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I had forgotten about Born Again... thats so good too. Definitely of its time and we all know the production was iffy, but theres some cracking songs on it.  Lyrics on Trashed are definitely not a high point but hey....

The 70s stuff is untouchable - some of my fav albums ever, up to tech ecstasy - all are great. H&H is far better tan Mob Rules (which definitely has its moments) for me - Dehumanizer is also incredible. I love the Tony Martin albums mostly (Forbidden aside) - Eternal Idol and Tyr are outstanding Headless Cross is a masterpiece, right up there with the best Sabbath, so atmospheric. I liked the new Iommi stuff too, sounds great. 13 was so-so, no staying power in it really for me.

The basses for 129eur or something are great - I have a couple of them (inc a fretless one which was a little more expensive) - hard to go wrong at those prices - they play great, zero issues.

....and recording what could/would have been my songs for what could have been the follow up to Battlechants and should have at least been the second Meiche release that I put on ice when I rejoined Belinus in 2005.

hit me up babe, its only 20-odd years in the making 

Thanks for that presale link, thats the job, got tickets.

Caught them twice over the last few days opening for Priest - brilliant both nights, the new lineup is well a truly settled in now, very comfortable on stage (40min sets or thereabouts both nights). A headline set will be great to see - the footage from their recent headline Turkish show is brilliant, great setlist too. I know they'll be recording between now and the gig in Dublin so maybe they'll have a single out or something by then... I never saw the original band so cant compare, but Berzan is an excellent singer and frontman - a rare find.

Saw the Paris gig this week - loved it - my first Priest show. Great setlist, excellent performance. Halford just amazing for 75, hitting all the notes. Nevermore were also excellent - first time catching them and every bit of a draw as Priest for me...missed the first song or two due to a ridiculously early start time of 19:30.... catching the same gig in London on Monday so looking forward to it again! New NM lineup sounds outstanding really.

lets not split hairs shall we? 

thats hypnotic. Up there with your katy perry fascination no doubt

Beach & rock fishing since before i care to remember ha... was out on the Brandon beaches near Castlegregory yesterday, a few small turbot. Mostly rock fishing for huge wrasse, pollack and triggerfish over the warm summer months lately (& hopefully more to come if it stays settled) around kerry and west cork. Some excellent fishing near Clonakilty for record-size gilthead bream for many years now - great sport.  The days of great cod shore fishing in east cork are largely gone since the 90s it seems. Great to see the bass stocks having recovered though - but the mackerel situation is perilous it seems. My buddy has started catching enormous skate from the shore in the past couple of years too (something essentially unheard of in decades gone by) - great that such a feat is possible. There's enormous stingrays being caught in tralee every year too, such a great spot for them (& other rays, tope etc).

Damien Dempsey is the only name a i recognise on that short list, but wtf? Isnt Slane supposed to be a mecca for big rock acts, or at least biggish pop acts? Who are these nobodies?

Limerick was fun last night - not a huge crowd (upstairs closed off) but downstairs reasonably full.  Did see either support act, but Ellefson and co were great. They played the full SFSGSW album - great to hear some of the deeper cuts from it like Liar, 502 etc.  Pity Young's guitar was a bit low/muffled but he played great - even did a damn fine job playing Marty's Tornado of Souls solo. Black Friday was great to hear, and i think only Rattlehead off the 1st album, but still - overall it was much better than I thought it might have been. A buddy of mine was there - he's not a megadeth fan -  he thought it was fantastic... seems Megadeth music is much easier to enjoy when Mustaine is not there   Highly recommended!

3 or 4 full listens here - it sounds excellent i think. I wore out H&G and havent listened to them for ages really, but this sounds excellent to me. I love the one with Geezer's intro and the Planet Caravan vocals. Powerful stuff so far. 

heard that, balls, was getting ready to head in along later, pity. Very odd that they cant find a van!

nice one, Jer was tellin me about this, might wander in....

Poor ould Vinny Pastore, he was 80 - just a kid.
Legendary character was Big Pussy.

Anyway, 4 dollars a pound.