Ok...this is going to piss off all you kids...but today

[JC_Denton]

I know that the 80's were the best, at least i was born in the 80's (84). I would give anything if i could turn back time and spend my teens in the USA 1980-1991.

[Gartron]

I must admit I'm really happy growing up when I did and seeing bands like Metallica and Pearl Jam before they only played enormodomes.

Also , today it seems most shows and festivals sell out in hours, whereas back when I was a lad you could pick up tickets almost at anytime.

(it also never rained, Winters were full of crisp deep snow, and nothing bad happened...ever!)

[Robert Burns]

I must admit I'm really happy growing up when I did and seeing bands like Metallica and Pearl Jam before they only played enormodomes.

Also , today it seems most shows and festivals sell out in hours, whereas back when I was a lad you could pick up tickets almost at anytime.

(it also never rained, Winters were full of crisp deep snow, and nothing bad happened...ever!)

LOL There you go! '
And for sure i appreciate the new stuff..Godsmack, Killswitch..
But if you figure the percentage of what is truly talent...then
today's music is about 25% of what was rutine in the late 70's
The proof is giving it 10 years of time. When they disapear from
off the face of the earth...that says allot! The great bands have
staying power.

[Cygnus X1]

Is it me, or was Thin Lizzy kind of like the "working man's Motorhead"?
I somehow missed them, in that round of early eighties concerts. I would
have loved to see them.
And, this will piss someone off, I walked out on Iron Maiden, not once, but twice. And they were not the headliners. I came back both times to catch the headline act, whoever it was.

[Rsmacker]

Motorhead were the drinking man's Thin Lizzy.

[Cygnus X1]

Motorhead were the drinking man's Thin Lizzy.

:ROTF:

Thin Lizzy was for the working class drinkers, like me,
Motorhead was for the smack shooters of all classes.

[kmanick]

absolutely , there was a lot of real good talent from the late 70's trhu the early 90's.
I remember in one weekend in 1980 I got to see on Friday night
( Deep Purple with Nazareth)
Saturday night -Black Sabbath.

my ears were ringing for days

[Cygnus X1]

absolutely , there was a lot of real good talent from the late 70's trhu the early 90's.
I remember in one weekend in 1980 I got to see Friday night( Deep Purple with Nazateth) Saturday night -Black Sabbath.

my ears were ringing for days

This one is driving me nuts. I can't find the ticket stub for Deep Purple, it was
very close to Halloween 1983. The following week, I saw Black Sabbath/Quiet Riot. What version of Deep Purple did I see? The first reunion? I'm almost sure it was Blackmore and gang. Am I actually thinking 1984? Ug...
At least I know I saw Black Sabbath Nov 9, 1983. I have that stub.

[Cygnus X1]

Even stranger, that version of Black Sabbath had Ian Gillan, and they played "Smoke on the Water". Anybody else see this round of concerts, with both bands criss-crossing tour dates?

[chrisolson]

Every generation will have its own music, but it can be annoying when people don't respect each others tastes, and that cuts both ways

What is the "respect" you speak of? I remember it from days long since past, but it has since gone the way of the dinosaur. Thanks Al Gore!

[RacerX]

This one is driving me nuts. I can't find the ticket stub for Deep Purple, it was
very close to Halloween 1983. The following week, I saw Black Sabbath/Quiet Riot. What version of Deep Purple did I see? The first reunion? I'm almost sure it was Blackmore and gang. Am I actually thinking 1984? Ug...
At least I know I saw Black Sabbath Nov 9, 1983. I have that stub.

http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/search.php?name=deep

http://www.bnrmetal.com/v2/bandpage.php?ID=BlSa

You can also check http://www.rockdetector.com/ for detailed band histories and touring info.

[nsubulysses]

Old bands are better. They're more true and more original.

I saw Blue Cheer last night for $5 and there were only like, 50 people there! It was awesome. They just wailed.

[missionguitars1]

This one is driving me nuts. I can't find the ticket stub for Deep Purple, it was very close to Halloween 1983. What version of Deep Purple did I see? The first reunion? I'm almost sure it was Blackmore and gang. Am I actually thinking 1984? Ug...

Yeah - the Perfect Strangers tour - one of the best shows I've ever seen, before Blackmore went completely pyscho. January 31, 1985 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco (errr, I mean, Daly City)...woulda been 1984 for you...and yes - I DID find my ticket stub to verify! :ROTF: Caught Blackmore's disgusting sweat rag he threw out to the crowd as well...which, at 18 years old and considering my bedroom was wallpapered with Blackmore pics, was the coolest thing EVER...

My definition of "coolest thing ever" has changed significantly since ...much cooler to actually meet him in 1987 after a soccer game versus UC Irvine the day after they played at Irvine Meadows...weird cat...still a god on guitar though...

And, since Phil Lynott drank himself to death, and Lemmy still lives, I really have to award Thin Lizzy with the "Drinking Man's Band" award...God bless them both...

[themisfit138]

Thin Lizzy would smoke Shadowsfall...or Stained today.

But not Arch Enemy, or Children of Bodom

[levantin]

What is the "respect" you speak of? I remember it from days long since past, but it has since gone the way of the dinosaur. Thanks Al Gore!

I really don't want to troll all over this thread. I love all the old bands from Motorhead to Motley and lots of new bands, but:

This is a time old debate. When my parents started listening to the Beatles my grandparents told them that it wasn't as good as whatever it was they enjoyed. When I started listening to Megadeth my parents told me it wasn't as good as the Beatles. When my child starts listening to whatever he will listen to I'll tell him it' s not as good as Megadeth and do you see a pattern emerging here It's always the eye of the beholder that matters. Each generation brings its own music with its own taste and values. That's how it's been since Zog the caveman stretched a mammoth skin over a frame and started beating it with a buffalo bone.