COLLECTORS CORNER... [NEW ADDITIONS 2009]

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

I got my bonus from Wal-Mart and used it to get my last CD haul of the year. I bought more CDs this year than I have business buying and I really need to hold back (at least for a couple of months):

Half-Price Books:

$5.98
L.A. Guns-Cocked & Loaded
Nocturne-Twilight
AC/DC-Who Made Who
Angel 7-Black And White
David Lee Roth-Skyscraper

$7.98
Iona-Beyond These Shores
Nile-Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka

Movie Trading Company (buy 3, get 1 free):

$4.99
Alice Cooper-Trash
Lita Ford-Greatest Hits
Masquerade-Surface Of Pain

$5.99
Judas Priest-Ram It Down (only two more albums to complete my list)
Ben Folds-Rockin' The Suburbs
Faith No More-Introduce Yourself
Testament-The Legacy

$6.99
Elton John-Honky Chateau
Elton John-Tumbleweed Connection
Rod Stewart-Greatest Hits
The Donnas-Bitchin'
Stryper-To Hell With The Devil

$7.99
Twisted Sister-Stay Hungry

$8.99
Queensryche-American Soldier
Life Of Agony-River Runs Red
Nile-In The Beginning

Ironic, DB...as I got that LIFE OF AGONY cd today as well...from swapacd.

Stender wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

In the the mail today...just in time for my party on Saturday!

Steve Lukather & Friends - SantaMental

Having the retards over after you take them to the zoo?

Yes, you got the invitation, I presume?

Yeah, it's a boring day and I've got nothing to do.

....but take a load of retards and drive em to the zoo..oooohawahw taking to the zoo....oaoooahahwwaaa...taking to the zoo..poo.

That would actually be falalala you poser

Shiney wrote:

Ironic, DB...as I got that LIFE OF AGONY cd today as well...from swapacd.

I've kept my eye out for it for a long time now and was more than exstatic to finally find it. I really love Ugly but I understand this is the essential LoA album (and I love the song This Time).

I got "Ugly" last week, and while it's far from putrid....it is weak compared to this one....IMO.

I have to comment on your new screen "sub-moniker" (or whatever you call those titles below our screen names).

Great song and the first thing I ever heard by DnC. Hooked me from the get go and I own everything they've ever put out.

Cheap Trick - The Latest

tohostudios wrote:

I have to comment on your new screen "sub-moniker" (or whatever you call those titles below our screen names).

Great song and the first thing I ever heard by DnC. Hooked me from the get go and I own everything they've ever put out.

Why thanks.....It's still my fave DnC album....

I've had that as my titel since we were able to do them....you're just now noticing it....sheesh!!

Shiney wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

I have to comment on your new screen "sub-moniker" (or whatever you call those titles below our screen names).

Great song and the first thing I ever heard by DnC. Hooked me from the get go and I own everything they've ever put out.

Why thanks.....It's still my fave DnC album....

I've had that as my titel since we were able to do them....you're just now noticing it....sheesh!!

Gimme a break; I'm old!

Just one in the mail today:

Vixen ~ Vixen

Shiney wrote:

I got "Ugly" last week, and while it's far from putrid....it is weak compared to this one....IMO.

I was lukewarm on Ugly when I first got it in '96 (I got rid of it in 2000) but I got it last year and for some reason I liked it a lot more (something about it just grabs me). It's a very emotional and melodic album. Now the follow up album Soul Searching Sun it terrible IMO, the emotional quality of Keith's voice on River Runs Red and Ugly is sorely missing on it.

Ultimatum - Lex Metalis


So far, so great. I like the Thrash renderings of some non-Thrash songs.

Sounding tight, fellas, good job.

DallasBlack wrote:

Shiney wrote:

I got "Ugly" last week, and while it's far from putrid....it is weak compared to this one....IMO.

I was lukewarm on Ugly when I first got it in '96 (I got rid of it in 2000) but I got it last year and for some reason I liked it a lot more (something about it just grabs me). It's a very emotional and melodic album. Now the follow up album Soul Searching Sun it terrible IMO, the emotional quality of Keith's voice on River Runs Red and Ugly is sorely missing on it.

Ugly holds a special place in my heart. When I interviewed Alan Robert for Shock Totem, this is what I said about it:

Quote :

KW: Well, I was referring more to the emotional feel of the album, I guess. Ugly isn’t as heavy musically, but it’s definitely got a heavy emotional weight to it. I remember I bought that cassette in 1995, down in San Antonio. I was on town pass while in basic training for the Air Force. I actually joined the military to get away from a real negative thing at home. So it was pretty emotional for me, you know. My father was a mean alcoholic, and that was one of the biggest reasons I left. We had no relationship. At the time, I literally felt I hated him, but I loved him, too. That young, I just couldn’t sort it out. I wanted to reach out and help him, but also strangle him at the same time.

So when I was finally able to sit down and really listen to the album, “Seasons” just floored me. First track, right out the gate. The lyrics just spoke to me. Sure, it’s not necessarily about the same thing I had gone through, but those lyrics were hard to listen to. In fact, there were quite a few songs on that album that I could relate to a bit too closely at the time. “Lost at 22,” “Ugly,” “Fear,” “Damned If I Do,” it was like a soundtrack to my life. A tough album to listen to, you know, but it helped immensely.

