Early Maiden was always known as being slightly punk sounding. In '80 the genres rarely mixed like they started to just a few years later but you'd always see punks wearing Motorhead shirts or on their jackets and hear it at punk shows, the only other metal band I ever heard at one fairly regularly was Maiden.
It was a great year to be alive in, period. The summer of 1980 will always be one of the most special times in my life. Where I come from Van Halen "Women and Children First" and Rush "Moving Pictures" along with "Back in Black" were the big records. Oh and I know it ain't metal- but Pink Floyd (which most metal heads like) "The Wall" was probably the biggest album around as far as what the rockers were listening to.
Technically Permanent Waves was recorded in 1979 and Moving Pictures in 1980 but they were both released in the beginning of the following year respectively and therefore might have caused some confusion.
Permanent Waves was released on January 1, 1980, Moving Pictures one year later. Also love the R30 T-shirt, I have a similar one myself. Great job guys!
"Iron Maiden" is without question among my absolute top 10 most IMPORTANT debuts ever recorded. Irrefutably. Raw, unpolished, utterly buzzsaw...total necessity to better understand metal's evolution!
Oh geez, in '80 I was just starting highschool, partying really hard, chasing girls really hard, stealing cars to "joy ride" in, plus other assorted mayhem. Rocking out on Priest, Maiden, Rush, Nugent, Budgie, April Wine, Sabbath, AC/DC, The Cure, Tubes, Rainbow, Ozzy etc, etc. Little did I know that, a couple of years later after expanding my Metal catalog, Kill em All, Peace Sells, Fistful of Metal, and everything put out by Overkill would totally change my life. Lol, wouldn't change a thing. Being fifteen years old in 1980 when the stars aligned just right, was when the world went haywire.
I agree that DOAM is better, but that didn't come out in 1980. I also think that Mob Rules and Long Live Rock n Roll are better albums than Heaven & Hell, and that Ozzy was better than Sabbath in 1980 (saw them both :)
@@l30S3UX I preferred it. Much better production and performances, imo. Although a lot of my friends at the time would have agreed with you, they loved H&H, while I was too busy waving Blizzard at them.
@Foxbody Boogie I would say Diver Down was. "Everybody Wants Some" & Eddie's blistering solo is what all of us rockers were blasting at house parties, our cars, etc. in the summer of 1980 (plus a ton of other amazing albums!). What a great summer...killer bands/albums, hot chicks, beer & weed! Man, I really miss those days! Take care bros.
Yea Women and children first is a great album. IMO the only reason the first Iron Maiden album made it #1 has nothing to do with the album itself. The reason is it's the first album from a band that had a lot of great albums after 1980. Iron Maiden fan here but that first album, c'mon.
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Def Leppard - On Through the Night Judas Priest - British Steel Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
I agree that UFO's "No Place to Run" is brilliant...Phil Mogg became a stronger singer when Chapman was in the band...however, I think that their former guitarist's debut LP from the same year, the Michael Schenker Group, holds up a bit better... With all due to respect to the illustrious Martin Popoff, it is hilarious that he is wearing a Rush t-shirt and yet mistakenly names Rush's 1981 album as an honorable mention for the best metal releases of 1980 (even funnier is that it may have received a lot of votes!)...LOL...be that as it may, I've always much preferred 1980's "Permanent Waves" anyway... This was a really fun, nostalgic contest with a typically cool performance by the knowledgeable and entertaining Martin Popoff!!! And "Chinatown" is a killer too!
The first Iron Maiden album is easily the best from their catalog, the most variety in their song style and the raw production fits them well. Dennis Stratton is a VERY underrated guitarist on this album and I honestly wish he stayed over Adrian. That said, all the albums on this list and the mentions are great albums as well, should've mentioned the great Def Leppard "On Through The Night" as well, a NWOBHM classic to me
Everything Martin said about British Steel was spot on... I prefer Bomber to Ace Of Spades... Iron Maiden's self-titled debut was one of the best albums of the decade, and my favorite Maiden studio album... Heaven and Hell--Sabbath's best album since Technical Ecstasy.
And on top of all these goodies, there was: Tygers of Pan Tang - Wild Cat MSG - MSG Girlschool - Demolition Krokus - Metal Rendez-vous Saxon - Strong arm of the law (!!!) Trust - Répression And so on and so forth What a year indeed.
A little surprised to see Def Leppard's On Through The Night missing from the honorable mentions list, but maybe I'm just a big fan of that record, because it was them at their heaviest, before they hooked up with Mutt Lange and began moving toward a more commercial sound.
