WHAT CLASSIC ROCK (OR JUST PLAIN ROCK) ARE YOU LISTENING TO?

[RJhog (Admin)]

So what are you listening to right now?  Any genre is cool.

 

For me:

 

Scott's Hidden Treasure

Depeche Mode - Wrong (courtesy of Niels)

Kim Mitchell - Akimbo Alogo (courtesy of Jon)

Next week's Album of the Week (hint: think orchestra)

Shinedown - The Sound of Madness

[Yngve J. Chapleen]

Still weighing my options of work I can do when I'm back in civilization and as repulsive as the idea is to me I could be a butcher. Well, sort of. Not a very good one, but they don't have to know that. Oh, don't give me the stink eye. Everybody lies on their resume. It's an expectation practically. Something your new boss should only find out... later.

You see, my Father wasn't much of a sportsman or a hunter, but when it came to slaughtering pigs, he could compete with the best of them. No, he wasn't a natural-born pig killer, no, Father, like everyone else, had to learn the art of butchering from a black-belt boner. An old fart with a huge curly mustache. Why? So he can sustain his weekend parties. Yep, my parents were party freaks! It's funny how Dad was one of the biggest anti-communist people on the planet, yet when it came to National holidays (and let's face it, back home, every single one of those was in celebration of some ridiculous Communist achievement), he would use the event as an excuse to get his friends together where food and drink would flow in abundance.

As a kid, I was spared of the gory details but I had to suffer in front of a cauldron feeding the fire to keep the intestines boiling. Later came the gory parts... and feeding the fire all the same. I had no choice in the matter. Unless I was ready to give up food altogether. Call me crazy, but I liked to eat.

When I left home, I thought this barbaric practice was behind me. However, not long after my journey across the world started fate would have me look for something to do under the table. Yeah, footsie would have been nice but who was gonna pay me for that? Anywhoo, I found a guy who bought an abandoned soap factory, in order to convert it into a slaughterhouse. First, he needed an electrician to upgrade the wiring, then a hand with construction, and finally help with butchering the livestock. I stuck around for the first two contracts just fine, but when it came to killing innocent, tasty little animals I only lasted so long. As bad as gutting was, the worst came when I was sent to load the already couple of days fermented entrails into a trailer and dump 'em at the landfill, Which I did, but as a result, I could not keep food down for a whole week. When I went back to my boss I told him: "F*ck this! From now on I want to work in the freezer... or... in the smoke chamber! Your choice." He laughed at me and said: "That's my job!"

And that's how my short stint as a skinner abruptly ended for good. Now, beggars can't be choosers, can they? Perhaps I should find a job in the field, referencing my previous experiences, of course, but firmly demanding a position in the freezer. It would be temporary anyway. Only till I find something better. I figure working in the freezer is not only safe but also gives me the opportunity to gain skills I could further implement elsewhere, like for example boxing. Pounding on the half-hogs hanging around the cold room could lead me to a strong-man position in a Circus.
Or, something equally exciting.
                                               — Yngve J. Chapleen

