Unrealized potential

[bueno bob]

"Gutter Ballet", 1989...

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[bueno bob]

"Believe", from the Criss Oliva memorial concert...1993ish...

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[bueno bob]

"Sirens", live w/ Alex Skolnik in Japan...1994...

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[bueno bob]

OLDEST SAVATAGE FOOTAGE EVER:

Playing under the name Avatar outside a store in Clearwater, FL...1981 or 1982..."Holocaust"...

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[WACF]

Bob...what do you think of Jon Olivia's Pain?

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by WACF
Bob...what do you think of Jon Olivia's Pain?

VERY impressed...well, mostly.

Sounds closer to REAL Savatage than anything since Edge of Thorns, for sure...

I really think Paul O'Neill derailed the bands sound with the concept albums and Broadway shit...

That's not to say I don't like the post-Criss albums...because I do...but it's not really Savatage, honestly...

Even Jon said lately that nothing after Edge of Thorns really felt like Savatage to him, truly, and haven grown up with the band, I absolutely agree with him.

Maniacal Renderings has been one of my favorite purchases for quite some time now...

[binnie]

I own all the Savatage records up to the early 90's.

I'll be honest, i'm not a huge fan, but having said that I appreciate them.

They should have had more success, and they were all ultra-talented and great players, I just never really liked it. I can't put my finger on it, I just found them a little OTT...

But that's my taste, nothing to do with their talent. Maybe I'll crank those records later an remind myself....

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by binnie
I own all the Savatage records up to the early 90's.

I'll be honest, i'm not a huge fan, but having said that I appreciate them.

They should have had more success, and they were all ultra-talented and great players, I just never really liked it. I can't put my finger on it, I just found them a little OTT...

But that's my taste, nothing to do with their talent. Maybe I'll crank those records later an remind myself....

Listen to "Sirens", if you have it...

Crank that mother fucker UP...

And listen to Criss Oliva...

Greatest unsung guitarist of the 1980s and early 1990s and taken from us MUCH too soon...

The kind of material he'd be composing now...Oh Christ, it's UNREAL...

[The_KiD]

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
It's cool to find another Kula fan:D Most people I know have never heard of them. Sparkie gets ill every time I play their stuff. I can't help myself though. I dig'em :p

I Will have to give The Stereophonics a listen.

Yea, I am definitely a Kula Shaker Fan.. "K" and "Peasants, Pigs, and Astronauts" stay in rotation to this day. I love their cover of "Hush" too.

The Stereophonics are cool and HUGE in the UK. They have just not caught on over here. I have seen them twice here in DC and own their entire catalog. They also told Sharon Osborne to Fuck Off when she tried to bump one of their scheduled gigs in the UK for OZZFEST. She bitched and moaned to the media for weeks. It was great. Anyone who pisses her off is cool my book is brilliant..

Cheers and Happy New Year..

KiD

[ppg960]

More Canucks

Two more bands I thought of:

Kick Axe-mid 80's band from Regina / Winnipeg. Great rock/metal band. Their Mngt burried them in dept. They ended up spending more time in court than on stage.

StreetHeart - Had great sucess in the early 80's and then a revolving line up really hurt them.

[binnie]

Originally posted by The_KiD


The Stereophonics are cool and HUGE in the UK.

They certainly are, their records go 5 times platinum over here....

I dig the first two records, and the latest one was interesting but I thought "Just Enough education to Perform" presented a band who were treading water in the 'we wanna be The Faces pool'.

However, great voice and hooks that'll stay in your head all day.

Few years ago at work we had a bet that they would crack the US, shows what we knew....

[BITEYOASS]

One thing that puzzles me is the fact that most bands from Detroit make it big in either Japan or the UK, yet can't sell many albums here in the states. Especially Electric Six or Andrew W.K., guess it's due to the fact that everyone from Michigan (including myself) are about as pale as those countries are. LOL

[binnie]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
One thing that puzzles me is the fact that most bands from Detroit make it big in either Japan or the UK, yet can't sell many albums here in the states. Especially Electric Six or Andrew W.K., guess it's due to the fact that everyone from Michigan (including myself) are about as pale as those countries are. LOL

Electric Six and Andrew W.K had six months here where they sold a shit load of records and then disappeared.

That seems to be the UK market at the moment, massive surge for 6 months to a year and then zip....

[SparkieD]

Originally posted by ppg960


Kick Axe-mid 80's band from Regina / Winnipeg. Great rock/metal band. Their Mngt burried them in dept. They ended up spending more time in court than on stage.

I forgot all about them. I saw 'em with Priest on the Defenders of the Faith tour. My mom went with me. It was general admission. I was down in the front row and she got a seat very close to the front on the side of the stage. I looked up after a bit and there's Mom hanging out with Kick Axe and pointing at her teenage daughter:D

[binnie]

Originally posted by SparkieD
I looked up after a bit and there's Mom hanging out with Kick Axe and pointing at her teenage daughter:D

Wow, she sounds like a cool Mom!