NWOBHM

[derestrictor]

Whack on 'Strong Arm...' - not quite so straight ahead but under Byff's tutelage, the band was never going to be a cauldron of creative imagery in the manner of Gedwold Lee & Co.

[anonymous-user]

Grand Prix, "Samurai". (Maybe not EXACTLY NWOBHM, but if you can have Saxon...)

[Ferg]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Judas Priest are up there for me. Although early Def Leppard before they went big hairy was great.

Honourable mention to Whitesnake for awesome song titles - "Rough & Ready", "Slide It In", etc.

I'd suggest, though, that like Budgie Priest weren't really NWOBHM.....

[Gompo]

Although I've not heard masses, I sometimes give a 'classic' NWOBHM album/band a go.. Saxon was the last, I think it was Denim & Leather I tried, I didnt get very far into that before it went off.

Unfortunately the only band I genuinely like is Iron Maiden.

[anonymous-user]

Budgie were/are heavy, bluesy rock shirley? Wouldn't say they were/are metal

[Skrambles]

My favourites were Priest, Maiden and Saxon (in that order). Stained Class, Killing Machine and British Steel were great albums (to name but a few) - Halford's vocals were pure class.

Diamond Head were quite amusing, tho' I only saw them much later when they played the Milton Keynes bowl, where Metallica and a teary-eyed Mustaine's Megadeth had a sort of reunion. Any fans of Dumpy's Rusty Nuts still out there?

[Negative Creep]

Ferg said:

NiceCupOfTea said:

Judas Priest are up there for me. Although early Def Leppard before they went big hairy was great.

Honourable mention to Whitesnake for awesome song titles - "Rough & Ready", "Slide It In", etc.

I'd suggest, though, that like Budgie Priest weren't really NWOBHM.....

Surely Priest are one of the most [i]metal[.i] bands of all time

[Ferg]

Negative Creep] Surely Priest are one of the most [i]metal[.i said:

bands of all time

Definately!
But this is specifically a NWOBHM thread and Priest were too early for that.

[Motown Junk]

Joey McIntyre for me

[gbbird]

Skrambles said:

Diamond Head were quite amusing, tho' I only saw them much later when they played the Milton Keynes bowl, where Metallica and a teary-eyed Mustaine's Megadeth had a sort of reunion. Any fans of Dumpy's Rusty Nuts still out there

I went to the very same concert. Weren't the Almighty playing too? I remember Megadeth sounding pretty poor, whereas Metallicca (the headliners) sounded awesome.

[Skrambles]

gbbird said:

Skrambles said:

Diamond Head were quite amusing, tho' I only saw them much later when they played the Milton Keynes bowl, where Metallica and a teary-eyed Mustaine's Megadeth had a sort of reunion. Any fans of Dumpy's Rusty Nuts still out there

I went to the very same concert. Weren't the Almighty playing too? I remember Megadeth sounding pretty poor, whereas Metallicca (the headliners) sounded awesome.

I think so, tho' I don't remember much of them. Metallica were fantastic but I think you're right that Megadeth were a bit sub-par - Mustaine seemed a bit overwhelmed by the fact that he was playing the same gig as his former Metallica bandmates!