Adrian Smith has changed quite a bit since his 1973 heyday as a female Blues Rocker.
Nice jumpsuit/scarf combo Ade!

Many thanks Astra Wally, my shirt arrived in the mail this morning.
Thanks for taking the time to answer all my annoying questions, and with such patience & good humour too.
Delighted with my purchase, i just have to decide now wether to wear it or frame it for my wall.

*hands in ears* lalalala I don't wanna hear that ... lol :lol: We should be happy that we didn't live in those times ... imagine it would be one of you with such a shirt ... no no no ... :!: :o Some of us did live through the 70s and still have the frightening pics to prove it. I still have a soft ...

Anything good on those radio station comp albums? The Texan ones always seem to hold lots of potential for Metal, Hard Rock & Southern Rock finds, so the 'Houston Home Cookin'' LP caught my eye/imagination in particular. I quite like Mariner - "I'm Alone" from WTUE Homegrown II. You c...

Prowler wrote:Jeeesus! that pic looks fuckin' scary ... one of these shirts alone is an eye burner, but eleven of them ...

If you blow the pic up to full size you discover that the pattern on the shirts is actually made up of tiny little elephants.
No doubt pink ones.

Just to show that old Metal bands didn't have a monopoly on looking ridiculous, prepare your eyes for the horror that was the eleven piece horn rock behemoth known as Naked Truth back in 1973:



The horror!

Anything good on those radio station comp albums?
The Texan ones always seem to hold lots of potential for Metal, Hard Rock & Southern Rock finds, so the 'Houston Home Cookin'' LP caught my eye/imagination in particular.

Very interesting & informative Mendes Prey piece, a really good read.
Got me looking forward to their forthcoming anthology album.

Comments section at the ole blog has just been updated with new links again.
Mostly Hard Rock & Southern Rock stuff, but i'm sure they'll interest someone here.
Enjoy.

HUMAN ERROR - Life Sentence (2006) Hungary

Prowler wrote:The Snatch MLP is pretty good WASP-ish US Metal with the coolest album title ever!

I agree that Snatch's music is pretty decent, but it seems you've confused the word 'coolest' with 'worst'.

The strong accent of these italian bands is quite funny ... I kind of enjoy strong accents, at least from some countries. It becomes a (huge) problem with Scandinavian bands though, and I'm not too fond of German accents either. But southern or eastern European accents, I find charming and it may e...

Ernest Thesiger wrote:

Least bad album I've heard by them. Wish that cover painting was on a heavier band's album.

Best back handed compliment i've seen in a long time, really made me chuckle.
Kudos to you sir.

DUNDER - Dunder (1978) Sweden

'Varje Låt Har Sin Egen Tid' kicks ass!

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Damn, from the thread title i thought someone had turned up a previously unknown 80's demo by Evil from Denmark.