Interested.
It will obvious;y be 1970 based!
Up for a new list? The first issue of Kerrang from 1981 published the best 100 Heavy Metal songs ever. I have a copy somewhere in the loft!
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It does include AC/DC as a clue
I’m really glad (I’m glad) that you don’t have the “666 Best Metal Albums” Special Issue.
I can always oblige with ‘The 1000 albums you must hear before you die’!
Paranoid
Deep Purple – Black Night
Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
Led Zep – Stairway
Motorhead – Motorhead
Hawkwind – Silver Machine
and probably something from Judas Priest … Hell Bent For Leather maybe
Aerosmith probably in there. Walk This Way and/or Sweet Emotion
No Aerosmith. Not really known in the UK in 1981.
Montrose – Space Station #5
I’d have said “Bad Motor Scooter” was more likely.
AC/DC
One or many of:
Whole Lotta Rosie
Highway To Hell
Let There Be Rock
It’s a Long Way To The Shops If You Want A Sausage Roll
Back In Black
Hells Bells
War Pigs
I imagine Iron Maiden will fill most of the places.
Closely followed by Saxon and Def Leppard.
Kerrang loved a bit of NWOBHM
There is a fair smattering of NWOBHM in there, not surprising given the date.
Budgie Breadfan
Edgar Broughton Band Out Demons Out
Alice Cooper Schools Out
Bloody hell.
I just remembered it is in the loft…now I have to go and find it!
Stargazer by Rainbow (is that Heavy Metal?)
Ace of Spades by Motorhead (is that Heavy Metal?)
Heavy Metal in 1981 was a wide field as the list will show!
Last time you gave us one of these lists, Will Smith was the 20th greatest singer of all time or summat. We’re deep into the land beyond shock here.
UFO Doctor Doctor
Diamond Head Am I Evil
Sabs Sabbath Bloody Sabbarh
Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird
Van Halen Runnin With The Devil
Ah crap! A year too early for Death Alley Driver (best lyrics ever)
Have you seen the video Moose? It is of the same quality as the lyrics.
Oh yes. Those dudes must be going at nearly fifteen miles an hour!
In the very early 80s”Heavy Metal” still broadly included anything that was riff-laden and had loud guitars, rather than what we now think of as specifically HM. The NWOBHM was in its infancy. Hence, a lot big selling, popular hits could be lumped under the banner. Soooo, on that basis, I’ll guess:
Rush – “The Spirit of Radio”
Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
Thin Lizzy – “The Boys Are Back In Town”
Blue Oyster Cult – “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
Free- “Alright Now”
The “Metal Chart” on The Chart Show in the telly used to have, er, ZZ Top in it.
Precisely.
Maybe some Kiss and Queen in this list as well, I’d imagine.
See also:
Boston More Than A Feeling
Led Zep – Kashmir (possibly number one)
Rainbow – Stargazer – (again, possible number one)
Freebird
Paranoid, war pigs, iron man.
Smoke on the water, sweet child in time.
Voodoo chile
That concludes the voting from Birkenhead.
I’m pretty confident that although not necessarily in this order the top three in 1981 would be…
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Followed by…
Xanadu – Rush
Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
Stargazer – Rainbow
Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Doctor Doctor – UFO
Jailbreak – Thin Lizzy
Overkill – Motörhead
Silver Machine – Hawkwind
Now I’m Here – Queen
Please don’t tell me Jimi gets lumped in.
What had the poor fella done to deserve that?
I trust he’d be nowhere near such an equivalent list today.
With the possible exception of Phil Lynott, I don’t think you’d have got anybody black in Kerrang in 1981.
I assume you’re willfully not counting Judith Chalmers?
Erm …. this isn’t really my field, but maybe ….
Deep Purple – Highway Star
Led Zep – Rock and Roll
Sugar Sugar – The Archies
We can’t have cartoon characters in a metal list.
Apart from Angus Young, obviously.
Can’t you hear an AC/DC version of this in your head? I can. All the time.
Doubt if this version would count either.
Worth seeing for the haircuts and dodgy dancing.
Caution by jonathan king and contains timmy bannockburn.
I have found the list! So here goes with the 30 found so far…
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6.
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9.
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14.
15.
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17.
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motorhead
21.
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25.
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27.
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31.
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34.
35.
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46.
47.
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57.
58.
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71.
72.
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
Which leaves about 70 spaces for Krokus’s oeuvre…
They do have one on the list!
