All Discussions Tagged 'accept' - Classic Rock Bottom2024-03-29T05:07:53Zhttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=accept&feed=yes&xn_auth=noALBUM OF THE WEEK # 423 ACCEPT - BALLS TO THE WALL (1983)tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-11-16:6060463:Topic:1582812018-11-16T15:00:46.048ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
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<p><strong>Disclaimer: All info that does not reside in my brain is gathered from wikipedia.com (mostly because Jon can't stand it) unless otherwise noted.</strong></p>
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<p><b>Album: Balls To The Wall</b></p>
<p><b>Artists: Accept</b></p>
<p><b>Released: 1983</b></p>
<p><b>Label: Portrait (US)/RCA (Germany)</b></p>
<p><b>Producer: Accept</b></p>
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<p><strong>Disclaimer: All info that does not reside in my brain is gathered from wikipedia.com (mostly because Jon can't stand it) unless otherwise noted.</strong></p>
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<p><b>Album: Balls To The Wall</b></p>
<p><b>Artists: Accept</b></p>
<p><b>Released: 1983</b></p>
<p><b>Label: Portrait (US)/RCA (Germany)</b></p>
<p><b>Producer: Accept</b></p>
<p><b>Chart Performance: #74 (US Billboard 200)</b></p>
<p><b>RIAA Certification: Gold</b></p>
<p><b>Singles: Balls To The Wall</b></p>
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<p><b>Notes:</b> Balls To The Wall was Accept's fifth studio album as well as their best American performing album for many years, up until 2014's Blind Rage. The album was originally released in Europe in late 1983, but wasn't actually released in the US until 1984, to avoid competing with the band's previous album Restless And Wild. There was controversy related to the album cover and a couple of the songs being interpreted as touching on homosexuality. The band members seem to say that the album is about oppressed groups fighting back, be it homosexuals or bikers or any other oppressed group. All of that is open for interpretation by the listener. The single Balls To The Wall has become a metal anthem and has been covered by Fozzy, Amon Amarth, BulletBoys and Puscifer. It has been featured on the TV show Beavis and Butt-head as well as being featured in the Grand Theft Auto series and the Guitar Hero series.</p>
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<p><b>Side One:</b></p>
<p><b>1. Balls To The Wall</b></p>
<p><b>2. London Leatherboys</b></p>
<p><b>3. Fight It Back</b></p>
<p><b>4. Head Over Heals</b></p>
<p><b>5. Losing More Than You Ever Had</b></p>
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<p><b>Side Two:</b></p>
<p><b>6. Love Child</b></p>
<p><b>7. Turn Me On</b></p>
<p><b>8. Losers And Winners</b></p>
<p><b>9. Guardian Of The Night</b></p>
<p><b>10. Winterdreams</b></p> Hidden Treasures - Metal Headstag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-02-22:6060463:Topic:1431822017-02-22T21:52:58.571ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273257301?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273257301?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> Been on a bit of Blues and Metal bender for a good period of time. Usually these listening phases come and go much quicker than this. So why not share a bit of each! First up, some of the Metal that's been in high rotation around here lately... and now that Jon sent me a link to a remastered edition of one of my favorites and I see no end in sight!! We'll start with that…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273257301?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273257301?profile=original" width="650" class="align-center"/></a>Been on a bit of Blues and Metal bender for a good period of time. Usually these listening phases come and go much quicker than this. So why not share a bit of each! First up, some of the Metal that's been in high rotation around here lately... and now that Jon sent me a link to a remastered edition of one of my favorites and I see no end in sight!! We'll start with that one...<br/><br/><br/> What musical moods are you stuck in and what are you listening to during it?<br/><br/><br/> Enjoy!<br/><br/><br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/sgabbert/a1ki2cpp" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/sgabbert/a1ki2cpp</a> <br/><br/><br/></p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #99ccff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Accept</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #99ccff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Metal Heart</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #99ccff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1985</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #99ccff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1 - Metal Heart</strong></span><br/><br/>You gotta hand it to Accept, they sure knew how to make an entrance by now, and the apocalyptic title track is about as dramatic as it gets (the operatic "Bound to Fail" comes close), with guitarist Wolf Hoffman taking the helm on a long, mid-song solo excursion containing equal nods to Beethoven (very nice) and Edward Van Halen (get real). First single "Midnight Mover" is next, and along with the even more melodic "Screaming for a Love-Bite," it places obvious emphasis on hooks and melodies (and proved to be the toughest to stomach for the band's more hardcore fans). But despite another strange detour into jazz territory with the bizarre "Teach Us to Survive," Accept still packed amazing power, heaping on their Teutonic background vocals for the ultraheavy "Dogs on Leads" and gleefully pile-driving their way through relentless moshers like "Up to the Limit" and "Wrong Is Right."