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Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Wednesday, 19 Aug 1992 10:28:09 EDT
From: <32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: GnR making more money from fools...

In article <VBHqPB3w164w@jaflrn.UUCP>, Donald Becker <marilion@jaflrn.UUCP>
says:
>
>Eric Scott Jefferson <ej0i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>> Why shouldn't Axl sing that song One in a Million. You've got 10,000 rap
>> bands saying Kill the White Devils (as James Hetfield said in a recent
>> interview, yes the lead singer of Metallica, "rap is basically black
>> people saying how they should be given everything and all that shit")
>> about which no one but no one has balls enough to complain about.
>> Personally I like the song One in a Million for I know it gives every
>> bleeding heart here fits every time they think of the song. The song is
>> just Axl's opinion. Why can't he express it? or does everything have to
>> be one opinion only.
>>
>You're missing my point. My point has nothing to do with Axl's on-and-off
>semi-racism. It has to do with his constant hypocrisy. He wrote One In A
>Million, got a lot of flak for it, and decides to start kissing black ass
>to make up for it.
>
>Axl has as much right to sing "One In A Million" as people like N.W.A. to
>sing "Fuck Tha Police". But that doesn't make either one of them right, now
>does it?
>
>--Don

Id say the fuck the police part is right

                        Doc



Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: alexa@county.lmt.mn.org (Dave Alexander)
Subject: Re: Wishes for Axl
Organization: LaserMaster Technologies, Minneapolis, MN
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 14:19:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.155737.14457@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, mjjj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> 
> Excellent question!  Do you suppose he'd wouldn't be raped if he had a big
> Jesus t-shirt on?  I'm not so sure how he'd do with his "I'm really a lesbian"
> t-shirt on though.  :)
> 

The shirt said: "No one knows I'm really a lesbian."

My wife thinks Axl is the weirdest guy who ever walked the face of the planet.

-- Alex --

Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: donnell@squid.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: Pantera
Organization: none
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 21:48:58 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.225508.21425@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> tmcdonal@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Tom McDonald) writes:
>In article <1508@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> idc@ukc.ac.uk (I.D.Catchpole) writes:
>>At the risk of sounding ignorant what is Pantera's music like.
>>
>>They are opening for Megadeth  who I'm seeing in September, and I've 
>>never heard anything by them, as far as I can remember.
>>
>Pantera and Megadeth!!!!  It would be hard for me to think of two better
>bands to tour together.  This is going to be a no miss show.
>
>As far as Pantera goes, extremely hard edged guitars with growling vocals
>that match perfectly.  I strongly recommend both of their releases.  They
>kind of remind me of Testament in their earlier days, except harder and
>faster!!
>						-Tom
>-- 
>Okay, one more time.  This is your brain. (egg)
>This is your brain on drugs. (egg in frying pan)
>Any Questions?
>"Yeah, can I have mine scrambled?"

I see this a lot. "Vulgar Display Of Power" is Pantera's 6th album.
The first 4 are a little harder to get, you pretty much have to order them
from the band anymore, but they are available.
 1st album, pry just named "Pantera", never seen it, but I have heard some of
it. Not bad, pretty poppy. Very KISS influenced.

2nd album-Metal Magic. A little heavier, little better production. "Widowmaker"
is hot! Still showing a little too much KISS influence on some tunes. <"Nothing
on but the Radio", f'rinstance>

3rd album "Bring on the Night"? Something like that. Heard a few tracks a few 
years back, much more like it! has the original version of "Down Below".

4th- "Power Metal". Pry the easiest of the early albums to find. Great stuff,
more melodic, and Sword metal-oriented than later work. Phil joined up for
this one and really shines. More like Halford than how he sings now.
they cover "Down Below", and "We'll Meet Again" could well be their finest
hour.

The first three had a different vocallist. I am not sure of the name, but I 
believe its the guy who sings for Lord Tracy. These early albums are not as
thrashy as the new ones, but they are damn good! "Power Metal" is available
on CD. They told me last year that they still had all of these for sale from
their contact address, which I don't have handy...

