I saw ZZ Top a few years ago and it blew my mind how awesome they were. It was just the three guys, locked in tight, blasting through these songs to a huge stadium full of people. What total and utter badasses.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 26 May 2012 19:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 31 May 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
HOLY CRAP
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
wow
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 31 May 2012 01:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
This thread got me to check out all of Eliminator for the first time. It's totally great!: some really nice guitar interplay and such a classic guitar tone.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 May 2012 02:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
Eliminator, not even close. but I have never really been a fan of Def Leppard who just come across as stupid beyond belief to my ears.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 May 2012 03:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
really dig Pyromania but have to go with Eliminator
I can't think of any 70s rock act that ever embraced New Wave better than ZZ Top (and Bill Ham) did with Eliminator. It's really unique.
yeah, it's pretty unexpected just how perfectly their biker-rock mixes with synthpop/protodance to create this perfect, dirty, Mad Max-y techrock. that's something that hasn't really been explored that much beyond the mid 80s - dystopian desert turbo-blues (well okay Industrial Metal did a bit)
Judas Priest totally went into that Mad Max-y territory for a minute on Turbo as well with Turbo Lover and Locked In
I mean...
― Chris S, Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
love how songs can so perfectly project a theme sometimes. didn't see those videos for years, but I could always tell Priest were on a big Road Warrior trip with those songs
― Chris S, Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
I don't think of either of these as hard rock
― buzza, Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
i started a thread on this, though centered on 1981 as the year that 70s rockers tried out new wave. there are quite a few parallel examples, though perhaps none so commercial successful and seamless in their synthesis as zz top.
1981 = year of 70s dino rockers w modren/wavo comeback LPs
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
^excellent, was just about to ask if there were any good threads on that stuff. might have to start one on dystopian future (blues) rock/metal as well eventually
― Chris S, Thursday, 31 May 2012 04:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm not sure what would count as hard rock if not early-80s Def Leppard!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 31 May 2012 06:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
pre-pyromania stuff is for sure, iirc
― buzza, Thursday, 31 May 2012 06:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
Def Leppard sounded like hard rock at the time. It's pure hard rock candy in retrospect.
Voted for ZZT, for the WTFness of that album when it came out.
― Matt M., Thursday, 31 May 2012 14:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 1 June 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 June 2012 00:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
^^^that's fuckin right
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 1 June 2012 15:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
what about: Afterburner vs Hysteria
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 June 2012 17:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hysteria by an infinite distance.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
imo, Pyromania was a practice run at Hysteria, but Afterburner was the residue from Eliminator.