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I'm down for My Religion II!

I guess you flunked out of year 10 maths as there's no other possible explanation for those numbers?

The Witch. Nowhere near as good as the reviews. The last 5 mins was good tho.

Hey Nightrain, that Slip of the Tongue rating is soooo high. There's a lot of dud tracks on it and it was such a letdown after 87. It's not terrible but how did u get 88%? Also, how did u rate 1987? Awesome list btw! Thanks for sharing. Oh, and I the only one who doesn't really rate Mr Big - S/T? I don't do these types of ratings but I only like 3 or 4 songs from that one, truth said I probably don't like more than 3 songs off any one of their albums. Adore Green Tainted Sixty's Mind tho off the follow up!

Happy Berfday!

Lol, remember this one well. Just wow!

Agreed, I've been wanting one for 25 yrs, but what? It would be my family now and I have a scar on my arm that would be nice to cover up but in years to come, like all tatts I've seen, will end up looking like a smudgy mess! Still like em tho...i guess

I don't mind this CD. It is a little samey with the heavier tracks but the slower ones and covers are the highlights. Singer is quite good!

Not Poverty's No Crime. Have all their albums but not interested in getting anymore.

You missed Fool for your Loving by Whitesnake. Yep those songs are all better but this to me smells of A&R guys looking back to milk what they can coz there's now a very specific market and sound to take advantage of.

Is it better than their old stuff? They were always second rate.

Glad you came around to Big Game a little. It's grown on me heaps over the years. Where we differ is that I don't mind the opener and think cry for freedom is an absolute cracker. Agreed Main Attraction has an awesome production job and some excellent tracks but the ballads and blues track...IMO make it worse than Big Game. The sad fact is that Vito should have released a heap more material. Huge loss to our scene!

