I ABSOLUTELY loved this show! Thank You! "Forbidden" to me, is a whole new record, a whole new experience, many songs I either didn't like or thought were "OK" earlier, I love now. Love! Its now my third fav of teh Martin records behind Eternal Idol and Headless Cross, above Cross Purposes and Tyr. I think the sound and richness of the mix TRULY shines, and who knew there was such a diamond in that rough.

Slaves and masters is another DP album that everyone crapped on back then, now its starting to get some love

1. A Song for All Seasons 2. Scheherazade 3. Prologue 4. Turn of the Cards 5. Grandin IL Vento 6. Novella 7. Ashes are Burning 8. Azure d'or 9. Tuscany 10. Camera Camera 11. Illusion 12. Renaissance 13. Time Line

Angra, has become a recent favorite band. Temple of Shadows really grabbed my attention

The only LP that I have, from this foursome, is Upon This Rock. I love this period of Joe Farrell. For anyone dipping in to his catalogue for the first time, I'd recommend Moon Gems also - with Herbie, Stanley Clarke and Jack deJohnette.

Glad that you put Third first. It's my favorite album. I saw them live at this time. Really fantastic live band. The Deluxe edition of Third has their Pop Proms performance at the Albert Hall in 1970 on it. Easily the Softs best album.

You're right! Not into Riot V, but I saw the video single and immediately noticed the singers remarkable enunciation 🎉

I'd give this episode a like just for the tee Pete is wearing! Turns out the clip deserved it on its own merit 🙂

I love the Wooden Nickel stuff!!!

7>Scissor Sisters "Scissor Sisters"

U2- Never understood this band. Poor acoustics, poor sound, terrible vocals. They sound like a 60’s garage band. Aerosmith- The deafening repetitive guitar work gives me a headache. Steven Tyler is a horrible singer. The lyrics are disgusting. And every decade they get much worse than the previous one. Wish they would have gone away after the 70’s. Guns & Roses- Those vocals are painful to listen to. Cat scratching the chalkboard. I really hate this band and have so since the very first time I heard them in 1987 and going into middle school. Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band- Terrible singer and an egotistical fanbase and following. I don’t know what makes The Boss great. There is nothing to even like. AC/DC- 4 repetitive chords and screaming. All their songs sound the same. Guitarist in his underpanties. This band is so gimmicky I could never take them seriously. B52’s- Are they purposely trying to annoy us? REO Speedwagon- Their lead singer sounds like Big Bird. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- Horrible singing and musicianship and lyrics about how bad she hates men. Toxic corporate garbage. Eurythmics- I actually might like this band if it were not for Anne Lennox woo-hooing weird sounding vocals that ruin everything else about the band that might be good. The Rolling Stones- They probably buy their recording equipment at Radio Shack. Mick Jagger can’t sing and the poor acoustics and mediocrity of the band is unimpressive. Boy George and the Culture Club- Two things ruined New Wave. A more commercial direction and this terrible band. The Go-Gos- They don’t got the beat. The Eagles- Yeah I can tolerate some of the non radio songs. The overplayed radio songs I want to unhear permanently. Other honorable mentions John Cougar Mellencamp, Tom Petty and the Heatbreakers, Bob Dylan,

So lotsa great choices for 2004. I'll stick with my approach to the FF picks & do mine alphabetically - two letters per day/year. There are SO many. Here are the picks for 2004/Q-R: Richard Hallebeek Project/Rhp - fine fusion album with guests Shawn Lane & Brett Garsed. Udo Pannekeet from Isotope/Focus on bass. There would be a followup in 2012 Rough Cutt/Afterlife - AOR on the heavy (metal-ish) side but with plenty of hooks & good tunes. Excellent vocals, ties to Ozzy/Quiet Riot/Dio. Jake E. Lee was in this band in the 80's prior to his Ozzy stint as Randy Rhoads' replacement. Note that this is really a Shortino/Northrup album but it's close enough to Rough Cutt. Paul Shortino also has 3 excellent solo records out between 1993-2003 RTZ/Lost And Found - wonderful AOR album from Boston's Brad Delp & Barry Goudreau. This is previously unreleased music from RTZ HM's: Queensryche, The Radiators, The Reputation, Retroheads, Richie Kotzen, Rick Springfield, Ringo Starr, Rovo, Rush

you get the katana 50 or 100?

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the holy. I hate "The Crunge" and "D'yer Maker" is almost as bad.

Forbidden was in my view the only one that neede desperatly a new remix, and its an amazing new version

Honestly, every encounter I’ve had with a Boss Katana has not been good. That a nice guitar though

Discipline is my favourite king crimson album, but I really love red!

7. God Dethroned The Lair Of The White Worm 8. Death Angel The Art Of Dying 9. Therion Lemuria/Sirius B 10. Dream Evil- The Book Of Heavy Metal 11. Bloodbath Nightmares Made Flesh #12 The Dillinger Escape Plan- Miss Machine # 13 Exodus Temple Of The Damned # 14 Enslaved Isa # 15 Mastodon Leviathan

Great review .Lots of talk on the sounds of the instruments,the remixes,etc but not much on TM’s vocals.I have all of this era on cd/vinyl and I will eventually (or probably now) buy it but as you guys said Forbidden sounds great but a lot the songs are lousy.But no mention of Tony Martin’s vocals which when I first the album he was really struggling.None of the soaring highs and passion from the previous albums.Yes I heard he had problems with his voice but really he didn’t know wether he was coming or going in the band.I have listened to the remix of Forbidden on Spotify and it sounds great but it still sounds half arsed .But more love to the Tony Martin era,I wore out the grooves to Headless Cross and Tyr.

