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The British Hard Rock Appreciation Thread
We rock don't we?
Yes the Aussies have AC/DC, and the Yanks have Metallica, but come on - the best rock comes from our humble little island! Who is your favourite? Personally I love the maiden (being an eastender myself), and Judas Priest are pretty cool too. I love Def Leppard as well, and every Sunday for me is Black Sabbath day. I'm sacrificing a sheep whilst listening to War Pigs as we speak. So tell me - favourite album? Favourite song? Favourite band? Whatever. Just express your love and fly the flag
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i think Black Sabbath are the best hard rock british group of their time i'm not sure about anyone at the moment though as nobody particularly stands out to me.
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Oh wow this is depressing
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I like Def Leppard
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I saw Judas Priest a few times in the 70s, and they were okay.
I also saw Black Sabbath and Deep Purple who were way ahead of them. Deep Purple In Rock is a real rocker of album, and Machine Head is even better. |
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Anyone remember Saxon?
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I reckon British rock paved the way for the rest to follow..
Aside from the greats like Led Zep, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath I'd have to plump for UFO and Thin Lizzy as prime exponents of Brit Rock at its best Lights Out, Rock Bottom to name only a couple of stand out tracks from UFO, though they apparently had some young German whizz kid playing guitar Strangers In The Night is a superb album and not a bad track to be heard (IMO) Lizzy were another band that produced tight powerful rock songs one moment but also, thanks to the sadly missed PL, could also turn out a great soulful bluesy ballad. Take a listen to 'Still In Love With You' from the Live & Dangerous album and you'll get the picture. Not forgetting Whitesnake of course - more blues oriented rock and cock rock at its best Shame that decent rock music of that era is now looked down upon as something of a joke when I think those bands had far more talent and musical integrity than many of todays.
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I thought this thread was going to on about hardocre rock - the kind where you get all these sub cultures of 15 year olds who pretend to be vegans and go "straight edge" in the name of music...
Never mind
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i'll plump for......the darkness
really, i'm kidding.
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You're forgiven..........just
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The Yanks have Metallica?!
Bummer
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Originally Posted by Emerican Idol
The Yanks have Metallica?!
Bummer ![]() AC/DC may well have started out in Australia but they're all of Brit descent apart from Phil Rudd, so we can claim them as well Led Zeppelin, gotta be our biggest hard rock export ever!! Also mentions for Uriah Heep (still going i believe), Lone Star, whos 1978 album Firing On All Six is fantastic. I agree about Lizzy and UFO, shame i never got to see UFO in their heyday. Whitesnake i'd dispute the 'cock rock at its best' quote, they went really downhill when David Coverdale abandoned the blues based sound for US cock rock. I love Praying Mantis' Time Tells No Lies album released in 1981, unfortunately as with so many bands they never got the promotion they deserved and were promptly dropped. |
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Aaaah, good old Heavy Metal? Or is it Hard Rock. Or is it Heavy Rock?
Judas Priest in the Seventies would probably have been great, but I only saw them in the 80s and they were pure comedy. Preying Mantis? Christ! There's a name from the past. I saw them on the Metal for Muthas gig at The Lyceum with Iron Maiden and Diamond Head. Wasn't particularly impressed. Sabbath were great but I never got to see them originally until Dio joined. I saw them with Ozzy later, but it's not the same. My mate saw them with Ozzy, but Van Halen supported and he didn't realise they weren't Black Sabbath until later. His mum made him wear a tie because he was going to the theater. AC/DC are, indeed, now officially British! Says so in last month's Classic Rock. Oh yes. What a magazine. |
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Originally Posted by Neck_Romancer
Anyone remember Saxon?
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[quote=Manko] His mum made him wear a tie because he was going to the theater.
OMG thats sooooo funny!!!! |
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never got to see Praying Mantis so i cant vouch for what they were like live....maybe we should start a NWOBHM thread, relive memories from 1980 or so.
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Eh, Lizzy were an IRISH band, mate! Phil was an Irishman. Stop claiming every band as British... : ) TH Quote:
Originally Posted by Satchmo
I reckon British rock paved the way for the rest to follow..