Haha, sorry to disappoint on many levels, mate. I didn't get into modern rock until about 2000, completely based on SR-71 and Marvelous 3 alone. The only modern rock I have from the mid-90's would be Goo Goo Dolls, Fuel and Matchbox 20... few enough bands to list on one hand - and more importantly, nothing good. I don't know your vintage, but I'm 36 and was 16 years old in 1995. That is when I got into melodic rock. I guess it was probably because the stuff on the radio was so awful, but whilst you had lived with this style of music for decade and needed an alternative whilst it disappeared from the spotlight, this was my alternative to the radio. The mid 90's is when I formed the majority and basis of my melodic rock collection. As for my top 40 albums from that period, sorry to disappoint again mate, not even a hint of a crossover of any sorts. My lists from 1995 to 1999 would feature all of the below albums, for a start (and that's just skirting across the surface); Attraction - Get Up N' Shake Amaze Me - Wonderland Amaze Me - Amaze Me Stun Leer - Once Arti Tisi - Arti Tisi Danger Danger - Four The Hard Way Steelhouse Lane - Metallic Blue Bon Jovi - These Days Amaze Me - Dream On Pretty Boy Floyd - Porn Stars Casanova - Heroes Jaded Heart - IV Steelhouse Lane - Slaves Of The New World Fiore - Today Till Tomorrow Frontline - Heroes CITA - Heat Of Emotion Emerald Rain - Broken Saviours TNT - Transistor Emerald Rain - Age Of Innocence Gunshy - Mayday Fiore - Body Electric Big Mouth - Hands Of Time Loud & Clear - Loud & Clear Pink Cream 69 - Electrified Harem Scarem - Believe Big Bad Wolf - Big Bad Wolf Newman - One Step Closer Savannah - Savannah Kick - Consider This Tower City - Little Bit Of Fire Ransom - Trouble In Paradise Hotwire - Hotwire Monarch - Monarch The Storm - Eye Of The Storm Metropolis - The Power Of Night Charade - Charade Michael Morales - That's The Way Crystal Ball - In The Beginning Hotwire - Face Another Day Harem Scarem - B-Side Collection Pretty Maids - Spooked So just as you say why bother listening to something sang in another language even if the music is great when you can just out something else on. I say why put on an album that is trying really hard to sound like countless albums I own but with inferior songs, crap productions etc. I'm not pooing on the mid-late 90s it's just my palate was developed on the best and the best is hard to live up to once an era ends. So you have to move onto something else if you want new music. So what did you hear in '95 that made you seek out more music? Wowser, I'd just have to disagree and say I don't think the stuff I listed here is inferior to the 80's stuff, in any way shape or form. If it was, I'd agree with you 100% and wouldn't bother with it. Amaze Me, Stun Leer, Arti Tisi, early Jaded Heart, Pretty Maids, Frontline, early Emerald Rain, Danger Danger, Steelhouse Lane... jeezus wept mate, you're talking A-Grade stuff here, imo. Boring as it is, my story in 1995 all began with Bon Jovi... and I have my brother to thank for that. My brothers and I grew up on stuff like 1927, Roxus (!!), Belinda