A great band that has defined a part of rock music.
Hysteria redefined hard rock in the 1980s
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Bloody hell, I hadn’t realised how good they are!
They can now justify the legends spot at Glastonbury.
One of the three big NWOBHM merchants. But they eschew any connection. Hysteria did indeed define the late 80s hair metal moments, but I think was as much a product of Mutt Lange as it was the Lepps.
On Through The Night was their best, and track two (Hello America) showed their intent. Pyromania fulfilled that intent, and Hysteria re-inforced it. Thing is, not sure they were ever able to top it (or equal it)
Hysteria may have a link to hair metal but in terms of the quality of the production it is miles ahead.
On Through The Night is a good album but of its time. Wasted and Rocks Off are the best tracks more me.
“One of the three big NWOBHM merchants.”
Iron Maiden are one, obvs. Saxon the other one of the big three?
That would seem to be the obvious choice.
Compared to Maiden and Leppard they are musically stunted so never moved beyond the core fan base.
Maiden can do prog rock when they want to and Leppard can write popular pop\rock tunes. Saxon have never done neither of those things.
Indeed – the third part (in my head). And the one that continued to plough the same furrow
47 years of ploughing that must be tough!
But still they go on
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High n Dry was their ‘development’ album
First sessions for Hysteria were with Jim Steinman in the chair. A lot of money and studio time spent, don’t think the tapes have ever seen the light of day.
Blimey, they can still do it, can’t they?
Our paths have diverged somewhat over the years but I saw them a couple of times back in the day and even then it was very clear that they had their sights set on bigger things than sharing a bill with Magnum and Praying Mantis.
I’ve never owned much rock memorabilia but one of the few items I do still have is a drumstick that Rick Allen threw into the crowd at the Hammersmith Odeon on the Pyromania tour. He was still in possession of two arms at that time so it’s a 50/50 chance that my drumstick was once held by an arm which no longer exists!
They can indeed.
A truly underrated band critically in my view.
Sold tons of records so they probably don’t care about reviews but they have stayed true to their founding ethos from day one and achieved their success through talent and great songwriting.
I remember seeing on TV Rick and his dad, I think, going back to the remote road where he had his accident which led to him losing his arm.
Rick was really cheerful, as if recounting a really funny incident. And then, in a nano-second, he collapses into his father’s arms, sobbing. Oh boy.
The band’s reaction to their drummer losing an arm is a huge reason why I really like them. My understanding is that they waited until Rick recovered enough to play and hiring a replacement was never considered.
They did hang on til Rick felt ready, but did have Jeff Rich on standby of Rick’s stamina (and/or confidence) failed.
Think they played a couple of warm-up shows, and then their first real live outing was Monsters of Rock at Castle Donnington 1986.
Jeff Rich was never called …
Even more evidence here