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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4077 Age : 51

Dude, did you hit your middle finger with a hammer or somethin'? That looks Painful!

Metal Wanker Number of posts : 6039 Age : 56

Now he wants to be sedated. My blog on HubPages.com - Reviews of Music, Movies, etc. - Page 10 355277

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12875 Age : 60

The red-headed stranger made an appearance....gonna dig into your Bargain Bin hub's at a latter time.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Bored today... listening to Babylon A.D.'s underrated-as-hell debut album... suddenly I sez to myself, "Self, this would be a great topic to start an ongoing series of Hubs devoted to Forgotten Hard Rock Albums!"

...and thus it was done.
http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Forgotten-Albums-Babylon-AD-BABYLON-AD-1989

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Oh, and this is funny... I noticed that my "Chinese Democracy" piece from a week or two ago suddenly started racking up page views out the wazoo today... I wondered what was up, apparently it got linked at a GNR fan forum, so now the "comments" area under my article is being trolled by angry Axl fanboys. Haha. After I read through the thread at the GNR forum tearing my article apart, I decided to sign up there and thank everyone for stopping by to read my piece... I think it's pissing them off that I'm being so nice about it. I guess they figured I'd come in all pissed off and start a flame war. Sorry kids, I'm too old for that sheeeit. Very Happy

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Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

Fat Freddy wrote:: Oh, and this is funny... I noticed that my "Chinese Democracy" piece from a week or two ago suddenly started racking up page views out the wazoo today... I wondered what was up, apparently it got linked at a GNR fan forum, so now the "comments" area under my article is being trolled by angry Axl fanboys. Haha. After I read through the thread at the GNR forum tearing my article apart, I decided to sign up there and thank everyone for stopping by to read my piece... I think it's pissing them off that I'm being so nice about it. I guess they figured I'd come in all pissed off and start a flame war. Sorry kids, I'm too old for that sheeeit.

LMAO! Nice!!!!!!!

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

thejokeriv wrote:: LMAO! Nice!!!!!!!

I figure I might as well have some fun and keep bumping that GNR forum thread, that way my article gets more views.... I have no shame. Haha. Very Happy

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Metal Wanker Number of posts : 6039 Age : 56

Babylon A.D. came a little late and wasn't marketed well as you say. If they'd arrived in '86 I bet it'd be a different story.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4077 Age : 51

Bored....okay that's it, everybody back over to spam

FF's Hub page.

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Freddy I innocently suggested that some people who post on the G n R website maybe idiotic, so if you get additional hate, I apologize in advance, but what I wrote was not too bad!

" Erik, if you think these posts are idiotic you should see the posting of some Guns n Roses fan boards, those guys are truly idiotic!!!! "

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

manny wrote:: Freddy I innocently suggested that some people who post on the G n R website maybe idiotic, so if you get additional hate, I apologize in advance, but what I wrote was not too bad!

" Erik, if you think these posts are idiotic you should see the posting of some Guns n Roses fan boards, those guys are truly idiotic!!!! "

Awesome, though I don't think it'll have much effect. I noticed the traffic from that GNR forum trickled away after a day or two so I went back there to see what was goin' on and it appears that forum has been taken down. Oh well, the page views were nice while they lasted. Very Happy

...apparently this particular GNR forum, while being one of the largest in Guns fandom, has a history of disappearing and reappearing periodically for no apparent reason, so maybe it'll be back.

I've also seen its user base described as "being split into two warring factions: Axl Rose bashers and Axl Rose nutswingers." Laughing very hard

Judging from the comments on my article and in their forum thread, I'd say the bulk of the people who've read my piece fell into the "nutswingers" category.

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

I can't decide what shocks me more, that there are still big Axl Rose fanboys today or that they get angry enough to post messages on the internet bashing those who aren't. And I say this as someone who actually liked Chinese Democracy.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4077 Age : 51

jstate wrote:: I can't decide what shocks me more, that there are still big Axl Rose fanboys today or that they get angry enough to post messages on the internet bashing those who aren't. And I say this as someone who actually liked Chinese Democracy.

F-YOU A-HOLE!!! just kidding

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

T-Roy wrote:

jstate wrote:: I can't decide what shocks me more, that there are still big Axl Rose fanboys today or that they get angry enough to post messages on the internet bashing those who aren't. And I say this as someone who actually liked Chinese Democracy.

F-YOU A-HOLE!!! just kidding

Now it can be revealed...T-Roy's an Axl Rose Nut Swinger. Who knew?

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4077 Age : 51

YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF POSERS!

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Nice work on the Babylon AD album, Freddy.

