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@FreddieH73 I know many feel it’s cheese but I love Ram It Down. In the top five of my favorite Priest albums.

My birthday was yesterday and my wife surprised me with these! She asked she I wanted and since I don’t need anything I gave her a list of albums and these were in it! She said there was one more coming and she gave her mom the list as well so now I’m really curious. These are four albums I bought on cassette in the 80’s and have been on my “albums I want to get on vinyl” list. Judas Priest’s 1980 British Steel is an all time metal classic with Living After Midnight and Breaking The Law becoming two of their most well know songs and can you really have an 80’s record collection without British Steel? Next is 1981’s Point Of Entry. I know this is one where the fan base is divided but me, I love this album. It was their third album to feature the more commercial sound they adopted on Killing Machine but this one was geared more towards hard rocking radio metal and some of the fans just could get into it. There were also two different album covers for this one and the band apparently hated both of them. Then you have the 1980 debut On Through The Night from Def Leppard. This is a fan favorite because it’s the most raw and metal sounding the band has ever been. You take the music from the album and combine it with their look and they were destined to be part of the NWOBHM that exploded in the early 80’s with Def Leppard, Raven, Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Tygers Of Pan Tang. As we all know they would move away from this sound on the following albums which alienated some of their early fans while they were being embraced by the general rock fan and would go on to become one of the biggest bands in the world. Then last up is another polarizing Judas Priest album, 198&’s Ram It Down. This was the second album by Priest to have stereo and synth guitars and really glossy production like its predecessor Turbo. Originally the band wanted to do a doing album called Twin Tubo’s with one being hard rocking pop metal and the other being a more classic heavy metal sound. Their label said no way so they put out the more commercial songs on Turbo. Then in 1988 they followed it up with Ram It Down. Four of the songs, Hard As Iron, Monsters Of Rock, Ram It Down and Love You To Death were written for the Twin Turbo’s album. The cover of Johnny B. Good, which was done for the 1988 movie Johnny Be Good, ended up on the album and it was used as the first single which turned some of the hard core fans off. I thought it was a great cover and have played it a couple of times on HAIR ME OUT. My favorite song on the album though is probably Blood Red Skies. Who else loves these albums or maybe was turned off by them? #hairmetal #hardrock @HBBasement @HDBGChronicles @NatesHiddenGems @TheHunterCarnes @UniqueHiFi @FromHairTo4Ever @Bad_Hair_Decade @HairMetalGuru @ColdasBryyyce @ThaHeathen @bsmntdwllr73 @Grizzard_Goober @bsmntdwllr73 @AndyLeRock @reidworld @pvmckeown @BerserkerBill @CTMetsfan124 @KillahRoxxMusic @BillLam54414323 @BOBinBroadview @coolasice232 @jamiecaste73635 @JenniferSi33633 @dean_maiers @Racer24 @ipmuniversal @gjgp89 @Nico8x8 @Jackson1556 @GTAK_Weld @GrumpyDrop @XIBILXIC @GlitterLitter13 @reidworld @JGSixxgun @jay6_29 @rjknecht41 @MoMetalTrax @LFCMFighter @LindaS72 @shaun_pinney @pb1505thfc @rob37316784 @RobbCar13 @RonSwanson1971 @AddFlan1 @6969nyc @lipstickNL13 @NeedleOfSteel

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@HairMtlMessiah Rough Cutt

Alright Degenerates… #HairMetalMessiah has a question for you!! Which band did you think was going to be HUGE? Who had the sound, the look, the songs, but never quite exploded? Let’s hear it! It ain’t easy being Sleazy! #JLoS

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Alright Degenerates, #HairMetalMessiah has a question for you! What song takes you straight back to high school? Any genre, any band! One song that comes on and instantly takes you back to those hallways, parking lots, parties, heartbreaks, and some of the best memories of your life! Let’s hear it! It ain’t easy being Sleazy! #JLoS

@HairMtlMessiah Warrant for sure. To me third Skid Row and Extreme were steps back.