Desert Island Collection: Jewel Case CDs

1994
ACCEPT – Death Row
STEVEN ANDERSON – Gipsy Power
MICHAEL ANGELO – No Boundaries
ARSNOVA – Tränsi
BAREFOOT SERVANTS – Barefoot Servants
BLOODLINE – Bloodline
CRISS – Cat #1
EDANE – Jabrik
EDDA MŰVEK – Sziklaszív
EXPLORERS – We Always Want
SIMON FOX – Century
GLORY – Crisis Vs Crisis
IMPELLITTERI – Answer To The Master
JONAS HANSSON BAND – No.1
SASS JORDAN – Rats
LATVALA BROS – Plays Wooden Eye
LIONSHEART – Pride In Tact
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – The Seventh Sign
MICHAEL MANRING – Thoṅk
MERCYFUL FATE – Time
MEX – Bumm! Nesze Neked!
LARRY MITCHELL – Mind Body Soul
MOAHNI MOAHNA – Temple Of Life
RONNIE MONTROSE – Music From Here
MYSTIC GAME – Mystic Game
NAZARETH – Move Me
AXEL RUDI PELL – Between The Walls
RUDY ROBERTS – Passion Colors
MICHAEL ROMEO – The Dark Chapter
MICK RONSON – Heaven And Hull
ROYAL HUNT – Clown In The Mirror
SAMAD – Samad
BLUES SARACENO – Hairpick
SOHO PARTY – Pizza...!
SCOTT STINE – Broke
STRATOVARIUS – Dreamspace
TALISMAN – Humanimal Part 2
TAMAS – The Dreamlake
THE HELLECASTERS – Escape From Hollywood
THE JOHANSSON BROTHERS – The Johansson Brothers
TIMO TOLKKI – Classical Variations And Themes
TRANSIT – Catch Fire
VANDAMNE – Nightcrimes
JUTTA WEINHOLD – To Be Or Not...
JOHN WETTON – Battle Lines
YAKI-DA – Pride
YES – Talk
ZEROp – From ZEROp To Hero

1995
AYREON – The Final Experiment
JAMES BYRD – Son Of Man
MISHA CALVIN – Evolution II
DEE COOPER – Dee Cooper
DALLASZ – Szúr A Pávatoll
JAMES YOUNG GROUP – Raised By Wolves
YUKIHISA KANATANI – Eau Rouge
JEFF KOLLMAN – Into The Unknown
JAMIE LaRITZ – Fire In The Sky
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – Magnum Opus
ALEX MASI – Tales From The North
SCOTT MISHOE – Omnidirectional
MOJO BROS. – Mojo Bros.
MOZART – Eve
PHANTOM'S OPERA – Phantom's Opera
MILAN POLAK – Guitar Odyssey
ANDY PRIEBOY – Sins Of Our Fathers
QUIET RIOT – Down To The Bone
RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW – Stranger In Us All
ROYAL HUNT – Moving Target
SAVATAGE – Dead Winter Dead
STRATOVARIUS – Fourth Dimension
THE BURNPOOL – The Burnpool
THE LOAD – Load Have Mercy
UFO – Walk On Water
URIAH HEEP – Sea Of Light
WELLINGTON – A Döntő Lépés

[TageRyche]

For 1994 - Accept and Sass Jordan

For 1995 - Savatage

[TageRyche]

This week's playlist!

Illusory - Crimson Wreath

Sabaton - The War To End All Wars

Metal Church - The Dark

Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise

Metal Church - The Human Factor

Metal Church - Hanging In The Balance

Metal Church - The Weight Of The World

Metal Church - A Light In The Dark

Metal Church - This Present Wasteland

Melissa Etheridge - Your Little Secret

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence

Dio - Lock Up The Wolves

Kix - Blow My Fuse

[Jon]

Gary Moore—Still Got The Blues
Yes—Magnification
Jethro Tull—The Very Best Of
The Darkness—Last Of Our Kind
Crosby, Still, Nash & Young—American Dream
Joe Walsh—So What
Triumph—The Sport Of Kings
Ozzy Osbourne—Bark At The Moon
Robert Palmer—Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
Huey Lewis & The News—Small World
38 Special—Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Tony Carey—Blue Highway
Rose Tattoo—Blood Brothers
Savatage—Fight For The Rock
The Kinks—The Kinks Present A Soap Opera
Molly Hatchet—Justice
The B-52's—Wild Planet
Blue Oyster Cult—Some Enchanted Evening
Steeleye Span—Hark! The Village Wait
Saga—Saga
Various—Two Of A Kind: Special Edition Film Soundtrack
Sweet—Desolation Boulevard
Motley Crue—Shout At The Devil
Ratt—Detonator
The Motels—Little Robbers
Death Angel—Frolic Through The Park
Wishbone Ash—Clan Destiny
Krokus—Hellraiser
Black Sabbath—The Best Of Black Sabbath
Halford—Winter Songs
Queen—Grand Collection

(426)

[TageRyche]

I've got the albums from Ozzy Osbourne, .38 Special, Savatage and Ratt.