</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Megadeth</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Youtanasia</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1996</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2 - Train of Consequences</strong></span><br/><br/>Megadeth's follow-up to the hit Countdown to Extinction lacks the focus of its predecessor, but Youthanasia makes up the difference with more accessible, radio-friendly production and tighter riffs. Unfortunately, they have abandoned some of the more experimental, progressive elements in their music, but those are hardly missed in the jackhammer riffs of tracks like "Train of Consequences."</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ff6600;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Metallica</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff6600;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Master of Puppets</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff6600;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1986</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff6600;" class="font-size-3"><strong>3 - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)</strong></span><br/><br/>Though it isn't as startling as Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets feels more unified, both thematically and musically. Everything about it feels blown up to epic proportions (indeed, the songs are much longer on average), and the band feels more in control of its direction. You'd never know it by the lyrics, though -- in one way or another, nearly every song on Master of Puppets deals with the fear of powerlessness. Sometimes they're about hypocritical authority (military and religious leaders), sometimes primal, uncontrollable human urges (drugs, insanity, rage), and, in true H.P. Lovecraft fashion, sometimes monsters. Yet by bookending the album with two slices of thrash mayhem ("Battery" and "Damage, Inc."), the band reigns triumphant through sheer force -- of sound, of will, of malice. Some critics have called Master of Puppets the best heavy metal album ever recorded; if it isn't, it certainly comes close.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Black Sabbath</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1973</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff0000;" class="font-size-3"><strong>4 - Killing Yourself to Live</strong></span><br/><br/>With 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, heavy metal godfathers Black Sabbath made a concerted effort to prove their remaining critics wrong by raising their creative stakes and dispensing unprecedented attention to the album's production standards, arrangements, and even the cover artwork. As a result, bold new efforts like the timeless title track, "A National Acrobat," and "Killing Yourself to Live" positively glistened with a newfound level of finesse and maturity, while remaining largely faithful, aesthetically speaking, to the band's signature compositional style. In fact, their sheer songwriting excellence may even have helped to ease the transition for suspicious older fans left yearning for the rough-hewn, brute strength that had made recent triumphs like Master of Reality and Vol. 4 (really, all their previous albums) such undeniable forces of nature</td>
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</table> Hidden Treasures - Last of a Dying Breedtag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2017-01-25:6060463:Topic:1422782017-01-25T00:46:26.586ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273255923?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273255923?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> I’ve got an idea!” Read that in your best Captain Kirks voice and then we can get started… <br></br><br></br><br></br> I’m going to spend the next few weeks exploring the state of Classic Rock bands and the future of our favorite music from my perspective. I have been keeping some side notes about newly released music and it struck me that we still have a strong pool or Classic Rock…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273255923?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273255923?profile=original" width="650" class="align-center"/></a>I’ve got an idea!” Read that in your best Captain Kirks voice and then we can get started… <br/><br/><br/> I’m going to spend the next few weeks exploring the state of Classic Rock bands and the future of our favorite music from my perspective. I have been keeping some side notes about newly released music and it struck me that we still have a strong pool or Classic Rock artists who record and tour on a regular basis. I’m not talking about touring bands only, that’s a bigger pool, but those who still gift us with new Classic Rock music! I want to diversify this playlist a bit so you’ll get a nice heavy and melodic mix. Let’s kick this off with a look at some of bands who we might consider as the last of a dying breed…. <br/><br/><br/> Enjoy!