Gibbo

Black Sabbath: Headless Cross

Road trip: Heaven's Edge: S/T Export: Living In Fear Of The Private Eye Mickey & The Motorcars: Ain't In It For The Money BlackRain: It Begins Orphan: Lonely At Night Toby Hitchcock: Mercury's Down Black Star Riders: All Hell Breaks Loose Rhino Bucket: Get Used To It

Orphan: Salute

That's the one with John Mills and Richard Attenborough? Yeah, that's a pretty good film, too ... gives a slightly different slant to how the flotilla of 'little ships' was put together ...

Dunkirk. Bloody fantastic (albeit with one scene made of pure cheese.) I actually liked how the various timelines were interwoven - I thought that worked really well. It would have been interesting if some of the film had shown HOW the BEF were driven back to Dunkirk, and very little mention was made of the French contribution (and how the French army was evacuated), but, then, we would have been looking at a three-hour film. Plus - where did Tom Hardy manage to find so much ammunition for his 'plane?

CrashDiet: Rest In Sleaze Tuff: What Comes Around Goes Around Judas Priest: Sin After Sin Suede: Dog Man Star Thin Lizzy: BBC Radio One Live In Concert Whitesnake: Live In Ludwigshafen (19/03/1983) Lynyrd Skynyrd: Vicious Cycle

Despicable Me 3 ... meh ...

Slam St. Joan: Saved by Grace Reckless Kelly: The Day Code Of Silence: dark Skies Over Babylon Thunder: Live At Brooklyn Bowl, London - 6/11/2014

Mr. Big: Lean Into It UFO: Obsession

No. Just ... no. Without Skol and Cody it's nothing ... just be honest and call it what it is - Zan Clan performing songs from the first Shotgun Messiah album ...

I dunno, maybe I'll agree that on ''Lightning Strikes Again'' Jon Levin does sound like George Lynch alot, but those albums you and I mentioned don't line in with the bands' previous efforts seamlessly. The Whitesnake albums sound waaaay ''fatter'' than the 1987 s/t or ''Slip of the Tongue'' for example I remembered a different one, also a new band: Smokin Aces and their song ''You Take My Breath Away'' also sounds very early 90s to me, almost an Aerosmith Pump / Get A Grip vibe to it Would be nice to get gener8tr's view on this whole thing... I HATED the sound of 'Good To Be Bad' ... mind you, I haven't really been a fan of anything that ol' Coverdale has put out since 'Slide It In', so I'm probably not the best person to comment ... Turning the question around, one artist whose later albums I much prefer over their 'classic' material is Sammy Hagar ... his songs sound so much better with modern production than the stuff he was putting out in the 70s and early 80s ...

The 4 Of Us: Songs For The Tempted Billionaires Boys Club: Something Wicked Comes

Spent a lot of time in the car recently ... Frank Hannon: Six String Soldier Blackberry Smoke: Bad Luck Ain't No Crime Ultravox: Quartet AC/DC: Let There Be Rock Williams Riley: A Different Kind Of Country Saving Abel: Miss America American Bang: American Bang Ultravox: Lament The Dirty Pearls: Whether You Like It Or Not Eclipse: Bleed & Scream Old 97's: Blame It On Gravity Storm Warning: Strategy Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights: Pardon Me St. Prostitute: Here Come The Prostitutes

AC/DC: Highway To Hell Gary Numan: Warriors Gary Numan: Jagged Gary Numan: Splinter Justin Currie: The Great War Justin Currie: Lower Reaches

Baby Driver ... the jury is still out on whether or not I really enjoyed it ...

Gary Numan: The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan: Pure

Pure Reason Revolution: Cautionary Tales For The Brave Pure Reason Revolution: The Dark Third

Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute

The bloke is an idiot ...

Birthday stuff ... Judas Priest: Screaming For Vengeance (w/bonus tracks) Galia Arad: Ooh La, Baby Galia Arad: This Is Lost Iron Maiden: Maiden England '88 Justin Currie: The Great War Justin Currie: Lower Reaches Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute Gary Numan: The Pleasure Principle (w/bonus tracks) Gary Numan: Warriors (w/bonus tracks) Gary Numan: Pure Gary Numan: Jagged Gary Numan: Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)

You only have to look at a lot of bands who have tried to replace a distinctive singer to see what a vital part of the overall sound their voice is/was ... John Corabi is a fine singer, but Crue isn't Crue without Vince. Maiden came unstuck when they tried to replace Bruce; the same for Priest with 'Ripper' Owens. Skid Row, for me, will ALWAYS be the Seb Bach-fronted version. Sabbath managed it with Dio, but lost the plot when they tried to pull the same stunt with Ian Gillan. Van Halen became a completely different band when Hagar replaced Roth (and then became a car crash when they brought in Gary Cherone.)

Seriously? One of the all-time great AOR bands. Some classic material in the 1970s and 80s (Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion, Paradise Theater). Admittedly, the recent catalogue has been more spotty, but vintage Styx is superb. The one sample from the new album implied a return to vintage roots, so I plan to listen... 'Crystal Ball' is one of my all-time favourite songs ... gotta agree - vintage Styx IS superb ...

LOVE The Outfield ...

On the drive up to see Eldest son this weekend: Ozzy Osbourne: Black Rain Ozzy Osbourne: Just Say Ozzy Pearl Jam: Vs Orphaned Land: All Is One Northern Oak: Of Roots And Flesh Steelheart: Steelheart