86'd in 86

The East Carolinian ^ | 1/26/06 | Daniel Brock

[ncdrumr]

I actually had an '86 LeBaron and drove it wearing my wayfarers. And I saw Bon Jovi on the Slippery When Wet tour (don't hate me). Ahhhh, the 80s.

[FierceDraka]

"Under Lock and Key" by Dokken! I'd almost forgotten about that one.

At the time it was Slayer's "Reign In Blood", Metallica's "Master of Puppets", Anthrax's "Among the Living", Iron Maiden's "Live After Death", and Judas Priest's "Turbo" for me.

The droogies and I all cursed Bon Jovi as a "poser", even though I had the same hair-do at the time. ;-D

[darkangel82]

My Keeper I CD says 1987, 86 was their first album, I think (Walls Of Jericho).

[FierceDraka]

"Ride the Lightning" a very close second.

I remember seeing Metallica on the "Ride the Lightning" tour - at a small all-ages club on the south side of Indy in early '85.

The opening act was Armoured Saint (with Jon Bush on vocals, who went on to front Anthrax after the departure of Joey Belladonna), followed by Metallica, and the headliner was W.A.S.P. of all things. ("I f**k like a beeeee-east!")

Take THAT, Tipper Gore!

[FierceDraka]

Don't forget "Theatre of Pain"!

[darkangel82]

More like 98 percent.

[Moleman]

Thanks for the ping. I graduated in 1986 myself. My girlfriend (now wife) had BIG hair. I "pegged" the cuffs of my acid washed jeans. I kind of miss those times a bit. No mortgage, car payments, 401K.
Anyhow, if I could take this thread onto cars, if you had a Buick turbo Grand National in '86 (as a high school or college aged guy)you were THE MAN.

[RockinRight]

I like anything from Poison to Slayer, but back in the late 80s I didn't own up to anything "softer" than Motley Crue and I even caught sh&t for that.

[RockinRight]

Good stuff! I have a couple W.A.S.P. CD's.

[RockinRight]

Yup, you're right.

[FierceDraka]

Hell yeah!

LOL Your friends must have been like me and my brothers. "IF IT AIN'T METAL, IT AIN'T MUSIC!"

Nowadays, I like to get loaded, crank Sinatra up to 11, and kill hundreds of thousands on Zero Hour.

But I just got done with a Slayer-fest before that! LOL

[FierceDraka]

Anyhow, if I could take this thread onto cars, if you had a Buick turbo Grand National in '86 (as a high school or college aged guy)you were THE MAN.

One of my buddies bought two of those on credit, then turned around and sold them both at a profit. Immediately after buying them.

And then he bought a keg of bach beer and we all got to get likker'd up. And we was UNDER AGE! OH NOES!

Heh heh... Good times...

[FierceDraka]

Good stuff! I have a couple W.A.S.P. CD's.

Which ones? I'm curious!

We metalheads have to stick together, ya know.

OMG - "BLIND IN TEXAS" just came up on Winamp!

"I drank Da-a-allas whiskey
Lost my mi-hi-hi-hi-ind!
Had highballs in Houston
Three for a di-i-i-i-i-ime, yeah!
Evereything starts to spin!
Loaded on gin!
I fell out the door what I said is -

I'M BLIND IN TEXAS!
THE LONE STAR IS HOT TONIGHT!
I'M BLIND IN TEXAS!
THE CO-O-OWBOYS HAVE TAKEN MY E-E-E-EYES!"

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I'm with you! I absolutely love the Ramones. Hearing their first LP was responsible for me picking up a guitar and forming a band. Rock and Roll High School is a classic B-movie - I must have seen it 100 times. God bless the Ramones!

[RockinRight]

Self-titled
The Last Command
Inside the Electric Circus
The Headless Children
The Crimson Idol

[Colonel_Flagg]

"So" was the only album on this list that I could listen to. "Big Time" is a very good tune as wlel.

[MotleyGirl70]

Don't forget "Theatre of Pain"!

Never!

"Too Fast for Love"--I love the album cover.

And that ain't Tommy! He would never fit into that leather...given his size and all. Lol.

This is Nikke sporting a male-toe.

Not to forget "Girls, Girls, Girls" kicks ass. The video (of the same name) was banned from MTV at the time.

[MotleyGirl70]

Nikke=

Nikki

[LibertarianInExile]

Two words: Night Flight.

USA showed the unedited Girls Girls Girls. I wasn't a huge Motley Crue fan before that. I was converted.

[Mr. Blonde]

Europe released the abomination that was The Final Countdown.

How can The Final Countdown be all bad when it is G.O.B.'s theme on Arrested Development. Come On!

Seems the article should mention that Sub Pop Records was formed in that year. Being that they popularized Grunge a few years later, I would say it's a notable occurence from 1986.