Carlisle, Roxette, Icehouse, Bryan Adams... they were our favourites, but we were young and just listened to RAGE and what was in the charts at the time. Didn't actively pursue music. So it was about 1995 when I first heard Bon Jovi via my brother and thought, I really like that and I want to hear more. So I got all Bon Jovi's stuff, then Poison... and it all just snowballed from there onwards. Jeezus wept... love it! I won't go into dissecting your list as I agree some very cool albums. A quick opinion on some and why they aren't great IMO: - Harem Scarem - everything after the debut was a disappointment plain and simple. They've consistently had a few great songs on each release but never got close to the debut. So if you grabbed the debut when it was released when I did, lived with it for a couple of years and then picked everything else up as it was released...well.... disappointment. - Emerald Rain, Amaze Me, Steelhouse Lane etc. - all very good. Just not as good as the stuff below. - The Storm, Ransom etc. - these types of albums I just don't feel like listening to often as good as they are. Maybe too light for me? I guess growing up with 1927, Roxus (!!), Belinda Carlisle, Roxette, Icehouse, Bryan Adams would mean you lean to much lighter material than me. I can only do very early Bryan Adams (Summer, Kids Wanna Rock) and Roxus.... the others unfortunately make my stomach turn. Great that even so we can have a cross over like we do and kudos for you for getting into it at the time you did! There is some stuff on your list that I'm going to check out as I never had them in the day or now like Attraction, Arti Tisi & Gunshy. Out of interest here's a quick lot of albums I rated highlight from 95-99. It pretty much boils down to half hard rock and half metal: Zeno Zenology Bon Jovi These Days Valentine Valentine Phantoms Opera Phantoms Opera CITA Relapse of Reason & Heat of Emotion Sykes Out Of My Tree & Loveland TSO Xmas Eve & Other Stories House of Shakira Lint Danger Danger Four The Hard Way Westworld - Westworld Von Groove Chameleon Pink Cream 69 - Electrified Jaded Heart IV Shakra Moving Force Gotthard Open Valentine & Valensia V Damned Nation Road of Desire WASP Still Not Black Enough Savatage Dead Winter Dead & Wake of Magellan Radakka Malice & Tranquility & Requiem For The Innocent Royal Hunt Moving Target, Paradox & Fear Angra Holy Land & Fireworks Stratovarius Visions Eternity X The Edge Labyrinth Return To Heaven Denied Nightwish Oceanborn Balance of Power Book of Secrets The Sygnet Children of the Future Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica Dream Theater Scenes From A Memory Edguy Theatre of Salvation Avalanch Llanta De Un Heroe Angel Dust Bleed Buddy, even if I adopt the astronomers' definition of metal, I don't see much in your list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuP6WVZhSec&feature=share Don't mind me some Hammerfall but I find them way overrated.

Yes! and for me more melodic and catchy songs. Agreed on both! Ghosts is missing the energy of Coup IMO. Still too early for me to rate or compare tho.