<br/><br/><br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/sgabbert/avzuqpnn" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/sgabbert/avzuqpnn</a> <br/><br/><br/></p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Accept</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Stalingrad</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2012</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1 - Twist of Fate</strong></span><br/><br/>Accept released their fourteenth studio album Blind Rage on July 18, 2014 and on their world tour, they are playing in Australia for the very first time. Blind Rage became Accept's first album to debut at number one on the charts in their home country. On December 28, 2014, guitarist Herman Frank announced that he has left Accept again. Later that day, Accept announced that drummer Stefan Schwarzmann also left the band. On April 12, Accept announced new guitarist and drummer, respectively Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams. On June 5, 2015, prior to the band's performance at the South Park festival in Tampere, Finland, bassist Peter Baltes told Kaaos TV that Accept planned to begin work on a new album after the conclusion of the Blind Rage tour. Hoffmann stated that the new album will be released around July or August 2017.</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Judas Priest</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Redeemer of Souls [Deluxe Edition]</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2014</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #666699;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2 - Snakebite</strong></span><br/><br/>Redeemer of Souls was released on 8 July 2014. It sold around 32,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 6 on The Billboard 200 chart, the band's highest charting position in the US after the double-disc concept album, Nostradamus, debuted at No. 11. This was the band's first top 10 album in the US. The band went on tour in support of the album which ran from 1 October 2014 until 17 December 2015. The Redeemer of Souls Tour led to the sixth live album, 'Battle Cry' released on 25 March 2016 after being recorded at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on 1 August 2015. In a November 2015 interview with Reverb.com, Richie Faulkner said that the band would start work on a new album in 2016. In April 2016, Loudwire posted a photo showing Halford, Tipton and Faulkner in the studio beginning the process of the album. In an October interview with Mitch Gallagher of Sweetwater Sound, Faulkner stated that the band would begin recording in January 2017 and also said that they would not go on tour until 2018</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Pat Travers</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Retro Rocket</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2015</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>3 - Searching For A Clue</strong></span><br/><br/>Travers has not been able to regain the level of commercial success he once had, despite a very large and loyal fan base who call themselves "Hammer Heads". He tours regularly in the U.S. and has made several trips to Europe in the last decade as well. In 2001 he was part of the "Voices of Classic Rock" tour, and had a minor hit with Leslie West from the band Mountain called "Rock Forever". In 2004 he started a project with the veteran drummer Carmine Appice and started touring the U.S.A.; as of now there are 3 albums released. Travers recorded cover tunes from bands such as Led Zeppelin, Montrose, Queen, and Trapeze under the album name P.T. Power Trio 2, and they toured Europe in November 2006. The Pat Travers Band put out the album "Fidelis" in late 2009. In July 2013, The Pat Travers Band put out new album "CAN DO" released by Frontiers Records, a major label based in Italy for numerous artists in the field of classic rock. The CAN DO album was supported by PTB tours of the U.S., the U.K., and Europe during the later half of 2013. In January 2015, Frontiers Records released Pat Travers Band Live at the Iridium NYC, recorded in February 2012, featuring Jon Paris playing blues harp on "If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day" and "Spoonful".</p>
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<td><span style="color: #ff99cc;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Toto</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff99cc;" class="font-size-3"><strong>XIV</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff99cc;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2015</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff99cc;" class="font-size-3"><strong>4 - 21st Century Blues</strong></span><br/><br/>Toto released their fourteenth studio album and their first in nine years titled Toto XIV in March 2015. To promote the newly finished project, the band started a world tour running with an extensive European headline arena tour including appearances at key festivals, along with a North American tour to follow in the summer of 2015 and Asia later that year. Toto are currently in the studio remastering their 11 Sony studio albums. Steve Lukather: "It is all from the ORIGINAL album mixes but Re-shaped EQ wise but NO compression added at all!!! We are hearing subtle parts that were buried in the old mixes on the early albums. Remember we had to mix for Vinyl back then and there were sonic rules we HAD to deal with that were a drag. many treats/surprises will be in there as well, some great liner notes on all 11 SONY albums and photos and personal stuff... and it is like we re-mixed the early stuff, the first 3 albums, but we didn't! It's SO clear and hi fi! This was an amazing experience. NO compression was added!!! It has inspired us to write the NEW music we start on January 9th till March. Many surprises and 'treats' will be included. Out 2018 but we will tour 2017 as well. Some festivals in Europe and then the USA. A surprise is coming there as well. It is all working us up to the 40th anniversary in 2018. 2 year world tour to follow.”</td>
