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Devin Townsend.
Not exactly main stream heavy metal, but those that know, know.
Not exactly main stream heavy metal, but those that know, know.
My Favourite Band and Why
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Beezerk
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You going to see him at the Albert Hall next year?
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Beezerk
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It got mentioned by a friend a while ago, I said yes but I've not seen him since.
louise_a
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Over the years I had several favourite bands, one of my first ones was Love, they were very innovative and their album Forever Changes is still my favourite album.
RichA
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It was '88. I was there too. Epic!
Backache
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Don't really know what my favourite band is, but the first band that was my favourites that I still really like was the Doors.
SaintHacker
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Don't worry about that, neither can anyone else!
SaintHacker
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Easy answer, Iron Maiden.
I still remember as a 10 year old my mate playing me this new single he'd bought and was relly excited about, it was Number of the Beast. It was the first time I'd heard heavy metal and I was hooked instantly. Been a huge fan ever since.
I still remember as a 10 year old my mate playing me this new single he'd bought and was relly excited about, it was Number of the Beast. It was the first time I'd heard heavy metal and I was hooked instantly. Been a huge fan ever since.
Carlwm
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Top five, in no particular order, would probably be:
Fairport Convention
Lindisfarne
Show Of Hands
REO Speedwagon
The Outlaws
Fairport Convention
Lindisfarne
Show Of Hands
REO Speedwagon
The Outlaws
Slime
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Yes, with the great Gary Richrath, one of the most underrated guitarists of all time.
Carlwm
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Glad to know there's another fan out there. Gary was a force of nature. Very fond memories of his guitar solo when I saw them live, in 1985.
RichA
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A great thread to follow for a couple of days. I still can't pick a single favourite of all time though - it's changed over the years.
10cc, Blondie, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, Springsteen, Amy Winehouse, Elbow. I can't pick any single entity from the rave/garage/house scene that ruled my musical taste for a decade.
10cc, Blondie, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, Springsteen, Amy Winehouse, Elbow. I can't pick any single entity from the rave/garage/house scene that ruled my musical taste for a decade.
Pin-seeker
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Interesting that after 70+ posts no one mentions The Beatles.
Possibly because they’re massively overrated?
Possibly because they’re massively overrated?
SwingsitlikeHogan
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The Beatles were the first music I recall - indeed I recall singing along to She Loves You ? but as I was only 4yrs old I didn’t become a fan.
I only became able to afford to buy albums and focus on a band when I had a paper round from age of 13 or 14. And my first was SEBtP off the back of the single from that album. 1973 saw the Beatles Red and the Blue albums, but they were double albums and these I could not afford to buy…and there were no Beatles singles in the 1973 charts to encourage me.
richart
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Foreigner, just ahead of UFO.
Judge my favourites by seeing them live, so would have to include Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, and Whitesnake in my top five.
Judge my favourites by seeing them live, so would have to include Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, and Whitesnake in my top five.
cliveb
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You only heard LZ4 for the first time a couple of days ago?
You must have been living under a rock!
My introduction to Genesis was a bit left-field. Back in the late 70s I loved the band Brand X, so thought perhaps I ought to check out Phil Collins' other group.
My personal favourite group? Impossible to choose, but I'll throw in one that I bet few here will know. It's a Dutch band called Kayak. They have done three stunning rock operas about historical figures: Merlin (2003), Nostradamus (2005), and Cleopatra (2014). For a while they had a fabulous female singer called Cindy Oudshoorn who I think of as a sort of rock'n'roll version of Streisand.
Voyager EMH
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About the same age then, you and I.
The soundtrack of those years - too old for the youth club - too young for the pub - beautifully listed by you. Spent so much time listening to all those you listed and more.
Genesis and Pink Floyd tracks still play in my head from time to time. The big one for me at that time was the album Made in Japan, Deep Purple and the legendary Smoke On The Water.
Sort of grew out of being such a heavy-metal freak and preferred Dr Feelgood from mid-1970s.
Genesis and Floyd though, joint top for me.
cliveb
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Was that in the late 80s/early 90s? If it was, then may I enquire whether you are now deaf?
I say this because at that time I was living in Newport Pagnell (about 5 miles away as the crow flies). A friend was over for the evening and we were indoors playing my stereo, fairly loudly. And yet we could still hear the obvious sound of "Born in the USA" thumping away in the distance!