[Yngve J. Chapleen]

How else can I earn living when I get back from this deserted island?

I need something where people would ask me "Are you working hard?" and I can reply with "Who me? I'm hardly working", and get away with it too. Oh, that reminds me, speaking of getting away with it, it's a well-documented fact that I'm not much of a co-worker material, so if there are going to be those annoying co-whatchamacallit again on this job site, I want to be able to do things to them... bad "things"... and not to be held responsible for what happens. Something I can later claim: "Sorry judge, not my fault he wasn't paying attention". And it has to be something where the machine will do the "heavy" lifting while I sit on my butt and look pretty all day. Where I can just show up straight from an all-night soiree, without having to lift a finger or break a sweat to make things look dandy all the while I'll adjust the slow pace of this work throughout the shift with my last night's hangover and the surrounding feng shui. 

There's got to be something like that out there, right?         
                                                                                 — Yngve J. Chapleen

Desert Island Collection: Jewel Case CDs

1996
STEVEN ANDERSON – Missa Magica
ARS NOVA – The Goddess Of Darkness
ASIA – Arena
BALAŠEVIĆ – Naposletku...
BRAZEN ABBOT – Eye Of The Storm
CINEMA FACE – Face Card
MARTY FRIEDMAN – True Obsessions
GRAVE DIGGER – Tunes Of War
HEAVEN'S GATE – Planet E.
TIBOR HORVÁTH - Deranged Mind
IMPELLITTERI – Screaming Symphony
JOHANSSON – Sonic Winter
JONAS HANSSON BAND – Second To None
OLAF JUNG – Sunset Cruise
THOMAS LARSSON – Freeride
LENINGRAD COWBOYS – Go Space
MANOWAR – Louder Than Hell
MODEST ATTRACTION – Divine Luxury
KEITH MORE – Guitar Stories
MURDER'S ROW – Murderer's Row
NIGHTWING – Natural Survivors
AXEL RUDI PELL – Black Moon Pyramid
MITCH PERRY – Wire To Wire
BOBBY ROCK – Out Of Body
SANDI – Dancing Flame
CHRIS SAVOUREY – End Of Millenium
CRAIG SODERBERG – Wacked
TAMAS – Blue Syndicate
TEKKNŐ – Disco Ól
THE HEAT – Goldfinger
CHET THOMPSON – Wicked The Wolf

1997
CYRIL ACHARD – Confusion
ANGELO – Planet Gemini
ARTENSION – Phoenix Rising
CLOCKWISE – Nostalgia
JAN CYRKA – Prickly Pear
DGM – Change Direction
TIM DONAHUE – Heaven And Earth
EDDA MŰVEK – Edda Művek 20.
GERARD – Pandora's Box
ROLAND GRAPOW – The Four Seasons Of Life
HELREIDH – Memoires
WOLF HOFFMANN – Classical
HOOLIGANS – Nem Hall, Nem Lát, Nem Beszél
HŸDRA – Rock Experience
JAMILYA – Over The Edge
VITALIJ KUPRIJ – High Definition
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN – Facing The Animal
MOAHNI MOAHNA – Why
MONKEY SEE – Monkey See
TAKESHI NISHIYAMA – Creature
ERIK NORLANDER – Threshold
PA-DÖ-DŐ – Nekünk Nyolc.
PENTAGRAM – Anatolia
PRIME TIME – The Unknown
RUDESS MORGENSTEIN PROJECT – Rudess Morgenstein Project
RUDY ROBERTS – Arabesque
SHOUT – Shout
SIPOS F. TAMÁS – Boogie-Woogie
SPASTIC INK – Ink Complete
TEMPUS FUGIT – Tales From A Forgotten World

[TageRyche]

This week's playlist!

