USMC_Trev
Axe-Master
They'll attribute your demise to COVID.I actually never died from loving Fair Warning
the most, though. Maybe it'll happen tomorrow.
They'll attribute your demise to COVID.I actually never died from loving Fair Warning
the most, though. Maybe it'll happen tomorrow.
There is scientific precedent for it. Studies have shown (according to Adam Neely) that musically, we're all permanent magnets for whatever we were listening to at about hte age of 14 +/- a year. So, whatever that was, that's just who you are forever. For me, that was OU812 and everything else in the 1987-1989 timeframe. Look at these lists, they're amazing. I don't feel bad at all.
1987
1988
1989
Well since you brought up all the grungy stuff, I had a real hard time with the 90's. As I'd graduated high school in 1992, that was right in the death throes of hair metal and the rise of grunge ((or whatever moniker you want to give to these genres). Aside from a few inescapably compelling albums, like Perl Jam's 10, I was very much a get-off-my-lawn old man at the age of seventeen. It wasn't until my 30's and 40's that I began to embrace the music of my 20's and enjoy it for it's virtues: songwriting and emotion vs. technical prowess and showy bombast.I'm gonna quibble with the conclusion, or at least hold myself up as some freakazoid exception to the conclusion of the research...
For the record, I was 13 years old in 1980 and the first albums that that made me prick my ears up and ask "what the everloving fuck is that!?" were 2112 and the first Van Halen album. They were on heavy rotation in my 8th grade gymnastics class (the coach let the kids play records during the class), and truth be told, I didn't know which was which for while, I thought "Eruption" was a Rush synthesizer thing for a little while, but I soon sorted that out...
The albums of my 14 +/- time were pretty much those two and I didn't find more until I hit high school. Then my diet was pretty much Rush, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Queen, and a smattering of Yes and Scorpions up through the time I graduated. Oh, I forgot Back in Black, which was life-changing when it came out. My father was somewhat unimpressed, but I started picking out my very first guitar parts on Hell's Bells. The next thing I tried to tackle was La Villa Strangiato, because I'm stupid like that.
There are some amazing albums in the 1987-1989 list Trev posted, favorites of mine included Surfing With The Alien, Nothing's Shocking, Vivid, and Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. I'd graduated from college by then, so I was well past the 14 milepost, but all those albums are part of my DNA, plus The Real Thing, Louder Than Love, and Nothingface. Also, holy crap, where are Among the Living, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, and And Justice For All? Seriously into my twenties here, for the record. and those albums will be playing in my head until I die. Oh, and Rage Against the Machine is among the best debut albums ever
The 90s brought us (good lord), Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, Gish, Frizzle Fry, Astro-Creep: 2000, the peak Extreme albums, Slavestate, Tonight the Stars Revolt, Wisconson Death Trip and probably some other good stuff I don't know about. The 90s Rammstein albums are amazing.
The 2000s: Porcupine Tree were at their peak, and nobody who likes rock music should miss listening to In Absentia. Nobody who loves metal should miss listening to Blackwater Park -- just get over the cookie monster vocals, it's the best metal album ever. Mudvayne's LD50 is amazing. And then there's Meshuggah... possibly the most abrasive, harsh sounding band that still sounds coherent, but watching the Bleed video for the first time at the tender age of 31 blew me away and changed me forever. They became one of my favorite bands ever and to be honest I still hope that now in my mid-50s even as life accelerates with each passing year I'll still see some New Rock Things that blow me away and change my life.
It's all a long way of saying I take exception to the research and refuse to be defined by my 14-year old self! I suggest others try it. Over and out!!
We all know the Balance era tone was peak EVH!
Yeah, everyone talks about early EVH tone, and for good reason. It was a great sound, fit the music, and was part of the revolutionary sound that Eddie had. And the DIY-ness enhances it even more. Buuut...
For me, who was 8 years old starting to learn guitar in 1992, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Balance are my favorite ones. Guitar tone, and the music itself, and the production/mix. I've probably listened to those albums 5x more than the rest of the catalog.
Don't get me wrong, I love pretty much all of Van Halen to the point I literally painted my bedroom when I was a teenager to look like the Red/White stripe Frankenstrat. Maybe it's that "formative years" thing, but the SLO/5150 amps with the Music Man/Peavey guitars does it for me.
I'm not a huge fan of VHIII but the show I saw in Dallas was excellent.I did see the VHIII tour and I know im in the minority when it comes to that album but I do like it. I do kick myself for not seeing them in 2015 but I couldn't have listed to Dave butcher the stuff live.
I did see the VHIII tour and I know im in the minority when it comes to that album but I do like it.
I'm gonna quibble with the conclusion, or at least hold myself up as some freakazoid exception to the conclusion of the research...
For the record, I was 13 years old in 1980 and the first albums that that made me prick my ears up and ask "what the everloving fuck is that!?" were 2112 and the first Van Halen album. They were on heavy rotation in my 8th grade gymnastics class (the coach let the kids play records during the class), and truth be told, I didn't know which was which for while, I thought "Eruption" was a Rush synthesizer thing for a little while, but I soon sorted that out...
The albums of my 14 +/- time were pretty much those two and I didn't find more until I hit high school. Then my diet was pretty much Rush, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Queen, and a smattering of Yes and Scorpions up through the time I graduated. Oh, I forgot Back in Black, which was life-changing when it came out. My father was somewhat unimpressed, but I started picking out my very first guitar parts on Hell's Bells. The next thing I tried to tackle was La Villa Strangiato, because I'm stupid like that.
There are some amazing albums in the 1987-1989 list Trev posted, favorites of mine included Surfing With The Alien, Nothing's Shocking, Vivid, and Gretchen Goes to Nebraska. I'd graduated from college by then, so I was well past the 14 milepost, but all those albums are part of my DNA, plus The Real Thing, Louder Than Love, and Nothingface. Also, holy crap, where are Among the Living, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, and And Justice For All? Seriously into my twenties here, for the record. and those albums will be playing in my head until I die. Oh, and Rage Against the Machine is among the best debut albums ever
The 90s brought us (good lord), Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, Gish, Frizzle Fry, Astro-Creep: 2000, the peak Extreme albums, Slavestate, Tonight the Stars Revolt, Wisconson Death Trip and probably some other good stuff I don't know about. The 90s Rammstein albums are amazing.
The 2000s: Porcupine Tree were at their peak, and nobody who likes rock music should miss listening to In Absentia. Nobody who loves metal should miss listening to Blackwater Park -- just get over the cookie monster vocals, it's the best metal album ever. Mudvayne's LD50 is amazing. And then there's Meshuggah... possibly the most abrasive, harsh sounding band that still sounds coherent, but watching the Bleed video for the first time at the tender age of 31 blew me away and changed me forever. They became one of my favorite bands ever and to be honest I still hope that now in my mid-50s even as life accelerates with each passing year I'll still see some New Rock Things that blow me away and change my life.
It's all a long way of saying I take exception to the research and refuse to be defined by my 14-year old self! I suggest others try it. Over and out!!