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AMOLAD is a weird one. Lord and Colours are a couple of the band's finest imo, but some tracks seriously drag; God, Day.

How many years left? 5? 10? 10 more tours? 10 more Halloweds and 10 more Fears? Or lots of variety? I think it's great they play a good amount of new material, beside me not keen lately, but there's too much staple time. They have been blessed with a talent and it is their duty to use it to the...

Instead of (eg) Hallowed and Fear they could do, I don't know, To Tame a Land and These Colours don't Run. Or 3 shorter ones like Rue Morgue, Still Life and Futureal. Or 1 big one. The list is huge and exciting. I find it strange that fans back the staples to the hilt as surely they're the one...

It's the Hallowed and Fear double wammy every time which really does me in. I'm not keen on the tracks to start with, and they're long buggers. I don't see them live nowadays but watching dvds I encounter this long, dry spell which I sit through once and FF forevermore. How do people interact...

Very enjoyable show. Cut out during COTD(damn), PS(BLAST) and NOTB(nevermind). I wasn't keen on the DOG-FOTD section, HBTN and FOTD are constant live bugbears for me(do fans really want this every time?), but before this they were cooking. Love the encore of BB and WY. I thought Nicko was gonna...

PS4 and PS3 won't work. Lemmy's funeral was fine. Laptop ok so tried HDMI to TV but it needs setting up. So just laptop for now. Pissed I missed Saxon.

On sonics alone, as lyrics are interpreted from a myriad of perspectives; Dave - heart Steve - spirit Adrian - sex Bruce - fun Nicko - thought Janick - mod I think Dave & Steve are irreplaceable.

Carach Angren are a great band, their latest This is no Fairytale is the best imo.

Well, I know I'm in an extreme minority but I love Lulu. So much so that I bought 4 editions (Amazon slip cd, vinyl, big books and bog-roll tube, the last 3 at discount price). To me it's their best work alongside Justice and Death Magnetic, the other records mostly sounding old and tired nowadays.

Queen's News of the World was the only album I had of theirs until I purchased the coloured vinyl box set. It's definitely my favourite Queen record now. Motorhead's Motorhead isn't strictly their debut, On Parole being recorded first but released later, but the s/t album turned me onto metal...

I love Zep's Tea for One. "Presence" is enjoyable all round for me. I think I prefer their later stuff on the whole.

The Golden Void from Hawkwind's 'Warrior' is one of my favourite pieces of recorded music. I first heard it on the 'Roadhawks' compilation album, also from '75 iirc. Massive sound. Led Zep's Physical Graffiti is my favourite from them. Someone nicked my High Voltage.

Talking of Hawkwind's Space Ritual, I attended a 40th anniversary show in 2013 by Nik Turner and friends (Mick Slattery, Alan Davey, Thomas Crimble, Terry Ollis, a sexy girl in silver hot pants..), in a local hall 5 minutes walk from me. Fantastic and seriously loud. I'm not sure the stated...

Rock 'n' Roll's production is extremely thin, especially on 'The Wolf'. All part of its unique charm of course. The later cd release sounds fuller. The Back On Black reissues of Overkill, Bomber, Ace and Fist sound excellent to me, except the cock-up in the outro of Stone Dead Forever. One of...

Love all Motorhead. "A bike's a bike(wheeled or legged!) and a ride's a ride". Some are superfast superbikes(Ace, Bastards), some are rattly old wrecks(Fist, Parole), but fun can be had from all. If we're splitting hairs, I 'd say my least favourites are World is Yours and Rock 'n' Roll. Favs...

Janick's playing is off the wall and unpredictable which helps break up the framework. Nico does wonders in this department as well. Punky is probably incorrect phrasing. Personally I think Dave leaving would create a huge hole spiritually.

Harris' departure would kill it, obviously. Everyone else is essentially non-essential. Janick seems the most easily dispensable, but he gives them a punky edge which is needed within their square, rigid formula.

Brainstorm from Hawkwind's Doremi (great title) is a wonderful display of their balance between structure and improvisation. Rock and roll, I suppose.

I played Nostradamus through the other day and it was great, but the one track that bores me is 'Prophecy', and that's the one they choose to play live. Bummer. 'Death' is a fantastic track.

Also :) I see the singular vinyl albums as masculine and the double vinyl albums as feminine, as in Iron(male) Maiden(female). As a 'story', I think the triple Book of Souls comes first, the Trinity if you will, then the split thus: IM (m) TFF-KILLERS (f-m) AMOLAD-NOTB (f-m) DOD-POM (f-m)...