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Essential NWOBHM songs

[Venom]

What do you consider to be essential NWOBHM songs from that era??  They can be well known (Am I Evil?) or obscure (Bleak House's Rainbow Warrior)....curious to what we all consider essential songs since most of us were around at that time

[Hellboy]

A personal fave...

TYTAN - Blind Men And Fools

[Metal_King]

Man, I would have to think about that one for a while.  I guess I would have to with an early Saxon tune, like Wheels Of Steel, or something like that.

[Denial Fiend]

'Midnight Rendevous'-Tokyo Blade 

[eaeolian]

A couple off the top of my head:

"Princess of the Night", "Denim and Leather", "Wheels of Steel", "Heavy Metal Thunder", "Strong Arm of the Law": Saxon
"Atlantis", "Angel of Death": Angel Witch
"Lambs to the Slaughter", "Wiped Out", "Break The Chain", "Crash Bang Wallop": Raven
"Losing My Grip", "Riding With the Angels", "Vice Versa": Samson
"Just Like Something From Hell", "Shellshock": Tank
The entire Lightning to the Nations album, "Diamond Lights": Diamond Head
"Rocks Off", "Wasted": Def Leppard
"Prowler", "Wrathchild", "Sanctuary", "Charlotte the Harlot", "Murders In the Rue Morgue": Maiden

I could go on for a while, these are the first ones that jumped at me.

[Venom]

Angel Witch-Angel Witch, Atlantis
Bitches Sin-Always Ready(For Love)
Black Axe-Red Lights
Bleak House-Rainbow Warrior
Blind Fury-Do It Loud
Blitzkrieg-Blitzkrieg
Chateaux-Spirits of the Chateaux
Clovenhoof-Astral Rider
Crucifixion-Green Eyes, The Fox
Def Leppard-Wasted, Rock Brigade, Rocks Off
Demon-One Helluva Night, Night of the Demon
Diamond Head-Am I Evil?, It's A Electric
Etherl The Frog-Fight Back
Girl-My Number
Girlschool-Race with the Devil
Grim Reaper-See You in Hell
Holocaust-Heavy Metal Hania
Iron Maiden-Prowler, Wratchild
Jaguar-Back Street Woman, Axe Crazy
Marquis de Sade-Somewhere Up in the Mountains
Motorhead-Ace of Spades
Pagan Alter-Judgement of the Dead
Persian Risk-Ridin' High
Praying Mantis-Children of the Earth
Quartz-Stand Up and Fight
Raven-Wiped Out, Live at the Inferno, Don't Need Your Money
Samson-Riding With the Angels
Satan-Trial By Fire, No Turning Back
Savage-Let It Loose
Saxon-Princess of the Night, Denim and Leather, And the bands Played On
Sweet Savage-Killing Time
Tank-Heavy Artillery, Shellshock
Tokyo Blade-Night of the Blade, Midnight Rendezvous
Tygers of Pan Tang-Killers
Tytan-Blind Man and Fools
Venom-Welcome to Hell, In League With Satan, Die Hard
Witchfinder General-Friends of Hell, Burning Sinner
Witchfynde-Leaving Nadir, Give 'Em Hell

I need to go thru the songs that Adrian sent me.  There was some GREAT songs in there from some really obscure bands

[Metal_King]

At exactly what date does everyone consider to be the end of the NWOBHM movement?  How exact can it be pinned down?

I'm now questioning it myself. 

[Carl Wood]

Does this count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqIODeNBHA&feature=related

 

[Hellboy]

Does this count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqIODeNBHA&feature=related

 

 

[Venom]

Does this count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPqIODeNBHA&feature=related

 

while, this is my favorite Skid Row song...what makes this NWOBHM???

[Carl Wood]

V, come on.  Do you think I know so little in general of metal that I would seriously suggest Skid Row as early Brittish heavy metal?

 

This is real NWOBHM:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBSIjE1g55k&feature=feedlik

[Venom]

try again Carl...

[Carl Wood]

OK, OK, I got it this time ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXL6KZJnRtg

 






Here's something that's actually kind of cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkQx7CNolRo

[Metal_King]

At exactly what date does everyone consider to be the end of the NWOBHM movement?  How exact can it be pinned down?

I'm now questioning it myself. 

No bites yet huh?

[Auciello]

No bites yet huh?

I'm not sure there was a moment.  And there are people here who can probably offer a much better answer than I can.  But if I had to offer an opinion, I'd say NWOBHM faded as bands in and around the movement changed.  Def Leppard became more pop-oriented, Iron Maiden rose from the underground to become one of metal's biggest players.  Many other bands just disappeared as thrash and other metal trends (hair metal, guitar-driven neo-classical metal, etc.) emerged and left the NWOBHM behind.

It had its day.  And it was important.