Mapping Influences Over Time
OK so Ozzy was a werewolf on the last album. What is he this time a bug? A bat? A demonoid? I think this album was the pinnacle for Ozzy as far as the hype machine was concerned. Of course he continued to be successful and is still successful now over 25 years later. I …
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I’ve owned Live After Death in several different formats. First came the video taped copy that I got from somewhere on television. I’m still not sure if it was MTV, Night Flight or something else. We watched it a lot. Next came the vinyl double album version. I also eventually bought the video on DVD. …
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I had been playing Aric’s crappy pawn shop bass for several months. Likewise, he was becoming proficient on my cheap ass pawn shop guitar. I want to take this moment to clarify that at no point do I ever consider myself a musician. To me a musician is somebody that understands music as it applies …
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The Roach Motel was three houses away from Penguin Point. I must have eaten there every day for at least a year. Big Wally, Fries and Root Beer $3.15. That was the big box of fries mind you. There were a couple of hot girls that worked there as well. You know a girl is …
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I can’t remember where I first saw Iron Maiden Behind The Iron Curtain .Was it MTV or one of the documentaries on Night Flight. I really don’t have any idea and not interested enough to try to find out. What I do know is that I was really into Iron Maiden and Powerslave was getting …
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If you have been folowing along since elemntary school you’ll recall that I accidentally discovered Monty Python’s Flying Circus somewhere around the 3rd grade. I have been a fan of British humor ever since. During The Roach Motel Days, MTV did something brilliant! They started airing a British comedy series called The Young Ones. It was about for university …
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Metallica’s latest hit stores and Aric picked it up. Master Of Puppets delivered more of the chunka-chunka speed metal we had come to love about their two prior releases. You can detect that their skills and equipment had become more refined and budgets and experience grew. I’ve been listening to it this morning and even …
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