Illusory - Crimson Wreath

All Sinners - S/T

Leather - We Are The Chosen

Queensryche - The Warning

Black Swan - Shake The World

Black Swan - Generation Mind

Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy

Metal Church - Generation Nothing

Tangier - Four Winds

[RJhog (Admin)]

211. John Moreland - High On Tulsa Heat

212. John Moreland - Big Bad Luv

213. John Moreland - LP5

214. John Moreland - Birds In The Ceiling

215. Gary Morris - Stones

216. Van Morrison - Moondance

217. Morse Portnoy George - Cover To Cover

218. Neal Morse - Songs From The Highway 

219. Neal Morse - Lifeline

220. Kiss - Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie NY 11.28.1984

Album Streams

221. TNT - A Farewell To Arms 

222. Yes - Magnification 

[Yngve J. Chapleen]

Does thinking about work counts as working?
It does when you work in your dreams and so does when you are on a deserted island of your choice enjoying the greatest music ever released and you have to think about business opportunities, right? But who's paying for that kind of distraction? I'm yet to figure out that part. I'll let you know when I do. And since I'm not making money here I'll have to apply for welfare when I get back, then they'll ask me if I was looking for work.
You're my witness, I did.
Oh, shut up!
Thinking, looking, potato, french fries, what's the difference?
Either way, nothing gets done.

So here is the thing.
A long time ago I needed money (boy when I say it out loud, I realize nothing has changed), and while my godfather, a painter by profession, was visiting us once I dropped him an inconspicuous hint, on which he caught on immediately and offered me a job on the side. The better option would have been to just give me the money, but I learned to appreciate his scrooges together with the skills he taught me. There is some truth in the saying: teach the man fishing rather than feed him fish. Over the years, I used my skills not only for my own benefit but also did some painting for others. Pros - If all you got to paint is at your eye level it's so much fun you almost feel guilty charging your clients... Almost. But... yeah there is a butt... But, if you have to paint ceilings, you're f*cked! A huge cons if you ask me, especially if it is a tall and spacious building, and let's face it, who'd call you to paint their flat if it wasn't? I wish I could ladder-walk like my godfather, but that skill he did not pass on to me. So, I need help, which creates another problem; I have to pay someone. If I hire a professional, there won't be much left for me. And why bother to hire a student when I'll end up doing the "hard" parts anyway?
No, I need someone to push the ladder around the room while I paint the ceiling.
And he must be working for peanuts.
                                                       — Yngve J. Chapleen

Desert Island Collection: Jewel Case CDs

1998
ACES HIGH – Pull No Punches
ARS NOVA – The Book Of The Dead (Reu Nu Pert Em Hru)
BALANCE OF POWER – Book Of Secrets
IGOR BELSKY – Road Tested
BENGAL TIGERS – In The Blood
PAULO BARROS – Vintage
DARIO MOLLO / TONY MARTIN – The Cage
ELECTRIC GUITAR QUARTET – E.G.Q.
ENIAC REQUIEM – Space Eternal Void
ELOY FRITSCH – Space Music
PAUL GILBERT – Flying Dog
GERARD – Meridian
GRAVE DIGGER – Knights Of The Cross
GREG HOWE – Ascend
KENZINER – Timescape
LIONSHEART – Under Fire
MIND ODYSSEY – Nailed To The Shade
BORISLAV MITIĆ – Borislav Mitic
MONOLITH – Monolith
JAMES MURPHY – Feeding The Machine
PATAKY ATTILA – Dáridó Pataky-Módra
PÉMOBILL – Kutyából Szalonna
PRAYING MANTIS – Forever In Time
RED ELVISES – I Wanna See You Bellydance
SABBTAIL – Otherworlds
SLAV SIMANIC – Water Of Life
SINNER – The Nature Of Evil
STIGMATA IV – The Court Of Eternity
THE SYGNET – Children Of The Future
TREASURE LAND – Gateway
U.D.O. – No Limits
WALTER GIARDINO TEMPLE – Walter Giardino Temple
KYOJI YAMAMOTO – Mind Arc
ZENO – Listen To The Light

