vandec54 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 I am in the mood to crank my Klipsch to some 80's guitar music. Please offer your suggestions. The only requirements is that the selection has to be from the 80's, contain a jammin' guitar rif and it has to ROCK (I have a soft spot for screaming guitars). I'll start out with a personal favorite, it doesn't scream like I would like it to, but it has a great rif and it ROCKS: Van Halen, "Cabo Wabo" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grog Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Artist: Jethro Tull Title: Crest Of A Knave (1987/2005) Genre: Rock Label: Capitol/EMI Crest Of A Knave was originally released in 1987 but was just re-mastered this year. The song "Steel Monkey" has a great guitar and hey.... It is Jethro Tull no less... Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ears Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 OZZY- Blizzard of OZ Ronnie James Dio- Holy Diver Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast Metallica- Kill Em All Judas Priest- Screaming for Vengence That should be enough guitar to hold you for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandec54 Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 Awesome selections Big Ears, they hit the spot. DIO ROCKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 vandek , You have got to try Aldo Nova's Fantasy !!! Rest of the cd is crap , but that first track is gold ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ears Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 The Dio is my fav. out of those albums. "Shame on the Night" and "Don't talk to Strangers" totally ROCK!!!! And you can't turn it up too loud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyT Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Night Ranger-Don't tell me you love me Van Halen-1984 and 5150 AC/DC-Anything they released in the 80s Anthrax-State of Euphoria and Among the Living ZZ Top-Eliminator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandec54 Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 props to the old Metallica as well, great stuff. "Seek and Destroy" is a great Metallica song too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theryugobuddy Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Metallica -the whole CD "Master of Puppets" -- perfect in-your-face riffs and blazing solos Motorhead - "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" - live and loud with Lemmie's raspy voice Any David Lee Roth led Van Halen - "Fair Warning" had no hits but its the best Stevie Ray Vaughan -- "Little Wing" -- all rip roaring solo guitar Pat Metheny -- "Are You Going with Me?" from the Travels CD -- as loud as a jazz guitar can get, and still gives me chills after hearing it several hundred times-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Megadeth - Peace Sells but Who's Buying, subsequent albums. Budgie - Night Flight & Impeckable Accept - Balls to the Walls Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry Kix - Blow my Fuse Cinderella - Cinderella Ratt - Out of the Cellar Legs Diamond - A Diamond is a Hard Rock Judas Priest - Stained Class, British Steel and Point of Entry Angel City - Dark Room & Night Attack Angel - Don't recall the album Metallica - Creeping Death & Ride the Lightning Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan & Dream Police Ozzy - Diary of a Madman Sweet - Ballroom Blitz Golden Earring - Moontan I could come up with a bunch more if I was near my CD collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovedrummin Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 You might want to check out Bon Jovi. Richie Sambora does some very good guitar work with this band. The CD "Cross Road" which is a best of set has a good selection of their '80s recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ears Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Bump- Celtic Frost-Morbid Tales Slayer- South of Heaven Takes me back to my '84 Z28 with 2 12" M&M woffers in the hole and about 1000 watts of Alpine, I loved pumping out the metal at stop lights next to old people. My car hit so hard it would pound the car next to me too. I guess times change but people don't. Now I can shake my house hard enough for my neighbor to feel it. BTW-Budgie Rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandec54 Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 Once again Big Ears you have hit the spot. Slayer is a great 80's metal band. Growing up I too had a pounding Alpine system, but mine was in an 83' Cutlass. Yes, those were the good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandec54 Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 I must say i have jammed out to Kix too, I'm not sure I wanted to admit it. Motorhead Kicks all *** though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 A lot of good suggestions so far, here's a few more 80s lps that sound really good on my Klipsch. Iron Maiden: Killers, The Number Of The Beast Frank Marino: The Power Of Rock And Roll, Juggernaut Black Sabbath: Heaven And Hell, Mob Rules Dio: The Last In Line Accept: Russian Roulette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ears Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Accept- Metal Heart (was my favorite by them) Metal Church- Watch the Children Play Merciful Fate- Don't Break the Oath Venom- Black Christmas Krokus- Headhunter Fastway- Fastway King Cobra- ? I havn't thought about these bands in years, but used to listen to them all. Suddenly, I feel like killin some babies!!! JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theryugobuddy Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Alot of death and gloom metal heads, huh? Have you heard "Probot", with Dave Grohl? the same of Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Nirvana fame--- He had different vocalists from many of the bands mentioned in this thread singing each song-- Mercyful Fate, Venom, Sepultura, Celtic Frost, Motorhead, etc., etc., while he played everything else. Kim Thayil plays some great guitar too-- Very good pounding stuff -- alot harder than Foo Fighters-- but melodic. Just came out a couple years ago-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ears Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 ---------------- On 8/5/2005 9:43:03 AM theryugobuddy wrote: Alot of death and gloom metal heads, huh? Have you heard "Probot", with Dave Grohl? the same of Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Nirvana fame--- He had different vocalists from many of the bands mentioned in this thread singing each song-- Mercyful Fate, Venom, Sepultura, Celtic Frost, Motorhead, etc., etc., while he played everything else. Kim Thayil plays some great guitar too-- Very good pounding stuff -- alot harder than Foo Fighters-- but melodic. Just came out a couple years ago-- ---------------- Yep, I have that one, but haven't seen it in a while. It could have "grown legs" During the early to mid eighties, Metal was going through a major change and bands went to a harder twin lead guitar format and "devil" music was in. I have never been one to care about lyrics, so they could be singing about skinning people alive and as long as the guitars rocked, I liked it. I'm a little more mellow as I get older, but still pop in the occasional Slayer CD in traffic and bang my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandec54 Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 Another great guitar rif, one that you always air guitared to is Asia, "heat of the moment." It's a wus rock song, but the chords are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Amy Posted August 5, 2005 Moderators Share Posted August 5, 2005 For guitar riffs, I don't think it gets much better than Eddie Van Halen's Eruption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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