Heatstrokes?
That is the one – No.81.
Pah, I was going to say Heatstrokes! For a (mercifully) short while, Krokus were my favourite band. Spent the last 40 years wondering why.
I saw them at The Lyceum in 1980 (?) and missed the last tube home.
No need for your Bedside Radio then!
@uncle-wheaty
Well played. A bit niche, but well played.
Blimey, even I wouldn’t have gone that far! They surely can’t have been worth it…
Heaven & Hell – Black Sabbath?
Great song, that. I was a big Rainbow fan as a kid, at least for three albums (Rising, LLR&R and On Stage). I was very disappointed when they went all TOTP. Heaven & Hell seemed like a more valid continuation. Still does, The line “The less that you give, you’re a taker” is a bit shite though. Any more Rainbow on the list? Catch the Rainbow is magnificent, but I prefer the live version. I bet some of the TOTP era is on there.
I wonder if Ram Jam’s Black Betty or Golden Earring’s Radar Love are on the list? They’re kinda popular heavy-ish rock sort of thing, I think.
Heaven and Hell is No.31 and there is more Rainbow in the list.
It’s gonna be All Night Long and/or Since You’ve Been Gone then, innit? I care little for either.
All Night Long is No.62
Reckon there will be some Nazareth in there (This Flight Tonight?)
Did a pop pub quiz with a mate of mine in a pub called the Crown in Oxford 25 or so years ago, and the guy who set it (sent to the pub on a tape!) must’ve been a Nazareth fan cos they came up quite frequently (like Dollar or Mud on Popmaster). Still don’t know much of their stuff mind you.
No Nazareth but there is a Pink Floyd track in the list weirdly!
Shine On You Crazy Diamond?
Correct. The first half is No.58.
Rock Bottom, Lights Out – UFO
Stranglehold, Stormtroopin – Ted Nugent
Phantom of the Opera, Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
Bomber – Motörhead
Wasted – Def Leppard
747 (Strangers in the Night) – Saxon
Detroit Rock City – Kiss
Lovedrive – Scorpions
Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) – Judas Priest
Neon Knights, Black Sabbath, Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
Long Live Rock and Roll – Rainbow
Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd
Supper’s Ready – Genesis (obviously not metal, but very long, which counted for a great deal back in those days)
Supper’s Ready – Genesis (obviously not metal, but very long, which counted for a great deal back in those days)
You’re good!
UFO Rock Bottom – No.14
UFO Lights Out – No.25
Ted Nugent – Stormtroopin’ – No.97
Iron Maiden – Phantom of the Opera – No.52
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden – No.57
Bomber – Motorhead – No.15
Saxon – 747 (Strangers In The Night) – No.9
Kiss – Detroit Rock City – No.67
MSG – Into The Arena – No.92
Black Sabbath – Neon Knights – No.27
Rainbow – Long Live Rock and Roll – No.47
Ozzy, The Scorpions and Def Leppard are also in the list but not with those tracks. No Genesis on the list.
Is Ozzy’s track I Don’t Know
Not that one.
Mr Crowley then?
Yes, No.63.
Only 53 left…
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6.
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17.
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motorhead
21.
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34.
35.
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46.
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53.
54.
55.
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60.
61.
62.
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64.
65.
66.
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71.
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95.
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98.
99.
100.
Symptom of the Universe is No.72 and Black Sabbath is No.68.
Holy Diver – Dio
Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
School Days – The Runaways
I Love Rock n Roll – Joan Jett
None of those I’m afraid.
Holy Diver was 1983 Gary for Heaven’s sake.
*writes “see me after class” on Gary’s jotter*
Any Quo in there?
Just one track.
Down Down ?
Not that one.
Caroline?
Caroline is No.66
Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride?
Not on the list…memories of Sunday morning’s and Weekend World!
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
Led Zeppelin – When the Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
None of those.
Whole Lotta Love
Rocks Off – Def Leppard
Wheels of Steel – Saxon
Running Free – Iron Maiden
One of These Days – Trespass
If bloody Krokus can make it into the top 100, anything’s possible, so…
Flirting with Disaster – Molly Hatchet
Tush – ZZ Top
Rock City – Riot
Steamrock Fever – Scorpions
Something by Status Quo?