Haha, sorry to disappoint on many levels, mate. I didn't get into modern rock until about 2000, completely based on SR-71 and Marvelous 3 alone. The only modern rock I have from the mid-90's would be Goo Goo Dolls, Fuel and Matchbox 20... few enough bands to list on one hand - and more importantly, nothing good. I don't know your vintage, but I'm 36 and was 16 years old in 1995. That is when I got into melodic rock. I guess it was probably because the stuff on the radio was so awful, but whilst you had lived with this style of music for decade and needed an alternative whilst it disappeared from the spotlight, this was my alternative to the radio. The mid 90's is when I formed the majority and basis of my melodic rock collection. As for my top 40 albums from that period, sorry to disappoint again mate, not even a hint of a crossover of any sorts. My lists from 1995 to 1999 would feature all of the below albums, for a start (and that's just skirting across the surface); Attraction - Get Up N' Shake Amaze Me - Wonderland Amaze Me - Amaze Me Stun Leer - Once Arti Tisi - Arti Tisi Danger Danger - Four The Hard Way Steelhouse Lane - Metallic Blue Bon Jovi - These Days Amaze Me - Dream On Pretty Boy Floyd - Porn Stars Casanova - Heroes Jaded Heart - IV Steelhouse Lane - Slaves Of The New World Fiore - Today Till Tomorrow Frontline - Heroes CITA - Heat Of Emotion Emerald Rain - Broken Saviours TNT - Transistor Emerald Rain - Age Of Innocence Gunshy - Mayday Fiore - Body Electric Big Mouth - Hands Of Time Loud & Clear - Loud & Clear Pink Cream 69 - Electrified Harem Scarem - Believe Big Bad Wolf - Big Bad Wolf Newman - One Step Closer Savannah - Savannah Kick - Consider This Tower City - Little Bit Of Fire Ransom - Trouble In Paradise Hotwire - Hotwire Monarch - Monarch The Storm - Eye Of The Storm Metropolis - The Power Of Night Charade - Charade Michael Morales - That's The Way Crystal Ball - In The Beginning Hotwire - Face Another Day Harem Scarem - B-Side Collection Pretty Maids - Spooked So just as you say why bother listening to something sang in another language even if the music is great when you can just out something else on. I say why put on an album that is trying really hard to sound like countless albums I own but with inferior songs, crap productions etc. I'm not pooing on the mid-late 90s it's just my palate was developed on the best and the best is hard to live up to once an era ends. So you have to move onto something else if you want new music. So what did you hear in '95 that made you seek out more music? Wowser, I'd just have to disagree and say I don't think the stuff I listed here is inferior to the 80's stuff, in any way shape or form. If it was, I'd agree with you 100% and wouldn't bother with it. Amaze Me, Stun Leer, Arti Tisi, early Jaded Heart, Pretty Maids, Frontline, early Emerald Rain, Danger Danger, Steelhouse Lane... jeezus wept mate, you're talking A-Grade stuff here, imo. Boring as it is, my story in 1995 all began with Bon Jovi... and I have my brother to thank for that. My brothers and I grew up on stuff like 1927, Roxus (!!), Belinda Carlisle, Roxette, Icehouse, Bryan Adams... they were our favourites, but we were young and just listened to RAGE and what was in the charts at the time. Didn't actively pursue music. So it was about 1995 when I first heard Bon Jovi via my brother and thought, I really like that and I want to hear more. So I got all Bon Jovi's stuff, then Poison... and it all just snowballed from there onwards. Jeezus wept... love it! I won't go into dissecting your list as I agree some very cool albums. A quick opinion on some and why they aren't great IMO: - Harem Scarem - everything after the debut was a disappointment plain and simple. They've consistently had a few great songs on each release but never got close to the debut. So if you grabbed the debut when it was released when I did, lived with it for a couple of years and then picked everything else up as it was released...well.... disappointment. - Emerald Rain, Amaze Me, Steelhouse Lane etc. - all very good. Just not as good as the stuff below. - The Storm, Ransom etc. - these types of albums I just don't feel like listening to often as good as they are. Maybe too light for me? I guess growing up with 1927, Roxus (!!), Belinda Carlisle, Roxette, Icehouse, Bryan Adams would mean you lean to much lighter material than me. I can only do very early Bryan Adams (Summer, Kids Wanna Rock) and Roxus.... the others unfortunately make my stomach turn. Great that even so we can have a cross over like we do and kudos for you for getting into it at the time you did! There is some stuff on your list that I'm going to check out as I never had them in the day or now like Attraction, Arti Tisi & Gunshy. Out of interest here's a quick lot of albums I rated highlight from 95-99. It pretty much boils down to half hard rock and half metal: Zeno – Zenology Bon Jovi – These Days Valentine – Valentine Phantom’s Opera – Phantom’s Opera CITA – Relapse of Reason & Heat of Emotion Sykes – Out Of My Tree & Loveland TSO – Xmas Eve & Other Stories House of Shakira – Lint Danger Danger – Four The Hard Way Westworld - Westworld Von Groove – Chameleon Pink Cream 69 - Electrified Jaded Heart – IV Shakra – Moving Force Gotthard – Open Valentine & Valensia – V Damned Nation – Road of Desire WASP – Still Not Black Enough Savatage – Dead Winter Dead & Wake of Magellan Radakka – Malice & Tranquility & Requiem For The Innocent Royal Hunt – Moving Target, Paradox & Fear Angra – Holy Land & Fireworks Stratovarius – Visions Eternity X – The Edge Labyrinth – Return To Heaven Denied Nightwish – Oceanborn Balance of Power – Book of Secrets The Sygnet – Children of the Future Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica Dream Theater – Scenes From A Memory Edguy – Theatre of Salvation Avalanch – Llanta De Un Heroe Angel Dust – Bleed