Answer to the Master, Satellite, fuck I am going to listen to those right now! Some of the other stuff isgreat as well and Money talks but I think they were better then!
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz 4. Van Halen - Women and Children First 3. Motorhead - Ace of Spades 2. AC/DC - Back in Black 1. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Kind of surprised Ace of Spades isn't number 1, that's my favorite other than the first Iron Maiden. Still all of these are fucking solid and this is a great vid as usual!!!!
Please do 1984, 1986 and 1990 sometime soon. A common theme for some of these years is that the 5 albums everyone knows end up making it. I feel like those years would have some serious competition going on.
Since hard rock has snuck into the conversation here, an album that should be added into the mix here is What's Next by Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush. Some of the best heavy guitar work ever put down on tape. Listen to "Something's Coming Our Way" and get your head blown off!
iron maiden album 5 skulls its ground breaking and vastly underrated.. translvania ,prowler,phantom of opera,strange world,remember tomorrow the album is a classic blows everything of 1980 out of water
Phantom of the Opera is my second IM song ever, after Hallowed Be Thy Name. 3rd is Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I also love "Strange World". For sure, the most underrate Iron Maiden song. No one talks about it end they never played it live post the Dianno era. And even then it was seldom played. What a shame.
Gillan's "Glory Road" was a classic album from the year (with the late, great Bernie Torme on guitar). They never did anything in the U.S. but were quite big in the UK and Europe and the period brought Ian Gillan back home to his hard rock roots.
I basically had to google to see what albums were released that year. And an album caught my attention: Angel Witch. My God!!! What an awesome album, full of fantasy imagery and pure fun metal. This was an album I really enjoyed!! Especially the doomy soongs, which in IMO really stand out. Keep up the good work, love what you're doing!!!
@@damiankarras Metal is Metal. It's not about "heavier" it's about being Metal. I'm not trash talking Rock or Hard Rock or saying Metal is necessarily "better". The albums/bands you listed are great, especially Rush, one of my favorite bands. I'm simply saying Metal bands are Metal bands and Rock bands are Rock Bands. they're two distinct genres, that's all. Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Heavy Load, Venom, Manowar, Angel Witch, Anvil, Grave Digger, Picture, Sortilège, Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, Budgie are just a few examples of the metal bands around in 1980. At the end of the day, good music is good music and that's what matters, I just find it bizarre when people use the term Metal to refer to any band that's heavy and has electric guitars. That's how MTV/VH1/Apple/Spotify etc. keep getting away with re-branding hard-rock as "Hair Metal", "Grunge Metal", "Nu Metal" and "Metalcore" in their respective decades. It muddies the water and misrepresents true Metal, that's all. Sorry, I've gone off on a bit of a rant, It's all good, Rock, Metal, like what you like. I was just making an observation.
Just discovered this channel very recently. I have no idea why I haven't noticed it before but it suddenly became Christmas again :-) I gotta say I love these Rewind videos - it sure does bring back some good memories of albums I'd forgotten about and used to love or simply just needed to listen to again. Excellent channel and an obvious subscription.
Where is Animal Magnetism it should have been number 1 it's one of the best albums in 1980 super riffs in every song and very well written The Zoo song is my favorite from the album as well as Make it Real
1980 was a great year for metal, but that Angel Witch debut was light years ahead of the rest ... almost bordering on the thrash scene just a few years ahead. Good to see it on the honorable mention list.
Great to see Martin give mention to Thin Lizzy’s Chinatown album. Currently reading my signed copies of Martin’s trilogy of books on the mighty Lizzy- great job Martin.
Blizzard of Oz has Crazy Train and Mr. Crowly on it, I don't think I dont know is the 2nd most famous song on that album, its not even on his compilation album.
Mr. Crowley, Suicide Solution and Goodbye to Romance would be the choices for 2nd most famous song from the album. I Don't Know is a fine song, but definitely not 2nd.
I don't think I would rank "I don't Know" as the 2nd most famous song from "Blizzard of Oz". I think that spot belongs to either "Mr. Crowley" or "Suicide Solution".
Surprised that there's no mention of Cultösaurus Erectus. It's an uneven record surely but Black Blade, Monsters and Unknown Tongue are amongst my favourite BÖC tracks. Especially Monsters, which has a real proggy vibe.
