Yeah, the Lizards. "Cold Hearted Kings." Last album, "Rule," featured John Garner, dug up from Sir Lord Baltimore, to sing. New album sacked him and it didn't hurt, as far as I can tell.
The Navajo Code Talkers, who I've mentioned briefly elsewhere. Quebecois biker rock led by girls. The guitarists have a Link Wray thing going on, which is greaser right from the original source. This year's/last year's "Vanilla Fudge" records. The Zolar-X archival release.
Most metros in the US have at least half a dozen such bands, most of whom have done or do their own releases in this vein. Poobah comes to mind, too.
― George Smith, Thursday, 23 December 2004 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― George Smith, Thursday, 23 December 2004 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link
!!!!!
Why was I not informed?! Greatest drummer-who-sings EVAH!
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 24 December 2004 09:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― George Smith, Friday, 24 December 2004 17:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 24 December 2004 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
From the description for this Iron Magazine record. Applies as well to the frankly superb Aktor - Paranoia album also from Jussi Lehtisalo and Tomi Leppänen (with Chris Black of Dawnbringer in this case.)
https://ironmagazine.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-hell
Can you cite examples of this nexus / original stuff that sounds like this, well known or obscure?
― Noel Emits, Monday, 20 March 2017 15:31 (seven years ago) link
^^^
"...lazer-buzzing, intergalactic HARD ROCKIN' at that nexus of 1980 where greasy 'n' galloping heavy metal, Sunset-strippin' hard rock, and space-cased AOR all crossed DNA for one brief moment."
― Noel Emits, Monday, 20 March 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Tried to start a thread but it wasn't having it. The AOR element is also important.
― Noel Emits, Monday, 20 March 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
the frankly superb Aktor - Paranoia album
sidestepping your question, but i LOVE that aktor album.
can't search for anything atm, but i started a thread some years back about aor dino rockers making "new wave" styled pop albums c. 1981 (e.g., blue oyster cult's cultosaurus erectus). iirc, some of the suggestions made would fit in pretty well here.
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
So you did, it was even bumped recently. I'll have a look through that, thanks.
1981 = year of 70s dino rockers w modren/wavo comeback LPs
― Noel Emits, Monday, 20 March 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
the quote from the queen of hell bandcamp page makes me think of stuff like nazareth's no mean city and priest's british steel
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
I'll use this to post about High Spirits again, love this band and fits this:
https://highspiritsmetal.bandcamp.com/album/motivator
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
otm (for contemporary echoes of these psychic wars, anyway). was gonna say i think of aktor's paranoia as a chris black joint more than a circle peeps poject.
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
hawkwind - levitation
are we sure this Iron Magazine isn't a Ween side project? talk about self-aware
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
i guess if it were ween the tunes would be better tho
Mastodon have been retreating backward from heavy metal to hard rock in recent years. There's a song on the new album that's basically .38 Special.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
xp danko jones always bring that vibe. have some friends who like them. i don't.
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Monday, 20 March 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link