Nelson Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 With all our discussion, sale and trade about hard-to-find Hard Rock/AOR/Heavy Metal CDs, is there still anyone here who's VERY MUCH into Demo Tapes (of course aside from having your trembling hands on No Life 'Til Leather)? I have 2 in my possession. I still check out Metal Treasures, read the articles there on their demo tapes section but still not "excited enough" about them. Does anyone still seek them or at least hold on to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 With all our discussion, sale and trade about hard-to-find Hard Rock/AOR/Heavy Metal CDs, is there still anyone here who's VERY MUCH into Demo Tapes (of course aside from having your trembling hands on No Life 'Til Leather)? I have 2 in my possession. I still check out Metal Treasures, read the articles there on their demo tapes section but still not "excited enough" about them. Does anyone still seek them or at least hold on to them? i have more than 400 original ones. some of them are in my all time favorite list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMetalhead1966 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I have a few somewhere....nuthin extremely rare.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I still have a few old demo tapes leftover from my days as a college newspaper music critic (and no, Sharatan, sorry, Killen isn't one of them, haha!)... like MH1966, I don't have anything particularly mind blowing... one by a band called "Blackwing" that I really enjoyed (sorta like a female fronted GNR) and a thrash band called Enrage stick out in my mind... had a pretty cool tape by a NY thrash band called "Machine" that I liked a lot but my car stereo ate it years ago and I've never found a replacment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I have a few somewhere....nuthin extremely rare.. here's one monster steele from your places my friend....if you were reading the right metal fanzines(but from germany though, i don't know any good US one... nope, neither midwest militia) back then chances are that you would probably have it....still looking for their next one though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMetalhead1966 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I have a few somewhere....nuthin extremely rare.. here's one monster steele from your places my friend....if you were reading the right metal fanzines(but from germany though, i don't know any good US one... nope, neither midwest militia) back then chances are that you would probably have it....still looking for their next one though..... well back in the day I had quite a few...most were very obscure local stuff..and your right there were NO good metalzines really... I missed out on a lot of stuff...that's one cool thing bout the 'net.. you can catch up on that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsane Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Love the demo tapes! Everytime I see tapes I have to go through them just in case... The majority of mine are local to the Pacific NW, I added Brigand Raid to Metal Treasures and started a thread about Crash Alley and since have found another cassette demo by them. In the first photo below some of the tapes that have no band info on the front are: Broken Toyz (pink tape on top), due right is Big Bad (signed by singer) and due right again is Cats & Dogs. The cassette with the curvey cat drawing is Syngiin-Lookin' For Some Kitty (with my all time favorite non comedic rock song that is just flippin' hilarious called "Get Off My Hair") This photo is 100 of the tapes I have, I've got a few more since. Of note and not pictured above are KK Wilde (signed by the band), Early Warning-The Hero's Dream, Sedated Souls, All the Lemons demos plus the advance of Sturdy with Jim Paulson on vocals, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdjunky41 Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I got a lot of DEATH/HARDCORE/THRASH demos just rotting away in my loft. I also have the CONCRETE FOUNDATION comp tapes (Some still sealed). I have no clue on what I'm going to do with them. The one I really like is DEPT OF CORRUPTION -POVERTY STRICKEN (N.J. THRASHCORE). The band did get back together, but went to the DEATH METAL route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebuchadnezzar Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I have a few somewhere....nuthin extremely rare.. here's one monster steele from your places my friend....if you were reading the right metal fanzines(but from germany though, i don't know any good US one... nope, neither midwest militia) back then chances are that you would probably have it....still looking for their next one though..... What a fantastic "demo"! :bowdown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLPRocks Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 YES!!! I've been collecting demo cassettes for over twenty years. Truthfully, I collect those more than CD's now.....and, to me, there are MANY MANY more kickass demos than there are rare CD's to be had.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Charvel Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Love the demo tapes! Everytime I see tapes I have to go through them just in case... The majority of mine are local to the Pacific NW, I added Brigand Raid to Metal Treasures and started a thread about Crash Alley and since have found another cassette demo by them. In the first photo below some of the tapes that have no band info on the front are: Broken Toyz (pink tape on top), due right is Big Bad (signed by singer) and due right again is Cats & Dogs. The cassette with the curvey cat drawing is Syngiin-Lookin' For Some Kitty (with my all time favorite non comedic rock song that is just flippin' hilarious called "Get Off My Hair") This photo is 100 of the tapes I have, I've got a few more since. Of note and not pictured above are KK Wilde (signed by the band), Early Warning-The Hero's Dream, Sedated Souls, All the Lemons demos plus the advance of Sturdy with Jim Paulson on vocals, etc... Strange, my first band was called Singyn, but that wasn't us... as you can tell by the spelling of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Metal T Posted February 6, 2009 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yeah..hell ive been looking for a copy of one of mine for quite awhile.Five song demo 'T.H.F.H.O.' anyone in the Indiana/Michigan area ever stumbles across one id really like a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 i just found another one olde photo....some of my all time favorite demos here....well, obviously not the squadron one, i just put it to complete the picture..... [/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsane Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Here' a few new tapes I've found recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 WOW!!! I think this thread was a good idea. Looking at the pictures you guys posted made me a little excited with demos. I remember that "MAGICAL" feeling of seeing unknown names in the Hard Rock/AOR/Heavy Metal genre here in Heavy Harmonies when I first discovered this site. Made me want to seek out some more of these obscure demos. Keep on posting those pictures, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I think the only demo tape I have is an old Desolation Angels one. Cant even remember the last time I listened to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doksdad Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I LOVE this thread. Keep the pictures coming boys! Very cool to see the demo tapes and covers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 i got one today thanx to a great fellow here....thanx buddy for helping me complete the puzzle and adding one more killer demo to my nj/ny collection.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Love the demo tapes! Everytime I see tapes I have to go through them just in case... The majority of mine are local to the Pacific NW, I added Brigand Raid to Metal Treasures and started a thread about Crash Alley and since have found another cassette demo by them. In the first photo below some of the tapes that have no band info on the front are: Broken Toyz (pink tape on top), due right is Big Bad (signed by singer) and due right again is Cats & Dogs. The cassette with the curvey cat drawing is Syngiin-Lookin' For Some Kitty (with my all time favorite non comedic rock song that is just flippin' hilarious called "Get Off My Hair") This photo is 100 of the tapes I have, I've got a few more since. Of note and not pictured above are KK Wilde (signed by the band), Early Warning-The Hero's Dream, Sedated Souls, All the Lemons demos plus the advance of Sturdy with Jim Paulson on vocals, etc... Strange, my first band was called Singyn, but that wasn't us... as you can tell by the spelling of course Some very cool tapes there...only heard of a few of those. Nice collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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