Music Induced Comas

Friday, August 12, 2011

THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO GOOD TASTE - 80s ROCK Bands Pt. 1

"Since I was born they couldn't hold me down
Another misfit kid, another burned-out town

I never played by the rules and I never really cared
My nasty reputation takes me everywhere"

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In honor of Jani Lane passing......here is a small collection of some of the BEST and worst of 80s hair bands.....and trust me there is a lot of bad....and the sound quality of many of these isn't the best but it is what makes these UNIQUE. And I LOVE Album Covers especially from this era as they were so unique. I will try and post at least ONE song from each album.....and I KNOW I cannot cover all of them and will miss a TON but hey.....and watching these LIVE videos sums up the craziness and debatuchery of this time.....NEVER to be matched again.....

I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS IN 3 or 4 PARTS as there is just TOO MUCH to show you people....so with that said....here is Part 1 and since Jani Lane from Warrant died today....they are first.....
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WARRANT

READ THIS (http://www.rockaaa.com/news/lifes-sweet-as-cherry-pie-for-warrant-5496)
This tells the TRUE STORY of the Cherry Pie album and why they were happy with the album BEFORE. Not that they didn't want success but at what cost? Musical integrity......Just listen to Uncle Tom's Cabin (below)....BRILLIANT STILL to this day

Warrant - Down Boys (Live 1992)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDGt4l1CIo

Warrant - D.R.F.S.R. (Live 1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQ34X0Mvcg

Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx6f68Wd9dc&ob=av3e

Warrant - Mr. Rainmaker (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMFRpy7a_A

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QUIET RIOT, DOKKEN, RATT, W.A.S.P and so on....

Quiet Riot - Metal Health (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJChh7ghGnE&feature=related
and that album cover is KEY....they put him in both videos like Scorpions did a year earlier (see Scorpions below)

Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2J_UZ8lQU
....another song that ruled my life and many others....definitely was in the mix when metal was getting more popular in early 80s....

By the time 1986 came around Quiet Riot was kind of an afterthought as there were so many bands so this album wasn't that good....but I like the video and song....so fuck you if you don't ...

Quiet Riot - The Wild and The Young (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrtKmjGjhro&feature=related

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Dokken - Breaking The Chains (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQb1t_Yw0S8

Dokken - Into The Fire (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jokWFU_kbOk

Dokken - It's Not Love (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2sxyBMHtMM&feature=related

AWESOME VIDEO!!!

Dokken - Burnin Like A Flame (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrGk6cMqTgg&feature=related

Dokken - Alone Again (Live 1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVD_gxwp-BA&feature=related

FUCKING GREAT SONG!!!!

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Ratt - Round and Round (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M60rLoCbbo&feature=related

Another song that started it all with Quiet Riot and so on in early 80s....always on radio

Ratt - You're In Love (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_gGWsqd8Ec&feature=related

Ratt - Body Talk (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnq1mJ0J074&feature=related

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W.A.S.P - I Wanna Be Somebody (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjL5aBTmjUE&feature=related

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MöTLEY "FUCKING" CRüE

Just go and read "The Dirt" or "The Heroin Diaries" as I don't have time to list ALL of what these 4 fucking champions accomplished during the 80s in and out of hotel rooms, arenas and bars around the World. They are LEGENDARY and if you were lucky enough to see the VH-1 Behind The Music....you get it.....without further intro I give MY best of the Crüe .....

Mötley Crüe - Live Wire (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiVC89V4RpM

Mötley Crüe - Take Me To The Top (Live US Festival 1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNxPF1aaL0&feature=related

Live version of this the vocals suck but just watch them young

To understand the album Shout At The Devil, you have to be a Freshman in HS who is just starting to discover girls, drinking (New Orleans) and life in general....and THIS FUCKING ALBUM comes out and I just had gotten over Iron Maiden's (see below) Number Of The Beast and Piece of Mind so WOW like a punch in the face it just grabbed me and said HERE YOU GO MOTHER FUCKER>>>>and then the video for Looks That Kill was EPIC
THE BAR HAS BEEN SET YET AGAIN!!!! and I might just post the album in the order I remember on vinyl

Mötley Crüe - In The Beginning / Shout At The Devil (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni2k9qOIcLA

Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXRC5UPWDk4&feature=related

Mötley Crüe - Helter Skelter (Live US Festival 1983)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtzeCFYgjQg&feature=related

Obviously , albums had two sides so after Side One ends with Helter Skelter ends you flip it over and get this...

Mötley Crüe - Red Hot (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj_YYQ_2mI4&feature=related

Mötley Crüe - Too Young To Fall In Love (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBxlAATrd-E

Mötley Crüe - Knock Em' Dead Kid (Live US Festival 1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbq0E5AtUvg&feature=related

So how do you follow THAT album up? You come out with Theatre Of Pain which to me isn't half as good as Shout And The Devil BUT stuck in the middle of the album is a little ballad named "Home Sweet Home"......and then ITS ON....the Unofficial / Official start of HAIR BANDS GALORE.....(see Warrant above and Cinderella / White Lion below)

Mötley Crüe -Louder Than Hell (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7ZCohiRBY

So NOW bands are coming out of the woodwork and record companies are scouring the streets of L.A. to find the next hair band so as the Crüe, you have to stay HOT and stay out of trouble which they couldn't (see book read again)...

