Gibbo

RISE - Public Image Ltd

The SEVENth Degree Of Separation - Arena

Personal top 5 lp from UK ( almost lethal potion is there also)!Soon i'll have to buy it again (and more expensive than the original lp + 7" single combined!) Of course, i didn't discover them through the regular big magazines ( occasionally i used them as a guide of what to avoid), but from word of mouth, fanzines, tape-trading etc. Certainly, i'm not a freak of evolution or nostalgic dinosaur, there's was a lot of rip off going on back in the day, etc, etc... Now everything is easier and of course no more blind purchases ( although i find it painful that the best tracks of the latest helloween album weren't on the actual vinyl- no i didn't, neither i'll buy the japanese cds!) You can pick up all of Elixir's CDs (including 'Sovereign Remedy', the ORIGINAL version of 'Lethal Potion') from here: http://www.coldtown.com/ ... the new band, Midnight Messiah, are well worth a listen, too

Shame he's not recording any more. There are rumours of his death online, so I'm very glad to hear that they are 'greatly exaggerated'! So pleased that I saw him live, fronting Metal Church in London. Great gig, fantastic singer. I much prefer the Mike Howe-fronted version of Metal Church ... although I'll probably give this new album a listen at some point

Is that the one with 'Applaud The Winner' on it?

Which one is he? Death.... D'oh! Of course!

Tim Powers - The Stress Of Her Regard It's a gothic/horror/fantasy novels, dealing with a secret history in which real events have supernatural causes - in this book, the lives of the poets Keats, Shelley and Byron, as well as political events in central Europe during the early 19th century, are governed by a race of vampire-like creatures known as nephelim. They are depicted as having some of the qualities of vampires, succubi, incubi, Lamia, fairies and djinn - both predators and benefactors of humans, and the basis for both the Muses and the Graeae. It's an odd book - the style of writing reminds me at times of Dickens (none of your Stephanie Meyer crap here), with hints of Poe. Well worth a read if you prefer your horror stories not to rely on buckets of blood or moronic heroines with all the common sense of a toilet brush

Yeah, one of my favourites ... along with High Plains Drifter

United Enemies: All The Sick Things We Do (very Demolition 23/Backyard Babies in places)

Why?! Because it's feckin' awesome. So there. Feck! I find myself agreeing with James, here. Oh, get a room, Tintin fanboys It's all about opinions. And on this occasion, yours is wrong. Asterix would kick Tintin's arse, and you know it

SEVENth Star - Black Sabbath

Don't Tread On ME - Metallica

You've got to love her album covers ... I've enjoyed her last couple of albums ... happily, I've got a mate who tends to pick her stuff up pretty quickly, so I might get to hear this one soon

Deadly Circus Fire - The King And The Bishop (kinda how I imagine Porcupine Tree would sound if they were more metal) Scar Of The Martyr - EP (I really shouldn't like this, what with the band being formed by Slipknot's drummer an' all but, damn, it's good!)

SEVEN The Hard Way - Pat Benatar

Lie Down, I Think I LOVE You - Whitesnake

Not many of those qualify as Hard Rock... we'll be on to some of Graveworm's jolly renditions of pop classics soon... So I can't include anything that Atrocity may have done? 'The Sun Always Shines On TV', for example?

Why?! Because it's feckin' awesome. So there. Feck! I find myself agreeing with James, here. Oh, get a room, Tintin fanboys

Dream Disciples: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Eurythmics) Dream Disciples: Atomic (Blondie) Fish: Something In The Air (Thunderclap Newman/Tom Petty) Cradle Of Filth: The Fire Still Burns (Twisted Sister) Cradle Of Filth: Devil Woman (Cliff Richard) Cradle Of Filth: Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden) Warmen: Black Cat (Janet Jackson) Nightwish: Over The Hills And Far Away (Gary Moore)

Damn! I need to get this! I LOVE Big Big Train ...

KILLED By Death - Motorhead

Deconstructing Sequence: Year One United Enemies: All The Sick Things We Do

Into THE Unknown - Mercyful Fate

Video Killed The RADIO Star - Buggles

Warning Sign - Wake The Dead EP