80s metal
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Mar 20
File these guys under the Never Made it as Big as they Should Have category. Rail, the 80's metal band from Seattle (well, Bellevue, to be more precise) should have been huge; if you take a "big picture" look at 80's metal as a...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Dec 19
ROCK AND ROLLLLLLL! WHOO HOOO! Be One of Us continues, a random countdown of 50 songs with "of" in the title. We are at #20: "Queen of the Reich" by Queensryche.
It's the answer to a trivia question that, had I been paying...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Oct 18
Um... yes...wellah... hmm.... you see...uh... yeah... it's like this... you know what? I have absolutely no idea how to even begin to explain this latest, lengthy hiatus, so I'm not even going to try.
Just wanted to make sure...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Oct 17
It's yet another music theme started by @FourWalls that I am using: songs with "wild" in the title. I am at #4: "Wild Side" by Motley Crue.
The lead track on Motley Crue's 1987 album, Girls, Girls, Girls, "Wild Side" is a...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Aug 17
A couple of days ago, I finished a music series about 80's heavy metal. Well, if you went to see a hair metal or hard rock band during that decade, you weren't getting out of the arena without hearing a power ballad or two. We...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Aug 17
Seeing how I try to do two music series at the same time, I figure it's time to unleash another one. I recently did a countdown on 80's metal, so here is the softer side of that genre. I'm talking about the power ballad. They were...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Jul 17
The Scorpions once did a song about the end of a rock concert, "When the Smoke is Going Down." Well, the smoke is going down on my Favorite 80's Metal Songs series (and I did it without using a single power ballad!) We have...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Jul 17
I had to take a day off in this celebration of loud guitars, but here we are at #2 in my Favorite 80's Metal Songs series. And we have a band making their first appearance in one of my music countdowns: Judas Priest, with "The...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Jul 17
Loud guitars you want, loud guitars is what you are going to get! #3 in my Favorite 80's Metal Songs series belongs to yet another band making it's first appearance in one of my music countdowns: Dokken, with "Paris is...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Jul 17
The 1980's were a great decade for heavy metal fans. Because of hair metal, there was an abundance of the stuff, and it got played on rock radio. A lot. To celebrate, I am counting down my Favorite 80's Metal Songs. We are at #4:...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jul 17
Bang your head! We are celebrating loud guitars with my Favorite 80's Metal Songs series. We are at #5 in the countdown, with a band making their first appearance in one of my music countdowns: "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot....
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Jul 17
What better way to balance out my electronic music series than with a bunch of loud guitars? Hence, my Favorite 80's Metal Songs countdown. You want to talk about loud? The #6 spot belongs to "For Those About to Rock (We Salute...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
19 Jul 17
To counter balance my electronic music series, I am going with loud guitars. Hence, my Favorite 80's Metal Songs countdown. We are at #7: "Blackout" by the Scorpions.
"Blackout," the opening track from their 1982 album of the...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Jul 17
As I celebrate electronic music over in another series, I thought I would also give loud guitars their due, and what better way than with a countdown of my Favorite 80's Metal Songs? We are at #8, so let's bang our heads to...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Jul 17
Since I am doing a series celebrating electronic music, I figured I would balance it out with a countdown featuring loud guitars. And in the 80's, loud guitars were HUGE. Hence, my Favorite 80's Metal Songs series. We are at #9:...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Jul 17
I normally don't jump the gun like this, but I've only got one Mission song left, so that series is pretty much done. I am also doing an electronic music series, so I thought I'd also give equal time to loud guitars. Hence, my...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Nov 16
We're at #7 in my Favorite "Time of Day" Songs series, songs with the time of day in the title, and it's a good one: "2 Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden.
Iron Maiden formed in London in 1975, and was a leader of the New Wave...
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
9 May 16
#7 in my Top 10 Favorite Opening Acts series takes us to Seattle, home of 80's metal band Rail.
You might remember an MTV contest in the 80's called The Basement Tapes. Against the band's wishes, a video tape was sent to the...
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