When I was 17, some of us used to go into a guitar shop in Darlington to salivate over guitars we would never be able to afford or play properly. They also sold package deals to various concerts. In 1991, they had tickets to see Slayer at Newcastle City Hall, so myself and Mike Death bought our tickets and began to count down the days.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
This Is Hardcore
What is hardcore? In this instance, it's not horrible techno music with some German bloke saying "let's pahhhhty" over the top of it.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Thrash Under Pressure
I'd liked rock music for a short while having bought albums by Bon Jovi and Def Leppard, but it was hearing Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water for the first time at a school disco just before Christmas 1990 that really switched me on to metal. I thought the main riff was immense and it stuck in my head for days, which led to me purchasing a greatest hits album a week or so later. I raced back from town with my new LP full of excitement to step into the world of heavy metal properly for my first time. The whole album blew me away. It was jammed full of fantastic riffs and complicated solos and I knew that metal was the only way for me from then on.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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