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<p>The tens? Sounds weird to me still... Oh well.</p>
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<p>This highly successful and widely broadcast series is finally coming to an end, the only thing I can imagine that would last longer is if someone was dumb enough to review, rank and create the ultimate playlist from the AC/DC catalog! I mean c'mon man!</p>
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<p>So, why wait, here two essential albums released on or after 1/1/2010 until current day... And with a few years to go, lets hope we get some more Classic Rock…</p>
<p>The tens? Sounds weird to me still... Oh well.</p>
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<p>This highly successful and widely broadcast series is finally coming to an end, the only thing I can imagine that would last longer is if someone was dumb enough to review, rank and create the ultimate playlist from the AC/DC catalog! I mean c'mon man!</p>
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<p>So, why wait, here two essential albums released on or after 1/1/2010 until current day... And with a few years to go, lets hope we get some more Classic Rock artists adding to this list... I'm going to dip a bit into the heavier side of things for this one though... What albums from this time period would you recommend?</p>
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<p></p> Hidden Treasures - They Still Got It!!tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2015-07-28:6060463:Topic:1209972015-07-28T16:58:27.410ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273210508?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273210508?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> Sometimes us Classic Rock fans get stuck in a time warp, we wrap up our musical lives in the past. But many of heroes are still recording and releasing high quality rock and roll. Are we still listening? One of my favorite things about CRB is the New Music we present each week. You don't have to like it, but isn't it great that somewhere on the inter-webs someone is still…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273210508?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273210508?profile=original" width="650" class="align-center"/></a>Sometimes us Classic Rock fans get stuck in a time warp, we wrap up our musical lives in the past. But many of heroes are still recording and releasing high quality rock and roll. Are we still listening? One of my favorite things about CRB is the New Music we present each week. You don't have to like it, but isn't it great that somewhere on the inter-webs someone is still championing new music from Classic Rock artists? So that's why this list was put together. I simply wanted to remind you that there's still some great music being written and recorded.<br/><br/><br/> Here are 4 songs from fairly recent albums and Classic Rock artists that maybe you missed out on...<br/><br/><br/> This playlist is sort of a Two-fer, I'll give you two progressive artists and two from the Heavy Rock genre. What do you think, do they still got it? Enjoy!<br/><br/><br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1jax0as" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1jax0as</a> <br/><br/><br/></p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><strong>John Elefante and Mastedon</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Revolution of Mind</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2010</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #339966;" class="font-size-3"><strong>1 - Revolution of Mind</strong></span><br/><br/>His career began in earnest when he auditioned as the new lead singer and keyboardist for Kansas, in 1981. That year, the band was one of the top-grossing concert acts in the world, and Elefante had never been in a band apart from his family. Although several of the top vocalists of the day applied for the job Elefante received the part. Elefante sang the lead vocals and performed keyboards on two Kansas albums. He was also a major songwriting contributor (along with lead guitarist / keyboardist / songwriter Kerry Livgren). On 1982's Vinyl Confessions, he co-wrote and sang the No. 4 Billboard Mainstream Rock hit, "Play the Game Tonight". The next year, on the following album, Drastic Measures, he wrote the early MTV favorite, "Fight Fire with Fire", which remains the band's highest charting single at No. 3. In 1985, "Young and Innocent" appeared on the soundtrack to St. Elmo's Fire and was credited to "Elefante" as a collaborative effort by brothers John and Dino Elefante. At the dawn of 2010, Elefante had produced and/or performed on more than 100 major label albums. The Elefante brotherhood had endured, and the two brothers had together achieved considerable artistic and commercial success. Elefante realized, though, that he was still a songwriter at heart. In 2010, Big3 Records re-released 3 as Elefante's Revolution of Mind. His latest studio album, On My Way to the Sun, released in May 2013, reunited Elefante with former Kansas bandmate Rich Williams and current Kansas violinist David Ragsdale.