1980's Obscurities!

[66 galaxie]

These guys came out it like 1981 or 82.
Cool rock.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtp8qjLHgsE]YouTube - Vendetta-Babylon Rocks[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6BgMd5n7Mo]YouTube - Vendetta-Power Of The Union[/ame]

 

[66 galaxie]

I used to have this cassette!
We used to play this song in one of my old bands.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On2S6jwRawE]YouTube - Fortnox "Lucifer's Eyes"[/ame]

 

[blues_n_cues]

I cannot imagine living in the 80s u know....No free porn, u actually had to go buy that shit. And the magazines were expensive

didn't need porn, i was gigging & getting laid.

 

[Wycked Lester]

ah yes, and then there were these guys...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVI7iX4N08s]YouTube - Savatage-Hall Of The Mountain King[/ame]

 

[Australian]

I like the sound of that band WLester. i'd never heard of them before,

A few bands we used to listen to:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rUaFKhhBew[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQADNC0k3LU&feature=related]YouTube - Tygers Of Pan Tang "Insanity"[/ame]

The Fortune has a long intro, but worth the wait (a great song):
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LXQMQ29pA8[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVXMuS53Koc&feature=related]YouTube - Quartz - Satan's Serenade[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrTnSVFE-BQ]YouTube - HEAVEN In The Beginning[/ame]

 

[blues_n_cues]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXC34joX0Nc&feature=related]YouTube - KEEL - BECAUSE THE NIGHT[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxHl3gr-WMM]YouTube - W.A.S.P. Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) Watch In High Quality[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efvq7O2bKf0&playnext=1&list=PL35D4B777FC5D72BA]YouTube - Roxx Gang - Scratch My Back[/ame]

 

[blues_n_cues]

i forgot about playing this one years ago.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnRQJ_P632o&feature=autoplay&list=PL35D4B777FC5D72BA&index=76&playnext=2]YouTube - Roxx Gang - No easy way out[/ame]

 

[j2112c]

I loved this band, but last year I bought £50 ticket to see them headline FireFest.. an AOR day in the UK... it was to be a reunion for the first time since the 1990's everyone was wetting themselves at the thought of these guys back together..

...and with about three weeks to go... they cancelled... the vocalist Sandi Saraya.. gave back on it... (money wranglings) - absolute cow.... I was only going to see this band the rest of the bands were of no interest to me.. No refunds.. Lost £50..

So... if you like the songs... download the album free... give her nothing!

Actually you would be hard pressed (pun) to find either of their albums to purchase now anyway, the CD's are a fortune for AOR collectors... especially the first where these two songs come from.. it is an AOR classic.

This guitarist is the amazing Tony Rey who is now Enrique Englaisias musical director... big production that!

Used to play this one with a band ... when the moon was still young...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZ7BEWDCvM]YouTube - Saraya - Back to the Bullet - (HQ)[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uojjS6ESAHk]YouTube - Saraya - Love Has Taken It's Toll[/ame]

 

[blues_n_cues]

i remember them. we used to play love has taken it's toll.

 

[WrenchDevil6]

I thought we were discussing 80's Obscurities in this thread.

Annihilator
Metal Church
Death Angel
...

Not obscure. Even Annihilator had a solid spot in MTV's rotation. Death Angel's "I'm Bored" was constantly played, and Metal Church's "Badlands" broke out of Headbanger's Ball and was in full rotation.

Not taking anything away from them. They all kicked major ass, and I've seen John Marshall (Metal Church guitarist/Metallica guitar tech) on more than one occasion play for James Hetfield when he broke his wrist or caught himself on fire.

 

[j2112c]

I thought we were discussing 80's Obscurities in this thread.

Annihilator
Metal Church
Death Angel
...

Not obscure. Even Annihilator had a solid spot in MTV's rotation. Death Angel's "I'm Bored" was constantly played, and Metal Church's "Badlands" broke out of Headbanger's Ball and was in full rotation.

Not taking anything away from them. They all kicked major ass, and I've seen John Marshall (Metal Church guitarist/Metallica guitar tech) on more than one occasion play for James Hetfield when he broke his wrist or caught himself on fire.

OK, back to some obscure.....

Lilian Axe

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQmnZXC2Iw]YouTube - LILLIAN AXE SHOW A LITTLE LOVE[/ame]


or Alias.... the first album was great, the second album was recorded but never released, however copies of it a freely (literally) available on the net... full album of 15 songs never released and it was another really good one... though I suppose we are moving into the 1990's with this one... this is 1990... but it is such a good song!
Always reminds me of a very hot summer in Canada when I played it to death...

The guitarist here has the album cover on his guitar... nice custom job.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjQrYYIl33w]YouTube - Alias-Waiting for love[/ame]

 

[j2112c]

Here is a real treat, Shy.

Tony Mills on vocals... and I keep forgetting to mention in influencial guitarists, or underated guitarist threads this guy... BIG influence on me as a kid STEVE HARRIS on guitar... melodic, shreds when he wants.. great riffs... absolutely ludicrous hairstyle!

Tony Mills singing with TNT now. This is from 1987.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXG2I60_lFI[/ame]

Then they went to the USA, sorted their hair out but still had major fashion problems! Smoking guitar solo on this one.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNpQcTvqVA[/ame]

 

[Adwex]

ah yes, and then there were these guys...

YouTube - Savatage-Hall Of The Mountain King

The remnants of what was left after Savatage broke up later became Trans Siberian Orchestra.

 

[j2112c]

and the singer of Signal... Mark Free had a sex change and became Marcie Free.

Great singer one of the best AOR singers.. from 1989

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjVmNyY5nM]YouTube - SIGNAL "Does it feel like love"[/ame]


You Canadians will remember Lion, Doug Aldrich and Kal Swan.... maybe...they were great...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe-Ad7QMmg0[/ame]


What you North Americans will not remember is Doug Aldrichs next band Hurricanes album cover for Slave to the Thrill.... as it was changed for you.
This is the cover we got in Europe...

Kelly Hansen on vocals here... now with Foreigner... if you though he sounded familiar:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6C4nV1rkd0[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltu6XiEk8rA[/ame]

 

[Blisster]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyfZFxg4Rng&p=CB486F1A9C1A4E6B]YouTube - Lizzy Borden - Give 'Em The Axe[/ame]

 

[66 galaxie]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPJJBjhAqD0]YouTube - Raven - Crash Bang Wallop[/ame]

 

[j2112c]

Lizzy Borden and Raven.... wow that is taking me back now.
Raven got hammered by the music press over here for defecting to the US, but they did better over your way than here... who can blame them our press can be pretty toxic at times.
Wild voice.

 

[blues_n_cues]

this song got some rotation but The Plasmatics were pretty obsuce back in the day. wendy o. williams was a blast in concert.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_YMRJo1uA]YouTube - The Plasmatics - The Damned 1983[/ame]

 

[WrenchDevil6]

I had such a crush on Wendy!! The Plasmatics were truly obscure and underappreciated. They would have fared better in the 21st century, I think.

 

[Blisster]

Lizzy Borden and Raven.... wow that is taking me back now.
Raven got hammered by the music press over here for defecting to the US, but they did better over your way than here... who can blame them our press can be pretty toxic at times.
Wild voice.

Raven played at a free metal festival in San Francisco last summer. They were awesome. Wiped Out is one of the earliest records I remember having.