Little know 80s-90s Metal Gems

[JackFlash]

Wasp? For real? Their album Crimson Idol is the best metal concept album since Operation Mindcrime.

I went to the Poison concert in Adelaide back in the day and it was interesting. The guitar solo was the worst I have ever seen CC sucked.

Yep, CC was the worst guitar player i have ever seen play with a major band....dreadful.

 

[_VXV]

Do you remember that Adelaide metal band called "Sudafed"?

Sure do, reckon they were one of the first bands I saw sneaking into the century hotel as a 14 yr old.

 

[Bennett.]

Stryper!!!! By a mile.

Anyway. Lots of good 80s stuff. Only knowing today's Manowar probably makes it unbelievable how good they were back in the days...

Sweden had good stuff as well: Heavy Load, Gotham City, Silver Mountain, Oz (well ok Finland, but pretty close). Same for Germany: Trance, Vampyr, Black Fate...

Don't s**t on Stryper! Some of the best dual guitar attack committed to tape

 

[SnakeMan86]

Rarely played indeed. Wasn't this a leftover from the debut sessions which was never released until that 40 seasons compilation?

For the bump, saw skid row Friday night at the Prince Bandroom..... They Played Forever!! Was amaaaazing!

 

[Papa G]

 

[Cleric]

Good old Saxon. Best song was Dallas 1pm.

 

[Cleric]

For the bump, saw skid row Friday night at the Prince Bandroom..... They Played Forever!! Was amaaaazing!

Now that metal is in decline popularity wise it's both great and sad to watch these bands live now. Saw Helloween a couple of years ago live in Adelaide with maybe 250 people in a pub.
They were playing to 80 thousand at festivals in their heyday.

 

[Cleric]

Sure do, reckon they were one of the first bands I saw sneaking into the century hotel as a 14 yr old.

I never saw Sudafed live but they were always played on the metal radio hour in Adelaide. 5Pba Fm I think it was. Thursday night for 1 hour.

 

[Dee Snider]

Good old Saxon. Best song was Dallas 1pm.

747 (Strangers in the Night) for me.

 

[roacheee]

Spot on. Too heavy for the LA crowd but not heavy enough for the thrash fans. Recent album Golgotha their best for 20 years. There's no denying the quality of the debut. First 4 albums actually.

Headless Children is my fave. Classic album

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

One of the greats.

 

[Magus]

Floodgate feat. Kyle Thomas (Exhorder) Brought out one album, Penalty, in '96.

 

[dumb]

My Sisters Machine
They are the Seattle version of LA Guns. A break away from Alice in Chains before they were famous. Sounded quite similar.

Would be interested in what other similar lesser known bands people used to listen to.

there might be some band member crossover between msm / aic if i remember. those also-ran grunge bands are something i keep an ear out for but don't have the time to spend looking into. gruntruck, eleven pictures, skin yard etc

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Does this count? It was actually a fairly big hit in the US but I'd never really heard of Aldo Nova other than he'd done some stuff with Blue Oyster Cult and wrote songs for Celine Dion(!). Maybe not metal per se but I reckon it's a great hard rock track