You are right with a few of those as well…
Def Leppard – Rocks Off – No.55
Saxon – Wheels of Steel – No.21
Iron Maiden – Running Free – No.34
Riot – Rock City – No.80
ZZ Top – Tush – No.98
The Scorpions and Molly Hatchett are on the list but not with those tracks.
Was Beating the Odds the Molly Hatchet song? (Did they have any others?)
Apparently they do.
Oi @yorkio
I’ll give you “bloody Krokus!”
A patch! A Krokus patch! What I’d give for one of those these days…
I’ve still got enough patches of a similar vintage to cover a small sofa.
Last week I saw a fairly young woman in the street wearing a denim jacket with cut-off sleeves, festooned with RAWWWK patches. Such a garment was ubiquitous in my 80s childhood and now it’s a sort of Statement.
You’ve done well ! I so wish I still had my ephemera from way back when. I had a Magnum Sword of Chaos and everything!
….what, all the time or just first thing in the morning?
Oh Moose. That was an open net, wasn’t it? I’d been so excited about Pomp Rock ephemera I’d ignored the opportunities for smut.
Yikes
https://the-official-magnum-merchandise-store.myshopify.com/products/the-sword-of-chaos
Something by Bad Company, maybe?
“Can’t Get Enough”?
No Bad Company.
Whole Lotta Love must be there somewhere
Then looking at Axe Attack Vols 1 and 2, how about
Breaking the Law
Cat Scratch Fever
Make it Real
Sweet Emotion
The Zoo
United
The Trees
The worst track on Axe Attack was by Def Leppard. It was obvious even then. Oh if only we had eyes to have seen.
Whole Lotta Love is No.17
The Zoo is No.78
How about some more Sabbath big hitters:
N.I.B.
Sweet Leaf
Children of the Grave
Children of the Grave is No.54
I know that Yes aren’t a metal band, but how about…
Yes – Awaken
Yes – Starship Trooper
No Yes.
Are you the old bloke from The Vicar of Dibley?
Where Am I?
I’ll have half, pardon.
Only 44 left to go…
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6.
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motorhead
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35.
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46.
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53.
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60.
61.
62.
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64.
65.
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71.
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95.
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100
More Rush surely? Too early for Tom Sawyer or Limelight?
Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain?
Maybe Working Man or Finding my Way?
I thought 2112 would be a bit too prog, but then Shine on… is up there, so who knows?
2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx is No.6
Working Man is No.88
I think the list was compiled before Moving Pictures was released but there are some other Rush songs in the list.
Bastille Day?
By-Tor and the Snow Dog?
Anthem?
By-Tor and the Snow Dog is No. 61
Communication Breakdown?
Heartbreaker?
Neither of those.
Dang nab it…
41 left to get…
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motorhead
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35.
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46.
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53.
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60.
61.
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64.
65.
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71.
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84.
85.
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89.
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95.
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100
Funny that Kerrang started with a huge list. As if they’d decided to short-cut through the next 25 years of music magazines and just go straight to the end.
The list technically is a Sounds/Kerrang list as you had to vote via Sounds ahead of the first edition of Kerrang being published.
Rainbow – Kill the King
Deep Purple – Space Truckin’
Another one down…
Kill The King is No.42
Kick Out The Jams – MC5
Raw Power – Iggy and The Stooges
Neither of those.
One band who were very popular in 1981 have three entries and no one has mentioned them at all so far.
Bad Manners??
Afraid not.
It wasn’t Stars on 45 either!
Magnum?
Angelwitch?
April Wine?
None of them but there is a NWOBHM band of similar standing that has two entries.
Venom?
Surely not Girlschool?
Emergency and the Please Don’t Touch thing with Motörhead?
If not, then it’s hard to think of any second rankers who’ve not otherwise been mentioned. I wouldn’t have thought than anyone in 1981 would have thought the likes of Samson or Vardis were worth a vote?
How about Rose Tattoo?
In the 1981 zone now…
No Venom.
Girlschool – Emergency – No.84
Girlschool/Motorhead – Please Don’t Touch – No.41
Vardis have two entries!
Similar standing? Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts! Vardis, Tygers of Pan Tang!
Poor Dumpy. Last seen working as “local crew” in Birmingham for Tad Bayliss, a veteran of the Brum music scene. Not a well man by all accounts.
Vardis have two entries.
100MPH
Let’s Go
There’s more in the Vardis cannon, but those are the go to tracks
(If I Were King and their cover of Silver Machine are outside bets)
You love Vardis you do, they are your favourite band of all time they are!
