This post may be stretching it a little far on the hard rock spectrum, and is completely out of place for heavy metal, but this is my blog so fuck you. Without rock and roll we wouldn't have had heavy metal. And who are the pioneers of rock and roll? Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and... Buddy Holly. On this day, in 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa (WOOHOO! IOWA!). This post is in the memory of some of the first rock and rollers, thank you.
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Looks like I'm going to start my first tradition. Every Monday I will try to post a band member or producer or just someone that I feel should be honored for contributing to heavy metal, whether that person actually is a metalhead or not. The first person to be honored by me is the late, great David Wayne. One of the most powerful vocalists in thrash metal, or heavy metal for that matter, to ever live and die on this earth. His best works are with Metal Church. He recorded three albums with them: Metal Church (1984), The Dark (1986), and Masterpeace (1999) along with a live album in 1998 aptly titled Live. The first two records are must haves for any thrasher, but Masterpeace is... well let's just say it's far off from a masterpiece. He is also known for his work with Reverend and Wayne. Reverend had two full lengths: World Won't Miss You (1990) and Play God (1991) along with several EPs and demos. I have only listened to WWMY, and it is a great album, but I won't listen to it more than a couple times a year. Wayne released one album with his self-titled band, and it was controversially titled Metal Church (2001). This is another great effort by Wayne, and is recommended for at least one listen. Although his work with Reverend and Wayne are excellent, it is greatly overshadowed by his early work with the Church. Some songs recommended for listening that feature Wayne's powerful vocals and his many styles are: Gods of Wrath, Ton of Bricks, Watch the Children Pray, Another Form of Greed, and The Hammer Will Fall. R.I.P. David Wayne 1958-2005.
I'm not much of a punk fan or a Sex Pistols fan, although I like the song Anarchy in the U.K., but on this day in 1979, the Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose. So this post is in memory of Sid. I guess in addition to being a bassist, he could also see the future...
This is my opinion on each band of the Big 4:
Metallica: the best of the best of the best, yeah they had some albums that weren't very good (i.e. Load, ReLoad, and the dreadful St. Anger), but their other albums greatly outweigh those and give them the number one spot on my list Megadeth: another great band, Dave Mustaine's vocals and shredding are amazing, everything from Killing Is My Business... to Countdown to Extinction is excellent, and Youthanasia is a decent album Slayer: the speed demons, nobody is faster, I enjoy everything from Show No Mercy to Seasons In the Abyss, but their masterpiece would have to be South of Heaven Anthrax: I despise these guys, I don't like Belladonna's voice, their songs are silly, and I only like three of their songs (and by like I mean three I can stand): Indians, Efilnekufesin, and I'm the Man (which is my favorite, probably because it's funny and doesn't sound like them) Well there you have it the Big 3... I mean Big 4. A blog about the music I enjoy has been on my mind for quite some time now, but it wasn't until earlier today that I found out that it was quite simple to do. My friend made a thrash/ death/ heavy metal blog not too long ago and it has resurged my interest in creating one. So, here I am. In this first post I'm going to tell you the plans that I have for this blog, the genres I will cover, and maybe some other things that I think would be cool. I would like to have a section where I share some ideas I have, a section of album reviews, a section of band reviews, maybe a section where I share song lyrics that are meaningful/ funny/ or just plain metal. The genres that I will most likely cover are thrash metal, heavy metal (which includes traditional, power, speed, etc.), hair metal, and I might include some hard rock like Led Zeppelin and other influential acts. I figured if I was going to start I might as well start now. Carpe diem, baby.
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