This album's first TWO songs (Wild Side and Girls, Girls, Girls) sum up this time PERFECT.....and Wild Side is arguably one of the BEST songs from this ERA...PERIOD.

Mötley Crüe - Wild Side (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nm1BJPe-pg&feature=related\

"Thy kingdom come on the WILD SIDE"

Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon at 1:50, someone posted this on youtube..."I just read it in the Blind Melon book "A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on The Other" that he was at the show and the camera got a shot of him. How cool is that!!!"

To close out the 80s success they go and get with Legendary producer Bob Rock to release Dr. Feelgood which is not my personal favorite but THEIR BEST ALBUM.....just listen to the beginning bars of Feelgood and the chorus.....the harmonics and all.....WOW its fucking brilliant

Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XHcPYorSJw&feature=related

Mötley Crüe - Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)(1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNpyRfzb4CY

...another GREAT video that captures Crüe at their pinnacle of touring

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SCORPIONS

Another staple of the 80s and just kicked out hit after hit....formed by the Schenker brothers and Klaus Meine in like 1970....they didnt get huge in the US until MTV but the Germans were rocking to them way before we did.....The first video is one of the all time best videos as they took the album cover crazy looking guy and put him in the video....

Scorpions - No One Like You (1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaKkFz7G6rk&feature=related

Scorpions - Blackout (Live at Moscow Peace Festival)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sHaH6gImcA&feature=related

Scorpions - Bad Boys Running Wild (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQTIrWunc8

Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxdmw4tJJ1Y&ob=av3e
Sophmore year of HS and this song RULED MY LIFE

Scorpions - Big City Nights (Live 1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmE_l_dN9UM&ob=av2e

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OZZY FUCKING OSBOURNE

Really do I need to explain.....its not the 80s and its not 80s ROCK, 80s METAL or even 80s GLAM without Ozzy. The man went solo from Black Sabbath where he was already a god and reinvented himself with classic after classic. ENJOY

Ozzy - Crazy Train (1980)(Live on After Hours)
(AND YES THAT IS RANDY RHOADS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67ER3SsLQY8&feature=related

Ozzy - You Can't Kill Rock and Roll (1981)

(Video tribute to Randy Rhoads)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNxMCUngNk

Ozzy - I Don't Know (Live at Moscow Peace Festival)
(AND YES THAT IS Zakk Wylde from Black Label Society)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qRCwymcN8

Ozzy - Over The Mountain (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS78Q1T8xa4

Ozzy - Bark At The Moon (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTzUvZJ0Rw&feature=related

and EVEN Ozzy teamed up with Lita Ford and this fucking rocks

Lita Ford - Close My Eyes Forever (1988 Featuring Ozzy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loyTCkV06xQ&feature=related

and its Lita Ford the Queen of 80s metal
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SKID ROW

"Park Avenue Leads to Skid Row"

And around the same time as Warrant, we have Skid Fucking Row who blew up quick with Sebastian Bach's killer vocals and just trashy attitude. Not really a hair band in the traditional but good looking lead singer and a couple of ballads. But THEY ROCK also....Say whatever you want the guy can fucking sing. (And they stirred up shit with the RAID - Kills Fags Dead T-shirt)

Skid Row - 18 and Life (Live at Budokan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4Gklr6660

Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild (Live Moscow Peace Festival)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pI_FyBe7TI&feature=related

Skid Row - Piece Of Me (Live Moscow Peace Festival)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sea6dyZTejQ&feature=related

and without a DOUBT my ALL TIME favorite song from this era.....JUST KICKS FUCKING ASS

"To me its just monkey business"

Skid Row - Monkey Business (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_rq7bhbkQ

Slave to the Grind is notable for being the very first heavy metal album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.

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For the sake of time and my sanity I will cut this off HERE but there is MUCH MORE to be seen and heard....TRUST ME....I hope you enjoyed it.....

PART II coming soon with bands such as TWISTED SISTER, CINDERELLA, WHITE LION, WHITESNAKE and GREAT WHITE ....with a taste

Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaehBH7DtR4

This fucking video used to come on Night Flight on USA network and I used to be like "OH YEAH!!!"

...and it's before they hit big with the album Stay Hungry

LATER... PART III The Monsters of Rock.... Van Halen, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and so on....

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I leave you with this....and this quote from youtube "Its not even fair how much pussy this guy got"

Winger - Easy Come, Easy Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7rSQCHoKc

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Monday, August 1, 2011

ABSINTHE makes the head go yonder....NEW ORLEANS MUSIC version Part ONE

Working in the New Orleans area this week prompted me to go back and listen to some great music that comes from the city. Now what you will notice is that everyone in each of these bands has played with or is currently in another band but at one time were in another band listed on here.....The circle of New Orleans music is very tight and that is what makes it COOL beyond words.....I will try and explain to the best of my knowledge but I have attached teh Wikipedia page to help......

now I can't cover all of the New Orleans music and I have included much of what I heard while there growing up and at LSU.

