By default Judas Priest wins.
― Kodanshi, Sunday, 7 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kris, Sunday, 7 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― sundar subramanian, Sunday, 7 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― your null fame, Tuesday, 9 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― -, Sunday, 5 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Manowar is the best band eve, dave q you are a son of a bitch― -, Saturday, May 4, 2002 8:00 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Manowar is the best band ever, dave q you are a son of a bitch― -, Saturday, May 4, 2002 8:00 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 12 July 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
if you give Manowar a huge golf handicap...Priest
― I hear that sometimes Satan wants to defund police (Neanderthal), Thursday, 9 July 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
dave q made me lol
― Mein Skampf (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 July 2020 06:50 (three years ago) link
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 12 July 2014 22:04 (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
on reassessment priest 79-82 are way more post-punk political than i'd have roughly guessed pre-relisten ("electric eye" is abt a govt surveillance robot which "keeps the country clean") (unlear if JP approve the latter or deplore it)
i credit hawkwind obviously
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 10:57 (two years ago) link
i guess this has always been the xhucx eddy line tbf
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:01 (two years ago) link
"Grinder - searching for meat" is obviously a reference to the unquenchable appetite of the military-industrial complex for young bodies.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:26 (two years ago) link
correct
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:28 (two years ago) link
"You've Got Another Thing Comin'" is about ejaculation, though.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:37 (two years ago) link
also a very post-punk topic iirc
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:42 (two years ago) link
Is Rob Halford the metal Howard Devoto?
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:52 (two years ago) link
going with yes, proof on its way
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 11:56 (two years ago) link
The question box above is now one of my favourite rock-history paragraphs ever.
Interesting that I said this 21 years (half my life!) ago. I'm not sure I even fully understand it now.
― And liberty she pirouette (Sund4r), Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:07 (two years ago) link
"Sab/Purple = Sun Ra/Steve Allen" 👈🏽 👍🏽
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:12 (two years ago) link
I don't know that anyone regarded Deep Purple as poor cousins to Black Sabbath at the time, if anything I suspect critics liked them better because they had more "old-time-rock-n-roll" energy.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:13 (two years ago) link
If "occult themes" brought critical respect, Uriah Heep would be the most beloved band of all time.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:39 (two years ago) link
the OP's syntax is not at all clear but i don't think he's intentionally setting up DP as the "poor relations" there: they too belong in the tripod of progenitors, while the wack jnr cousins are the power-metal descendants
i am the dave q whisperer
― mark s, Thursday, 7 April 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
Dave Q= David Quantic?
― Otto Insurance (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link