Man of Honour
- Joined
- 29 Mar 2003
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- Stoke on Trent
Firstly a confession:
When I read Penski's posts about bands I sometimes think 'What an arse' because he always mentions bands that 99.9% of rock fans have never heard of.
HOWEVER, when I think back to the t'early 70s I used to do exactly the same.
I thought of it has my duty to find artists that none of my mates had heard of and I came across many bands that I believe 'I found'
eg Judas Priest, Silverhead, Kiss, Hustler, Rush, Jet (old), Aerosmith, Export, Van Halen, Ramones, New York Dolls, Trust, ACDC, Rose Tattoo and the list went on and on with some bands making it and others not.
The amazing thing was I had never heard any of these bands and bought them for their sleeves.
I'd scour import racks, read the sleeve, buy it and hopefully I'd found myself a gem that I could pass onto mates.
By the time I got married in 1980 I'd got over 3000 vinyl albums and all paid for.
Of course, nowadays it is done completely different for me.
I have a naughty site I go on, I scour the music, right click save, listen and usually discard.
It has to be amazing for me to buy the CD.
When I read Penski's posts about bands I sometimes think 'What an arse' because he always mentions bands that 99.9% of rock fans have never heard of.
HOWEVER, when I think back to the t'early 70s I used to do exactly the same.
I thought of it has my duty to find artists that none of my mates had heard of and I came across many bands that I believe 'I found'
eg Judas Priest, Silverhead, Kiss, Hustler, Rush, Jet (old), Aerosmith, Export, Van Halen, Ramones, New York Dolls, Trust, ACDC, Rose Tattoo and the list went on and on with some bands making it and others not.
The amazing thing was I had never heard any of these bands and bought them for their sleeves.
I'd scour import racks, read the sleeve, buy it and hopefully I'd found myself a gem that I could pass onto mates.
By the time I got married in 1980 I'd got over 3000 vinyl albums and all paid for.
Of course, nowadays it is done completely different for me.
I have a naughty site I go on, I scour the music, right click save, listen and usually discard.
It has to be amazing for me to buy the CD.