A quick name-change from "Oldie but Goldie" to the shorted "Golden Oldie" and the first under the new banner is a classic of glam rock. The reason I've plucked Poison's Open Up and Say... Ahh! out is after hearing a track or two from it being played over the PA before Rock of Ages the other night (read the … Continue reading Golden Oldie: Poison – Open Up and Say… Ahh!
Category: Golden Oldies
I honestly can't believe Therapy?'s Troublegum album is twenty years old. I being addicted to it when it came out (I was at uni) and I put it on my phone about a year or so ago and it felt like I'd never stopped listening to it. Despite a whole world of hooks and earworm … Continue reading Oldie but Goldie: Therapy? – Troublegum
Yeah, OK. So maybe this one a pretty obvious album to list as a classic, but it's getting a bit long in the tooth now and I'm sure there is a younger generation out there who might have missed it. And what an album to be missing out on. Before Megadeth became yet another hard … Continue reading Oldie But Goldie: Megadeth – Rust In Peace
Oldie But Goldie: Debustrol – Neuropatolog (Neuropathologist)
[avatar ="Sean" size="50" align="left" /]Hailing from the Czech Republic, Debustrol are most likely more of an obscurity on these shores (though legends in their homeland) rather than an Oldie But Goldie. However upon listening to their debut, 1991’s raging thrasher Neuropatolog (Neuropathologist), you can understand why this album would be considered a golden oldie. With … Continue reading Oldie But Goldie: Debustrol – Neuropatolog (Neuropathologist)
Oldie But Goldie: Fear Factory – Soul of a New Machine
1992. Thrash metal was pretty much dying out and falling back to the underground from it’s former prominence, death metal was on top, and notoriety within the rising Norwegian black metal scene was about to peak in the following year. Fear Factory arrived on the scene in 1989 as Ulceration (changing to Fear Factory in … Continue reading Oldie But Goldie: Fear Factory – Soul of a New Machine
[NOTE: I'm glad to say that since putting this post up here, I've made with Ed Box of the band who I obviously checked with regarding reposting the old music. I quote, "That's fine with me." Thanks, Ed!] No, I'm not repeating myself. This was, I think, the last official release from XLR8R coming … Continue reading Golden Oldies: XLR8R – XLR8R