The Official Website Of Triumph

Alvin Lee-Ten Years After

I never hear him mentioned, but he must have been well known back in the day because I've seen "Alvin Lee & Ten Years After" sorta like "Tom Cochrane & Red Rider"...but I haven't heard him mentioned so...he goes on the list

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Ronnie Montrose

knetzke11:

T-Dawg I'd agree with Warren Demartini

Adrian Vandenberg??

I think Ronnie Montrose did some pretty cool stuff with the Edgar Winter Group and Montrose
 

yeah...I beat ya to it! haha

I think this thread was started before you even joined though...so I'll forgive you...

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The following are highly underrated guitar players:

Rik Emmett, Glenn Tipton (a brilliant soloist who progressed and progresses album to album), Neal Schon, Tevor Rabin (major film composer these days in Hollywood - his "89 Ezrin-produced solo album " Can"t Look Away" is a masterpiece), Adrian Smith, Garry Moore, Michael Schenker, Matthias Jabbs, Brian May and last bu not least, Uli Jon Roth (where neo-classical shred begun circa. 1974 - brilliant player).

Schenker:

The following are highly underrated guitar players:

Rik Emmett, Glenn Tipton (a brilliant soloist who progressed and progresses album to album).

Funny, those are my two favorite guitar players, strange when you consider how strangely similar they are.

They both are the main strength and reason behind their bands success, respectively. Both are incredibly gifted and diverse guitarists, whom have that mindset of stretching their limitations and broadening their horizons. Yet both are very humbled, soft-spoken and full of the utmost class.

Hi Luvers666,

Glenn Tipton is such an overlooked and underrated guitarist and musician. Many people do not know that he is the driving force behind Judas Priest.

Triumph and Judas Priest are also my all-time favourite music groups. I first discovered Judas Priest and Triumph in 1984 through Defenders of the Faith and Thunder Seven, respectively.

For sentimental reasons, Defenders of the Faith and Thunder Seven remain to this day my all-time favourite albums. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to witness Triumph live in concert, but I did see Judas Priest’s final concert in Toronto, Canada, at the CNE in August of 1991 (Operation Rock ‘N’ Roll).

You may wish to note that Martin Popoff (a Canadian writer who specializes in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal - http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/priest.html) recently wrote a book on Judas Priest, Heavy Metal Painkillers. The book provides a chronological view (album by album) of all the eras of Priest’s music with Halford and Ripper and of Halford’s and Glenn’s solo projects. The book is filled with cool photos of Judas Priest memorabilia and, overall is an interesting read for only the formative years in England (1971-1974).

With respect to Glenn’s contributions to Judas Priest, I always had a feeling that, like Rik Emmett in Triumph, Glenn was the major driving force behind the Priest’s music. There are a few interviews in Martin Popoff’s book with past producers and session musicians (Simon Philips) that confirmed my beliefs.

In 2008, Triumph and Judas Priest will both be playing at the Sweden Rock Festival, and Judas Priest will be releasing their highly anticipated conceptual album, Nostradamus.

If you wish to discuss Judas Priest or Triumph music, feel free to send me an e-mail at frank_schenker@yahoo.com. Sincerely.

Frank

I cannot say I discovered Priest at the same time as I did Triumph, but I became a fan of both in the same year, 1978.

My first exposure to Priest was a year earlier when 98Rock here played Diamonds And Rust, the Sin After Sin version, on the radio. I was familiar with Joan Baez's version, as well as the rest of her music, and hated their version. I swore I would never like them, but the following year my older brother pulled out the vinyl of Stained Class, freshly bought.

When I seen who it was I just groaned and didn't want to hear it, and after hearing Exciter & White Heat, Red Hot I was determined to leave. Then Better By You, Better Than Me came on and I liked it, have loved the band ever since.

It's strange that the first song I'd ever like by Priest was a cover song when I hated them then. BBYBTM was also the first Metal song I ever learned to play on the guitar, it actually made me not want to play Metal, was too easy.

Priest & Triumph together, that would be an excellent concert/tour. Priest is the only band I seen more times than Triumph and they were good every time. Interestingly they were better live and studio with Tim Owens than with Rob.
 

Schenker:

Triumph and Judas Priest will both be playing at the Sweden Rock Festival, and Judas Priest will be releasing their highly anticipated conceptual album, Nostradamus.

I'm very curious about how such an album will compare to Nikolo Kotzev's "Nostradamus" concept album (there, again, echoes the Blackmore/melodic rock connection to Sweden):

http://www.nostramusic.com/biographies.htm

Come to think of it, Kotzev is probably an underrated axeman in that his abilities exceed people's awareness of his work.

chordguy:

Schenker:

Triumph and Judas Priest will both be playing at the Sweden Rock Festival, and Judas Priest will be releasing their highly anticipated conceptual album, Nostradamus.

I'm very curious about how such an album will compare to Nikolo Kotzev's "Nostradamus" concept album (there, again, echoes the Blackmore/melodic rock connection to Sweden):

http://www.nostramusic.com/biographies.htm

Come to think of it, Kotzev is probably an underrated axeman in that his abilities exceed people's awareness of his work.

Billy Thorpe did a whole concept album 'Children of the Sun' based on Nostradamus's predictions.

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Can't you feel the magic, feel it everywhere, Can't you hear the music, there's something in the air, There's a celebration, deep within a song, Celebrate this feeling, you know it can't be wrong

knetzke11:

chordguy:

Schenker:

Triumph and Judas Priest will both be playing at the Sweden Rock Festival, and Judas Priest will be releasing their highly anticipated conceptual album, Nostradamus.