Both correct.
100mph is No.85
Let’s Go is No.96
Steve Zodiac must have spent a fortune on stamps that month.
The Beatles – Helter Skelter
Surprisingly correct.
Helter Skelter is No.95
WHAAAAT!
Somewhere Bingo Little is rolling in his grave.
Sex Pistols maybe?
God Save The Queen
Holidays In The Sun
No punk of any sort in the list.
Fool for Your Loving – Whitesnake
Could there be more than one Van Halen song on there?
Eruption
Running with the Devil
And the Cradle Will Rock
Closer to the Heart – Rush
Fool For Your Loving is No.35 and they have two more on the list (the popular band in 1981 referred to earlier in the post).
There is another Van Halen, running With The Devil is already in the list and it is not either of the others.
More Rush to find but not that one.
Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love then?
Correct, in at No.53
What about “Radar Love”, by the Golden Earrings?
Not in the list.
Just 35 left now…
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motorhead
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40.
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46.
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60.
61.
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64.
65.
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71.
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85.
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89.
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100
Samson?
Vice Versa or Hammerhead?
No.
Trespass …
No.
One of these days they’ll get the respect they deserve…
This place is the only one they ever get discussed I would guess.
Here’s one for Rigid Digit…
Whitesnake – Come On?
Not that one.
There are plenty more entries from bands already on the list as well.
Love Hunter? Ready an’ Willing?
Lovehunter is correct – No.71
Ain’t No Love In The Heart of The City?
Oh, I must have missed that – sorry.
Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City is No.38
No worries! Good to know I got two in the chart. I used to love that live album. It still gets a play every now and then.
Uriah Heep – Easy Livin
Uriah Heep – Gypsy
Thin Lizzy – Boys Are Back In Town
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy – Emerald
A couple more go…
Emerald – Thin Lizzy – No.40
Gypsy – Uriah Heep – No.89
No more from either of them on the list.
Gun – Race With The Devil
Right song, wrong band!
Girlschool
Correct.
Race With The Devil by Girlschool is No.46
Queen Seven Seas Of Rye
There is one Queen song on the list but not that one.
Brighton Rock?
Correct, holding up the list at No.100
Gillan – Vengeance
Gillan have two entries but not that one.
Future Shock?
On The Rocks?
Running White Face City Boy?
On The Rocks in No.64
I had to go to Spotify to listen to that because I don’t ever recall hearing it before.
Mr Universe? M.A.D?
Mr Universe is No.60
Crazy Train – Ozzy Ozbourne
Eruption – Van Halen
Neither of those.
All Ozzy and Van Halen entries have been found.
Oh bum
Riff Raff – AC/DC
Not that one but they have more entries to discover.
Only 30 left now…
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60.
61.
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64.
65.
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71. Lovenunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Vardis
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
28 left
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61.
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65.
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71. Lovenunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Vardis
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
You said more Rush…
Bastille Day?
By-Tor and the Snow Dog?
Anthem?
By-Tor and the Snow Dog No. 61
The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy
Rosalie – Thin Lizzy
The only thin Lizzy entry was Emerald at No. 40
So, tonight there’s not going to be a Jailbreak anywhere on this list?
27 left.
More NWOBHN, Rush, AC/DC, and riff based music that you would not class as meta still to discover.
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24.
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49.
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65.
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71. Lovenunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76.
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Vardis
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
More Rush? I’d no idea that they were so popular with Kerrang readers…
Cygnus X-1? La Villa Strangiato? Both seem a bit proggy for a metal mag, but then…2112, Shine on…
A Passage to Bangkok?
Something for Nothing?
La Villa Strangiato is no. 76
I haven’t listened to that in years…off to Spotify right now.
It is riffttastic to start with though so that probably gets it in.
Never seemed to appear on any of their many live albums though…perhaps a piece that they just couldn’t be arsed to finish after 2112 and left as an instrumental and then ignored.
On reflection, it might be a function of the voters being Sounds readers, as you mentioned above. Before it embraced ‘OI!’ and became the anti-NME, Sounds covered quite a bit at the noisier end of Prog…
I don’t remember Rush really being considered terribly prog at the time, just clever dick rockers with long songs and a penchant for concept albums. So far as metal fans were concerned, Rush was a metal band. That said, I think the whole notion of what was metal was pretty fluid anyway.
