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sknight
08-16-2006, 01:20 AM
Had my music player on random and this gem came up. Loved this when I was a kid and it still holds up today. Every goddamn song was good. Listening to Never, Neverland now. So many famous riffs on this one. Too bad Jeff became too inconsistant and even mediocre later.
25133WhooOoAH
08-16-2006, 01:37 AM
i love thrash, one band i never got into, soon enough ill come along an album i find cheap , i've heard nothing but good things about them, What album should i start with?
sknight
08-16-2006, 01:48 AM
Every album is very different. ALice in Hell and Never Neverland are the essentials. That's when Jeff had a cowriter and the lyrics weren't cheezy. He waned in later years. Supposedly, Set The World On Fire is good, but I can't confirm. He's become less artful with his guitarwork, too. The speed and finesse of Waters' playing is the key.
pointblankJ9
08-16-2006, 01:57 PM
I can't agree about this one holding up. When I listen to this album nowadays I cant do it without laughing a bit. Kraft Dinner? I have to call cheesy on that one.
sknight
08-16-2006, 04:51 PM
"Kraf Dinner" because they couldn't use the real name in print. Loser's lunch!

But AiH is a classic. I listened on good equipment for the first time in years and I heard the nuances in all the musician's playing. Good stuff. Randy Rampage came back for a later album, on which I found a couple good songs, but it was promoted to be the continuation of AiH, which it certainly was NOT.
Exanimate
08-16-2006, 04:56 PM
Annihilator is great musically, but lyrically, and vocally they stink. Jeff is an amazing guitarist, but horrible lyricist, and vocalist.
sknight
08-16-2006, 05:08 PM
Quoted for truth. Bates was a great co-lyricist, but he's been out of the picture for 15 years now.
pointblankJ9
08-17-2006, 01:52 PM
I don't remember the year (maybe 89 or 90) but it was the Testament, Wrathchild America, Annihilator tour. We were outside the Ritz in NYC and a homeless guy asked Randy Rampage for a quarter and he started (jokingly) yelling at the dude that he just worked his ass off in front of the crowd, blah blah....in the end, he made the homeless guy give him a dollar - which he did. It was kinda funny even though RR reminded me more of a failed hairband frontman than thrash singer.

That said...I do love the SONG Alice in Hell (or is it Alison Hell? I don't remember.)
sknight
08-17-2006, 09:05 PM
Alison Hell. Good stuff.