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Originally Posted by Big Ears
Since your mention of the Anvil film, US, I've been trawling the forums for a review I thought I had written, without success. I first heard about it on a Classic Rock magazine podcast and, soon after, it was shown on TV. The film was by turns funny and moving, giving a fascinating insight into a once popular band, who found themselves out of fashion. It was also a success and almost brought the band back into the mainstream.
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Even though I mentioned the film I've never seen it and it's on a list of about a zillion things that I still need to hear or see.
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The reality for a number of bands is that fame comes and goes. Toto went from cult band to huge stars to obscurity and back to a cult band.
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Toto are one of my all time favourite bands BUT I've never for one moment ever thought of them as a cult band.
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I am not an Anvil fan, nor a thrash fan, but I had sympathy for Kudrow and Reiner. Recently, I described what I thought was a thrash band, to be told they are groove metal, which shows (a) how much I know about such things and (b) how much I care for sub-genres.
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In a lot of extreme metal genres the line is kind of thin, but groove metal does have a distinctive sound compared to thrash. Just listen to Pantera and you'll get the gist. I must be the only Pantera fan on the forum as most seem to hate them
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Anyway, it's good to see Anvil get a mention here, as well as The Rods. Prior to Ronnie James Dio's illness, there were stories of him working with Feistein again, but it never saw fruition due to his rapid deterioration. After years of sophistication, it would have been interesting to hear Dio return to the raw sound of Elf.
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I didn't know that but I can listen to Dio on anything, even when it's not good.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Alright, US. Hurry up and put Screaming for Vengeance at #1 so we can get started with '83.
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I guess it was fairly obvious. Anyway bozo I've noticed you haven't updated the index.
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
1982 was the first ever year Kerrang did a end of year top 10.
I thought it might be interesting to post it and compare it to yours.
1.Scorpions - Blackout
2.Van Halen - Diver Down
3.Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven
4.Rush - Signals
5.Kiss - Creatures Of The Night
6.Tom Petty - Long After Dark
7.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
8.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
9.Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes
10.Rose Tattoo - Scarred For Life
10.Gillan - Magic
I think I prefer yours, and what the hell is Tom Petty doing on there, And Diver Down is the worst VH album of the Roth era, 2nd best of the year?.
Mind you I think 1982 was the year Kerrang called U2 'the new Zeppelin'.
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Tom Petty on there is a joke, Rush were usually added to these lists to make them look respectable. The Van Halen album is their worst, even though "Intruder" is a kick ass track. Robert Plant's solo material is pretty boring and the Rainbow and Gillan albums are quite average. Even the Scorpions album doesn't deserve the no.1 slot and I'm a big fan of theirs. Rose Tattoo could never really get into them. Yer I think my list is better too.
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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Your review of Anvil is timely, as I have also reviewed it for Metal Month II and agree with most of what you say, though of course I don't quite have your historical perspective on it. It was one of the first metal albums I got so it means a lot to me. I think I had an Anvil patch on the back of my denim jacket when I was 17. No doubt it said METAL ON METAL!!
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You wearing a denim jacket like a metalhead wow!
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Oh, one error: you called them a North American band, when they're
obviously from Canada... 
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Unless there has been some recent land separation, Canada is very much part of North America.
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Anyway, great writeups as always. How you do this constantly amazes, inspires and occasionally makes me jealous!
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Remember I only write one journal and not 10, so it's not so hard to maintain a level.