That sounds like Brother Firetribe to me. Nothing wrong with it except the visuals which make you want to hate everything about it!

Ordinary band on a very long and extraordinarily bad run of terrible releases. One can only think Frontiers heard some demos they liked it they need to write off some expenses?

I'm looking forward to it. I have no issue with power metal. Dynazty know how to write a catchy tune which is sometimes lacking with a lot of the metal bands. I'm OK with them going heavier, sure some of you will miss out for that fact but I doubt they could have ever come close to the better bands in the genre eg. Eclipse, Heat etc. had they kept it more HR.

Have listened to this and Treat back to back. Only 1 play through each and The Defiants was much more immediate and catchy. I see people are saying it's what Bon Jovi could sound like but to me it had a Four The Hard Way vibe. Treat on the other hand doesn't seem to have that fresh crispness of Coup De Grace and seems very deliberate and measured. Not sure what any of the above means, well I do, it means shit until I've played the crap out of them over the next year. I will be reaching for Defiants first tho next time I'm listening to something.

I haven't listened to it in a while and am not the hugest fan of this one. I do remember the production being good but not great, it was just a long album with too much filler IMO.

Haha, sorry to disappoint on many levels, mate. I didn't get into modern rock until about 2000, completely based on SR-71 and Marvelous 3 alone. The only modern rock I have from the mid-90's would be Goo Goo Dolls, Fuel and Matchbox 20... few enough bands to list on one hand - and more importantly, nothing good. I don't know your vintage, but I'm 36 and was 16 years old in 1995. That is when I got into melodic rock. I guess it was probably because the stuff on the radio was so awful, but whilst you had lived with this style of music for decade and needed an alternative whilst it disappeared from the spotlight, this was my alternative to the radio. The mid 90's is when I formed the majority and basis of my melodic rock collection. As for my top 40 albums from that period, sorry to disappoint again mate, not even a hint of a crossover of any sorts. My lists from 1995 to 1999 would feature all of the below albums, for a start (and that's just skirting across the surface); Attraction - Get Up N' Shake Amaze Me - Wonderland Amaze Me - Amaze Me Stun Leer - Once Arti Tisi - Arti Tisi Danger Danger - Four The Hard Way Steelhouse Lane - Metallic Blue Bon Jovi - These Days Amaze Me - Dream On Pretty Boy Floyd - Porn Stars Casanova - Heroes Jaded Heart - IV Steelhouse Lane - Slaves Of The New World Fiore - Today Till Tomorrow Frontline - Heroes CITA - Heat Of Emotion Emerald Rain - Broken Saviours TNT - Transistor Emerald Rain - Age Of Innocence Gunshy - Mayday Fiore - Body Electric Big Mouth - Hands Of Time Loud & Clear - Loud & Clear Pink Cream 69 - Electrified Harem Scarem - Believe Big Bad Wolf - Big Bad Wolf Newman - One Step Closer Savannah - Savannah Kick - Consider This Tower City - Little Bit Of Fire Ransom - Trouble In Paradise Hotwire - Hotwire Monarch - Monarch The Storm - Eye Of The Storm Metropolis - The Power Of Night Charade - Charade Michael Morales - That's The Way Crystal Ball - In The Beginning Hotwire - Face Another Day Harem Scarem - B-Side Collection Pretty Maids - Spooked Ok, I get it now. I'm 43 and started buying cassettes and albums in 1987 and then quickly onto CDs. I remember my first few purchases were Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Cinderella etc. I then quickly followed by grabbing back catalogue items and moving into less mainstream artists like Lillian Axe etc. So I think the difference essentially is timing. I got into melodic rock when it was on the radio and TV everywhere and also helped along by my bro who did the same thing a few years earlier with quiet riot, motley, iron maiden. If I had got into the scene mid-90s I would have been ecstatic with the releases u listed. Truth is most of them, and a lot on MTM were good, not great, compared to what I had lived with and was naturally comparing to. I like most of those albums but see very few great albums in that list. It was natural that I went for something different because I was constantly disappointed and spending a lot of money being so. So just as you say why bother listening to something sang in another language even if the music is great when you can just out something else on. I say why put on an album that is trying really hard to sound like countless albums I own but with inferior songs, crap productions etc. I'm not pooing on the mid-late 90s it's just my palate was developed on the best and the best is hard to live up to once an era ends. So you have to move onto something else if you want new music. I also don't underestimate that moment that changes your life. For me Still of the Night was and still is the pinnacle of the ultimate rock song. Had I been 20yrs older at the time I may have thought it a crap rip of Kashmir. So what did you hear in '95 that made you seek out more music?

How does it compare to the first?

Your ears get tuned to different things. My tuned into more metal and opened up to non-English. By the sounds of things you got into the more modern rock? From these ears and the comment about that period being small I think you let your ears get adjusted to something else as well. Would love to see your best of 1990-1999 top 40 albums and I bet we would have a massive crossover of albums, then separate and then start to come back together towards the end of the decade.

As long as everyone in my matrix is speaking English, I am more than happy to stay here. Honestly, I can't express to you how pointless I find non-English speaking music. Well, I have tried to explain it and you can try to find those threads if you wish to read it again. It just view it as completely futile and a total waste of time. Like I said above, I did listen to these guys when I had more time on my hands, and probably wasn't as angry and passionate about foreign vocals as I am now, but even then, I just didn't think the band was very good at all anyway. I get it Geoff, I really do but in the early-mid 90s something had to be done as there was just so little new music worth listening to. Back then I wouldn't listen to a band if the singer had an accent...hell even an Aussie accent used to put me off!! I guess my musical survival kicked in. Knowing that I wasn't going to get what I was accustomed to or needed and let me see and hear past my own BS! So glad it did, I still can't stomach what was on the radio then. Thanks to the musical gods for Japan and Europe!

You keep living in the matrix Geoff but there are very few bands who have 4 albums as good as those by X Japan.