1999
DANNEY ALKANA – Rock The Bach
SERGIO ALVAREZ – Pasaje A La Revelación
JEFF BECK – Who Else!
BOB CATLEY – Legends
CONCERTO MOON – Rain Forest
CRIMSON GLORY – Astronomica
DGM – Wings Of Time
DOLLY ROLL – Poperett
DREAM THEATER – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
TODD DUANE – Omnipresent
EDGUY – Theater Of Salvation
MATTIAS IA EKLUNDH – Freak Guitar
MICHAEL LEE FIRKINS – Decomposition
STEVE FISTER – Age Of Great Dreams
GIUNTINI PROJECT – II
JONAS HANSSON – Classica
JONAS HANSSON BAND – The Rocks
ICE AGE – The Great Divide
JOHANSSON – The Last Viking
KAMELOT – The Fourth Legacy
KENZINER – The Prophecies
LIVERANI – Viewpoint
MASTERMIND – Angels Of The Apocalypse
MIDNIGHT SUN – Nemesis
MIND ODYSSEY – Signs
VINNIE MOORE – The Maze
NOCTURNAL RITES – The Sacred Talisman
OSSIAN – Fémzene
PROJECT: ALCAZAR – Reasons For A Decade
POWERGOD – Evilution Part I
RACER X – Technical Difficulties
REINGOLD – Universe
ROCKET SCIENTISTS – Oblivion Days
RUNNING WILD – Victory
SOLARIS – Nostradamus Próféciák Könyve (Book Of Prophecies)
SZEKERES TAMÁS – King Street Blues
SZÜRKEÁLLOMÁNY – Rossz Helyen Születtem
TOY-BOX – Fantastic
U.D.O. – Holy

[Jon]

Grateful Dead—Workingman's Dead
Joe Walsh—But Seriously, Folks
Triumph—Surveillance
Grand Funk Railroad—Born To Die
Ozzy Osbourne—The Ultimate Sin
Robert Palmer—Pressure Drop
Huey Lewis & The News—Hard At Play
Trick Or Treat—The Legend Of The XII Saints
Overkill--Scorched
38 Special—Strength In Numbers
Tony Carey—The New Machine
Alice Cooper—Love It To Death
Savatage—Hall Of The Mountain King
The Kinks—The Kinks Present Schoolboys In Disgrace
The Allman Brothers Band—Enlightened Rogues
Ramones—Ramones
Warren Zevon—I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology)
Van Morrison—Moondance
UFO—Werewolves Of London
Steeleye Span—Ten Man Mop Or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again
Saga—Images At Twilight
Sweet—Give Us A Wink!
Ratt—Reach For The Sky
Death Angel—Killing Season
Various—Xanadu: Special Edition Film Soundtrack
Loverboy—Big Ones
Journey--Infinity
Wishbone Ash—There's The Rub
Krokus—Dirty Dynamite
Halford—Made Of Metal
Metallica—72 Seasons
Rage Against The Machine—Rage Against The Machine
Michael Schenker Group—Essential Michael Schenker Group
AC/DC—Ballbreaker

(460)

[TageRyche]

I have the albums from Ozzy Osbourne, Overkill, .38 Special, Savatage, Warren Zevon, Ratt, Journey, Halford and AC/DC.

[TageRyche]

This week's playlist!

Illusory - Crimson Wreath

Savatage - Dead Winter Dead

Savatage - The Wake of Magellan

Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

Metal Church - XI

Metal Church - Damned If You Do

Metal Church - From The Vault