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Hell, yeah! Fantastic album!

'Operation: Mindcrime' springs immediately to mind ... Warrior Soul's debut ... Van Halen's 'Fair Warning' ...

Orphan: Lonely At Night Don Henley: Building The Perfect Beast Candy: Rough Garage Demos Vain: Holding On For Love Steve Earle: Copperhead Road Reckless Kelly: The Day The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Catatonia: International Velvet Melissa Etheridge: Your Little Secret

Been off work for a couple of days ... Little Angels - Wembley Arena, April 29th 1993 (Bootleg) Deadline - In The Pink '95 (Demo Cassette) Elixir - Mindcreeper Dokken - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, November 10th 1987 (Bootleg) Silver Dirt - Demo 2005 Whitesnake - Ludwigshafen, 19th March 1983 (Bootleg) Sam Riggs and The Nightpeople - Outrun The Sun Whiskeytown - Faithless Street American Bang - American Bang UFO - Westfalenhalle, Dortmund 29th November 1980 (Bootleg) Mark Germino and The Sluggers - Radartown Mickey & The Motorcars - Ain't In It For The Money Def Leppard - Vault

Twisted Sister: Under The Blade Twisted Sister: You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll LA Guns: Vicious Circle

I've always loved Twisted Sister - chessy as hell, sometimes, but a cracking band. I was quite shocked when I saw this

The reason it didn't sell well because it's a different sounding album than 'Appetite' or 'Illusion'. Usually the moment a band walk away from their early formula, that's when the sales dissipated. Disagree completely mate. With 'Illusion', GNR reached much more audience especially they have 'November Rain' and 'Estranged', among the best songs ever made on earth. 'Illusion' albums were packed with lots of different styles, from punk, heavy metal, blues, pop, etc and one man's trash is another man's treasure. The strategy of providing a lot of tracks, as we've discussed it earlier, usually proved fruitful because many people with different taste will appreciate that. 'November Rain' was written for AFD ... as was 'You Could Be Mine' ...

I still think my self insanely lucky to have seen them at Donington in '88, before they released 'Lies' ...

What about the Illusions era and massive tour in support of the albums? Sure, musically it wasn't the same anymore but they would have still ended on a good note because that's when they really took off and were the biggest band in the world. Of course it's just exposure in the media and popularity but I think it still counts for something they were everywhere, TV, radio, news headlines so that should count for something, they were a pop cultural phenomenon during the early 90s You could trim both 'Illusion' albums and make one bona-fide great disc - waaaaaaay too much 'filler' on those discs for me. I haven't bothered with the band since it became 'Axl And Blokes'. My cousin paid a small fortune for a 'meet 'n' greet' when they played the O2 Arena, and I didn't recognise anyone in the photos (apart from my cousin, obviously.) But, hey, Axl owns the name so he can trash it in whatever way he sees fit ...

Chequered Past: Chequered Past Kix: Midnite Dynamite Vain: On The Line Sammy Hagar: Sammy Hagar & Friends

Heaven's Gate: Heaven's Gate Cross Canadian Ragweed: Happiness And All The Other Things

I wondered about Twisted Sister ... they had the same recording line up from their debut album through to 'Come Out And Play'? The same line-up then reunited for 'Still Hungry' and that bloody Christmas album ... 'Love Is For Suckers' was supposed to be a Dee Snider solo effort, rather than a TS album, and doesn't feature AJ Pero.

Genesis: Invisible Touch Export: Living In Fear Of the Private Eye Waterglass: Departure EP Kate Bush: The Red Shoes

Terry Pratchett - R.I.P. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/12/terry-pratchett The world of books has lost someone very special. I'd like to think that, somewhere, his favourite anthropomorphic personification greeted him warmly, in THAT VOICE.

I'm never sure if I like Moonspell or not - I'll hear a song, and think it's really good; then I hear another that is so bad it has me wondering if it's the same band ... Quite like this, though ...

I don't think you're alone in this ... if someone had told me that at the grand age of ... *coughcough* ... I'd be where I am now, I'd have thought them mad. Still, everything happens for a reason, and you have to keep thinking about the positives ...

I had a day off yesterday, so ... Jonny Lang: Lie To Me Blondie: Eat To The Beat W.A.S.P.: The Headless Children Genesis: Duke Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Barenaked Ladies: Stunt Shery Crow: The Globe Sessions Rush: Roll The Bones

Icarus Witch: Songs For The Lost

Second-hand/Charity Shop finds: Jonny Lang: Lie To Me Sheryl Crow: The Globe Sessions Tesla: Psychotic Supper LA Guns: Vicious Circle

The Police kept hold of the same three members throughout their time with A&M - their original guitarist, Henry Padovani, appears on their debut single, but was ousted after Andy Summers joined the band (and before their debut album was recorded.) They were only together for 8 years, but they were ALWAYS on the radio when I was growing up

He's been really busy with work - and I mean REALLY busy. I only get the odd text/e-mail from him these days. What does he do? Man who's really busy with work ?The only logic that makes sense is 'gigolo' I've known him for years ... I think he'd be the first to admit that he'd make the worst gigolo in the world!

The Beatles didn't change their line up for the whole of their recording career ... Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe left/were fired before their first album was released.

Messrs Plant, Page and Jones have played as Zeppelin with Jason Bonham on drums - does that count as a change? Or are we only taking about recording line-ups?

John Rutsey played drums on the first Rush album ... Richie Supa and Jimmy Crespo both played on 'Night In The Ruts' instead of Joe Perry; Rick Dufay replaced Brad Whitford for 'Rock In A Hard Place' ...

He's been really busy with work - and I mean REALLY busy. I only get the odd text/e-mail from him these days.