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A few guys from The Flower Kings were also in Spellbound back in the early 80s Don't know about Spellbound, are they worth checking out ? Well, I like 'em ... as ever, I appear to be in the minority

(Belated) Happy Birthday - hope it was a good one!

Marillion: Marbles Fish: Field Of Crows Pink Floyd: The Wall Magellan: Symphony For A Misanthrope

A few guys from The Flower Kings were also in Spellbound back in the early 80s

Burning Tree were an American blues-rock trio, this was their only album. Try sampling "Mistreated Lover" or "Wigs Blues And High Heeled Shoes". New Model Army were an alternative/post-punk band from the UK. Maybe try "Whirlwind" on Youtube from this album. Both The Mission and Fields Of The Nephilim are UK goth bands. The Mission were much more upbeat and melodic, whilst The Nephilim went more for atmosphere and effect (e.g. occult influences) and the singer has a deeper gruff voice. Try looking for these on YouTube: The Mission: Butterfly On A Wheel, Into The Blue, Bird Of Passage Fields Of The Nephilim: For Her Light was the first single off that album, but probably best to try the album as a whole experience on Youtube as it wasn't really made with hit singles or catchy tunes in mind (although surprisingly the band often made it into the UK Top 40 charts, which is something you wouldn't get nowadays). 'Elizium' is my favourite album by FoTN ... it's one of those albums that I have to listen to ALL the way through (without skipping anything, or simply putting it on for 'background' music) ... I saw them just after they'd released their previous album ('The Nephilim'), and they were superb!

Resident Evil: Retribution ... Ada Wong can kick my ass ANY time she likes

Live: Throwing Copper Blessed By A Broken Heart: Pedal To The Metal

Some second-hand finds: Blessed By A broken Heart: Pedal To The Metal HIM: Dark Light Magellan: Symphony For A Misanthrope Nickelback: The Long Road Poison: Look What The Cat Dragged In The Rasmus: Dead Letters Thunder: Laughing On Judgement Day & Behind Closed Doors Bob Seger: Greatest Hits

Amorphis: Tales From The Thousand Lakes Bang Tango: Love After Death Black Sabbath: Cross Purposes Bolt Thrower: … For Victory Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation Cradle Of Filth: The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh Deadline: Medicine EP Demolition 23: Demolition 23 Bruce Dickinson: Balls To Picasso Gun: Swagger Iron Maiden: Maiden England Live: Throwing Copper Lynyrd Skynyrd: Endangered Species Marillion: Brave Megadeth: Youthanasia Jimmy Page & Robert Plant: No Quarter David Lee Roth: Your Filthy Little Mouth Terrorvision: How To Make Friends And Influence People Tuff: Fist First Warrior Soul: Space Age Playboys Slim pickings for this year ...

FD6? How's THAT going to work? I thought that FD5 brought everything to a pretty cool conclusion ... Yeah, FD4 was "The Final Destination" and there were comments about FD5 and how it might work and in the end they rounded it up really well. I guess they just start from scratch and hopefully have a cool new angle. Remember Highlander, then the sequel, and then they did a third and said "ignore the second one, that was a mistake" lol I really like the Final Destination films ... so here's hoping they don't go cobbling together a load of old crap just for the sake of it ....

Aerosmith: Pandora's Box (3CD set)

Resident Evil: Afterlife

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Oh, for fuck's sake ....

Aerosmith Alleycat Scratch The Almighty Biloxi Bjork Carcass The Cranberries Sheryl Crow Death Diamond Head Emergency Entombed Every Mother's Nightmare IQ Lynyrd Skynyrd Meat Loaf Mercyful Fate Pearl Jam Rags Paul Rodgers Rush Shotgun Messiah Slam St. Joan Van Halen The Wildhearts Get A Grip Deadboys In Trash City Powertrippin' Checkmate … The Game’s Over Debut Heartwork Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? Tuesday Night Music Club Individual Thought Patterns Death & Progress Boys Will Be Boys Wolverine Blues Wake Up Screaming Ever The Last Rebel Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell In The Shadows Vs A World Behind The Beat The Hendrix Set Counterparts Violent New Breed Saved By Grace Live: Right Here, Right Now Earth vs. The Wildhearts

FD6? How's THAT going to work? I thought that FD5 brought everything to a pretty cool conclusion ...

