PeterS

Some fine ones in there but Stevie Nicks gets the not for me. Anne Wilson and Kate Bush are never far away from my cd/mp3 player but there is something about Stevie's voice that has always got me.

Ratt for me. Over the years Poison are a band that I've really lost the appetite for. Sue I play Look what the cat occasionally but it's OK rather than great.

INXS all the way. Difficult to completely ignore the attractions of Pat Benatar and Kim Wilde as well. Some great songs from those two as well.

AttenCHUN

You use that window cleaner as well.

But is Sam Anne-Nicole Smith's child's father`?

You could stack a plate in that. Awesome.

Game on boys. She's single again. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6326639.stm

Your not seriously telling be that there's a band you don't like that I do?

Kings of the Sun. Great band. I also like Rose Tattoo. Apart from that bloody awful Neighbors song.

...not only raises a few questions, but in parallel implies a few answers. In reference to some of the recent Greek bootlegs, someone above mentioned it's a losing battle. Bootlegs have always been around. It doesn't only refer to the CDs. In every market, in all times, there will always be those who... can't make it, so, they'll fake it. Can't afford a real Lamborghini Diablo for $250,000? Pick up a replica for about $40,000. Your g/f can't afford to spend $2,000 on a Luis Vuitton purse? Get a knockoff on eBay for about $20. Can't find a real woman? Buy a lovedoll for about ten bucks. Lol. Bottom line is, there will always be demand for a certain "real thing", whatever it may be. However, when that which is in demand exceeds the means of most to aquire it, opportunists will come out of the woodworks, knowing that the demand is there, for a near-identical, but, affordable alternative. The criticism and slack thrown their way is a small price to pay for what is often a fairly lucrative operation. Bootlegs have been around for decades, be it vinyl... cassettes (I still remember the cassettes sold all over Eastern Europe as I was growing up, which were on par with many of the CD bootlegs kickin' around today). CDs have been pirated, and will continue to be, whether it's legendary "labels" like Reborn Classics (who's creators by the way, were taken down by German authorities in the mid 90s, and subsequently jailed on numerous obvious counts of piracy). The truth is, as a few accurately pointed out throughout these posts, is that those who consider themselves collectors, won't much be affected by bootlegging and piracy. It's always been part of the scene. Whether you collect baseball cards, or art. The numbers of those who don't have the means to aquire originals and subsequently provide them to willing buyers, but want to be in on the money, so to speak, will always greatly exceed the number of the few who have the means, contacts, to aquire such originals. In suit, the number of people who wish they could have an original but either cannot afford, or, simply justify paying the costs often associated with an original, will too exceed the number of those who can and do aquire these originals regularly. It's a topic that's been beaten to death for years. All in all, this all seems to be a bit redundant. Almost rhetorical (to save you some time Sam, rhetoric is a reference bombast, almost unnecessary in nature...). We're comparing apples to oranges here. Two extraneous markets. One consists of those who wish to hear only the music, and don't care much for the forum, will be content with a cdr, an mp3, a reissue, a bootleg, or a any format legit or otherwise, as long as it contains the music they're after. The other, consists of people who approach this as an almost sacred hobby. Collectors. To whom, collecting this is almost like a homage to the music and band's they love. No different than collectors of sports memorabilia, or anything else. I for one, am one of these collectors. And to be honest, I couldn't care less how many knockoffs of a certain original I own are out there, for it does very little to devalue my original. If one is to argue the originals drop in value on eBay once a "reissue" appears, that is less a reflection of an actual drop in value to collectors, and more a reflection of a drop in faith of the prospect of said item's legitimacy. In private, behind the scenes, originals continue to retain their value, and often continue to grow in value, only because, as time passess, they become harder and harder to locate. If one is content with a disc on a reissue, or pirate label, so be it. They do what they do to earn that money and it is their right to spend it as they wish. On the same token, there are many who are holding out for a collectible, not just the music. If it was ONLY about the music, this site would be called heavymp3s, as none of us would care about CDs, and would settle merely for MP3s as the most inexpensive way to aquire the music. Greetings to all from Japan, PJ Well said however if you thought you were buying a Ferrari only to find you bought a cheep copy you'd be pissed off and probably take a walk to the local police station. All you need to know is what you are buying and then make the decision yourself. The legal agencies of the world are there to police these things.

I'm just not metal enough for these polls. The Cult and Ratt for me.

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Good God UI

Contagious was my first Y&T album and one of the first hard rock albums I heard at all. It gets my vote on emotional grounds.

I thought about including Van Halen 1984, but in the end I decided it wasn't really a Metal record. I was wondering about that so I checked the HH page and it says 1983 for Van Halen. http://heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.c...384&CDName=1984

Not really a lot that floats my boat here. Dio is a classic. From the rest i've gone with Yngwie but it's the best of a bad bunch for me.

Of formulatic pop I have to say I really like the Sugarbabes. Great tunes.

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I am totally down with Alice In Chains and Soundgarden... but like Soul Asylum, they'd probably smack into that wall around H.H. that sez "NO MODERN ROCK ALLOWED!" At least they let me submit Bad Biscut. Exactly, although they have elements of the appropriate stuff, they also have elements of the "alternative", and I like 'em all myself, they just would change the whole feel of the site and attrract a different crowd, etc. IMHO It's the whole what is and what is not argument. Has it got loud guitar, check, drums, check, good vocals, check, something you can wave your head to , check, did they wash today, oh bugger. You're out.

Heart - Heart What's up Jez? No Percy.

Count me in please... Why are they not HH? Love Grave Dancers Union.

Dio. I suspect a lot will. Waystead Vices. Really love that one but I suspect Lep will get the nod from most.

I'm with the Leppard. Back when they really rocked. If Leppard don't count then Y & T shouldn't either.