Anyway, that’s what I was getting at. Soul Searching Sun and Broken Valley, I think, reflect a lot more of the emotions most of us go through as we get older. There’s a lot more hope there, you know. Or that’s how it feels to me now that I’m older.

I could live without the cover at the end, but otherwise I love that album. Soul Searching Sun has a few great tunes ("Weeds," "My Mind Is Dangerous," "Hope"), but is otherwise pretty lifeless.

Pain and sadness and betrayal is what drove this band to greatness. They're not in that sort of mindset anymore.

DeathCult wrote:

Stender wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

In the the mail today...just in time for my party on Saturday!

Steve Lukather & Friends - SantaMental

Having the retards over after you take them to the zoo?

Yes, you got the invitation, I presume?

Yeah, it's a boring day and I've got nothing to do.

....but take a load of retards and drive em to the zoo..oooohawahw taking to the zoo....oaoooahahwwaaa...taking to the zoo..poo.

That would actually be falalala you poser

it sounds like oowwohghaghg a couple bowls later man...haha. jk.

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Stender wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

In the the mail today...just in time for my party on Saturday!

Steve Lukather & Friends - SantaMental

Having the retards over after you take them to the zoo?

Yes, you got the invitation, I presume?

Yeah, it's a boring day and I've got nothing to do.

....but take a load of retards and drive em to the zoo..oooohawahw taking to the zoo....oaoooahahwwaaa...taking to the zoo..poo.

That would actually be falalala you poser

it sounds like oowwohghaghg a couple bowls later man...haha. jk.

It's actually neither.

Just saying...

One CD:

Damnation - Damnation

Two demo tapes:

Reify - Soul Out There
Hatred - Unusual Punishment

Gillan - Toolbox

Lament - Renaissance
Lament - The Best of Lament: 14 Years Rocking The World

Six-Pack Thunder Dong wrote:

Stender wrote:

DeathCult wrote:

Stender wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

In the the mail today...just in time for my party on Saturday!

Steve Lukather & Friends - SantaMental

Having the retards over after you take them to the zoo?

Yes, you got the invitation, I presume?

Yeah, it's a boring day and I've got nothing to do.

....but take a load of retards and drive em to the zoo..oooohawahw taking to the zoo....oaoooahahwwaaa...taking to the zoo..poo.

That would actually be falalala you poser

it sounds like oowwohghaghg a couple bowls later man...haha. jk.

It's actually neither.

Just saying...

Thanks for shining the rainbow of enlightenment

Bonafide - S/T
Bonafide - Something's Dripping

Wargod50

Six-Pack Thunder Dong wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Shiney wrote:

I got "Ugly" last week, and while it's far from putrid....it is weak compared to this one....IMO.

I was lukewarm on Ugly when I first got it in '96 (I got rid of it in 2000) but I got it last year and for some reason I liked it a lot more (something about it just grabs me). It's a very emotional and melodic album. Now the follow up album Soul Searching Sun it terrible IMO, the emotional quality of Keith's voice on River Runs Red and Ugly is sorely missing on it.

Ugly holds a special place in my heart. When I interviewed Alan Robert for Shock Totem, this is what I said about it:

Quote :

KW: Well, I was referring more to the emotional feel of the album, I guess. Ugly isn’t as heavy musically, but it’s definitely got a heavy emotional weight to it. I remember I bought that cassette in 1995, down in San Antonio. I was on town pass while in basic training for the Air Force. I actually joined the military to get away from a real negative thing at home. So it was pretty emotional for me, you know. My father was a mean alcoholic, and that was one of the biggest reasons I left. We had no relationship. At the time, I literally felt I hated him, but I loved him, too. That young, I just couldn’t sort it out. I wanted to reach out and help him, but also strangle him at the same time.

So when I was finally able to sit down and really listen to the album, “Seasons” just floored me. First track, right out the gate. The lyrics just spoke to me. Sure, it’s not necessarily about the same thing I had gone through, but those lyrics were hard to listen to. In fact, there were quite a few songs on that album that I could relate to a bit too closely at the time. “Lost at 22,” “Ugly,” “Fear,” “Damned If I Do,” it was like a soundtrack to my life. A tough album to listen to, you know, but it helped immensely.

Anyway, that’s what I was getting at. Soul Searching Sun and Broken Valley, I think, reflect a lot more of the emotions most of us go through as we get older. There’s a lot more hope there, you know. Or that’s how it feels to me now that I’m older.

I could live without the cover at the end, but otherwise I love that album. Soul Searching Sun has a few great tunes ("Weeds," "My Mind Is Dangerous," "Hope"), but is otherwise pretty lifeless.

Pain and sadness and betrayal is what drove this band to greatness. They're not in that sort of mindset anymore.

That was a good piece, btw, K.

the birthday haul:

69 EYES- "Motor City Resurrection"
THE RODS- "Wild Dogs"
DICTATORS- 'Go Girl Crazy"

MENTORS shirt
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH shirt
THE EXORCIST shirt

W.A.S.P. - Babylon