</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ccffff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Spocks Beard</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ccffff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>X</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ccffff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2010</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ccffff;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2 - Edge of the In Between</strong></span><br/><br/>Alan Morse came up with the name after a particularly wild party, where he remarked to his brother, Neal, "It's almost as if we were in an alternate universe, like that one episode of Star Trek where Spock had a beard. Wouldn't that be a cool name for a band? Spock's Beard." Following the release of Snow in 2002, Neal Morse left the band for a solo career. On 23 July 2009, the band's website announced that most of the material for a new album had been written, and that their tenth album was to be released independently rather than through a record label. Adopting an approach similar to that taken by the band Marillion, Spock's Beard had decided to take pre-orders of the CD before entering the recording studio, to support the production costs. The band expected the album to be released first as a limited edition of 5000 CDs to those who pre-ordered the album, and then available on general release a month later. That album, X, was released in June 2010. On 22 April 2015, the band announced that their 12th album, The Oblivion Particle, would be released in August 2015.</p>
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<td><p><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Krokus</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>HooDoo</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2010</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff9900;" class="font-size-3"><strong>3 - In My Blood</strong></span><br/><br/>In 1982 Krokus recorded One Vice at a Time, which featured the hits, "Long Stick Goes Boom," and the Guess Who cover, "American Woman". Chris von Rohr described the album at the time as "the album AC/DC never made". The comparisons actually cast doubt on the creativity of the band. Nevertheless, Krokus became increasingly popular in Europe and began to receive attention and success in the United States. 1983's Headhunter was awarded Platinum album status in the United States and hit number 28 in the 1983 Billboard album charts. The album was Krokus' most successful album to date, both commercially and critically. 1984 saw the band move in a more commercial direction with The Blitz. Though a commercial success, the album was panned critically. After an intense period of recording and touring for much of the 1980s the band went on hiatus at the end of 1988. On April 20, 2008, the classic lineup of Chris von Rohr, Fernando von Arb, Freddy Steady, Mark Kohler and Marc Storace had reunited and on March 3, 2010, they released Hoodoo. Krokus released their seventeenth studio album Dirty Dynamite on February 22, 2013. In April/May 2015 the band returned to tour some dates in the United States, where they had not performed since 2005.</p>
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<td><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Accept</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>Blood of the Nations</strong></span><br/><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>2010</strong></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #993300;" class="font-size-3"><strong>4 - Pandemic</strong></span><br/><br/>The band released I'm a Rebel in 1980. The title track originally was written for AC/DC and recorded by the band but never released. In 1981 Breaker was released. Restless and Wild was then released in 1982. It saw an evolution in the band's sound, incorporating characteristics defining the genre dubbed speed metal. Accept's next release was 1983's Balls to the Wall. The album was more conceptual. A world tour followed in 1984, including the Monsters of Rock festival. Metal Heart was released in 1985. Produced by Scorpions producer Dieter Dierks, it presented the band's creative peak. Accept toured the world supporting the album, and documented the live shows with the live mini-album Kaizoku-Ban. The follow up, Russian Roulette, was released in 1986. In 1987, Udo Dirkschneider decided to embark on a solo career. Supporting this decision, the songwriting team in Accept wrote his entire solo album, released in 1987 as Animal House under the band moniker U.D.O. Their comeback album, Objection Overruled, was released in 1993 and was a qualified success in Europe and the USA. A world tour followed, and another album, entitled Death Row, was released in 1994. On May 14, 2009, Udo Dirkschneider officially announced that he would not be participating in the rumoured Accept reunion. A new album was written and recorded with Andy Sneap (of Megadeth, BLAZE, Exodus, Testament, Arch Enemy and Onslaught fame) as producer. Titled Blood of the Nations, it was the first original Accept album in fourteen years. Their thirteenth studio album entitled Stalingrad was released in April 2012. Accept released their fourteenth studio album Blind Rage on July 18, 2014.</td>
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<p><br/><br/> Why all the songs on this playlist ended up being from 2010 is a mystery to me, it was nto planned, but turned out to be a happy accident IMO...</p> Hidden Treasures - March Metal Madness (The future of Metal?)tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2015-03-24:6060463:Topic:1154812015-03-24T23:42:51.009ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273197836?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273197836?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> Black Sabbath recently announced their Final Tour - now before you say anything about Final Tour announcements, this one may be legit, but lets wait and see - for the purpose of this weeks playlist were tackling the future of Metal without some of its stalworths.