For me their best album is and always will be ''Inside Out''

Sounding good, Pete.

Nice, glad to see Angra's great catalogue getting some love here! I was surprised to see Secret Garden ending on number 1 in Pete's list, but then, these guys do not really have a bad record.

Im shocked Pete didn't mention Benny the Bouncer. That is the poster child for this subject. I disagree with Martin on Trashed . Love that and its a great opener. Always liked Dyer Maker and Roll the Bones. Also, i don't think a ballard is always out of place on albums.

Hi, I have wanted the Yamaha revstar for a long time, but I just bought a USA Fender Strat and a Vola Oz. Both are killer !! I do believe my next guitar will be a revstar with the p90’s.

Pete, if you wanna do real gear review in SoT, we can!

I bought myself the same thing few weeks ago. It’s great!!! I love that I can connect my phone to it and play any song I want.

My number 7 Electrocution 250 - Electric Cartoon Music from Hell This is really weird! Instrumental Cartoonmusic-Jazz-Math-Metal, Greggery Peccary meets the Dance of Eternity. CD is hard to find, but it can be found on all popular music streaming services. 8 Pain of Salvation - Be 9 Los Calzones - Frecuencia Extrema 10 Helmet of Gnats - Time Slip 11 Spastic Ink - Ink Compatible 12 Mike Keneally Band - Dog 13 Jordan Rudess - Rhythm of Time 14 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History 15 The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

Don't overthink it.. its a play on the word Jamaica.There aren't multiple ways to say it. Great show again..always a pleasure to join the FunHouse on a Friday.

THE TANGENT - THE WORLD THAT WE DRIVE THROUGH - In short, a Prog rock playbook that pulls together 70s style prog.

R.I.P. Doug Ingle, my favorite Iron Butterfly album id thier debut album. Heavy, the Iron Butterfly theme is mind blowing!

My ranking for the Testament albums would be🤘 12. Low 1994 11. Demonic 1997 10. The Ritual 1992 9. Brotherhood Of The Snake 2016 8. Souls Of Black 1990 7. Dark Roots Of Earth 2012 6. Titans Of Creation 2020 5. The Gathering 1999 4. The Formation Of Damnation 2008 3. The Legacy 1987 2. The New Order 1988 1. Practice What You Preach 1989

Another great group for the Crew Review. Like the variety of albums reviewed during these episodes. Thanks to all with shout out to Jamie for including Nestor. Sounds like perfect choice for coming beach time. Thanks again, guys.

07- Edenbridge - Shine [Symphonic Metal] 08- Threshold - Subsurface [Progressive Metal] 09- The Tangent - The World That We Drive Through [Eclectic Prog] 10- Mindflow - Just the Two of Us-Me and Them [Progressive Metal] 11- Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender [Avantgarde] 12- Imperia - The Ancient Dance of Qetesh [Symphonic Metal] 13- Black Bonzo - Black Bonzo [Heavy Prog] 14- Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve [Holiday] 15- David Arkenstone - Atlantis: A Symphonic Journey [New Age]

We need more videos of Pete playing guitar!

Nestor sound like they should be on the melodic rock show on UK Connection.....Uncle Simon would love them!

Great gadget got one the other day

It would be cool if you do a Joe Farrell ranking the albums show.

If they were ever able to get good production like candalmass got in the 80s, they would have been huge. Many songs that could have been great are sabotaged by their lack of production quality

Love Angra. Good to see them get some love here on SoT. Obviously, George was the right co-Captain for this one.

Oh, that Yamaha Revstar. Fine guitar!

#7 Primal Fear - Devil’s Ground #8 Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose #9 Mofro - Lochloosa The band would later change their name to JJ Grey & Mofro. #10 Fates Warning - FWX #11 Velvet Revolver - Contraband #12 Alter Bridge - One Day Remains #13 Nightingale - Invisible #14 Marillion - Marbles #15 Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South

A Serbian Film Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom Cannibal Holocaust

Niceee

Let it rip Pete👍Cool T shirt👌

Tim Durling needs one of these to match with his KATANA AMP. \m/

Steve Howe Other than Yes he has worked with Steve Hackett,Frankie Goes To Hollywood,Queen,Billy Currie of Ulravox,Paul Sutin..

A correction on my Neil Young & Crazy Horse segment. I erroneously mentioned that long time Crazy Horse guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro had died. He merely retired from the band in 2014. My apologies to Poncho and his fans. I’m pleased to hear that he is still in the world of the living. Moving forward, I will double check my facts more thoroughly before recording time.

Good debut of the "E-Liz" lineup.

One of my favorite power metal bands, ranking them with George is appropriate. First off my absolute top albums are Holy land and Fireworks. Next comes Angels cry, so that covers the late Andre Matos period. So, for seven that follow: Rebirth, Temple of shadows, Secret garden, Aurora consurgens, Omni, Cycle of pain, Aqua. I think that the latest one will rise in my top as time goes by.