“clever dick rockers with long songs and a penchant for concept albums” – ergo, prog?
Maybe it was just 2112…
Any more Purple?
Woman From Tokyo
Burn
Burn is No. 24
Silver Machine? Soz of its been mentioned up there and no, it’s not heavy bloody metal,
Already listed
I think the thing is that in 1981 there wasn’t a lot of what we would now call Heavy Metal about. The NWOBHM bands, Motorhead, Judas Priest and maybe AC/DC. Everything else, including Rush, Rainbow, Lizzy etc was called Heavy Rock at the time.
What we would recognise as Heavy Metal now only really got going in the early 80s when the people who grew up listening to Black Sabbath records started making their own ones.
That is a good point and should hopefully help with some of the remaining answers.
Doctor Doctor.,,erm UFO . Not ver Twins.
In the top 20, already listed.
More Saxon …
Stallions Of The Highway
Frozen Rainbow
Strong Arm Of The Law
Dallas 1PM
probably too soon for Denim and Leather
Stallions of the Highway is No.49
Dallas 1pm is No.65
Golden Age?
It went thatta way.
I’m not sure whether to feel sympathy or get Gareth Hunt to prepare a cup of coffee.
Probably the latter, if I’m honest.
ANY ???
Amon Duul
Atomic Rooster
Bedlam
Blue Cheer
Comus
Coven
Crawler
Grinderswitch
Nice
Thirsty Moon
Trapeze
Black Widow
Widowmaker
Devil’s Answer is worth a shout.
Of the others, the last three would have been bands that fans of Heavy Rock would have possibly bought records by. Members of the tribe if you want. Comus, not so much.
None of them.
Deep Purple – Mistreated
Rainbow – Man on the Silver Mountain
Neither of those.
Only 22 left – many by bands already on the list.
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24. Burn – Deep Purple
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29.
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38.
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49. Stallions of the Highway – Saxon
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65. Dallas 1pm – Saxon
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71. Lovenunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73.
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76. La Villa Strangiato – Rush
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Vardis
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
Living after Midnight – Judas Priest
Ready an’ Willing – Whitesnake
Since You Been Gone – Rainbow
Transylvania – Iron Maiden
Touch Too Much – AC/DC
Children of the Sea – Black Sabbath
Boogie No More – Molly Hatchet
Two more down.
AC/DC – Touch Too Much is No.29
Molly Hatchett – Boogie No More is No.73
Metallica – Enter Sandman (or is it already there?)
ZZ Top – La Grange
There can’t be any Extreme, surely?
Enter Sandman came out in 1991 and Metallica didn’t exist as a band until 1981, so I kind of doubt it 😉
Of course – forgot that bit!
None of those. The only ZZ Top song was Tush.
What about Golden Earring – Radar Love?
No that is not on the list.
Guess Who – American Woman – Trucking All Over The Sky ?
B.T.O. – Sledgehammer – Aint Seen Nuthin Yet – Taking Care Of Business ?
D.Purple – Space Trucking – ?
Free – My Brother Jake – Wishing Well?
Humble Pie ?
Gary Moore/Skid Row ?
None of those, the majority of those remaining are from bands already on the list.
How about
Black Dog – Led Zep
Cat Scratch Fever -Ted Nugent
Easy Livin’ – Uriah Heep?
None of those.
Kiss:
Shock Me
Shout it out Loud
There is one more Kiss track to find but is not either of those.
It’s not “Rock and Roll All Nite”, is it?
No it isn’t.
Ok let’s go for some AC/DC big hitters:
Problem Child
You Shook Me All Night Long
Back in Black
Rock n Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
Sin City
High Voltage
And some Purple
Speed King
Black Night
Stormbringer
Fireball
Woman from Tokyo
There is one more AC/DC track to find but it is not one of those.
All the Deep Purple tracks have been found.
Girls Got Rhythm?
Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation?
Any love for…
Achilles’ Last Stand – Led Zeppelin
Hole in the Sky – Black Sabbath
Name, Rank and Serial Number – Fist
None of those.
How about this?
And what is Lovenunter? I know the album cover is a shocker, but there ain’t no nuns in the coils of the snake.
I missed that, it is No.38
Just 19 left, 15 of which are by bands already on the list.
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24. Burn – Deep Purple
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29. Touch Too Much – AC/DC
30.
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City – Whitesnake
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43.
44.