<br></br> <br></br> <br></br> It seems like Classic Metal is gearing up for the end of an era, sure Priest revived it a bit,…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273197836?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="650" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273197836?profile=original"/></a>Black Sabbath recently announced their Final Tour - now before you say anything about Final Tour announcements, this one may be legit, but lets wait and see - for the purpose of this weeks playlist were tackling the future of Metal without some of its stalworths.<br/> <br/> <br/> It seems like Classic Metal is gearing up for the end of an era, sure Priest revived it a bit, but whats left in their tanks?. Who else is impacting the future direction of Metal? Tremonti? Others? So as were closing our March Metal Madness posts this week, lets see if there is some hope for Heavy Metal's future...<br/> <br/> <br/> PLAYLIST --> <a href="http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1cie98i" target="_blank">http://www.podsnack.com/CA69EFD9E8C/a1cie98i</a> </p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Electric Mary</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Down To The Bone</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>2008</strong></span><br/> <em><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Why they're on this list: This band makes this list because they are terrific and you need to know about them. The issue with them is that we don't see domestic releases from them. It would be great if they could catch on bigger and make their way here. I think many would love them.</strong></span></em><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1 - One In A Million</strong></span><br/> <br/> In 2008 they were finalists in the MusicOz Awards, nominated for Best Rock Band. They were also selected to support Whitesnake and Judas Priest. 2009 saw them tour with Alice Cooper and Glenn Hughes as well as showcasing at Experience PRS for PRS Guitars in Stevensville, Maryland alongside the likes of Carlos Santana, Dweezil Zappa and Buddy Guy. In 2010 they supported Deep Purple. Whilst in the States, Electric Mary collaborated with Grammy Award-winning engineer/producer Jason Corsaro on a live recording which is yet to be released. Corsaro's credits include Soundgarden's Superunknown. The latter part of 2011 saw the band perform at the World Cup in South Africa and then embark on an extensive concert tour of mainland Europe including Hell Fest in France. In 2012 the band returned to Europe for an extensive tour taking in France, Spain & Belgium and then over to the UK and then went on to perform at The Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Alter Bridge</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>III</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>2010</strong></span><br/> <em><span style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Why they're on this list: Nobody thought the Creed rhythm section would rock this hard. These guys are just getting started and don't forget the Tremonti solo stuff with Wolfie. They just release a new streaming track that's pretty good.</strong></span></em><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>2 - Show Me A Sign</strong></span><br/> <br/> Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Myles Kennedy, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips. Since the band's formation, there have been no line-up changes. Known for their acclaimed live shows, the band plays a melodic style of post-grunge influenced heavy metal music, which has grown more progressive and experimental over the years.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Riverside</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Shrine Of New Generation Slaves</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>2013</strong></span><br/> <em><span style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Why they're on this list: Because I would like to think that the future direction of Metal would have some progressive influence.</strong></span></em><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>3 - Celebrity Touch</strong></span><br/> <br/> Riverside is a rock band from Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared a love for progressive rock and heavy metal. Riverside can be described as a blend of atmospheric rock and metal elements, resulting in a sound similar to that of Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, Opeth, Dream Theater, and Tool, while still maintaining an identity of their own</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Accept</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Stalingrad</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>2012</strong></span><br/> <em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Why they're on this list: They have momentum. Three stellars albums since 2010 with a new singer. The band has renewed fierceness and credibility. Now if they take some of these other bands on the road with them, now we may have something to work from...</strong></span></em><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>4 - Twist of Fate</strong></span><br/> <br/> Udo declined the reunion. Undeterred, Hoffman and Baltes decided to soldier on, re-enlisting former Accept guitarist Herman Frank (who left the group in 1984), drummer Stefan Schwarzmann, and former T.T. Quick singer Mark Tornillo. The "new look Accept" issued their first studio album in 14 years in 2010, Blood of the Nations, and musically, the group has created an album that certainly measures up well to their early- and mid-'80s glory days. Vocally, hearing anyone besides Udo in Accept will take some time to get used to -- especially for long-time fans -- but hang in there, and you'll discover that Tornillo is certainly a worthy replacement. "Tough and heavy" is a straight-to-the-point description of their out put so far...</td>