First Iron Maiden album is actually my favorite album of all time, it has the perfect mix of songs, and I love the raw production and low key punk influence on the album
I was 17 in 1980 ... and VERY impressed with Iron Maiden at the time ... so wheras -- for this nostalgic reason -- I don't much mind the #1 pick, I think Diamond Head has survived the test of time best. Like Martin, I'm also surprised that AC/DC didn't make the list, but okay. As for Motorhead, I was absolutely awestruck by the Overkill album ... but Ace of Spades was really just "more of the same" (however good that was) ... as you can pretty much say about every Motorhead album ever since, so they didn't come with the same surprise value as they had the year before. Ozzy? Didn't like that album. At the time, I was into the punk/metal crossover thing ... so I was kind of "whatever" in my attitude towards it, as I also was with Black Sabbath Mark II, with Dio ... I suppose we saw them as "those old guys" at the time ... and thought they had their best work behind them. (Oh well. You live, you learn.) British Steel was disappointing too ... although I feel more warmly towards it nowadays ... and I still think the four best JP albums were released in the 70s. Then there were about a hundred "lesser" bands ... half of which I've forgotten (but boy would I sit on a treasure chest if I'd kept every album I ever bought!!!).
I'm the same age as you and Iron Maiden blew me away. There was nothing else like it then. It was new and really different and the artwork made you want to buy it. It was a tough time for me, but the music was so good. Metal can get you through most anything.
1. Moving Pictures came out in 81. 2. When Martin is talking about Angel Witch it still says Saxon - Wheels Of Steel on the side. 3. Wheels Of Steel has got to be no1!!!
1-back in black...2-ace of spades...3-british steel...4-heaven and hell...5-iron maiden...6-lightning to the nations...7-blizzard of oz...8-wheels of steel...9-angelwitch
Its incredible that AC/DC Back In Black didn’t make it into the top five! But yeah, Martin Popoff is Banger TV’s greatest asset, less goof ball music journalism and more of Martin
Imo no LP can displace Paranoid not only as the fav Black Sabbath LP but in general as the most important LP in rock history.Still after so many decades the subjects of the songs are still around.Wars,drugs,nuclear war fear
5. Def leopard, on thru the night. 4. Judas priest, British steel. 3. Black sabbath, heaven n hell. 2. Triumph. Progressions of power. 1. AC/DC, back in black.
I'm shooketh that Lightning to the Nations wasn't even an honorable mention. "Am I Evil?" Yes, yes you all are! For me, my list is 1) Iron Maiden 2) Heaven and Hell 3) Ace of Spades 4) Lightning to the Nations 5) British Steel
This was a great video. Good top 5 picks and plenty of good honorable mentions. Only one major thing missing: The Michael Schenker Group! Top 5 album of the year for me.
1. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden 2. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 3. Judas Priest - British Steel 4. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz 5. Motorhead - Ace of Spades HM's: ACDC - Back in Black Def Leppard - On Through the Night Rush - Permanent Waves Accept - I Am a Rebel Angel Witch - Angel Witch Saxon - Wheels of Steel Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law Scorpions - Animal Magnetism Witchfynde - Give 'Em Hell Witchfynde - Stagefright Budgie - Power Supply
My top 10: 10) Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group, 9) Motorhead - Ace of Spades, 8) Triumph - Progressions of Power, 7) AC/DC - Back in Black, 6) Van Halen - Women and Children First, 5) Judas Priest - British Steel, 4) Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz, 3) Saxon - Wheels of Stell, 2) Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell, 1) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden.
Best year in metal imho. Just turned 18, NWOBHM had such a big impact on me. Very pleased with all the albums mentioned, not just the top 5. Have all of them on original vinyl! I would have loved to see 2 more: Give ‘em hell by Witchfynde and Def Leppard’s debut : On through the night. Both are undeniable masterpieces, each in their own unique way.
I think a lot of people were being a little too cool and consciously avoiding naming Back In Black. By today's standards, maybe they aren't metal, but I like to judge things by the standard of the times. I'm also surprised at least one of the Saxon albums didn't make the top five (my vote goes to Wheels of Steel - because nine great songs is always better than eight great songs).
I remember the day I bought that Iron Maiden cassette..(years after it's release) .I also bought a Misfits and Dead Kennedy's cassette on the same day...needless to say I got my feet wet over the next few days
1. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden 2. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 3. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations 4. Angel Witch - Angel Witch 5. Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire punk with some Metal influence Discharge - Why? Plasmatics - New Hope for the Wretched
By the way, I don't really like "covers," but Udo's version of "Metal Gods" on the Priest tribute LP is just off the chain. Udo really nails the crap out of it. Don't think anybody could have done it better.
Great year for Metal & a whole new chapter, 1980 was the Year Bands Got Heavy. I like the list Im just not wild about the first Iron Maiden album, I didn't start listening to Metal until 84 - 1985
