Happy Halloweeeeeeennnn folks!!!
Does anybody remember 80s German power thrash metal band Helloween? No? Well I do...mainly because my brother had a giant poster of them on his bedroom wall which scared the bejesus out of me...(no it wasn't the scary pumpkin head, more like their big frizzy dos). There was a time when being a rock / metal god meant having crimped locks that went down to your waist, tight leather trousers coupled with leather vests worn without anything underneath. It didn't matter that this get up would need a lot of panache to get into (and probably a bottle of talcum powder to get out of...but we won't get into that)...the truth is, thrash or death metal was a testament to being hard, tough and frankly, quite scary.
Helloween
I can't say I've been a fan of heavy metal but growing up, I was familiarised very quickly with Eddie the Iron Maiden mascot and stories of death metal bands who branded upside down crosses into their foreheads. There was also that incident with a bat by our favourite zoned out Dad Ozzy Osbourne of course. Metal-heads were a fixture in my pre-teen life and although I never quite identified, there was something perversely intriguing about men who could tear up a guitar riff and strain their vocal chords roaring Satanic verses into their recordings.
I am still fascinated by metal even though I've moved decidedly past into a more pop rock world. Every Halloween I think about Eddie and the cover of Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark album of which still sends a cold shiver down my spine. And the album Seventh Son of A Seventh Son still invokes imaginary dark memories of
which the album provided the soundtrack to.
which the album provided the soundtrack to. And so, in conjunction with this spooky day, I'd like to take a moment and give an ode to my old friend Eddie and wish everyone a very Happy Scary Hallo-hello-ween....
13 comments:
who can forget Halloween.. eventho I'm not really into them, but their existing really rock the 80s rock world.. hehe :D
nice blog Diza ;)
hey! that's not deza who wrote that! akaka
haha oops.
it's kooksie sha.
cough cough.my post is coming soon.
HAHAHA, free publisity laa as they say =P keke
no offense aish, good job though!
youve got awesome musical taste! hehe
OMG.
it's not even aish.
poor sha.
sha needs more publicity here!!!
aish we no need already! hahahaa
deza just screwed me on this....
sorrrrrryyy shaaaaaaaa
really am =(
awesome post though hehe
keep up the good work!
apologies again hehe
haha and i didn't notice you mentioned bout ozzy too!nevermind, 2 different incidents.
hahaha!!!
let's just confuse more ppl with our identities.
btw, this is not aishah. it's sha.
asho! i'm sad i'm sad...nobody knows who i am :(
okok..now i understood..this blog were writen by a lotsa writers..
to Da Kookie Bomb, Poetic Hummingbird and Duplo Donna good luck!.. ehehehe.. glad to knows that there's a bunch of group sharing a same taste music like mine.. kudos to yr guys!
hahaha yup! thanks for supporting jac ;) visit more often and share with us some ideas too...we need feedback from our fellow music lover! =D
oh by the way, I've link your blog frm mine.. cheers
Oi kookie..nice blog! Suddenly got the urge to dig up some Helloween! Been ages since I listened to them. They just weren't the same after Michael Kiske left the band in the 90s. Andy Deris just couldn't quite match Mike's 5-octave screaming prowess though musically they evolved for the better I think. Still I did manage to catch them live a coupla times about 10 years ago and once when they opened for Iron Maiden. Sucks that I cant afford to see the original Maiden on their Somewhere Back in Time tour this year and add to my poster collection. Watching Gene Simmons on Celebrity Apprentice has gotten me into a KISS phase lately heheh..
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