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<p><br/> Who needs to be added to the discussion?</p> CRB TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2014 COUNTDOWN - NUMBER 9tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2014-12-19:6060463:Topic:1117492014-12-19T12:15:40.227ZRJhog (Admin)http://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
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<p><span class="font-size-3">"With the release of <em>Blind Rage</em>, their third album with singer Mark Tornillo, Accept once again set out full throttle and delivered some of their finest work to date.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">From the opening onslaught of "Stampede" and continuing on through anthems like "Fall of the Empire" and "From The Ashes…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">"With the release of <em>Blind Rage</em>, their third album with singer Mark Tornillo, Accept once again set out full throttle and delivered some of their finest work to date.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">From the opening onslaught of "Stampede" and continuing on through anthems like "Fall of the Empire" and "From The Ashes We Rise", the band rocks out stronger than metal bands half their age.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">The material covered on the disc also touches on topical subjects like human trafficking ("Wanna Be Free"), historical events ("Trail of Tears") and the potential end of the human race (the standout track "200 Years"). Accept even manages to pay tribute to their musical contemporaries and ancestors on "Last of a Dying Breed".</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Why is this album so good? Simple really, Accept plays their metal hearts out with true conviction. Their dedication to crafting high quality material shines through. They are a shining example of what it means to be a representative of the metal music community and <em>Blind Rage</em> should serve as a clarion call for all metal fans."</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">- TageRyche</span></p> Hidden Treasures - Album Openerstag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2014-09-24:6060463:Topic:1090242014-09-24T01:47:14.022ZScotthttp://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273184767?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1273184767?profile=original" width="650"></img></a> I tried this once before and I love the thought behind this, so lets do it again. Besides its been a real long time...</p>
<p><br></br> Were looking at Album Openers. Do you remember driving to the record store, buying the album and the droppng the needle on that opening track once you got back home? You know Side 1 Track 1! These songs were the tunes that set the mood for the…</p>
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<p><br/> Were looking at Album Openers. Do you remember driving to the record store, buying the album and the droppng the needle on that opening track once you got back home? You know Side 1 Track 1! These songs were the tunes that set the mood for the entire album most of the times. And often they were the best the album had to offer, sometimes a hit song and sometimes not, but always one of the best on the album. Here are 5 from the dark recesses of my mind...</p>
<p><br/> Oh - one more thing, since weve been in the 70's for so long, I'm going to steer clear of that decade for at least this week. What are some of your favorite album openers?</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Giuffria</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Giuffria</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>1984</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>1 - Do Me Right</strong></span><br/> <br/> Keyboard maestro Gregg Giuffria originally planned to retain the Angel title for his second high-profile cinematic rock show, but the scalding ivories soaring throughout this record prove he's fully in charge, making the Giuffria moniker an apt band name. The long, blond angel always kicks off his projects with some cool keys, and the pulsing prelude to "Do Me Right" overpowers the rest of the song; like much of the album, this track devolves into a standard hair cut with symphonic trappings. Some abrupt occultism flies out of the flip's finale (spookiest cock rock craziness since the rise of Hagar's animal on Three Lock Box). Know now that both Giuffria platters are built around David Glen Eisley's voice, and enjoyment depends on how one takes to his heavy heaving. Plus, typical of this time period, some stuff sears, while some stuff sucks. But wistful weeper "Call to the Heart" rightfully remains Giuffria's crowning achievement and lone chart glory. Poor Giuffria remains a terrain-tethered star who never got off the ground.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Krokus</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>One Vice At A Time</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>1982</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>1 - Long Stick Goes Boom</strong></span><br/> <br/> The Swiss headbangers didn't start out as headbangers; they were originally a progressive rock outfit along the lines of Yes, Genesis, and ELP. But when the band didn't get anywhere commercially, it decided to cash in on metal's popularity and started emulating AC/DC. Krokus' detractors would argue that One Vice at a Time is the work of a poor man's AC/DC -- and, to be sure, this 1982 LP is formulaic and contrived. But while Krokus wasn't easy to respect or admire, it was easy to like. AC/DC-minded tunes like "Save Me" and "Long Stick Goes Boom" aren't very imaginative, but they're infectious and enjoyable nonetheless. From Krokus' own songs to a cover of the Guess Who's "American Woman," everything on this album is catchy. Is One Vice at a Time derivative and shamelessly unoriginal? Yes. But it's still a fun record and ends up being a very guilty pleasure.