I'm very curious about how such an album will compare to Nikolo Kotzev's "Nostradamus" concept album (there, again, echoes the Blackmore/melodic rock connection to Sweden):

http://www.nostramusic.com/biographies.htm

Come to think of it, Kotzev is probably an underrated axeman in that his abilities exceed people's awareness of his work.

Billy Thorpe did a whole concept album 'Children of the Sun' based on Nostradamus's predictions.

Never knew the album was a 'concept' one, but what do I know

check out the track listing:

1) Children of the Sun
2) We're Leaving
3) We Welcome You
4) Solar Anthem
5) The Beginning
6) Earth Calling
7) Turn It Into Love
8) Free Enterprise
9) East of Eden's Gate

The last few might not have been on the original the version, I have is "Children of the Sun...Revisited" so I know some tracks were added for that one, but there is definatly a common theme

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Rock Hard Ride Free from DFOTF was the song that got me hooked.  In terms of '70s albums, my favourites are Sad Wings of Destiny, Stained Class and Hell Bent For Leather (Killing Machine).

Here is a great JP fansite: http://members.firstinter.net/markster/STAINEDCLASS.html Just type the name of the album in capital letters followed by .html  A good resource for the hardcore fan.

I saw one concert on the Angel of Retribution Tour, but never saw the group with Tim Owens.  To be honest, I purchased Jugulator after it was released and was not impressed.  I did not bother with Demolition.  I would like to get your impressions on the Turbo - Ram It Down and Jugulator - Demolition eras.

Schenker:

Rock Hard Ride Free from DFOTF was the song that got me hooked.  In terms of '70s albums, my favourites are Sad Wings of Destiny, Stained Class and Hell Bent For Leather (Killing Machine).

Here is a great JP fansite: http://members.firstinter.net/markster/STAINEDCLASS.html Just type the name of the album in capital letters followed by .html  A good resource for the hardcore fan.

I saw one concert on the Angel of Retribution Tour, but never saw the group with Tim Owens.  To be honest, I purchased Jugulator after it was released and was not impressed.  I did not bother with Demolition.  I would like to get your impressions on the Turbo - Ram It Down and Jugulator - Demolition eras.

Yes I am familiar with that site, I helped with a lot of the information. Defenders was a great album, in paticular Eat Me Alive & Night Comes Down.

My favorite Priest album by far is British Steel. If you were to ask me to rate them, from favorite to least favorite, it would go:

British Steel
Demolition
Turbo
Killing Machine
Unleashed In The East
Sad Wings Of Destiny
'98 Live Meltdown
Jugulator
Defenders Of The Faith
Stained Class
Sin After Sin
Ram It Down
Angel Of Retribution
Rocka Rolla
Priest . . . Live!
Painkiller
Point Of Entry
Screaming For Vengeance

Luvers666:

Schenker:

Rock Hard Ride Free from DFOTF was the song that got me hooked.  In terms of '70s albums, my favourites are Sad Wings of Destiny, Stained Class and Hell Bent For Leather (Killing Machine).

Here is a great JP fansite: http://members.firstinter.net/markster/STAINEDCLASS.html Just type the name of the album in capital letters followed by .html  A good resource for the hardcore fan.

I saw one concert on the Angel of Retribution Tour, but never saw the group with Tim Owens.  To be honest, I purchased Jugulator after it was released and was not impressed.  I did not bother with Demolition.  I would like to get your impressions on the Turbo - Ram It Down and Jugulator - Demolition eras.

Yes I am familiar with that site, I helped with a lot of the information. Defenders was a great album, in paticular Eat Me Alive & Night Comes Down.

My favorite Priest album by far is British Steel. If you were to ask me to rate them, from favorite to least favorite, it would go:

British Steel
Demolition
Turbo
Killing Machine
Unleashed In The East
Sad Wings Of Destiny
'98 Live Meltdown
Jugulator
Defenders Of The Faith
Stained Class
Sin After Sin
Ram It Down
Angel Of Retribution
Rocka Rolla
Priest . . . Live!
Painkiller
Point Of Entry
Screaming For Vengeance

 

My favourite Priest studio albums are as follows:

1) Defenders of the Faith

2) Turbo

3) Stained Class

4) Painkiller

5) Sad Wings of Destiny

6) Screaming For Vengeance

7) Point of Entry

8) Killing Machine

9) British Steel

10) Ram it Down

11) Angel of Retribution

12) Sin After Sin

13) Rocka Rolla

14) Jugulator

Demolition (cannot rank the album since I have never heard it)

Favourite live albums:

1) Unleashed in the East

2) Priest...Live!

I have not heard ‘98 Meltdown and Live in London; therefore, I cannot rank them.

1) Defenders of the Faith

2) Turbo

3) Stained Class

4) Painkiller

5) Sad Wings of Destiny

6) Screaming For Vengeance

7) Point of Entry

8) Killing Machine

9) British Steel

10) Ram it Down

11) Angel of Retribution

12) Sin After Sin

13) Rocka Rolla

14) Jugulator

Demolition (cannot rank the album since I have never heard it)

Favourite live albums:

1) Unleashed in the East

2) Priest...Live!

I have not heard ‘98 Meltdown and Live in London; therefore, I cannot rank them.

I love Defenders...

I can't remember if I mentioned him already, but Marc Diglio from XYZ was amazing!

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Can't you feel the magic, feel it everywhere, Can't you hear the music, there's something in the air, There's a celebration, deep within a song, Celebrate this feeling, you know it can't be wrong