ribbons69 wrote:terrorizer wrote:ribbons69 wrote:terrorizer wrote:Neither Motorhead or Priest are NWOBHM
But Def Leppard were!
So were Diamond Head!
How about Mansfield's finest,Savage!
Wasn't Aragorn from Mansfield too?
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ribbons69 wrote:terrorizer wrote:ribbons69 wrote:terrorizer wrote:Neither Motorhead or Priest are NWOBHM
But Def Leppard were!
So were Diamond Head!
How about Mansfield's finest,Savage!
terrorizer wrote:Neither Motorhead or Priest are NWOBHM
terrorizer wrote:Neither Motorhead or Priest are NWOBHM
Bestial Bill wrote:And Saxon are bloody boring haha!
thrashduck wrote:And the internet was without uk thrash form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of James moved upon the face of the waters.
jonny_boy34 wrote:I also have the Crusader album which is humorous as it has a track called 'A Little Bit Of What You Fancy'. But don't let that put you off, Saxon are brilliant.
terrorizer wrote:NWOBHM was both a time and a sound, the classic era being 1979-82. Motorhead formed in 1975 and were too early. OWO yes, but not NWOBHM.
Darkweasel wrote:terrorizer wrote:NWOBHM was both a time and a sound, the classic era being 1979-82. Motorhead formed in 1975 and were too early. OWO yes, but not NWOBHM.
Ok fair enough, but why then do Saxon fall squarely into the NWOBHM category when they were formed in 1976 (ok, they were called Son of a Bitch at the time but 4/5ths of the line up was exactly the same) and their overall sound isn't too far removed from Motorhead themselves?
And also, surely, if Motorhead shouldn't be called NWOBHM because of when they formed, then should Metallica be called thrash metal? The classic era of thrash was '85-'89 but Kill 'Em All was released in 1983 and the band themselves formed in 1981.
At the end of the day, Motorhead to me have, are, and will always continue to be a NWOBHM band. From the moment I picked up my first Kerrang in 1984, Motorhead were labelled as such, and to me that will never change.
I used to have a couple of compilation albums predominantly featuring the best NWOBHM acts at the time and Motorhead always sat nicely alongside the likes of Waysted, Mama's Boys, Tygers of Pan Tang and Samson.
I know that Lemmy himself tries to pass off Motorhead as "just a rock and roll band" but if we were to believe every frontman's opinion on what category his music falls into then we should all be worshipping Bon Jovi and Europe as the leaders of heavy metal.
As for the classic era of thrash, I'd say it started with the release of Kill 'Em All, therefore Metallica are a thrash band. Waysted aren't NWOBHM at all, don't take a compilation thrown together by a money grabbing record company as your yardstick
Bestial Bill wrote:Lesser known, but utterly brilliant NWOBHM:
Virtue - We Stand to Fight 7"
Chateaux - Young Blood 7", Chained and Desperate, Fire Power
Y Diawled - Noson Y Blaidd 7"
Ricochet - Midas Light 7" (get it here: http://www.midaslight.com/mp3s.html)
Bleak House - Rainbow Warrior 7"
Tellurian - Reborn 7"
There's a lot of great stuff from this period, but also a lot of shite that tends towards AOR.