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post #1 of 8
1/1/11 at 4:52pm
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I'm looking for a very special kind of headfier. Must meet some of the following criteria.

 

  • Still smiles when remembering the good old mullet wearing, beer swilling, 80's

 

  • Remembers when Ozzy was king of the metal genre and saying Rob Halford was gay was considered blasphemy

 

  • Was one of the faithful who borrowed (cough stole cough) your dads car so you could camp out overnight in a ticket lineup with all your friends for the pleasure of getting front row seats to Megadeth

 

  • Still smiles when remembering the good old days when the teenage girls wore super tight spandex and had puffy poodle hairstyles

 

  • Was one of the guys who secretly liked Bon Jovi but ran around telling all his friends the only reason he went to the concert was to meet hot girls

 

  • When 16 terrified his mom by swearing when you grow up you were going to be just like Motley Crue's lead singer Vince Neil

 

  • Was at one time Bayer Aspirins number one customer due to the nights spent headbanging to Metallica's early albums

 

  • Was one of those guys who spent days on end hiding under the porch from his army buzz cut dad who spent all his free time hunting for you so he could take you to his Italian barber and get your sissy Ozzy perm fixed

 

If so give a shout out on the thread. Time we had a head count.

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post #2 of 8
1/1/11 at 8:17pm

I'm too old school to be have been a headbanger. OTOH, I have seen Dio three times--twice with BS, and once on his own. Have also seen Dokken, RATT, Quiet Riot, the Scorpions, and Def Leopard. 

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post #3 of 8
1/1/11 at 9:31pm

i didnt grow up in that time period but i am a metal head. i wish i did grow up in that time period though. metal was at an all time high

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post #4 of 8
1/4/11 at 9:10pm

well............................when we played Stained Glass in 1978 no one even thought of Halford as gay. Ozzy was in Sabbath and the girls wore Dittos.

 

Metallica did not exist nor Crue.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRCVm-1r2k   +++++++++this is kinda how I remember it all=============


Edited by Redcarmoose - 1/4/11 at 9:12pm
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post #5 of 8
1/4/11 at 10:08pm

uah I was born in 92 but listen to metal *mostly* done in the 80's but the newer cd's I have are still bands formed in the 80's. Plus my dad and mom were some serious metal heads.


Edited by WhiteCrow - 1/12/11 at 7:30am
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post #6 of 8
1/12/11 at 7:05am

How about buying "...And Justice for All" nine times. That's five tapes, three CDs, and one vinyl copy. The vinyl is the only fully functioning one still in my possession, now in .wav and .mp3 as well.

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post #7 of 8
1/12/11 at 7:37am

Nice, I hot the black album in vinyl for my birth day, not an original but still a nice gift haha.

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post #8 of 8
1/12/11 at 10:10am

First album I ever bought with my own money was Iron Man. Have seen most of the great metal bands from that time. Judas Priest, Megadeth, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, and so on. Saw Ozzy but was really going to see Metallica open for him but mid tour they stopped and Queensryche started. Knew nothing about QR back then but they were okay. I was about as po'd as I'd ever been at the time. Still haven't seen Metallica.

 

I remember going somewhere in the car and my wife touched me on the arm and pointed toward the back seat where my 3-4 year old daughter was in her car seat. When I looked back she was banging her head with her long hair flying around to Shot in The Dark by Ozzy. Almost brought a tear to my eye.  


Edited by roadcykler - 1/12/11 at 10:11am
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