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Accept</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>Balls To The Wall</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>1984</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #c0c0c0;"><strong>1 - Balls To The Wall</strong></span><br/> <br/> Accept's most notorious album, Balls to the Wall was also their biggest commercial success. Following hot upon the heels of their creative breakthrough, Restless and Wild, you'd also be hard pressed to find a more sexually charged record in any musical genre. Its hysterically nonsensical lyrics notwithstanding, the legendary title track remains an irresistible, fist-pumping masterpiece that came to epitomize the modern, slow-marching metal anthem as it became known. And when paired with second single "London Leatherboys," it arguably constitutes the most blatantly homoerotic couplet in the history of heavy metal (eat your heart out, Rob Halford). "Fight It Back" is about as close as the band gets to their old, semi-thrashing ways (taken to the limit the previous year with the maniacal "Fast as a Shark"), and it is the more melodic "Head Over Heels" and semi-ballad "Losing More Than You've Ever Had" that set the tone for Accept's future direction. The album's third undisputed classic, the driving "Love Child," kicks off side two with one of metal's great staccato riffs -- so good, the band revisits it nearly verbatim a few songs later with "Losers and Winners," which is nearly as powerful. And though not quite as celebrated, the remaining tracks are no less potent, especially the slowly building tension heard on the downright lascivious "Turn Me On." The bottom line here is that this, like its predecessor Restless and Wild, is an essential heavy metal album, and any fan worth his salt should own them both.</p>
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<td><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Rainbow</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>Right Between The Eyes</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1982</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ffcc00;"><strong>1 - Death Alley Driver</strong></span><br/> <br/> Just a record before, Rainbow sounded as if they were verging on Billy Squier territory, but here, they reverse course and deliver a solid, no-frills hard rock record. It isn't just that the material is stronger, though it certainly is, it's that Roger Glover abandoned his smoothed-out, radio-ready production that marred Difficult to Cure. That's not to say that Straight Between the Eyes doesn't sound dated -- Rainbow was a band that was forever tied to its era -- but the album does have a harder-hitting, muscular sound that is more appropriate for the band. Similarly, vocalist Joe Lynn Turner sounds more comfortable with the group, and the entire band just seems to gel, turning even the generic numbers on the album into enjoyable, straight-ahead hard rock. There may not be any specific showcases for Ritchie Blackmore, but his playing is better heard in this setting, where he's not only soloing, he's propelling the band with his powerful riffs.</p>
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<td><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Judas Priest</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Screaming For Vengeance</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>1982</strong></span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-3" style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>1 - The Hellion/Electric Eye</strong></span><br/> <br/> Ultimately, Screaming for Vengeance hangs together better than even the undeniable landmark British Steel, both thematically and musically. There's less of a party-down feel here -- the remaining traces of boogie have been ironed out, and the lyrics return to the darkness and menace that gave the band its mystique. Sure, if you stop to read the lyrics, all the references to demons and devils and monsters can look a little gratuitous, but the music here is so strong that there simply aren't any seams showing. Even the occasional filler is more metallic this time around -- in place of trite teenage rebellion, listeners get the S&M-themed "Pain and Pleasure." In fact, "Pain and Pleasure" and "Fever" are the only two songs here that have never shown up on a band retrospective, which ought to tell you that Priest's songwriting here is perhaps the best it's ever been. The midtempo grooves that enlivened British Steel are here in full force on the band's signature tune, "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" (their only American chart single), as well as "Bloodstone," "Devil's Child," and unfairly forgotten single "(Take These) Chains," all uniformly great. But there's a nearly equal emphasis on uptempo headbanging, thanks to the classic "The Hellion/Electric Eye," the terrific album track "Riding on the Wind," and the stupendously high-velocity title cut, which is the closest they ever came to thrash metal (at least in the '80s).</td>
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