I know as soon as I post this some dumbfuck will tell me what I missed. And many of these are VERY HARD to find even videos for but with that said......

HERE WE GO......

Arlo Guthrie - City Of New Orleans

"Good mornin' America, how are you?
Don't you know me? I'm your native son!"

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Richie Connick as in Harry Connick Jr.'s Older brother....I think Harry did a little better in his career but this is early New Wave that still rocks....

Wayward Youth - Do You Wanna?

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Now we come to The Cold......without a doubt the most popular band in New Orleans that never really took off.....and Ellen DeGeneres' brother Vance was the bass player (see below with Cowboy Mouth)...and they were WAY Ahead of their time....they started by playing CYOs and took off with a very loyal base that TODAY is much older but STILL perks up when they hear them.....REUNION ANYONE??

.http://www.threechordcity.com/

The Cold - You

The Cold - Mesmerized

And Babs is still a babe today

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Now here are the Red Rockers.....John Thomas Griffith who went to be successful with Cowboy Mouth (see below) first was Lead Singer of this band....I was grounded at age of 15 and was told to come in at 11pm on to call my mom at 12 midnight from one of their shows telling her I wasn't coming home early.....She got the last word as she locked me out so I slept on porch.....GOOD SHOW THOUGH!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rockers

Red Rockers - China (1983)

Red Rockers - Good As Gold (1983)

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Here is Dash Rip Rock which got huge around the time I was at LSU which was 87 to 92......and the drummer of the ORIGINAL Dash Rip Rock was Fred LeBlanc who went on to lead Cowboy Mouth...and drummer who replaced Fred in Dash was none other than Chris Luckett who was Original drummer of The Cold (see above)....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash_Rip_Rock

Just listen to Fred on the self titled album below and Ace Of Clubs and tell me if this doesn't remind you of a Cowboy Mouth show

Dash Rip Rock - Operator (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - I Saw The Light (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - DMZ (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - Buried Treasure (1987)

Dash Rip Rock - Lisa (1989)

Interview but got some killer jam in it....COWPUNK...just watch

http://vimeo.com/2403629

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Cowboy Mouth is a band where drummer Fred LeBlanc (formerly of Dash Rip Rock) is the frontman and along with John Thomas Griffith (Red Rockers)

Cowboy Mouth and Paul Sanchez (used to be in the BackBeats with Vance DeGeneres of the Cold). Known for the LIVE shows as Fred simply takes it to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL with climbing on speakers and getting in the crowd. He makes it as close to a Gospel ceremony as humanly possible. If you were lucky to catch them in the early days, you know what I am talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Mouth

Cowboy Mouth - Son Of An Engineer (Acoustic in Chicago one week after Katrina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7eYRgE_3k

Just an absolute PHENOMENAL performance acoustic on the streets of Chicago. Go pick up album as the original song is KEY

Cowboy Mouth - The Avenue (Live on Ellen)

and yes that is Vance DeGeneres who used to be in The Cold (see above)

When being interviewed by Ellen De Generes on her talk show that year, Sanchez was asked by Ellen what he loved about New Orleans and he replied, " well, I'm pretty sure we invented a good time so if you ever had one..."

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Better Than Ezra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Ezra
http://www.ezralites.com/discography.php

if you were lucky enough to attend LSU in the late 80s and early 90s then you got to see Better Than Ezra rise to success.....the following songs are from a cassette that is nearly impossible to find now.....dated but GOOD stuff
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Better Than Ezra - Hold Me Down

Better Than Ezra - CDU

Better Than Ezra - Devil Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAGR4_nbnX8

Better Than Ezra - Ezra Pound

Better Than Ezra - Teenager

Better Than Ezra - Three Sisters (Off Chime Street Demo) (1988)

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The Meters or Funky Meters really need no intro as they are what funk is today., plain and simple. Go ask the Red Hot Chili Peppers where they got there sound from....ENJOY

and FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!!

The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py, Jungle Man

The Meters - Cissy Strut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBnQvd_xzs

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The Neville Brothers - I had the great pleasure of meeting Aaron at his house in New Orleans East a couple of years before it would be wiped away during Katrina flood. They again need no intro.....JUST LISTEN

Aaron Neville - Hercules (scenes from the movie "Mean Streets")

The Neville Brothers - Yellow Moon

The Neville Brothers - Sister Rosa

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I kind of ran out of time with this one as I wanted to explore more.....forgot Galactic, Dr John and MUCH MUCH MORE...........ENJOY.....

I was in NOLA two weeks ago and stayed at Monteleone and it was the most amazing experience of my life being in the HEART of NOLA with everyone. We did the tourist thing......Galatoires etc....Tales of the Cocktail....CHEERS....putting them in day order also...best 4 days EVER.