as i always like to remind people, steve perry was the THIRD lead vocalist for journey. after gregg rolie and that fleischman dude.
and the new guy is the SIXTH lead vocalist. after some guy i can't remember and journeyman deluxe jeff scott soto.
― scott seward, Monday, 14 July 2008 22:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Dang it, this is now far off-topic but you guys are prompting me to go sample the new Journey disc. If I like it enough, and have to buy it for my iPod, I'll have to post to the GUILTY PLEASURES thread.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 July 2008 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
and speaking of anthem rock and jeff scott soto, there is a huge underground indie scene for AOR bands. mostly in Germany. not the power metal crowd, but the Axel Rudi Pell crowd. a whole universe of fans who own every album that joe lynn turner was ever involved with. people who own soul sirkus albums! (neal schon and jeff scott soto side-project)
http://www.rock-is-life.com/reviews/img/soulsirkus2.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 14 July 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
every album that joe lynn turner was ever involved with:
ICARUS WITCH Songs for the Lost 2007 JLT Second Hand Life 2007 BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Village Lanterne 2006 Single EP The One 2006 Akira Kajiyama and Joe Lynn Turner Fire Without Flame 2006 Vitalij Kuprij Revenge 2006 Usual Suspects JLT 2005 Eddie Ojeda Axes 2 Axes 2005 Iron Maiden Tribute Numbers from The Beast 2005 Michael Schenker Heavy Hitters 2005 Mikhail Men Made in Moscow 2005 Brazen Abbot My Ressurection 2005 Classic Rock Revisited The New Road Ahead Vol 1 2005 Heaven and Earth Heaven and Earth Revised Re-Release 2005 Metallic Attack Metallica The Ultimate Tribute 2004 Karl Cochran's Voodooland Give Me Air 2004 Hughes Turner Project HTP2 2003 Murray Weinstock Tails of the City 2003 Rainbow Catch The Rainbow 2003 Brazen Abbot Guilty As Sin 2003 Mr. Big Tribute Influences and Connections 2003 Joe Lynn Turner JLT 2003 Hughes Turner Project HTP-LIVE IN TOKYO 2002 The Tour Bus Radio Show The Road Trip 2002 Mountain Mystic Fire 2002 Hughes Turner Project HTP 2002 Baron Love Valley 2002 Terry Brock Freedom 2001 Joe Lynn Turner Slam 2001 Queen Tribute Stone Cold Crazy 2001 Joe Lynn Turner Challenge Them All 2001 Rock Ballads WTC Benefit 2001 Nikolo Kotzev Nostradamus 2001 Voices for America Special WTC EP 2001 Aerosmith Tribute Let The Tribute Do The Talking 2001 ACDC Tribute Remixed to Hell 2000 Joe Lynn Turner Holy Man 2000 Various Artists Fire Woman: A Tribute to The Cult 2000 Ozzy Tribute Bat Head's Soup 2000 Van Halen Tribute Tribute to Van Halen 2000 2000 *SPECIAL* Randy Rhoads "Tribute" 1999 Leslie West As Phat as it Gets 1999 Yngwie Malmsteen Inspiration (Bonus CD) 1999 Fandango Best of 1999 Deep Purple Shades 68-98 1999 Joe Lynn Turner UNDER COVER 2 1999 Joe Lynn Turner Waiting for a Girl Like You 1999 Vick LeCar Never Stranded 1998 Stuart Smith Heaven & Earth 1998 Don Johnson Heartbeat 1998 Niji Densetsu Rainbow Tribute 1998 Various Heard It On The Radio 1998 Mothers Army Fire On The Moon 1998 Guitar Compilation Sounds of Wood and Steel 1998 Deep Purple Purplexed 1998 Joe Lynn Turner Hurry Up & Wait 1998 Mojo Brothers Mojo Brothers 1997 AC/DC Tribute Thunderbolt 1997 Brazen Abbot Bad Religion 1997 Joe Lynn Turner Undercover 1997 Mothers Army Planet Earth 1997 Yngwie Malmsteen Inspiration 1996 Toshi Kankawa Toshi Kankawa 1996 Brazen Abbot Eye Of The Storm 1996 Rainbow The Very Best Of 1997 Deep Purple Tribute - Black Night 1995 Joe Lynn Turner Nothing's Changed 1995 Nerds Poultry In Motion 1995 Bloodline Bloodline 1994 Blues Bureau International Cream Of The Crop 1994 Deep Purple Tribute Smoke On The Water 1994 Mothers Army Mothers Army 1993 Yngwie Malmsteen Collection 1992 TNT Unrealized Fantazies 1992 Taylor Dayne Taylor Dayne 1992 Hellcats Hellcats 2 1992 Lita Ford Dangerous Curves 1991 Deep Purple Slaves & Masters 1990 Kathy Troccoli Pure Attraction 1991 Michael Bolton Time, Love and Tenderness 1991 Foundations Forum Compilation '90 Vol. 2 1990 Slyce Slyce 1990 Billy Joel Storm Front 1989 Paul Carrack Groove Approved 1989 Yngwie Malmsteen Trial By Fire Live 1989 Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart 1989 Alexa Alexa 1989 Bonnie Tyler Notes From America 1988 TNT Intuition 1988 Don Johnson Let It Roll 1988 Yngwie Malmsteen Odyssey 1988 Bonfire Bonfire 1987 Mick Jones Mick Jones 1987 Lee Arron Lee Arron 1987 John Waite Rovers Return 1987 Cher Cher 1987 Michael Bolton The Hunger 1987 Rainbow Final Vinyl 1986 Joe Lynn Turner Rescue You 1985 Official Soundtrack The Heavenly Kid 1985 Rainbow Bent Out Of Shape 1983 Rainbow Straight Between The Eyes 1982 Rainbow Best of Compilation 1981 Rainbow Difficult To Cure 1981 Fandango Cadillac 1980 Fandango Last Kiss 1979 Fandango One Night Stand 1978 Fandango Fandango 1977
