Mr. Big

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9948 Age : 49

I own four albums by this band, which i have been listening to lately, while working from home: Lean into it, Bump Ahead, Hey Man and Get Over It.

Highly enjoyable music and lots of talent.

I hadn't played their albums in years, so i totally forgot how good they actually are.

Any fans?

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

I’m a Paul Gilbert (Racer X) and Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth) fan, but I have never owned a Mr Big album.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 40915 Age : 56

Loads of talent in the band, but they're music never did much for me.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

I have almost all their discography (even the Live like Sushi albums which are sometimes hard to come by) and have been a fan since high school. I remember hearing "Addicted to that Rush" and getting the cassette single all the while eagerly anticipating getting the full album. I thought the whole disc would be like that song and when it wasn't, I was so disappointed I tried trading it way. There were no takers. Something made me give it another chance a couple years later and it just "clicked" as they say. By the time I taped "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind" off the Z Rock countdown I was a rabid fan.
I was never a fan of the Ritchie Kotzen era (the same goes for his time in Poison); he is certainly talented, but I guess I am just not a fan.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

I think the main reason I don’t like Mr Big is the vocals. Eric Martin has a voice like a feminine Rod Stewart.

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

I'm a big Paul Gilbert fan, but although I've tried, I could never get into Mr. Big. I get that they weren't trying to be another Racer X with guitar wankery, but the music they produced was too white bread for me.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37962 Age : 54

I only own the one with the train crash on the cover (whatever it's called)... as long as I hit "stop" before that godawful song "To Be With You" comes on, it's OK for an occasional listen.

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Troublezone wrote:: I think the main reason I don’t like Mr Big is the vocals. Eric Martin has a voice like a feminine Rod Stewart.

My buddy always said he looked like Karen Carpenter

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I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 40915 Age : 56

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Troublezone wrote:: I think the main reason I don’t like Mr Big is the vocals. Eric Martin has a voice like a feminine Rod Stewart.

My buddy always said he looked like Karen Carpenter

Mr. Big Carpenters-A-Kind-Of-Hush-Karen-Carpenter-press-photo-colorized-1976

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Troublezone wrote:: I think the main reason I don’t like Mr Big is the vocals. Eric Martin has a voice like a feminine Rod Stewart.

My buddy always said he looked like Karen Carpenter

Mr. Big Carpenters-A-Kind-Of-Hush-Karen-Carpenter-press-photo-colorized-1976

I see the resemblance! lol!

And that jacket makes her look like she had a furry chest.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

Right here he looks like a member of a boy band like nsync.