					--Judex--

Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: donnell@manowar.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: Pantera
Organization: none
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 05:37:07 GMT

In article <37156@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> bruss@cs.ucsd.edu (Brian Russ) writes:
>In article <1992Aug22.214858.29571@news2.cis.umn.edu> donnell@squid.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
>>I see this a lot. "Vulgar Display Of Power" is Pantera's 6th album.
>>The first 4 are a little harder to get, you pretty much have to order them
>>from the band anymore, but they are available.
>> 1st album, pry just named "Pantera", [...]
>>2nd album-Metal Magic. [...]
>>3rd album "Bring on the Night"? Something like that. [...]
>>4th- "Power Metal". [...]
>>
>>The first three had a different vocallist. I am not sure of the name, but I 
>>believe its the guy who sings for Lord Tracy. These early albums are not as
>>thrashy as the new ones, but they are damn good! "Power Metal" is available
>>on CD. They told me last year that they still had all of these for sale from
>>their contact address, which I don't have handy...
>
>	Actually, you have the order mixed up:  Here's their discography:
>
>	1883 -- Metal Magic
>	1984 -- Projects In The Jungle
>	1985 -- I Am The Night
>	1988 -- Power Metal 
>	1991 -- Cowboys From Hell
>	1992 -- A Vulgar Display Of Power
>
>	You are correct about the old vocalist -- Terrence Lee went
>on to join Lord Tracy.  I really wouldn't recommend the first four
>albums to fans of the two new ones (except for possibly "Power Metal").
>I kind of like a few songs off the first three, but other tracks are
>just too poppy ...
>
>					Brian
>-- 
>Brian Russ
>CSE Department, UC San Diego
>..!sdcsvax!bruss	bruss@beowulf.ucsd.edu

I agree the old albums are too poppy, but I get in the mood for that kind of 
crap from time to time. I would recommend "Power Metal" without hesitation to
anyone who appreciates Power Metal. Not thrash/death/speed/etc..., just solid
Heavy Metal. Phil just don't sing like that no more. I like what they are doing
now, but I miss some of the old feel. Ah well. Progress.
     Thanks for the corrections/info. I would've sworn that "Metal Magic" was
their 2nd album....

					--Judex--

Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.rock-n-roll,rec.music.misc
From: tapio@nic.funet.fi (Tapio Keih{nen)
Subject: Record stores in Edinburgh, UK?
Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network, FUNET
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 21:42:53 GMT

Sorry about cross-posting to three newsgroups but please forgive me...
Anyway, I'd like to know addresses to record stores in Edinburgh, UK.
I'm going to there on first week of August (I'll leave Finland next
Sunday) so please let me know soon.

I'm looking for metal records, especially rarities & bootlegs from
Dio. 

--
  Tapio Keihanen  \ rare DIO records wanted /    Holy Father - Holy Ghost
tapio@nic.funet.fi  \                     /  Who's the one who hurts you most?
From: dcutter@oregon.uoregon.edu (dann cutter)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Gn'R/Metallica show help
Date: 13 Aug 92 23:05:48 GMT
Organization: Stellar Enterprises

God dammit! Fucking stupid pyro... I really hate roadies who can't fucking
make the show safe for the fucking band members. Could somebody mail me
what happened at the M-show which blew up cause of Gn'R. Also, what shows
are still on. Should I stop thinking I'm treking up to Seattle on the 18th
to see them, or what? I hate living someplace where you never fucking hear
what happens in the outside world...

_______________________________________________________________
Dann Cutter  Stellar Enterprises*  /
dcutter@oregon.uoregon.edu
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Wednesday, 12 Aug 1992 22:43:40 EDT
From: <32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: GNR
Distribution: world
 <1992Aug12.131321.14432@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>

First, t, why would you go through the trouble to
change my signature to read my full name, nothing
better to do with your life???

Second, My comments about one GNR song better than a
whole concert ny most bands was meant in humore,
but now that I think about it, it holds true in
many cases:

Metallica...boring!!!

Quensryche...lame (Warrior  Soul was good though)

Kiss...never seen a good show by these guys.

Tesal...what can I say it was Tesla

Now some cases of the opposite wher I was impressed
by a band I didn't expect to like.

Nelson...great musicians in the band, and good singers.

Motley Crue...total energy 100% of the time.

David Lee Roth...still the best showman in music.

