The punkier songs on the s/t album are beyond great, IMO. "Seed" has such a great rock and roll guitar solo, "Same In The End" is catchy as hell.  I could go the rest of my life without ever hearing "Doin' Time", "Caress Me Down" and "What I Got", but I still love "Santeria" and the rest of that album.

It was amazing, but I unfortunately could have sworn that Doug said "1994" in the description, so for some reason I was thinking Forrest Gump the whole time (because of the shrimping boat, of course).  Which got me panicking about Forrest Gump when Levine said -4 names.  I was thinking it must be:

"Does he put me in a Scorpion Leg Lock when he comes out of my butt?"

Yeah when Ozzy busted out the harmonica during Ozzfest 05, I got really, really excited because I knew "The Wizard" was coming.  Also, "Dirty Women" was a nice surprise that tour, too.

Me too. "Hollow" is an excellent song. Although the album title leaves a LOT to be desired…

I wish I had seen him on the Degradation Trip tour. I actually loved that album; at least, the original single-CD version of it. The 2 CD re-release is a little overblown. I believe William Duvall (current AiC singer) was in the backup band on that tour, as well as the opening band Comes With The Fall, or am I…

I saw Jerry Cantrell's solo band open for Metallica in 1998 on their summer tour. This was before I (and most people) knew how to look up setlists and that type of thing, so when he closed his set with "Brain Damage/Eclipse," the place absolutely exploded. Really great performance, and a perfect way to end his set.

No, but Dave Holland from Judas Priest was!

I used to love the Bruce demo version of "Killers," and then I heard Beast Over Hammersmith's version, and it's even better.  The way he sings, "And you SCREAM for mercy" was just brutal.  It's no wonder Bruce had to completely change up his live singing style when he returned to the band, after all that screaming in…

What's interesting is that Steve Harris usually strays from labeling the band in any way, shape or form, but Bruce Dickinson is always the one throwing around "metal" in interviews.  I think Iron Maiden are an entity unto themselves, but if they had to be lumped into a genre, it would have to be metal.  Although I…

As I said in another comment, "Total Eclipse" always belonged on The Number of the Beast, so I'm glad
all re-issues included it as an album track.  Such a great song.  The version from Beast Over Hammersmith is phenomenal.  For a song with such melodic verses, the chorus' menacing riff always pleases me.

You missed out on the 2005 Early Days tour. Sure, in the US it was unfortunately part of Ozzfest (unless you could catch an off-date somewhere), but they played only songs from the first 4 albums, and it was awesome. The only time I'll ever see "Phantom of the Opera" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue" live, I'm sure.

"Total Eclipse" always belonged on The Number of the Beast, so I'm glad all re-issues included it as an album track.  Such a great song.  Burr had so many awesome moments on the first 3 albums.  My favorites are the intro to "Another Life," the drum-roll before the verse of "Murders in the Rue Morgue," the intro to…

@avclub-e4892f3d26bd080e9e0ee52a8484de55:disqus You're acting as if Stan hadn't already shown feelings towards Nina before. We've seen the looks he's given her time after time, not to mention the disappointment he felt when she told him she sucked off Vasili. I highly doubt Stan observed White Supremacists from the…

I'd say it's far from unlistenable or "too loud" when I listen to it now. If anything, Be Here Now sounds like rubbish due to the insanely layered overproduction, in addition to the insane loudness. I think the sound of (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is perfect for what they were trying to achieve.

Wikipedia apparently lists all the songs used in all the episodes.  This was Season 4, Episode 8.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

He did an HBO TV movie called Witness Protection that was pretty good, too.  At least I remember he was good in it, but the movie itself may have been garbage.

I swear, this whole article reads like a Paul Rust "New No-No".

There's a point in a great Season 5 (I think) episode where Vic is riding alone in his car to the strains of "Nutshell" by Alice in Chains that is absolutely haunting.

The Metallica from 1985 were also drunk-as-hell 21 year old guys who cared about partying and rocking out and not much else.  I'd say aging and having relationships and families probably did just as much to change them as fame did.