1981...THE HEAVY METAL EXPLOSION ERUPTS

'High n Dry' is my favorite Def Leppard album and IMO Pete Willis and Steve Clark where and are an underrated guitar duo.

Too many to choose.......
I discovered a lot of these bands while watching MTV.

Saxon - Princess Of The Night will always still be one of my favorite songs.

Judas Priest - Heading Out To The Highway and Hot Rockin' were the first JP I heard and Loved what I heard.

Def Leppard - Let It Go.... What more could I say.

I didn't know Raven until the Live At The Inferno release.....

I went with Mob Rules, but this one was harder to choose a favorite...

I also love:

Def Leppard - High ''n'' Dry
Iron Maiden - Killers
Judas Priest - Point of Entry
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Van Halen - Fair Warning

Killers

Wow! I really didn't expect Def Leppard to give Iron Maiden a run. Surprising. High n Dry is a GREAT album though.

ultmetal wrote:

Wow! I really didn't expect Def Leppard to give Iron Maiden a run. Surprising. High n Dry is a GREAT album though.

my favorite by them.... the guitar thing that Leppard had with Willis/Clark was kickin off big time on this record. "Let It Go" has so many hooks in it, amazing album. (IMHO)

the kicker that put Maiden over the top for me is Adrian Smith arrives.

I could have chosen almost all from the list above. Killers, Point of entry, Denim and Leather, Mob Rules, Spellbound, Welcome to Hell....... wow



But the best is HIGH N DRY!

Wow, another tremendous year. I love Mob Rules, and Point Of Entry holds a very special place in my heart, but in the end, it came down to High N' Dry and Fire Down Under. For me, Fire Down Under gets the nod.

I have to say in it is in the part of the albums to choose but I love this period Alice Cooper's career, and 'Special Forces' is a favorite of mine.

It just dawned on me that 1981 was the year MTV first went on the air, and that was the place where I first heard Judas Priest, Saxon, Iron Maiden, etc.

...holy cow, I've been a metal head for THIRTY FREAKIN YEARS!!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

It just dawned on me that 1981 was the year MTV first went on the air, and that was the place where I first heard Judas Priest, Saxon, Iron Maiden, etc.

...holy cow, I've been a metal head for THIRTY FREAKIN YEARS!!!

Lots of great albums there, I had to go with Mob Rules.

So many good albums on that list!! Killers gets my vote.

Wow - GREAT year for music and VERY hard to choose. Diary and Mob are FANTASTIC albums, Fair Warning is amazing.

Everyone knows what a HUGE Maiden fan I am, and Killers is a fantastic album. The addition of Adrian Smith to the band added a new dimension. The addition of Martin Birch as producer helped form the band's sound.

BUT....... I had to think about which album did I listened to the most back in the early 80's. I was more likely to reach for Piece Of Mind or The Number of The Beast before playing killers, which knocked it down just a tad...

Also had to think about how these albums have held up over the years. Killers still hold up very, very well and is a fantastic album. Not as good as the one to come after or the one before it, but still a freakin awesome release.

I ended up voting for the one I have listened to the most and I think still holds up as a awesome release - nary a sign of filler anywhere on it, so I chose Def Leppard - High N Dry.

Man, the suspense is killing me!!

I hope Dik Likkard doesn't beat Maiden in the final tally!!!

I'm surprised but High N Dry is a groundbreaking album. I'm also surprised Ozzy is getting no votes.

TheNazgul wrote:

I'm surprised but High N Dry is a groundbreaking album. I'm also surprised Ozzy is getting no votes.

I am surprised due to fact that Randy Rhoads is on that album

Loved Diary of a Madman at the time....I never listen to it anymore.

manny wrote:

TheNazgul wrote:

I'm surprised but High N Dry is a groundbreaking album. I'm also surprised Ozzy is getting no votes.

I am surprised due to fact that Randy Rhoads is on that album

Yep - figure Randy would get some votes!!!!

It's a knock-down, drag-out fight between Def Leppard & Iron Maiden. Who will win in the end? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.

I'M PUTTING MY KILLERS SHIRT ON FOR MY TEAM!!!

(whoops, doesn't fit anymore)

The results in these polls never turns out the way i think they will when i first look at what we are voting for. I`m surprised DL gets a single vote in competition with all those great albums... Of course High N Dry is great, but up against Killers, Mob Rules, Diary, Denim and Leather and Point of Entry ???
Oh well, at least the members of this board aren`t predictable, and the poll has made me revisit some of these great albums

ultmetal wrote:

It's a knock-down, drag-out fight between Def Leppard & Iron Maiden. Who will win in the end? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion.

OK, thread-crossing here, but does anyone remember the Circus or Hit Parader that had pics of Iron Maiden Vs. Def Leppard in a soccer (football for you Europeans) match?

Killers!

Despite only knowing 5 of those releases, I went with Killers because it is one of my top 5 Maiden albums and one of my favorites of all time.