Introduction from Chicagoland

Alright, first posting here. Been to a lot of metal forums. Seems to me that on this one people actually know their metal. Figured I should join here. Anyways, a little about me. I've been married for 4 years to my wife, Christine (like the car!). We have one son together, Jac. I'm self-employed. Got house in the burbs, so the usual trek into the city for work. Got two dogs, a cat, a tank full of piranhas. A collector of metal, horror, and a minor collector technology of yesteryears. Politically incorrect and a Sox fan.

Musically, been into metal since I picked up Def Leppard (still have the tape) and it exploded since then. Went through the glam stage, thrash/speed, death/black, power, heavy and all the sub-genres in between. Now I seem to be comfortably set in my ways of a combination of those. Collectionwise. I would have to say a couple hundred CDs, cassettes, vinyls and (at last count) roughly 400+ shirts.

Favorite bands currently: Axxis, Grave Digger, U.D.O., Running Wild, Seventh Avenue, Place Vendome, Rebellion and Lizzy Borden (cant ALL be German metal).

As for my username, took it from Annihilator. Works well for other forums I'm part of. So, I'm sticking to it here. Let's up the irons!

WELCOME!!!

Your tastes seem very much like most of ours here. We're into a variety of metal (and even some of us like some non-metal music as well).

Hope you hang out and enjoy it here!

Welcome aboard.

Awesome, an Axxis fan. Also in my top ten for sure.

Let's go Blackhawks!

Welcome it is! Looks like you'll fit right in.

Welcome!!!!

Welcome fellow horror fan!

Is is not politically incorrect TO BE a Sox fan?

I guess you can stay here anyways......

Welcome [from Minneapolis]!!

I like metal too. My favorite bands are K0RN, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Metallica, Kidd Rock, etc. I also like heavier stuff like Dragonforce and As I Lay Dying. My favorite store is Hot Topic. I'm way too troo for you!


Welcome to the insane asylum.

Salutes and hoots.

Salutes.

ultmetal wrote:

I like metal too. My favorite bands are K0RN, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Metallica, Kidd Rock, etc. I also like heavier stuff like Dragonforce and As I Lay Dying. My favorite store is Hot Topic. I'm way too troo for you!


Welcome to the insane asylum.

Chicago's a cool town. Found some great used music shops the one time I was there. Saw some good live blues there too.

Make yourself at home. Keep your feet off the furniture.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Chicago's a cool town. Found some great used music shops the one time I was there. Saw some good live blues there too.

All I've ever seen of Chicago was the inside of O'Hare Airport, where I spent an hour or two before picking up a connecting flight to Wisconsin. Nice airport.

That's all I've seen of Chicago too before catching a flight to Sweden.

Fat Freddy wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Chicago's a cool town. Found some great used music shops the one time I was there. Saw some good live blues there too.

All I've ever seen of Chicago was the inside of O'Hare Airport, where I spent an hour or two before picking up a connecting flight to Wisconsin. Nice airport.

I was there for a trade show. I stayed in a hotel right across the street from the park with that big fountain that's shown in the opening credits from "Married With Children".

LOL.

I looked at the pic before I read the post and the first thing I thought was "Hey, that's the fountain from Married With Children!"

I just grabbed that pic from Google images, but I have one that I took with my camera that is nearly identical, like every typical tourist.

"Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin' town..."

Welcome to the nuthouse! Glad to hear your politically incorrect!

Ultimate.Nightmare wrote:

Politically incorrect and a Sox fan.

I like you already. Welcome, my fellow Chicago suburbanite!