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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmBbUQJbz9s



Dan had the best quote. "Nobody did this longer or better at such a high level."

You bastard.....you just scrambled every loon.

steveo777 wrote:You bastard.....you just scrambled every loon.

AR wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmBbUQJbz9s



Dan had the best quote. "Nobody did this longer or better at such a high level."

My favorite vocalist ever. There's an HD version of that clip but it doesn't look as HD as it should. It sounds awesome, either way. The clip of "Invisible" at that same show is gnarly!!

Did you know they're releasing an Elves (Ronnie's pre-Elf band) retrospective?

verslibre wrote:

AR wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmBbUQJbz9s



Dan had the best quote. "Nobody did this longer or better at such a high level."

My favorite vocalist ever. There's an HD version of that clip but it doesn't look as HD as it should. It sounds awesome, either way. The clip of "Invisible" at that same show is gnarly!!

Did you know they're releasing an Elves (Ronnie's pre-Elf band) retrospective?

Yeah, I know some older Ronnie stuff is getting released.

Personally hopping they can piece together the demos for Magica 2

Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD. My favorite will always be "Dream Evil", which is in dire need of remastering.

"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Great performance of a great song. That dude was putting out music in the late 50s and still going strong into 2010, a career of just over 50 years! Amazing!

steveo777 wrote:You bastard.....you just scrambled every loon.

Worng Iknew it would not be about Perry

Babyblue wrote:

steveo777 wrote:You bastard.....you just scrambled every loon.

Worng Iknew it would not be about Perry

How ironic is this?

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

Most likely the biggest RJD fan here...Red Caps, Electric Elves, Prophets....etc. just don't like the album.

Ever hear "Mask of the Great Deceiver"?

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

S2M wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

Most likely the biggest RJD fan here...Red Caps, Electric Elves, Prophets....etc. just don't like the album.

Ever hear "Mask of the Great Deceiver"?

Great song, along with "To Live for the King" also.

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

Yep...A step above "Lock Up the Wolves" before it and certainly better than "Angry Machines" after it.

S2M wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

Most likely the biggest RJD fan here...Red Caps, Electric Elves, Prophets....etc. just don't like the album.

Ever hear "Mask of the Great Deceiver"?

Only for the last twenty years. It's on Kerry Livgren's Decade, along with "To Live For The King."

Ever hear the cover of Aerosmith's "Dream On" sung by Dio, with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar?

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

Most likely the biggest RJD fan here...Red Caps, Electric Elves, Prophets....etc. just don't like the album.

Ever hear "Mask of the Great Deceiver"?

Only for the last twenty years. It's on Kerry Livgren's Decade, along with "To Live For The King."

Ever hear the cover of Aerosmith's "Dream On" sung by Dio, with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar?

Those two songs first appeared on Livgren's "Seeds of Change" album, which came out in 79 or 80, I believe. Pretty good album, IMO.

conversationpc wrote:

Pelata wrote:

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

Yep...A step above "Lock Up the Wolves" before it and certainly better than "Angry Machines" after it.

Okay, let's not get silly here. Strange Highways was something of a sleeper when it came out, with an awesome opening track, but it doesn't trump Lock Up The Wolves. Dio had a helluva band on that album, including none other than Jens Johansson on keyboards. Of all the guitarists Dio worked with throughout his post-Rainbow/Sabbath era, the consensus is that Tracy G was the least impressive, with Campbell, Goldy and Aldrich being the best.

conversationpc wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

Most likely the biggest RJD fan here...Red Caps, Electric Elves, Prophets....etc. just don't like the album.

Ever hear "Mask of the Great Deceiver"?

Only for the last twenty years. It's on Kerry Livgren's Decade, along with "To Live For The King."

Ever hear the cover of Aerosmith's "Dream On" sung by Dio, with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar?

Those two songs first appeared on Livgren's "Seeds of Change" album, which came out in 79 or 80, I believe. Pretty good album, IMO.

That is correct, and when Livgren's great 2CD collection Decade was issued, Seeds Of Change was not in print. At least not on CD.

And lo! There was Seeds Of Change, in its entirety, on CD1 of Decade, with fantastic new liner notes all about the creation of the album. How convenient that was twenty years ago!

And for the record, Seeds Of Change is awesome. All of it.

verslibre wrote:

conversationpc wrote:

Pelata wrote:

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

Yep...A step above "Lock Up the Wolves" before it and certainly better than "Angry Machines" after it.

Okay, let's not get silly here. Strange Highways was something of a sleeper when it came out, with an awesome opening track, but it doesn't trump Lock Up The Wolves. Dio had a helluva band on that album, including none other than Jens Johansson on keyboards. Of all the guitarists Dio worked with throughout his post-Rainbow/Sabbath era, the consensus is that Tracy G was the least impressive, with Campbell, Goldy and Aldrich being the best.

I like "Lock Up the Wolves" but I still think "Strange Highways" is a better album regardless of who was or wasn't the guitarist, keyboardist, etc.

verslibre wrote:

conversationpc wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:

verslibre wrote:

S2M wrote:Magica was "ok"....alot better than KTD.

Um, Killing The Dragon is a superb album. Maybe you need to listen to it again.

Most likely the biggest RJD fan here...Red Caps, Electric Elves, Prophets....etc. just don't like the album.

Ever hear "Mask of the Great Deceiver"?

