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I didn't mean to knock Newstead as a player, just that the chemistry and songwriting couldn't be replicated by someone else. James, Lars and Kirk looked up to Burton, whereas they took the opportunity of their first record together to punish Jason. (not counting Garage Days that featured Jason prominently and sounded great)
I agree 100% but I'll go back a little bit more. I was disappointed to see them at the Grammy's in '89 because I felt like Megadeth, Anthrax, Metallica were giving all the soft rock, glam rock, pop bands, all the "popular" artists and the rest of the music industry the middle finger with their sound and style but I felt like they caved in at that moment. I completely get it, it would have been a colossal mistake for them to turn down the Grammy's because they launched themselves with that performance. However, it's almost exactly like your favorite little restaurant that you want to be successful. That place that's different, with an attitude and take it or eff off flavor and style. Then that place becomes successful and goes national and suddenly they please the masses, lose their edge and become bland, tasteless and average.
Let's not forget Bob Rock. He took them in that direction, and to his credit, made them rich. Nothing wrong with that i guess, but he was behind their downfall in a major way. As soon as they got rid of him they started making good music again.
Arguably the greatest metal album ever. Some of you guys are just too old now. There's always Five Finger Death Punch for you.
I think most have acknowledged the albums greatness.Yeah, that's what I was saying. Didn't articulate it too well.
And Death Punch is horrible.
This is where I am. My distain for them from the Napster days and listening to their recent output knows no bounds, but MoP is great start to finish. I like Justice more just because that hit in the sweet spot of when I was getting into metal and that was one of the first albums that I bought on my own when I got a job, but I would say that Puppets is the better album.
I get what you are saying here, but this is the sentiment I have for bands like Korn. Like I said above, I still think this is one of the best metal albums and it holds up well.rockaction said:
The music is OK, but James' lyrics are just gawd awful for the last decade +. It makes the albums unlistenable to me. (and this coming from somebody who admits that they are music before lyrics to begin with).
The 1967 one is interesting but not a great album, we’ll get to that person later. The 1994 one I have no idea.
One is a debut album with an incredible amount of experience and the other is a 2nd generation singer with a cover song for the ages
Wow, I listened to it today. Also agree it's good at work and actually helps me concentrate. I know every riff that's coming and it helps to get things done.Ilov80s said:
Anthrax didn't age well, Slayer is an acquired taste, if you like that kind of metal, they are great, if not you probably won't. Don't think there is a more disappointing band than Anthrax though.
I think Load is better than Hardwired. Hardwired is not awful but I don't look forward to listening to it ever.
Yeah, I don't know that I've outgrown metal or think it's a lesser genre, but I don't listen to much.I get what you are saying here, but this is the sentiment I have for bands like Korn. Like I said above, I still think this is one of the best metal albums and it holds up well.
Unless what you are saying is that you have completely outgrown metal and/or it's a lesser genre... then I don't get that at all.
Totally agree, especially on Anthrax. I really liked Among the Living but their peak was pretty short lived. State of Euphoria wasn't very good and I don't think I've heard anything after that from them outside of radio play. They were a little cartoonish, so it was hard to take them seriously.
I got into them one late night when a DJ in MD decided to play Sugar.
Rust in Peace is another great album and up there with the best heavy metal albums.
I love that Megadeth never sold out. Tough to beat their guitar sound too.
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One (1994) is Jeff Buckley, Grace. The other is some cat named Jimi's debut album.
I was mostly trying to be funny, but one of these didn't deserve the effort it would have taken to look it up. Thanks!
Sure, I got the joke - but was helping in case you were curious. I like both of those records a lot, although AYE is not my favorite Hendrix record, there's two I surely put ahead of it. Both would be "classics" though. Although Buckley is a bit less mainstream it was a critical darling and he had a fairly large fanbase.
That is the British album- different cover and track list on the American release.
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