Alright Degenerates…. #HairMetalMessiah has a question for you! Looking at the first THREE albums from each band….. Who got BETTER with each release and who peaked early? Let’s hear it!! It ain’t easy being Sleazy! #JLoS

@ThatEricAlper Iron Maiden, Metallica, Korn, Ratt, Ozzy, Crue, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Kiss

Which band or artist have you seen in concert more than 3 times?

@HairMtlMessiah Dog Eat Dog by a mile.

Alright Degenerates, #HairMetalMessiah has a question for you! If you stripped away the hits, which album is still the strongest front to back? Deep cuts decide this one! Let’s hear it! It ain’t easy being Sleazy!

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@mitchlafon Ozzy

Who, amongst these four, put out the best Final album?

@NatesHiddenGems 14 year old me had a good time.

@AddFlan1 An up incoming Bon Jovi opening for Ratt?? Oooooh that sounds killer!

This first post is for everything pre-1986… For most of my life, I saw Bon Jovi’s debut as a one-track album. Runaway was one of the few Jovi songs I ACTUALLY liked😂 But looking at that album more closely, along with 7800 Fahrenheit, both these albums are pretty good! If you take away the Bon Jovi name (hard to do I know😂) and look at the albums objectively…these are actually good mid-80s AOR albums! Now, neither of them BLEW ME AWAY, but I see the value in them now. And I can DEFINITELY hear the momentum building into 1986. Like I said, I’ve always like Runaway. But Shot Through The Heart might actually be my favorite off that album now! I love the dramatic piano on that song and that hook is SO FUCKIN CATCHY! Also songs like Roulette, Come Back and Get Ready are all REALLY catchy as well! The same can kind of be said for 7800 too. I’m not the biggest fan of In And Out Of Love, but I can hear what was to come VERY clearly. My favorites off that album are The Price Of Love, Only Lonely (probably my overall favorite), Tokyo Road and The Hardest Part Is The Night! Overall, as AOR albums, there are definitely worse out there. If I want to listen to really catchy 80s Pop-Rock tunes…I can definitely see myself reaching for the best songs on both these albums A LOT! Off to a good start…👍🏻

@NatesHiddenGems Rankings are hard and subject to change on what day it is, but this is my favorite Testament as well.

Testament Album Ranking from Worst to Best #1: The New Order (1988) THIS is Testament at their absolute PEAK! Best riffs, best songwriting, tightest execution…best EVERYTHING! There’s not a SINGLE faltering moment on this album! I can probably have 3 or 4 songs on this album be in my top ten favorite Testament songs EASILY…it’s THAT good! You want PEAK Thrash Metal, just point to the title track! That main riff is EVERYTHING that makes this genre great! I mean, LOOK at this run of songs! Trial By Fire, Into The Pit, Disciples of the Watch, The Preacher, Nobody’s Fault…COME ON, it doesn’t get better than THAT! Other cuts like the RIPPING opener Eerie Inhabitants, A Day Of Reckoning and the AMAZING soloing on Musical Death (A Dirge) round out the album PERFECTLY! This is one of my favorite Thrash albums of all time! It’s one of those albums that, to me, EMBODIES 80s Thrash Metal! While the band has had some INCREDIBLE highs over the course of their career, nothing was better than this, in my opinion! This was probably the hardest ranking to complete so far. This band has a VERY consistent discography. But I knew from the start this album was going to be #1. It was more about where to place everything else behind it…

