Fighting The World was my first Manowar album and still my favorite.  Any difference between any of the later albums or is it like asking which Motorhead album is the best?

I have no beef with The Sword for any "hipster metal" type nonsense (I love plenty of hipster metal).  My problem with The Sword is that they, like Skeletonwitch and High On Fire, strike me as being more concerned with shredding and kicking ass than with crafting their songs.  They each have songs I like a lot, and I…

I have no beef with The Sword for any "hipster metal" type nonsense (I love plenty of hipster metal).  My problem with The Sword is that they, like Skeletonwitch and High On Fire, strike me as being more concerned with shredding and kicking ass than with crafting their songs.  They each have songs I like a lot, and I…

GENERALLY SPOKEN/ In Class Today*

GENERALLY SPOKEN/ In Class Today*

We were fucking Corn Dogs!

We were fucking Corn Dogs!

It's like the Sex Pistols kicking out Glen Matlock for liking the Beatles.  At the time, it makes sense.  But years later you're like, what?  Really?

It's like the Sex Pistols kicking out Glen Matlock for liking the Beatles.  At the time, it makes sense.  But years later you're like, what?  Really?

Definitely start with Class Clown Spots a UFO.  That one's awesome.

Definitely start with Class Clown Spots a UFO.  That one's awesome.

Awesome to hear.  I assume you have Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Under The Bushes, and Propeller?

Awesome to hear.  I assume you have Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Under The Bushes, and Propeller?

I'm saying yes to both.  It does sound Like Joy Division and so what because it is a classic album.

I'm saying yes to both.  It does sound Like Joy Division and so what because it is a classic album.

I always read this in the voice of Watt leaving that message on Sonic Youth's "Providence".  With the echo and the beeps and the "Hey Thurston!  Did you find shit?" stuff.

I always read this in the voice of Watt leaving that message on Sonic Youth's "Providence".  With the echo and the beeps and the "Hey Thurston!  Did you find shit?" stuff.

Not sure I agree, but that "Rosemary" song is definitely a lost classic.

Not sure I agree, but that "Rosemary" song is definitely a lost classic.

Do you have the earlier Torche and Kylesa stuff as well?  Highly recommended.