Posts Tagged ‘1987’
John Macey – More Notes For Your Money (1987)
I uploaded John’s first album a while back and was contacted by a former student of his and also a family member. One of them shared John’s followup album from 1987. This is good stuff. Here are the covers and the link to download.
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Bathory – Under the Sign of the Black Mark turns 25!
Hard to believe that it’s been 25 years already. It was through an old friend that I first laid ears on this album. I remember that he had bought it on vinyl, probably at Tracks at Ward’s Corner in Norfolk, VA, but I don’t quite remember.
What I do remember is initially being terrified by what I heard on this album. Not necessarily in the overtly satanic lyrics, but in the raw sound of music. Poorly produced and performed, apparently all by Quorthon himself, this album and the band grew on me. It was catchy.
I still spin this a few times a year. It takes me back to the halls of Portsmouth Catholic High School in my junior and senior years (86-88). Those were great times for music discovery and for the circle of friends I ran with. There were also some dark times intermingled there and as music often does, it brings out emotions and memories of a lot of things.
Equimanthooooooorn
I love all Bathory up to and including Hammerheart. I tried everything after and it never did anything for me.
RIP Quorthon
Megadeth/Warlock/Sanctuary April 9, 1988
I’ve mentioned this show a few times on this site. It was a pretty important show for me; not just because Megadeth was on the 
bill but it also included Warlock and Sanctuary. Both bands were two of my favorites at the time (and now too!). I was in my senior year of high school and if it wasn’t for playing drums and listening to metal, not sure how things would have turned out. Both of those things kept me grounded and focused…well, as focused as most 18 year olds I guess. Megadeth was supporting So Far…So Good, Warlock supporting Triumph and Agony and Sanctuary supporting Refuge Denied. Oh my!
Check out my 2 previous related posts:
This show was awesome, too bad the openers didn’t play longer. See the setlists below.
Megadeth/Overkill May 23, 1987
One of the greatest concerts I have ever seen. Megadeth on the Peace Sells tour and Overkill on the Taking Over tour. Holy crap. This actual date was the night of my junior prom. I had a date set up and was set to take her to the prom…then this show got announced and I had to cancel. I mean c’mon. Megadeth & Overkill! I hope she wasn’t too disappointed. Probably not.
When I met Mustaine in the summer of 2006, I told him that above story. His reply was classic. “Don’t use my concert as an excuse for you not being able to get a date, dude!” haha. Nice one, Dave.
The concert was incredible. Period. Awesome setlists!
Motorhead – Rock ‘n’ Roll
Admittedly I’m a latecomer fan when it comes to Motorhead. The first album of theirs I ever owned was 1916 and had really only heard a few songs 
by them throughout the 80s, Ace of Spades being the main one and a few friends of mine and I used to joke on it pretty hard. It wasn’t until getting exposed to them in the early 2000s that I really decided to give them a chance, mainly because a band that I was in decided to play Cradle to the Grave. I had seen them live prior to this, but mainly just to see Mikkey Dee.
In 2004 when I decided to put together a Motorhead tribute band, I was listening to a lot of their 80s material and I think it’s a pretty strong decade for them, much stronger than the 90s and 2000s for sure. The early version of the tribute band did 2 songs from 1987’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, the title track and Eat The Rich. We only played them in a few shows and they fell by the wayside. I’d like to add Rock ‘n’ Roll back to the set. I really dig the mid-80s era stuff as it seems to be more melodic on a lot of levels than the 70s era. For me, there’s not really a bad song on here. Blackheart and Stone Deaf In The USA are 2 big highlights for this album.
I also love the album cover, one of their best for sure.
To the hardcore “Aces of Spades-on-back” crew, I know this is blasphemy. And I’m ok with that. In general I prefer that stuff too, but this is a quality album.
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