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49. Stallions of the Highway – Saxon
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65. Dallas 1pm – Saxon
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70.
71. Lovenunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73. Boogie No More – Molly Hatchett
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76. La Villa Strangiato – Rush
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Vardis
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
Meatloaf was popular with Bat Out of Hell and Deadringer around that time wasn’t he? Many metal associations there – what with the bikes and leather.
Well done, Bat Out Of Hell is No.30
Immigrant Song. Have we said that?
It is not on the list and all the Led Zeppelin songs have been found.
To speed it up a few further clues:
3 bands yet to be mentioned with 1 entry each
Bands with songs still to discover – MSG, Saxon, Kiss, The Scorpions, AC/DC, Girlschool, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Rainbow
One last desperate throw of the dice…
Hollywood Tease – Girl
Red – Sammy Hagar
Antisocial – Trust
Armed and Ready – MSG
Motorcycle Man – Saxon
Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss
He’s a Woman, She’s a Man – The Scorpions
Live Wire – AC/DC
Take it All Away – Girlschool
No Class – Motörhead
Living After Midnight – Judas Priest
Gates of Babylon – Rainbow
You have another three!
MSG – Armed and Ready is No. 70
Saxon – Motorcycle Man is No. 43
Motorhead – No Class is No. 44
Only 15 left now.
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24. Burn – Deep Purple
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29. Touch Too Much – AC/DC
30. Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City – Whitesnake
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43. Motorcycle Man – Saxon
44. No Class – Motorhead
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49. Stallions of the Highway – Saxon
50.
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65. Dallas 1pm – Saxon
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70. Armed and Ready – Michael Schenker Group
71. Lovehunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73. Boogie No More – Molly Hatchett
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76. La Villa Strangiato – Rush
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Vardis
86.
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90.
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
Can you give any clues.
I’m not convinced White Spirit or Sledgehammer will be in there.
Toad The Wet Sprocket?
Of the three bands not already on the list one is a classic rock band formed in the 1960s, one is an american AOR band and the final one is a Canadian band who were popular for a brief period in the early 1980s (not April Wine).
The others are alltracks from the bands I mentioned earlier – with at least two more tracks from both Judas Priest and Scorpions.
Have we tried Grinder and Metal Gods by Judas Priest?
Oooh! The Canadian band…Triumph…I live for the weekend?
The others ..,REO Speedwagon…Grand Funk Railroad?
Triumph I Live For The Weekend is No. 86
REO Speedwagon is also correct – name that tune!
Time for Me to Fly?
(unlikely to be Keep On Lovin’ You, but there was a little bit of Kerrang that went for the soft side)
Back On The Road Again…see below.
(missed that – oops)
I hope that the Canadian band is Max Webster and the song is Battle Scar!
Erm…Take it on the run? Had a bit of a metal solo if I recall
Not that one.
Steppenwolf?
This is not an REO Speedwagon song I’m well aware.
Erm..Keep on Loving you?
The 1960s band are British.
Not that one.
It was a song of theirs from the late 1970s.
I’m ashamed to say I don’t know!
It has a killer riff and is about travelling!
Back on the road again
Is the correct answer.
No. 90 on the list.
Wot no Styx?
I’m now getting retrospectively indignant that there was no Max Webster!
A couple from the Iron Maiden debut not yet shouted (I think):
Prowler
Sanctuary
Charlotte The Harlot
Prowler is No.50 and completes the Maiden entries.
Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla
Judas Priest – Rock Forever
Neither of those.
11 left now. 3 by Judas Priest, 2 by The Scorpions, 1 by Rainbow, 1 by MSG, 1 by Girlschool, 1 by AC/DC, 1 by Kiss, and the British classic rock band from the 1960s
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24. Burn – Deep Purple
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29. Touch Too Much – AC/DC
30. Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
38. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City – Whitesnake
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43. Motorcycle Man – Saxon
44. No Class – Motorhead
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49. Stallions of the Highway – Saxon
50. Prowler – Iron Maiden
51.
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65. Dallas 1pm – Saxon
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70. Armed and Ready – Michael Schenker Group
71. Lovehunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73. Boogie No More – Molly Hatchett
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76. La Villa Strangiato – Rush
77.
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82.
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Varies
86. I Live For The Weekend – Triumph
87.
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90. Back On The Road Again – REO Speedwagon
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96.
