Jimbo

Tumbleweed by Love/Hate, especially when Jizzy screams, "Ahhhh...I'm a tumbleweeeeeeeed!" Awesome. And Badger Badger by Tygers of Pan Tang.

There are only so many ways to say it, but gosh darn it...I love that FarCry! And I'm not just saying that to get a nifty autographed CD from the lead guitarist, either!

I wanted to name my son Bruce Wayne, but the wife said no way. Which is too bad, because he really doesn't look like a Susan. On the serious side, how about: Hayden, Bryce or Marcus? Or Yngwie?

I've always liked Gold Toofus Rufus. Or Frank.

Pop, pop, pop goes my money! I have to buy more... (Congrats!!!)

I would hardly classify most of those songs as "hard rock". Just sayin'... Dude, this is a friendly but serious question: Keeping in mind we're talking about 1973 to 1979, what exactly would you call hard rock from that era if not Love Gun and Detroit Rock City?

"Parasite" off of the Hotter Than Hell album was written in 1974 and will still peel the skin off of your face. CRANK IT!

Chicks, goats, sheep...all the barnyard animals will be covered.

Yeah, it's pretty heavy, but...God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II? Every Time I Look at You?!? I'll take Ace Frehley's solo disc over Revenge any day.

Um... technically, "God of Thunder" is a Paul song... he wrote it, not Gene. And "War Machine" was co-written by Brian Adams. I can't believe the sentiment being espoused for the 80s hair metal version of KISS. Aren't there ANY hard rockers left on these boards? And as far as the best songs being on the 80s stuff, let me list the classics before 1980: Detroit Rock City King of the Nighttime World Do You Love Me Shout It Out Loud Calling Dr. Love Love Gun Firehouse Strutter Watchin' You 100.000 Years Shock Me I Stole Your Love and the list goes on... Here's the classics after 1980: Listen, I'm a huge fan. I've had a love/hate relationship with this band almost my entire life. I even have sentimental attachments to the albums I don't particularly listen to very much (Animalize being the main one), and might be the only person on the planet who forgave them for making a grunge album in a moment of weakness (Carnival of Souls). Heck, I like that one better than anything after Dynasty. But most people who fell in love with the band did so because of the heavier stuff, not the Bon Jovi retreads... The new CD might be crap, especially since Gene is running out of cliches and Paul is not the greatest producer, but I'll still buy it before I hear it, because they're still "my band" and...HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL! (Now THERE'S a cliche for you Gene!)

Yeah! I gotta agree with Faron & Jimbo. I don't believe in any of it. Thanks mate, I`m normally the only one who agrees with me I disagree with that. Has anyone ever heard of Cry Baby Bridge? It's a ghost story where I live about a two lane bridge and sometimes when you drive over it, your car mysteriously stalls out and you can hear the cries of an infant that was thrown over the edge and into the water by its mother. Creeeeeeeeepy!

Even though I didn't have a hope in hell of making it I'm sorry to see it's been canceled. Here's to hoping there will be something that will come up allowing us all to get together sometime. Backed...I was really trying to work it out so I could go, but it didn't look promising...so hopefully we can all hook up sometime.. Yeah, but let's not tell Metal T.

Go on with your birthday self! Have a good one!

Dude, why are you always scaring off the newbies?

That's wild and wacky stuff. I think they're all explainable, but still cool to look at.

Despite the fact my opinion that the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a complete sham, run by fucking assholes with shit for brains, why was Ronnie James Dio not inducted as a part of Black Sabbath? The way people bend over backwards to kiss Ozzy's ass and appease that Battleaxe he's chained to, makes me violently ill. Of course, I doubt the dipshits at the R&RHOF have even heard Heaven And Hell or Mob Rules anyway. And what kind of rock and roll shrine has the likes of Aretha Franklin in it? R&B - yes. Soul - yes? Any other fucking genre you can think of - yes. But rock and roll? No fuckin' way, Jose. Artists that are IN the "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame: Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Ricky Nelson, The Mamas and the Papas, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Isaac Hayes, The O'Jays and Run D.M.C. Artists that are eligible but are NOT in: KISS, Rush, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper and Deep Purple. If YOU were Dave Mustaine, would you WANT to go into this hall? Ever?

I don't think Dan likes you to advertise your services on this thread!

Maybe we should have a "virtual" barbeque? We could all crank up the grills and the same CD at the same time on the same day...Jez and Geoff would have to grill in the middle of the night, but that's a normal evening for them!

That sounds like an argument waiting to happen...

Although it sounds like it was recorded with a Mister Microphone in spots, I kinda like it...Pop metal plus grindcore. Haircore? I'd need to hear more to determine if it's in my wheelhouse, but it sounds HH worthy.

You really shouldn't bottle up your feelings so much. Let it out. You'll feel better. For the record, my unsolicited opinion is that Ozzy is just a musical figurehead now. Much like Vanna White, he is a guy who found himself in the circular circumstance of being famous for being famous, and his snake-charming wife has used every possible angle to take advantage of that fame. If Ozzy had been the lead singer of Strawberry Alarm Clock or Blue Cheer instead of Black Sabbath he would be nothing but a foot-note in the history of music. But whatever you think of him and his wife now, he still was a founding member of the band that created heavy metal, and for that we should all be grateful. I say, respect and love the poor barker for his contribution to the music we love, but otherwise leave him be...

Wow, this show just gets more and more interesting! There is a spoiler question below regarding Sayid and Ben so beware: I thought that Fariday said that the past could not be changed? So I assume either Sayed's gunshot did not kill young Ben, or Ben has been dead the whole time. That might explain why John Locke is now back and ready to be the Others' leader, because he is "dead" too...any thoughts on that? And does anyone have an aspirin?

I was wondering when he was going to whip out the french. Welcome to the forum....... Would you prefer if I whipped out something else? How 'bout a breath mint? Seriously.

Is that how your wife calls you? "Douchebag! Time for dinner!" "Scumbag! Telephone!" "Twatwaffle! I'm going to smother you with a pillow if you purchase one more compact disc!" (I tossed in that last one for a giggle.) By the way, I've decided to block everyone on this board who's older than me...but there doesn't seem to be anyone older than me.

Too Fast - I'm a sucker for this sort of poverty, garage band metal. Cellar - Round and Round might be the greatest "hair metal" single ever. Invasion - De Martini flashes a melodic brilliance throughout. Girls Cubed - Back to basics for the Crue. Detonator - My favorite Ratt disc. New Tattoo - By default. Not a fan of either album, really.