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Tank you! /NWOBHM for metal wednesday

Posted about 1 year ago
if the 'heads in the US drove / maimed / slayed their way to metal from blues-rock, those in the UK did so from punk rock, in what is now known as NWOBHM or the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, a favored metal subset of mine. associated acts of course include Diamond Head, Saxon, Motörhead, as well as Def Leppard, Iron Maiden. (in summary many of them sounded like Motörhead.)ages ago i had zero idea there was even such a movement but, thanks to a high school friend's older sister (hmm, i knew at least three extremely soft-spoken metalhead chicks), i briefly rocked out to '80s British heavy metal band Tank, led by Alistair Ward of The Damned fame. i had second-hand ownership of someone's Filth Hounds of Hades, Tank's debut album (Kamaflage, 1982), and always thought it an excellent release.Heavy Artillery
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Comments (15)

  1. poebegone
    poebegone says Shellshock (also from Filth Hounds)
    Permalink posted 03/26/2008
  2. Cody B
    Cody B says Monster Rawk! I wonder why NWOBHM didn't catch on too much in the USA. Acronym too long, ATL?
    Permalink posted 03/26/2008
  3. scotfree
    scotfree says "i had second-hand ownership of someone's Filth Hounds of Hades" - I certainly hope no one pulls that one out of context on you! I think there was a good sized cult following for this music in the late 70s-early 80s US. I think you'd lump Judas Priest in eith this lot, and they were packin' the med sized halls (esp. in college towns) back then. And of course Def L....always a (guilty?, nah) pleasure. But I never heard Tank, so tanks for the intro. BTW, thanks again for the (audio only) video posts since my red button is verbotten at work!
    Permalink posted 03/26/2008
  4. Sturgell
    Sturgell says Oh yes, today is going to be my first metal Wednesday.... Thanks you for the inspiration Poebegone!
    Permalink posted 03/26/2008
  5. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Not bad for metal, but not my cup o' tea. Not heard of these guys either.
    Permalink posted 03/26/2008
  6. darmuzz
    darmuzz says Completely forgot about this band until I played the song from your post! I used to love NWOBHM especially Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Diamond Head and first two Def Leppard albums - and of course, Girlschool and Rock Goddess!
    Permalink posted 03/26/2008
  7. poebegone
    poebegone says Cody, were it not for copy&paste i would never get that acronym right. you know what, too? it is only one syllable short of its meaning. funny how it incorporates the two genres fighting over wednesday. Scott, someone's filth is someone else's treasure. hey, i dug Def Lep. yeah, the videos are because i have not a single metal album to my name. they're either from memory or i owned them in cassette tape. plus, the time it takes me to stream YouTube is now far outweighed by the time it takes to upload an mp3 and stream it just to make sure it works. Adam, um you're welcome, i think. was it something i said...?
    Permalink posted 03/27/2008
  8. poebegone
    poebegone says Aug, aw well. i like mine with milk. (; Darla, Girlschool reprazent! they've been in my mental list of metal wednesday posts, was going to mention Kelly the bassist's passing away from cancer. tho i think that's been mogged. dug those British 'heads, yeah.
    Permalink posted 03/27/2008
  9. leftoverking
    leftoverking says oh august, he hates everything! ;) mostly i like the artwork here. a three headed dog, now thats effin' cool. roky erickson sang of a two headed dog, but hey, three heads are better than two right? i dig the tunes, although they sound a bit dated. hell, i like tons of music that sounds dated! ha ha. nice one poe. :)
    Permalink posted 03/27/2008
  10. Marigold
    Marigold says Crazyness.
    Permalink posted 03/28/2008
  11. ROCKNROLLPIMP
    ROCKNROLLPIMP says MMM SO *RAWKING* oh baby yr new avatar is SO HOTT U R EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN I'D IMAGINED pimp swoon love n MARRY YOU?
    Permalink posted 03/28/2008
  12. poebegone
    poebegone says Jeff, it is dated 1982. (; Rory Erickson makes some real psycho-delic shite, that's gotta be a thousand-headed dog, at least. Mike, not nearly as crazy as your extremely long disappearance. where are you??!!?? yeah, i know about the 'puter trouble and very bummed by that. Keith! how did i deserve your visitation? not a fan of marriage, we'll just have to live in sin ...separately. ;D
    Permalink posted 03/29/2008
  13. ROCKNROLLPIMP
    ROCKNROLLPIMP says oh sin is lovely Separately IS NOT GUD baby waiting on yr love n reply ;)
    Permalink posted 03/29/2008
  14. poebegone
    poebegone says are you high on medication again...? (8
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008
  15. ROCKNROLLPIMP
    ROCKNROLLPIMP says no,but i will be soon dis be my problem *NO MEDICATION*
    Permalink posted 03/31/2008

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