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
Breaking the Law – Judas Priest
Tarot Woman – Rainbow
The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again or Baba O”Reilly
Tarot Woman is No. 77
Won’t Get Fooled Again is No. 82
The Who?
With the what now?
Girlschool:
Demolition Boys?
C’Mon Lets Go
Hit And Run
(I’m going to have to get the records out an look if it’s not any of those)
None off those.
Yeah Right
@rigid-digit
You can’t do that!
AC/DC – Rocker
?
Not that one.
Rock n Roll Damnation
(I must get one soon, or I’ll just be shouting song titles all night)
Not that one.
Riff Raff …
Nope.
Judas Priest:
Exciter
Beyond The Realms Of Death
Exciter is No.51
Beyond The Realms of Death is No.87
Both from Stained Class – what a piece of luck that was pulling that one of the shelf
7 left – 1 AC/DC, 1 Girlschool, 1 MSG, 2 Scorpions, 1 Judas Priest, 1 Kiss
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23.
24. Burn – Deep Purple
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29. Touch Too Much – AC/DC
30. Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33.
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawk-wind
38. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City – Whitesnake
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43. Motorcycle Man – Saxon
44. No Class – Motorhead
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49. Stallions of the Highway – Saxon
50. Prowler – Iron Maiden
51. Exciter – Judas Priest
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65. Dallas 1pm – Saxon
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70. Armed and Ready – Michael Schenker Group
71. Lovehunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73. Boogie No More – Molly Hatchett
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75.
76. La Villa Strangiato – Rush
77. Tarot Woman – Rainbow
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79.
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82. Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Varies
86. I Live For The Weekend – Triumph
87. Beyond The Realms Of Death – Judas Priest
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90. Back On The Road Again – REO Speedwagon
91.
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94.
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96. Let’s Go – Vardis
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99.
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
Girlschool Yeah Right
(also up there but I think it got lost in conversation)
Yes it is No.91 – apologies if I missed it.
MSG, Lost Horizons? Into the Arena?
Lost Horizons is No.23
Into The Arena Is already in the list.
Sorry Uncle, I really should pay more attention but this thread is brill!
1 AC/DC, 2 Scorpions, 1 Judas Priest, 1 Kiss left
AC/DC
from Powerage: Sin City
from Highway to Hell: If You Want Blood
from Back In Black: You Hook Me All Night Long
(there’s plenty more. Please be one of those to stop me copying AC/DC track lists)
None of those but it is a track from Highway To Hell.
Shot Down in Flames?
Not that one.
Have we tried Girls Got Rhythm?
I think the Kiss track will be God of Thunder. Or Deuce.
Scorpions will be Blackout or Can’t Live Without You? That was their latest album at the time.
None of those and the Scorpions tracks are not from Blackout.
I thought we’d tried more or less everything from Highway to Hell now!
Could the Scorpions tracks be Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep) and Coast to Coast? Or Virgin Killer?
Could the missing Kiss be Cold Gin?
None of those and I have checked and the track is definitely from Highway To Hell.
No Jimi… phew… too talented, too attractive, and too black.
Besides, he could play the guitar.
I’m writing this list down to go with the classic raaawwwkkk top 100 albums of the ho-hum 1970s from a few years ago.
Both should be made available free of charge on the NHS as a warning.
The Golden Age, always taken as a given to be mid-50s to 69 (it’s not for dodgers), has just officially changed from mid-50s to mid-60s.
It has to.
It can’t be seen rubbing shoulders with this shite.
Pipe down, Grandad – we just want to rock and roll all nite (sic) and party every day.
What’s a dodger?
I’ll post the final list later this evening so last chance to guess the last 5.
AC/DC: Walk All Over You, or Beating Around the Bush
Kiss: Strutter? Black Diamond? Love Gun? God almighty, it can’t be I Was Made for Lovin’ You was it?
Scorpions: Pictured Life?
Priest: I’m going for Hell Bent for Leather or Delivering the Goods
Two more identified.
AC/DC – Walk All Over You – No.99
Kiss – Black Diamond – No.94
The two Scorpions and one Judas Priest are all that is left to get now.
Wheaty does the triple…
Here is the final list with the remaining three tracks added.