Anyway, I hope you get my point.  I have nothing
against these bands, it's all just opinions.  I think
Axl is  most unique singer in the business.  He
can't hit the high notes that Tate can, but I
was never muck for shattering windows.

           Doc Holiday
From: fierro@uts.amdahl.com (Doug Fierro)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: Tesla
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:41:50 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Aug20.154955.5179@news2.cis.umn.edu> donnell@shark.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
>In article <92232.10310032GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> <32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
>>In article <1992Aug19.175834.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>, bj7008958@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
>>says:
>>>
>>>Hey anybody got the Five Man Accoustical Jam by Tesla. It's really cool. I am
>>>not much of a Tesla fan though. I think they are the only metal band that has
>>>ever released an accoustical album. They deliver the songs well without
>>>electric backing, still packs the energy. Great to sing along with too.
>>
>>GNR's "LIES" was basically acoustic, one side anyway.
>>They are the first band I can think of that released
>>and "acoustic" tape.  After that it really populor.
>>
>>                   Doc
>>
>>
>>
>
>I figured they were all trying to cash in on the phenomenally popular          
>"Unplugged" show on MTV. It started around the time "Lies" was released, and so
>the influence might be going both ways...
>
>				--Judex--


  MTV's Unplugged came after "Lies".

  Doug
-- 
                                                     Doug Fierro
                                      |\             UTS System Software
  O                         __________|_\______      CASE tools development
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From: bui@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (BUI/DON/MR)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: GNR
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:02:34 GMT
Organization: EE Lab, McGill University EE Lab, Montreal

In article <Z1BmPB1w164w@jaflrn.UUCP> Donald Becker <marilion@jaflrn.UUCP> writes:
><32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
>
>> Second, My comments about one GNR song better than a
>> whole concert ny most bands was meant in humore,
>> but now that I think about it, it holds true in
>> many cases:
>> 
>> Metallica...boring!!!

>I hope you get flamed to a crisp for those comments, Doc. Metallica's show 
>in Buffalo last December was the best show I saw all year. They went all
>out for this one, and they didn't let up until the final encore, "Stone
>Cold Crazy", 4 hours later.

Metallica's always given me the best shows I have ever seen.  Power,
energy, the works.

>> Motley Crue...total energy 100% of the time.
 
>Yep...So great that on the Girls Girls Girls tour, half the people left
>after Whitesnake's set. The only album of theirs that impressed me was
>"Shout At The Devil", and they've never impressed me in concert.

The Crue rocks in concert.  No matter what people may think of the music,
they are usually blown away by their live show.  At the "Girls..." show
I was at, Whitesnake put the crowd to sleep before the Crue came out
to rock the house (with the WHOLE crowd in it).
 


                                                      - Don
From: goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: KISS: I Just Wanna, Domino
Date: 20 Aug 92 06:31:45 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

In article <92232.23581032GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>, <32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
>
> Didn't Kiss have to cancel half of their tour a few years
> back because no one was showing up at the shows.
> 
Attendance isn't what it was back in the '70s, of course, but maybe
you're thinking of the _Hot In The Shade_ tour in 1990.  They had to
cancel a number of shows because Paul Stanley was in a car wreck in
July '91, then cracked a rib when he ran into part of the stage during
a show sometime in October.  This was the first KISS tour I had missed
since '77---the Lexington, KY, show was postponed because of the car
wreck, then cancelled because of Paul's cracked rib.  Still, there
were probably fewer than a dozen cancelled shows.

Hunter
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: meachen@med.wcc.govt.nz
Subject: Re: Music
Reply-To: meachen@med.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 03:04:21 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.124450.28356@walter.cray.com>, bdavis@staccato.cray.com (Brent G Davis) writes:
>
>What a relief.  For a moment I thought that our newsfeeder had gotten
>confused and substituted this group (alt.rock-n-roll.metal) with posts
>from alt.bash.axl.rose.n.gnr.
>
>Seriously, it may be time to create alt.rock-n-roll.metal.gnr.  All the
>recent bandwidth certainly merits its creation.
>
>
>Brent
>--
> /  bdavis@romulus.cray.com     Cray Research Inc.    Chippewa Falls, WI  \
>(  Just another Engineer/Musician/AD&D'er multiclass with Internet access  )
> \ "I`m a zombie in the a.m., when it's just too early to wake the dead." /

Great idea, give them their own group and then we can go back to 
talking about real metal bands.

