Pounding Decibels- A Hard and Heavy History

Unknown Soldier · 12-13-2014, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody

That being said, I do think Shout at the Devil should have been put in the top 3, but I think I might see where your coming from? The Crue's musical skills were subpar in comparison to many of their peers (Iron Maiden, Def Leppard ect) thus I kind of view Shout at the Devil in the same light as Never Mind the Bollocks, a one off fluke of brilliance.

Well I think Too Fast for Love is as good as Shout at the Devil even though it doesn't have the big pumping riffs of Shout at the Devil. So I don't think of Motley Crue as a one off album band. I'm not really into punk but Never Mind the Bollocks is easily my favourite punk album from its time period.

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Anyways I'm happy you decided to put Kill em All in the top 3 only because the onset of thrash was a real game changer for heavy metal. I honestly believe that if it wasn't for bands like Metallica & Slayer people would have been driving around in their cars listening to underground punk bands like GBH & the Exploited. In this way thrash had more of an impact than NWOBHM, though the latter needed the former.

I prefer Slayer and even Megadeth over Metallica, but Metallica imo were the only ones of the 'big four of thrash' to be the complete package on their debut album.

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Finally, I would have put Def leppard ahead of Iron maiden this year only because this album enshrined the coming dominance, of pop/glam metal for the rest of the decade, but hey who am I? everyone's a critic, and I confess that Def Leppard's 1987 Hysteria is one of my favourite metal albums of all time.

Well its a trade off between the pop/glam metal of Def Leppard against the truer metal sound of Iron Maiden here. Personally I sooner throw on Pyromania over Piece of Mind 9 times out of 10, even though I know that the Maiden album is metal perfection.

William_the_Bloody · 12-13-2014, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Well I think Too Fast for Love is as good as Shout at the Devil even though it doesn't have the big pumping riffs of Shout at the Devil. So I don't think of Motley Crue as a one off album band. I'm not really into punk but Never Mind the Bollocks is easily my favourite punk album from its time period.

Hmmm, I suppose as I like Too Fast for Love as well, but Shout at the Devil to me just stands out far above the other albums. Its funny when I go back and listen to Motley Crue a lot of their music just doesn't seem to stand the test of time in comparison to their peers. My friend just saw the Crue farewell show and he said Alice Cooper stole the show...can't say I'd disagree.

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I prefer Slayer and even Megadeth over Metallica, but Metallica imo were the only ones of the 'big four of thrash' to be the complete package on their debut album.

Yes and you like Rust in Peace more than Peace Sells, so I can see some conflict brewing, lol, jk.

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Well its a trade off between the pop/glam metal of Def Leppard against the truer metal sound of Iron Maiden here. Personally I sooner throw on Pyromania over Piece of Mind 9 times out of 10, even though I know that the Maiden album is metal perfection.

I must confess I've never actually sat down and listened to Piece of Mind in its entirety, as I've always had a hard time getting into Iron Maiden, though I finally had a breakthrough with Powerslave, dare I say I would put it above Ride the Lighting

Dare I say I would put VH 1984 above RTL, and yes even possibly Love at First Sting ahead of the glory that is Metallica!!!

Oh and WASP can't forget about them!!!

Thelonious Monkey · 12-13-2014, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody

I must confess I've never actually sat down and listened to Piece of Mind in its entirety, as I've always had a hard time getting into Iron Maiden, though I finally had a breakthrough with Powerslave, dare I say I would put it above Ride the Lighting

Dare I say I would put VH 1984 above RTL, and yes even possibly Love at First Sting ahead of the glory that is Metallica!!!

Oh and WASP can't forget about them!!!

Piece Of Mind is pretty inconsistent, but I love it more than Number Of The Beast or Powerslave. Powerslave is a close second. And when I think about it now, nearly every track on Powerslave is perfect. There are none that fail to kick ass. I think it's their most solid album after Iron Maiden.

William_the_Bloody · 12-14-2014, 01:59 AM

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Piece Of Mind is pretty inconsistent, but I love it more than Number Of The Beast or Powerslave. Powerslave is a close second. And when I think about it now, nearly every track on Powerslave is perfect. There are none that fail to kick ass. I think it's their most solid album after Iron Maiden.

It was 2 minutes to midnight that hooked me into Maiden. Obviously I had heard it before, but about a month ago I decided to crank the intro in my car....I highly recommend that everyone tries this.