Olympus Has Fallen

Tornado Babies: Eat This! Tornado Babies: Delirious Ozzy Osbourne: No Rest For The Wicked Cradle Of Filth: Cruelty And The Beast Hanoi Rocks: The Best Of ...

Hm ... I'm not sure about the last two - the Stones IS Mick 'n' Keef, and Aerosmith didn't do so well the last time Joe left the band ...

Iron Maiden - Visions Of The Beast Rush In Rio Doctor Who - The Complete 8th Series

I'm sure Jon won't be losing any sleep over the fact that I'm probably never going to buy another Bon Jovi album - what irritates me is that he seems to be turning his back on the people who made him and his band a success in the first place. It would be idiotic to suggest that he should be penning material that sounds like it came from the late 80s but, equally, it has to be acknowledged that there are plenty of bands out there who are managing to keep both old AND new fans happy by maintaining links to their past without sounding dated. What bands exactly? Are you talking about small niche bands in our tiny genre? BJ are still a worldwide phenomenon, with 99% of their fans loving everything they do, including recent albums. For example - in my office there are loads of BJ fans (all of which have never heard of nor are interested in any of the bands that I listen to) - Facts - 1. None of them own the debut or 7800F 2. Most of the older ones got into BJ when SWW was released 3. 99% of BJ fans are like the guys in my office 4. 99% of fans are happy with BJs change in direction / sound and think its the best thing since sliced bread and harp on about what a wonderful diverse artist he is 5. 99% of BJ fans only listen to the music and couldnt really give a stuff who's on guitar..........as long as it sound alright. 6. 99% of BJ fans think BJ is the band Capiche?? Alice Cooper springs immediately to mind ... yes, yes, I KNOW he's not a 'band', but he HAS maintained a career spanning nearly 40 years by adapting what he does without losing the essence of what makes his sound unique to him. Hardly a small, niche band. I know that if you spoke to the average person in the street, they'd be stunned to know that Bon Jovi is a band, not just one person; and I take your point that they won't care if it's my Mum up there playing guitar, provided the songs sound the same ... but the fact of the matter is that I STILL think he/they have gone from being very, VERY good indeed to being utterly mediocre.

Steve Earle: Angry Young Man

According to certain Kiss members,we wouldn't have Kiss Alive 2 and the solo albums without contractual obligation..... Bon Jovi will never win really,do more of what they did in the 80s and they're just rehashing old music to sell out,move with the times and they're selling out too. Its not like they're the first band to lose original members either. FFS Foreigner did a tour a couple of years ago where at one point there were no original band members onstage. Then that isn't Foreigner, surely? More to the point, outside our immediate circle, Foreigner aren't as well-known as Jon and the boys, so I'm not sure that Joe Average will lose any sleep over whether or not they change line-ups or sound ... I agree that some bands are damned if they do and damned if they don't, but it's still sad to see a band who were once SO good churning out mediocre album after mediocre album

I'm sure Jon won't be losing any sleep over the fact that I'm probably never going to buy another Bon Jovi album - what irritates me is that he seems to be turning his back on the people who made him and his band a success in the first place. It would be idiotic to suggest that he should be penning material that sounds like it came from the late 80s but, equally, it has to be acknowledged that there are plenty of bands out there who are managing to keep both old AND new fans happy by maintaining links to their past without sounding dated.

Jurassic Park and Shaun The Sheep with my daughters (my youngest is a bit of a dinosaur fan) X-Men: First Class