Yes - a vote for alt.rock-n-roll.hard.gnr

--
Red 		"I Beg To Differ - Prong"
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: lobsang@unixland.natick.ma.us (Michael Levin)
Subject: what does Black Sabbath's "Technical Ecstasy" sound like?
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix & Think_Tank BBS
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:44:35 GMT


   Has anyone out there heard Black Sabbath's album "Technical
Ecstasy"? If so, is it any good? What does it sound like? I like
Dio-era Black Sabbath the best. How does it compare with that, as well
as the early sabbath? Please reply to mlevin@presto.cs.tufts.edu.

Mike Levin
-- 
Maine Network Backup
From: 9062987h@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: KISS: I Just Wanna, Domino
Date: 23 Aug 92 10:35:36 GMT
Organization: University of South Australia

In article <92231.10473332GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>, 32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU writes:
> In article <18314.2a911555@levels.unisa.edu.au>, 9062987h@levels.unisa.edu.au
> says:
>>
>>Can anyone give me any information on what the film clips for Kiss's two new
>>songs 'I Just Wanna' and 'Domino' are like. As usuall, down here we get new
>>released videos about 2 fuckin' months after the rest of the world has seen
>>them. So being a bit of a Kiss fan, I would'nt mind knowing what these videos
>>are about. Also how these songs are doing on respective charts around the
>>world.
>>
>>Another thing, I saw a poster of the band, and it looked as if Paul, and Eric
>>had goaty beards aswell as Gene, what is the story here? Of course Bruce was
> 
> Do the words band wagon mean anything to you??
> 
> 

Kiss built the first fuckin' wheel on that wagon mate, and don't you fuckin'
forget it!!


P.S. I have got a goatie, and I've had it for ten years. I'm only 21!!
     Does that make me a band wagon jumper?



"Put your hand in my pocket, grab onto my rocket."

A.J. Slazenger.
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: donnell@shark.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous)
Subject: Re: Tesla
Organization: none
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:49:55 GMT

In article <92232.10310032GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> <32GCHRG@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
>In article <1992Aug19.175834.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>, bj7008958@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg
>says:
>>
>>Hey anybody got the Five Man Accoustical Jam by Tesla. It's really cool. I am
>>not much of a Tesla fan though. I think they are the only metal band that has
>>ever released an accoustical album. They deliver the songs well without
>>electric backing, still packs the energy. Great to sing along with too.
>
>GNR's "LIES" was basically acoustic, one side anyway.
>They are the first band I can think of that released
>and "acoustic" tape.  After that it really populor.
>
>                   Doc
>
>
>

I figured they were all trying to cash in on the phenomenally popular          
"Unplugged" show on MTV. It started around the time "Lies" was released, and so
the influence might be going both ways...

				--Judex--

Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
From: stocker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (William Stocker)
Subject: Kix fans: Favorite Kix album?
Originator: stocker@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:14:21 GMT

I am looking for recommendations on Kix albums.  I just got their first album, and liked it alot.

--Will

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From: goathunter@wkuvx1.bitnet
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.rock-n-roll,rec.music.misc
Subject: New KISS long-form video: _Xtreme Close-Up_
Date: 19 Aug 92 08:13:58 CDT
Organization: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

A new KISS video tape has been released.  It's called _Xtreme Close-Up_
on Polygram Video and retails for $19.98 in the U.S.

The video features interviews with *all* of the members of KISS (not
just Gene and Paul), some rare concert clips, and some rare videos.
Unlike _eXposed_, this video is a real history of the band, complete
with photographs of Gene and Paul as teens and in Wicked Lester, film
footage of the famous KISS Day in Cadillac, MI, back in '75, and other
great stuff.  Despite the absence of some recent hard-to-find videos,
this video is easily better than _eXposed_, which I thought was the
best long-form rock video I'd seen.