Only for the last twenty years. It's on Kerry Livgren's Decade, along with "To Live For The King."

Ever hear the cover of Aerosmith's "Dream On" sung by Dio, with Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar?

Those two songs first appeared on Livgren's "Seeds of Change" album, which came out in 79 or 80, I believe. Pretty good album, IMO.

That is correct, and when Livgren's great 2CD collection Decade was issued, Seeds Of Change was not in print. At least not on CD.

And lo! There was Seeds Of Change, in its entirety, on CD1 of Decade, with fantastic new liner notes all about the creation of the album. How convenient that was twenty years ago!

The "Decade" collection was actually where I first heard that album. I love it...The solo stuff and AD material is good, too, but "Seeds of Change" is one of my favorite prog albums (if it could be considered prog, that is).

If Kansas is prog, then so is Seeds Of Change and the bulk of Kerry's solo works.

conversationpc wrote:

verslibre wrote:

conversationpc wrote:

Pelata wrote:

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

Yep...A step above "Lock Up the Wolves" before it and certainly better than "Angry Machines" after it.

Okay, let's not get silly here. Strange Highways was something of a sleeper when it came out, with an awesome opening track, but it doesn't trump Lock Up The Wolves. Dio had a helluva band on that album, including none other than Jens Johansson on keyboards. Of all the guitarists Dio worked with throughout his post-Rainbow/Sabbath era, the consensus is that Tracy G was the least impressive, with Campbell, Goldy and Aldrich being the best.

I like "Lock Up the Wolves" but I still think "Strange Highways" is a better album regardless of who was or wasn't the guitarist, keyboardist, etc.

Strange Highways was the very first time I heard something from Dio that I felt did not match what he was capable of. Some good songs, but some that weren't so good, that could have used some restructuring. And again, I think much of that had to do with Tracy G.

verslibre wrote:If Kansas is prog, then so is Seeds Of Change and the bulk of Kerry's solo works.

Well, like most prog bands the majority of their material isn't necessarily prog but songs like "Song for America", "The Pinnacle", etc., certainly are.

conversationpc wrote:

verslibre wrote:If Kansas is prog, then so is Seeds Of Change and the bulk of Kerry's solo works.

Well, like most prog bands the majority of their material isn't necessarily prog but songs like "Song for America", "The Pinnacle", etc., certainly are.

To which bands are you referring? I listen to a lot of prog outside the mainstream UK/USA contingent.

Dang I thought it was about Sinatra.

verslibre wrote:

conversationpc wrote:

verslibre wrote:If Kansas is prog, then so is Seeds Of Change and the bulk of Kerry's solo works.

Well, like most prog bands the majority of their material isn't necessarily prog but songs like "Song for America", "The Pinnacle", etc., certainly are.

To which bands are you referring? I listen to a lot of prog outside the mainstream UK/USA contingent.

I'm thinking mostly of the mainstream ones, the ones that have enjoyed wide popularity at some point in their careers, like Yes, Rush, Genesis, etc.

verslibre wrote:

conversationpc wrote:

Pelata wrote:

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

Yep...A step above "Lock Up the Wolves" before it and certainly better than "Angry Machines" after it.

Okay, let's not get silly here. Strange Highways was something of a sleeper when it came out, with an awesome opening track, but it doesn't trump Lock Up The Wolves. Dio had a helluva band on that album, including none other than Jens Johansson on keyboards. Of all the guitarists Dio worked with throughout his post-Rainbow/Sabbath era, the consensus is that Tracy G was the least impressive, with Campbell, Goldy and Aldrich being the best.

I could care less about consensus...to me, Tracy G was the most Iommi-like guitarist he ever had. He wasn't the shredder Goldy or Campbell was, but his tone & style were quite heavy & dark...much more so than his presecessors. Even Angry Machines had a couple of cool songs on it.

Pelata wrote:

verslibre wrote:

conversationpc wrote:

Pelata wrote:

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"Strange Highways", and "Angry Machines" need to be burned.....

Strange Highways is a blistering album!! It's like where Dehumanizer left off...dark, deep & heavy!

Yep...A step above "Lock Up the Wolves" before it and certainly better than "Angry Machines" after it.

Okay, let's not get silly here. Strange Highways was something of a sleeper when it came out, with an awesome opening track, but it doesn't trump Lock Up The Wolves. Dio had a helluva band on that album, including none other than Jens Johansson on keyboards. Of all the guitarists Dio worked with throughout his post-Rainbow/Sabbath era, the consensus is that Tracy G was the least impressive, with Campbell, Goldy and Aldrich being the best.

I could care less about consensus...to me, Tracy G was the most Iommi-like guitarist he ever had. He wasn't the shredder Goldy or Campbell was, but his tone & style were quite heavy & dark...much more so than his presecessors. Even Angry Machines had a couple of cool songs on it.

Dio himself also thought "Strange Highways" was a very underrated album.

SH and AM are too close to Sabbath for my tastes. Dehumanizer and the new Heaven and Hell are too heavy for my tastes....the thing most blinded fans fail to realize is it is OK to not like EVERYTHING by an artist. Going back, I loved the brilliant Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, and subsequent Live Evil. And let's not even get into the brilliance that is Rainbow...

Holy Diver
Last in Line
Sacred Heart
Dream Evil

PURE MASTERPIECES

everything after is hit & miss