I love the guys playing.
 
best?? wow. i think its the worst, especially with album productions, and the starting of the even worser for so called hard rock mainstream. kings x debut would be the only release out of your list that was unique, not trendy, and cool. MSG, that mass late 80's processed/produced stuff he did doesnt hold a candle to UFO and early MSG IMO. Play AC/DC back in Black or Judas Priest British steel.....thats 1980, and its as good as it gets IMO for straight ahead hard rock with no bull shit make up for that period. As much as i grew up with 80's music and loved it, everything hard rock mainstream post-85 i cant listen to much anymore.
 
psychodave":10vvk1lr said:
70strathead":10vvk1lr said:
best?? wow. i think its the worst, especially with album productions, and the starting of the even worser for so called hard rock mainstream. kings x debut would be the only release out of your list that was unique, not trendy, and cool. MSG, that mass late 80's processed/produced stuff he did doesnt hold a candle to UFO and early MSG IMO. Play AC/DC back in Black or Judas Priest British steel.....thats 1980, and its as good as it gets IMO for straight ahead hard rock with no bull shit make up for that period. As much as i grew up with 80's music and loved it, everything hard rock mainstream post-85 i cant listen to much anymore.
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Wow, that is pretty short sighted. I love old Priest and Ac/Dc, but that long list has some good music in it. For example, Helloween, that's not simple 3 or 4 chord blues.... ;) There is a lot going on in those songs...
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only using those two names as an example. this list has glam metal ( which i was never a fan of), death metal and just cheesy release from bands i never considered. Van Halen of course always wrote quality music, so they are an exception and even Yngwie whom i love, Odyssey was my least favorite because of the commercial aspect and joe lynn turner's cheesy vocals. I loved fusion and prog music though, but wouldnt consider that hard rock. ur so metal Dave! :thumbsup:
 
For Yngwie's Odyssey and Mindcrime, 1988 was a very good year..... :thumbsup:
 
:rawk: I love this thread, my wife says I need come out of the 80's. The music from this decade can't be beat! :rawk:
 
daver101":3nj54v6u said:
For Yngwie's Odyssey and Mindcrime, 1988 was a very good year..... :thumbsup:
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mindcrime yes odyssey nope

that's right after ym's wreck, and his tone was way bright and hashy compared to his older stuff.

i do have 4 track demos laying around of that album though, prior to his crash, with my friend mark weitz singing and it was a totally different deal. mark should have been the signer instead of JLT. he sang for odin and americade and zachman's band third stone, back in the 80s club heyday. he sounded like coverdale, dio, soto, and ray gillan all wrapped up into one!

one of those dudes who never got his due--incredible voice.
 
crwnedblasphemy":1pc2ra3j said:
AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video
Anthrax - State of Euphoria
Armored Saint - Saints Will Conquer
Atrophy - Socialized Hate
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Beowülf - Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Britny Fox - Britny Fox
Brocas Helm - Black Death
BulletBoys - BulletBoys
Cacophony - Go Off!
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
Cloven Hoof - Dominator
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
Cryptic Slaughter - Stream of Consciousness
D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind
Danzig - Danzig
Death - Leprosy
Death Angel - Frolic through the Park
Dokken - Beast from the East
Europe - Out of This World
Fates Warning - No Exit
Frehley's Comet - Live+1
Frehley's Comet - Second Sighting
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Girlschool - Take a Bite
Guns N' Roses - GN'R Lies
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
Helstar - A Distant Thunder
Hobbs' Angel of Death - Hobbs' Angel of Death
Hydra Vein - Rather Death Than False Of Faith
Impellitteri - Stand in Line
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
Judas Priest - Ram It Down
Killer Dwarfs- Big Deal
King Diamond - Them
King Kobra - King Kobra III
Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
King's X - Out of the Silent Planet
Kiss - Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
KIX - Blow My Fuse
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns
Lillian Axe - Lillian Axe
Living Colour - Vivid
Manilla Road - Out of the Abyss
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss
Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
Mekong Delta - The Music of Erich Zann
Metallica - …And Justice for All
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Motörhead - No Sleep at All (live)
MX Machine - Manic Panic
Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
Nuclear Assault - Survive
Overkill - Under the Influence
Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
Pantera - Power Metal
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
Poison - Open Up And Say... Ahh!
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Quiet Riot - Quiet Riot
Rage - Perfect Man
Ratt - Reach for the Sky
Raven - Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
Razor - Violent Restitution
Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
Riot - Thundersteel
Running Wild - Port Royal
Running Wild - Ready for Boarding
Sadus - Illusions
Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
Saxon - Destiny
Scanner - Hypertrace
Scorpions - Savage Amusement
Sieges Even - Life Cycle
Slayer - South of Heaven
Sodom - Mortal Way Of Live
Soundgarden - Fopp, Ultramega OK
Stone - Stone
Stryper - In God We Trust
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
Sword - Sweet dreams
Tankard - The Morning After
Testament - The New Order
Tormentor - Anno Domini
Toxik - World Circus
Uncle Slam - Say Uncle
Van Halen - OU812
Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Virgin Steele - Age of Consent
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Winger - Winger
Wrathchild - The Biz Suxx
X Japan - Vanishing Vision
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Odyssey
Znöwhite - Act Of God




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Good stuff on there, but a ton of stinkers as well.

Here's something cool. Not for the hair/glam stuff, but a good source for the great metal stuff that came out through the years.

http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/topten.php
 
I know there are haters...that is fine...and I am first to admit NWOBHM was before this, but 3 words sum it up which no one has mentioned......




SOUTH OF HEAVEN!

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