BTW, to join the KISSARMY mailing list, send the following command in
the body of a mail message to LISTSERV@WKUVX1.BITNET (if you have
trouble reaching WKUVX1.BITNET, you might try
LISTSERV%WKUVX1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU):

SUBSCRIBE KISSARMY "Your real name"

Hunter, KISSARMY list owner
------
Hunter Goatley, VMS Systems Programmer, Western Kentucky University
goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET, 502-745-5251
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From: robert@askinc.ask.COM (Robert McMullen)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: MetallicA Postponed in Oakland (?)...
Date: 15 Aug 92 21:30:42 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Inc.

I had to do the "Unforgiven"-able task of returning my
MetallicA/GnR tix last night at the Wherehouse in Menlo
Park, since the show was moved back from Friday,8/21 to
Thursday,8/20, and I'm WAAAAAAAAY to booked up at work...

Anyway, the lady at the BASS booth said it was a good thing
I returned 'em, because now the show is postponed to a
later date...in her words, this was because Jaymz was
hurt worse than previously thought, and Axl's voice still
isn't all there (boo-hoo...when was it ever there to begin
with?  ;-)   ).

Anyone else heard anything about this?  I have been scouring
the SF Examiner daily since "le incidente du Montreal" (or however
that would be said...), and have seen nothing about postponement.
Obviously, I'd like to repurchase tix if it's for a date I can
go...

PS--plenty of tix still left for PanterA/White Zombie/Trouble
    at the Warfield in SF Tuesday 8/18...look for a review Wed.

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From: azrael@sage.cc.purdue.edu (AZRAEL-The Angel of Death)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: Musicians' Attitudes (was: Black Sabbath Review)
Date: 16 Aug 92 22:40:34 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Aug10.234237.1533@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> mikef@sarah.lerc.nasa.gov writes:
>>>>>> On 9 Aug 92 14:45:29 PDT, greg@pomona.claremont.edu (Tigger) said:
>
>Greg> But if you want a band who plays just for the joy of playing, and to
>Greg> hell with the fact that they used to be huge and now can't fill
>Greg> theaters, go see Blue Oyster Cult sometime.  I've seen them in arenas
>Greg> and I've seen them in theaters, and the theater shows have been much
>Greg> better.  Their shirts say "On Tour Forever,

    I posted a sabbath review about the joy in seeing musicians have a 
    hell of a good time on stage.  I have also seen BOC six or seven 
    times (from two hundred people to twelve thou).  They always enjoy
    themselves (not quite the radiant happiness of DIO, Tony, and Geezer
    this tour).  I agree that they are better in theaters and other small
    venues, but I have to say that they're pretty god-damn good whereever
    they play (I just wish I could have seen them tour with sabbath on the
    Black and Blue tour).

                                       azrael


    I, I, I,...
From: tenny@euclid.uucp (Nathan Tenny)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal
Subject: Re: Looking for info on Fates Warning
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:32:39 GMT
Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon



Fates Warning...marvelous band.  Their earlier stuff is vaguely similar to
early Queensryche or Mercyful Fate, but IMHO more rhythmically interesting
than either.  The last couple of albums (_Perfect Symmetry_ and _Parallels_)
are *very* different; more predictable, more commercial (for good or ill) and
IMHO much less original.

In order:

_Night on Brocken_ is a little rough in terms of songwriting and production;
the original release is kind of hard to find, but it's been rereleased with
a different jacket (full moon on the cover and not much else, I believe).  I
like it, but it's not the record to start with.

_The Spectre Within_ and _Awaken the Guardian_ are IMHO the two best metal
albums ever.  Around this time the vocalist (his name escapes me) really got
hold of the King Diamond-esque high-range style; the lyrics from these 2 are
also excellent.  Lots & lots of time changes; _AtG_ sounds distinctly like
Mercyful Fate, though without the cheesy Satanic posturings.

_No Exit_ is decidedly different; way more produced, mainly.  I have it but
haven't listened to it a whole lot; I can't get interested in the songs.  There
is, however, a side-long opus on it which is pretty original.  (BTW, I saw them
on this tour, and the songs from this album were fine live; so I think the
problem was overproduction.)

I really don't like _Perfect Symmetry_ and _Parallels_, so I don't have much
to say beyond the above.

I'd suggest you buy _Awaken the Guardian_ and _Parallels_; people who like the
last few albums seem to think it's the best.

	NT