― scott seward, Monday, 14 July 2008 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha. The new guy is like Steve Perry's mini-me! Finally! A good commerical rock album in the Naughties!
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 14 July 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
"there is a huge underground indie scene for AOR bands. mostly in Germany."
Scott, what kind of fans do these bands have in Germany? Is it the same age group that listened to Journey or say The Scorpions in the 80s or are there younger people into these groups?
― earlnash, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 04:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe dads and their sons?
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 11:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm actually surprised 1) that they haven't been mentioned on this thread yet, period; and 2) that they weren't mentioned in response to Scott's comment that "there are job openings for anthem rockers": Coheed And Cambria. Their prog reputation is overinflated; their songs are catchy as fuck and sound like 80s AOR/prog (Asia, Triumph) more than 70s bloat-tastic prog (Yes, ELP). Their biggest problem is that their lead singer looks like Sweetums, the Muppet monster, and his voice is too weirdly high to take them into serious commercial territory, but the guy knows how to write a riff and a chorus. They're probably the most unfashionable band on Earth, but I like 'em.
― unperson, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Uh not really, given that the vast majority of the best rock albums (I'd say this would be a near-consensus opinion, not just mine) come out on independent labels... -- DJ Mencap, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:06 (Yesterday) Link
I think that needs some qualification, particularly with regards to 'best'. The albums that most people liked (ie which sold the most) from hard rock and heavy metal are usually on majors, such as: Metallica AC/DC Led Zeppelin Guns N Roses Nickelback Pantera Deep Purple Foo Fighters Slayer (dodgy, Def American may count as CBS/Warner?) Thin Lizzy Iron Maiden Judas Briest Black Sabbath Limp Bizkit Foo Fighters Nirvana FNM Soundgarden etc.
Given the number of indie labels there probably are more hard rock & metal releases on them mind.
― mei, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
But Limp Bizkit and Nickelback are hardly examples of Good major label hard rock/metal bands
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
However, Soundgarden is a perfect example. Superunknown is one of the best rock albums of the '90s. But since it's early '90s, it doesn't really count for this thread, unfortunately.
― MacDara, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i was basically going with 1997-2008 as whiney mentioned 1997 originally
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 23:50 (fifteen years ago) link
the problem with this thread is that the only good one was the colour and the shape and ppl need to just deal with it
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I was going to say Sepultura Roots but that's on Roadrunner so I guess it doesn't count...
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 17 July 2008 03:08 (fifteen years ago) link
But Limp Bizkit and Nickelback are hardly examples of Good major label hard rock/metal bands. -- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:20 (2 days ago) Link
I'm not saying that it's good, just that most people think it is (based on popularity), which is different to what Mencap was saying.
― mei, Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Does Down's NOLA count? It was '95 (iffy) but came out on Elektra. That disc eats pussies like Pearl Jam and Nirvana for breakfast. It's monstrous.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 17 July 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i liked stone temple pilot's 4 album. from 1999. that was a good hard rock record.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
i would bring up nine inch nails on here, but i didn't dig the fragile that much and downward spiral is too early for this thread.
― scott seward, Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link