Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Never forget hearing Rising Force for the first time. I was doing stuff around the house with the windows open and all of a sudden one of my neighbors slapped it on really loud. This would have right after it was released in 1983.

At that time no-one was playing like that. It blew the roof off. Unfortunately it didn't take long for a bunch of dudes to jump on the neo-classical band wagon, but Yngwie was the trailblazer.

Tony McAlpine's Maximum Security has always been my fave of that genre.

Originally Posted by Plankton

I remember blazing with a GF back in the 80's and I put Rising Force on. We sat in my car and listened to the whole thing in my driveway. After it was over, I put her station back on the radio, which was a top 40 thing. Here's how the conversation went:

GF: "You're an *******"
Me: "Why? What'd I do?"
GF: "That guitar player"
Me: "Was it that bad?"
GF: "No."
Me: "Well, whats wrong then?"
GF: "You ruined all my music"
Me: "I did what?"
GF: "I can't listen to this anymore, it sounds like crap"
Me: "Good"

I gave her the cassette tape and went and bought another one.

Originally Posted by eraser.time206

If you can't deal with the fact that there are 6+ billion people in the world and none of them think exactly the same that's not my problem. Just deal with it yourself or make actual conversation. This isn't a court and I'm not some poet or prophet that needs everything I say to be analytically critiqued.