Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody

That it was. By the late 80's everything had diverged to either technical thrash metal, or really wussy glam metal (Poison, Warrant) I do love me some thrash metal though, but I think the early 80's is my favourite period for both metal and punk.

Skipping overseas. Speaking of Accept, these guys still have it. Great song!

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.