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| Ernest Thesiger |
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| MetalRulesTheNight |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:47 pm |
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Kick - Rough 'n' Smooth EMI 1979
Book: "The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Singles" published by Scrap Metal Records, 2005 (Martin Popoff) |
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| Buried By Time and Dust |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:19 pm |
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D.A.'S 1st Demo was from 1980 so that's how it is.
malegys wrote: Buried By Time and Dust wrote: Hey since Desolation Angels moved to Los Angeles do you consider them a USPM band
malegys wrote: Ernest Thesiger wrote: Buried By Time and Dust wrote: EF Band is Swedish
Didn't they move to the UK when Dave Dufort was drumming for them?
Yes, they did & were considered part of the NWOBHM at the time,atleast musically.
No, i considered them "too late for everything HM".hows's that? |
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| malegys |
| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:24 pm |
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Buried By Time and Dust wrote: D.A.'S 1st Demo was from 1980 so that's how it is.
malegys wrote: Buried By Time and Dust wrote: Hey since Desolation Angels moved to Los Angeles do you consider them a USPM band
malegys wrote: Ernest Thesiger wrote: Buried By Time and Dust wrote: EF Band is Swedish
Didn't they move to the UK when Dave Dufort was drumming for them?
Yes, they did & were considered part of the NWOBHM at the time,atleast musically.
No, i considered them "too late for everything HM".hows's that?
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| lynx |
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| Buried By Time and Dust |
| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:36 pm |
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| Aiden |
| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:47 pm |
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Buried By Time and Dust wrote:
Cheers! I get to see them here soon. It may not be '79 anymore but it will do!
Lynx, good link, thanks. |
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| nightsblood |
| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:10 pm |
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MA leaves out a ton of early NWOBHM, so their list should be considered a minimum list at best. Several years ago I asked the moderators why they excluded so many nwobhm bands, but all I got was a snarky reply full of attitude about how most NWOBHM isn't 'real' metal, which is hilarious coming form a site that features every two-bit black metal bedroom project from the past 10 years |
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| Ernest Thesiger |
| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:12 am |
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nightsblood wrote: Several years ago I asked the moderators why they excluded so many nwobhm bands, but all I got was a snarky reply full of attitude about how most NWOBHM isn't 'real' metal, which is hilarious coming form a site that features every two-bit black metal bedroom project from the past 10 years
There is a lot of stuff from that period that is more hard rock than fully HM, so I see where they're coming from. |
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| nightsblood |
| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:15 pm |
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Ernest Thesiger wrote: nightsblood wrote: Several years ago I asked the moderators why they excluded so many nwobhm bands, but all I got was a snarky reply full of attitude about how most NWOBHM isn't 'real' metal, which is hilarious coming form a site that features every two-bit black metal bedroom project from the past 10 years
There is a lot of stuff from that period that is more hard rock than fully HM, so I see where they're coming from.
True, but it can be a fine line between HR and HM. It irked me b/c they add every shitty band that has ProTools and a facebook page, but when it comes to NWOBHM they suddenly become very picky about what constitutes a 'real' metal band. Also, I didn't appreciate their attitude at all; the reply reeked of (paraphrased), "We know better than you what is and isn't a Metal band, so go away and quit bothering us about some shitty British band that we Decree From On High to be rock, not metal". Even when I pointed out that several bands they exclude are commonly covered in heavy metal books, price guides, magazines, etc, their reply was "those books are full of errors", as though only MA Editors can decide what is and isn't metal, and everyone else doesn't have a clue as to what they're talking about. Few things in metal irritate me more than elitist asses who think their opinions should be The Law of the Land. |
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| Ernest Thesiger |
| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:46 pm |
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nightsblood wrote: It irked me b/c they add every shitty band that has ProTools and a facebook page
And actual physical releases. It's hardly elitist if that sort of stuff's included. There's other archival & discographical sites out there, thankfully. |
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| nightsblood |
| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:03 pm |
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Ernest Thesiger wrote: nightsblood wrote: It irked me b/c they add every shitty band that has ProTools and a facebook page
It's hardly elitist if that sort of stuff's included.
That's my point- why do they include everything imaginable EXCEPT when it comes to NWOBHM? They make a big deal out of the huge number of bands they profile- there's a counter right at the top of the main page- yet they get very narrow-minded about bands from that one sub-genre.
Don't get me wrong- thee are indeed a lot of bands/records from the early 80s that are Rock, not Metal, and are fine to exclude. Sometimes it's a judgement call. But when every other reference includes a band in the 'Metal' category, it seems strange that MA refuses to include them.
And again, their attitude sucked. They could have just said something like, "we try not to include bands that are sort of borderline on the early rock-metal transition, that's just how we decided to do the site". OK, fair enough. But instead, their reply reeked of arrogance, claiming that everyone and every reference that calls those bands metal is Wrong and only the Great and Wise MA Editors have it Right. I have little tolerance for people who insist that theirs is the only correct opinion and that those who disagree are wrong by default.
Ah, but enough of this- I thought they were jerks about the whole thing, so I don't contribute to their site anymore. End of story. |
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| doomedplanet |
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| GJ |
| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:27 am |
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| malegys |
| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:05 am |
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GJ wrote: Last time I checked they had Urchin listed, but not Praying Mantis. 
That's coz everyone is gay for Maiden i suppose... |
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