Immortalicide wrote:Si wrote:Maybe this gimmick would have fitted in better back in the 80s when thrash was new and therefore most thrashers younger. Today we've got two generations and this kind of thing doesn't really work on old jaded sceptics who are now in their late 30s or 40s but may hit its mark on the young 'uns.
FWIW, i confess to having on through the night and pyromania, i was also at Donnington in '86.
i remember buying on through the night from john menzies with my 12th birthday money (1981) and wasnt very impressed with it at all. I never got any more of their stuff after that. I did see them at donnington in 86, and wasnt impressed(however, how could i be after just watching motorheads awesome set), and again with my ex wife in 1988 at the NEC, where they were again, very bland and uninteresting. Just my opinion, and not trying to ruffle any feathers by saying this. I just happen to find them a second rate band, although as they have sold 10 squillion records, i am probably in the minority.
By 'bland and uninteresting' do you mean 'didn't run around banging their heads and shouting "Fuck yeah, Jaymz!"'? They're probably the best band I've ever seen live in terms of playing good sets, playing the songs well and being entertaining at the same time.