Like a lot of others apparently, these guys slipped right on past me in their heyday. I certainly remember the name and even recognize the album cover. I guess I just wrote these guys off as "just another hair band". Shame really cause after listening to the 2 vids in your post, these guys woulda been right up my alley back in the day.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Thanx, MG. Sometimes I wonder if I'd have even heard of Babylon A.D. back then if they hadn't popped up unexpectedly at that Sea Hags show I attended. It certainly didn't seem like they got much of a "push" from their label, so I was simply in the right place at the time.

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5014 Age : 55

That is a good album!!! They were from the Fremont/Niles Station area, as well, so it was easy to hear them on the radio in San Jose.

"When the hammer swings down, down, down............."

I bought that on cassette when it came out.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Fat Freddy wrote:

manny wrote:: Freddy I innocently suggested that some people who post on the G n R website maybe idiotic, so if you get additional hate, I apologize in advance, but what I wrote was not too bad!

" Erik, if you think these posts are idiotic you should see the posting of some Guns n Roses fan boards, those guys are truly idiotic!!!! "

Awesome, though I don't think it'll have much effect. I noticed the traffic from that GNR forum trickled away after a day or two so I went back there to see what was goin' on and it appears that forum has been taken down. Oh well, the page views were nice while they lasted. Very Happy

...apparently this particular GNR forum, while being one of the largest in Guns fandom, has a history of disappearing and reappearing periodically for no apparent reason, so maybe it'll be back.

I've also seen its user base described as "being split into two warring factions: Axl Rose bashers and Axl Rose nutswingers." Laughing very hard

Judging from the comments on my article and in their forum thread, I'd say the bulk of the people who've read my piece fell into the "nutswingers" category.

Looks like that GNR fan forum has re-appeared, I figured it must've come back up when page views for my Chi-Dem article suddenly started going up again last night after flat-lining over the past week or so. I'll have to sign back in there and say thanks to the Axl Rose Nutswinger Brigade soon!

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

The current odd developments in the Great White camp were an irresistible subject for a new Hub entry...

http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Will-the-Real-GREAT-WHITE-Please-Stand-Up-80s-Rock-Band-Plans-New-Album-Despite-Legal-Challenges

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

...and on a totally unrelated note, my page views cracked the 14,000 mark today. A lot of that had to do with hundreds of members of the Axl Rose Nutswingers Brigade trolling my GNR piece over the past two weeks, but still... thanks to all o'y'all for your continued support as well. Onward and upward! headbanger

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Been slackin' on the HubPages front this week... got a few new ones in the works to make up for it though. Here's my newest, the next "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" entry, and this time the lucky winners are Piledriver and their semi-classic cheese fest METAL INQUISITION:

http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Piledriver-METAL-INQUISITION-1985

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Holy cow! My HubPages blog is creepin' up on 15,000 page views!! Have you missed any of my pop culture geekiness? If so, now's the perfect time to get caught up.

http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/

And as those old guys in the wine cooler ads used to say, "thank yew for yer support"

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7641 Age : 56

Fat Freddy wrote:: Been slackin' on the HubPages front this week... got a few new ones in the works to make up for it though. Here's my newest, the next "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" entry, and this time the lucky winners are Piledriver and their semi-classic cheese fest METAL INQUISITION:

http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Piledriver-METAL-INQUISITION-1985

Great article. Freddy, I don't know if you are aware of it, but there was another "band" that was tied to Piledriver and that was Convict. They released one album - Go Ahead...Make My Day in 1985. I have it on vinyl and it's pretty much crap. It was the Piledriver himself singing and a bunch of other fake band members.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37971 Age : 54

Witchfinder wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:: Been slackin' on the HubPages front this week... got a few new ones in the works to make up for it though. Here's my newest, the next "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" entry, and this time the lucky winners are Piledriver and their semi-classic cheese fest METAL INQUISITION:

http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Piledriver-METAL-INQUISITION-1985

Great article. Freddy, I don't know if you are aware of it, but there was another "band" that was tied to Piledriver and that was Convict. They released one album - Go Ahead...Make My Day in 1985. I have it on vinyl and it's pretty much crap. It was the Piledriver himself singing and a bunch of other fake band members.

Thanx Witchfinder. Yeah, I'd heard of Convict, I vaguely remember seeing the album in stores back in the day, but I wasn't aware of the Piledriver connection till recently.

In my article I mentioned that there were two songs on the U.S. version of the Piledriver album -- "Devil's Lust" and "Twister" - which replaced the tracks "Sex With Satan" and "Sodomize the Dead" from the original Canadian version. I found out after writing up the article that those two "replacement" songs were Convict tracks.

...I should probably go back into my entry and include that little bit of trivia, I guess.

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