Aside from the greats like Led Zep, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath I'd have to plump for UFO and Thin Lizzy as prime exponents of Brit Rock at its best Lights Out, Rock Bottom to name only a couple of stand out tracks from UFO, though they apparently had some young German whizz kid playing guitar Strangers In The Night is a superb album and not a bad track to be heard (IMO) Lizzy were another band that produced tight powerful rock songs one moment but also, thanks to the sadly missed PL, could also turn out a great soulful bluesy ballad. Take a listen to 'Still In Love With You' from the Live & Dangerous album and you'll get the picture. Not forgetting Whitesnake of course - more blues oriented rock and cock rock at its best Shame that decent rock music of that era is now looked down upon as something of a joke when I think those bands had far more talent and musical integrity than many of todays. ![]() |
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Come on guys! THE band? IRON MAIDEN! How many bands, even today, rip off Adrian Smith's riffs. The "thinking man (or woman) 's Heavy Metal band", with lyrics about deep issues as well as just rockin' out (listen to "The rime of the ancient mariner" off "Powerslave" to hear what a real epic metal song sounds like!
Oh, and still going strong, and still legions of fans, and making more every year. Eternal. TH |
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Here's a few that come to mind
![]() Argent Asia Atomic Rooster Bad Company Badger Blodwyn Pig Cream Europe Foghat Free Groundhogs Hawkwind Ian Gillan Jeff Beck Jethro Tull King Crimson Marillion Motörhead Nazareth Rainbow Rare Bird Roxy Music Samson Supertramp |
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Some NWOBHM nostalgia
Diamond Head - In The Heat Of The Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yYTcOTJC-I Live footage from 1982. Diamond Head - Helpless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNOcW-P6JZI Live 1981 stills / audio. Diamond Head - To Heaven From Hell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-26Yjkt6IUI BBC OGWT 1982 Diamond Head - Am I Evil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Q7P8jKKFw Audio Diamond Head - Call Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SICoIIr941c Live footage from 1982 Saxon - Princess Of The Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFYOjR3jz60 Live 1983 Saxon - Suzie Hold On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXw_1cYg--E Audio Saxon - Dallas 1pm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKA7lPJpTUM Live 1985 Tank - (He Fell In Love With A) Stormtrooper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaBBMzEGz70 Live TV appearance 1983 Heavy Pettin' - Sole Survivor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56w33gtsjY Music video from around 1984 (i think) Girlschool - Hit & Run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk68ZsOdS7U TOTP 1981 Angel Witch - Angel Witch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXZc9-mtFDk Audio Cloven Hoof - Laying Down The Law http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgyAs0rFanI Audio Praying Mantis - Children Of The Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxeibTj670 Audio |
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BIG Def Leppard fan here. Just sorry I can't see them at Wembley next month due to a small financial crisis
![]() Interestingly my favourite of theirs is probably High and Dry because it's so well produced, and I particularly like "Lady Strange". But all the others very good too. They might not be a very prolific band, but what they do is good by me
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BIG Def Leppard fan here. Just sorry I can't see them at Wembley next month due to a small financial crisis
![]() Interestingly my favourite of theirs is probably High and Dry because it's so well produced, and I particularly like "Lady Strange". But all the others very good too. They might not be a very prolific band, but what they do is good by me ![]() )...Def Leppard - Lady Strange http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5LvO0w84Bo Audio |
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Almost all genres of metal today can be traced back to four acts. Zeppelin, Purple, Sabbath and Hendrix.
Yes there were others, but I think those 4 were the main ones. Great acts as well imo
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Yeah i would say Sabbath too. whatver anyone says they are the fathers of all metal. some people credit the stones with that but just take a listen tothe first song they wrote, 'black sabbath' and masters of reality. released in '71 or something...
I agree though, these days its all a bit dodgy... the scandanavians have taken the metal flag and made it their own whereas we have an influx of 'arty' indie rock bands that manage to all get away with adding pomp to stuff thats been done before rather than anything interesting... I live in New Cross which is supposed to be a hotbed of new talent. maybe it is but I wouldnt say interesting talent! c'mon guys, lets do better than that! ok rant over...haha
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UFO - Pete Way is a genius
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