@FreddieH73 Love me some Pyscho Cafe

I completely forgot I hadn’t posted this haul from a few months back so what better time than now! First up is the Great White classic from 1989 Twice Shy. Their cover Once Bitten Twice Shy was all over MTV in regular rotation and Headbangers Ball and is still all over classic rock radio today. It’s such a good album and thanks to the singles Once Bitten Twice Shy, Angel Song, and House Of Broken Love, this album would go double platinum and become the album most people think of when they here Great White. Second is the 1989 debut Psycho Cafe from Bang Tango! This is such an underrated album! The first time I saw the video for Someone Like You I was hooked! The next time I went to the mall I made sure to get the cassette and now I finally have it on vinyl! Faster Pussycat’s 1989 Wake Me When It’s Over is next. This was their second album and it found the band embracing more of a rhythm and blues sound as opposed to the more sleaze metal sound of the debut. This is another great album to me. Poison Ivy was the lead single and it immediately grabbed me. Once I got the album however, House Of Pain quickly became my favorite song on the album. When they released the video for the song I remember hearing people I went to school with say how they related to the song. Last but not least is an album I’ve always loved, Nelson’s 1990 debut After The Rain. To some this would be a guilty pleasure album but not to me, I’ll admit I’m a fan of it. It’s such a great melodic hard rock album! The singles were in heavy rotation on MTV and radio and whether you admit it or not, when After The Rain Or Love And Affection come on you can’t help but sing along. Who else is a fan of these albums? #hairmetal #hardrock @HBBasement @HDBGChronicles @NatesHiddenGems @HairMtlMessiah @TheHunterCarnes @UniqueHiFi @FromHairTo4Ever @Bad_Hair_Decade @HairMetalGuru @ColdasBryyyce @ThaHeathen @bsmntdwllr73 @Grizzard_Goober @bsmntdwllr73 @AndyLeRock @reidworld @pvmckeown @BerserkerBill @CTMetsfan124 @KillahRoxxMusic @BillLam54414323 @BOBinBroadview @coolasice232 @jamiecaste73635 @JenniferSi33633 @dean_maiers @Racer24 @ipmuniversal @gjgp89 @Nico8x8 @Jackson1556 @GTAK_Weld @GrumpyDrop @XIBILXIC @GlitterLitter13 @reidworld @JGSixxgun @jay6_29 @rjknecht41 @MoMetalTrax @LFCMFighter @LindaS72 @shaun_pinney @pb1505thfc @rob37316784 @RobbCar13 @RonSwanson1971 @AddFlan1 @6969nyc @NeedleOfSteel

@FreddieH73 @BOBinBroadview First three Saigon Kick albums are very good.

These all came in within a couple of days of each other from four separate shipments! I’ve still got a few previous hauls from the last few months to post but these are the most recent. My man @BOBinBroadview suggested I start calling these posts Freddie’s Hauls so here we are lol! It is a good play on my name so good job dude! This one is a little bit of everything from the era. Saigon Kicks 1991 debut is a mix of hard rock, pop metal, alternative, and 60’s inspired psychedelic rock. It’s definitely a cool album! Next is Iron Maiden’s 1988 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son concept album. I remember seeing the video for Can I Play With Madness on Headbangers Ball and wanting to go out and get the cassette. This is a really good album and the concept was really well done. Then we have Firehouse and their 1990 self titled debut! I saw the video for Don’t Treat Me Bad and was immediately sold! This is such a good debut album! Firehouse was one of the last bands to hit and really have success and this album is why. It’s a top to bottom great melodic pop metal album! Next up is the 1984 debut Fist Full Of Metal debut from Anthrax. This is the beginning of one of the bands who would come to be considered one of the big four. This is the bands only album to feature the original singer Neil Turbin and bassist Dan Lilker. Last but not least, the mighty Van Halen’s Live At Wembley 1995. I saw the Balance tour stop in Alabama and they were amazing so I definitely wanted to get a copy of this! Who else likes these albums or has a wide variety of music they like? #hairmetal #hardrock @HBBasement @HDBGChronicles @NatesHiddenGems @HairMtlMessiah @TheHunterCarnes @UniqueHiFi @FromHairTo4Ever @Bad_Hair_Decade @HairMetalGuru @ColdasBryyyce @ThaHeathen @bsmntdwllr73 @Grizzard_Goober @bsmntdwllr73 @AndyLeRock @reidworld @pvmckeown @BerserkerBill @CTMetsfan124 @KillahRoxxMusic @BillLam54414323 @BOBinBroadview @coolasice232 @jamiecaste73635 @JenniferSi33633 @dean_maiers @Racer24 @ipmuniversal @gjgp89 @Nico8x8 @Jackson1556 @GTAK_Weld @GrumpyDrop @XIBILXIC @GlitterLitter13 @reidworld @jay6_29 @rjknecht41 @MoMetalTrax @LFCMFighter @LindaS72 @shaun_pinney @pb1505thfc @rob37316784 @RobbCar13 @RonSwanson1971 @AddFlan1 @6969nyc @NeedleOfSteel