1. Whole Lotta Rosie – AC/DC
2. Stargazer – Rainbow
3. Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
4. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
6. 2112: Overture/Temples of Syrinx – Rush
7. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
8. Child In Time – Deep Purple
9. 747 (Strangers In The Night) – Saxon
10. Overkill – Motorhead
11. Doctor Doctor – UFO
12. Xanadu – Rush
13. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
14. Rock Bottom – UFO
15. Bomber – Motorhead
16. Highway Star – Deep Purple
17. Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
18. Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
19. Space Station #5 – Montrose
20. Motorhead – Motor-head
21. Wheels of Steel – Saxon
22. Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
23. Lost Horizons – Michael Schenker Group
24. Burn – Deep Purple
25. Lights Out – UFO
26. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
27. Neon Knights – Black Sabbath
28. Victim of Changes – Judas Priest
29. Touch Too Much – AC/DC
30. Bat Out of Hell – Meatloaf
31. Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
32. Spirit of Radio – Rush
33. Another Piece of Meat – The Scorpions
34. Running Free – Iron Maiden
35. Fool For Your Loving – Whitesnake
36. Am I Evil? – Diamond Head
37. Silver Machine – Hawk-wind
38. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City – Whitesnake
39. Highway To Hell – AC/DC
40. Emerald – Thin Lizzy
41. Please Don’t Touch – Girlschool/Motorhead
42. Kill The King – Rainbow
43. Motorcycle Man – Saxon
44. No Class – Motorhead
45. Hells Bells – AC/DC
46. Race With The Devil – Girlschool
47. Long Live Roack and Roll – Rainbow
48. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
49. Stallions of the Highway – Saxon
50. Prowler – Iron Maiden
51. Exciter – Judas Priest
52. Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden
53. Ain’t Talking’ About Love – Van Halen
54. Children of the Grave – Black Sabbath
55. Rocks Off – Def Leppard
56. War Pigs – Black Sabbath
57. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
58. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
59. More Than A Feeling – Boston
60. Mr Universe – Gillan
61. By-Tor and the Snow Dog – Rush
62. All Night Long – Rainbow
63. Mr Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne
64. On The Rocks – Gillan
65. Dallas 1pm – Saxon
66. Caroline – Status Quo
67. Detroit Rock City – Kiss
68. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
69. Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
70. Armed and Ready – Michael Schenker Group
71. Lovehunter – Whitesnake
72. Symptom of the Universe – Black Sabbath
73. Boogie No More – Molly Hatchett
74. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
75. We’ll Burn The Sky – The Scorpions
76. La Villa Strangiato – Rush
77. Tarot Woman – Rainbow
78. The Zoo – The Scorpions
79. Genocide – Judas Priest
80. Rock City – Riot
81. Heatstrokes – Krokus
82. Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
83. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
84. Emergency – Girlschool
85. 100mph – Varies
86. I Live For The Weekend – Triumph
87. Beyond The Realms Of Death – Judas Priest
88. Working Man – Rush
89. Gypsy – Uriah Heep
90. Back On The Road Again – REO Speedwagon
91. Yeah Right – Girlschool
92. Into the Arena – Michael Schenker Group
93. All Right Now – Free
94. Black Diamond – Kiss
95. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
96. Let’s Go – Vardis
97. Stormtroopin’ – Ted Nugent
98. Tush – ZZ Top
99. Walk All Over You – AC/DC
100. Brighton Rock – Queen
And if you want this and more…here is the Spotify playlist!
Enjoy.
Let us now rock.
Thanks, @Uncle Wheaty – this has been like playing heavy metal Battleships.
They’d sink!
You’re welcome.
Next up the greatest ever 40 XTC tracks as voted for by me!
Bags of Fun with Buster?
Mayor of Simpleton in at No.1
It’s got a fantastic bass line but it’s no Complicated Game.
My real No.1 is probably Respectable Street.
Thanks for doing this Wheaty. I’ve just spent hours doing an Apple Music playlist! Now to listen to it – lots in there that I don’t know. Must admit that I lost track of the heavy metal scene around the mid-70s.
Beware.
A lot of the Saxon and Scorpions stuff is truly awful! But 747 Strangers in the Night is my favourite tack on the whole list so they could be good in parts.
Stick with the AC/DC and Iron Maiden and you can’t go wrong though.
Come on then, who’s going to start a Krokus thread?
Not me.
I bailed after Metal Rendezvous.
You missed Hardware. And the one after it.
Metal Rendezvous was the first metal album I ever heard as a mate bought it.
I quickly discovered AC/DC after that and I was off with them as Back in Black was released having already bought Highway To hell and If you Want blood…Krokus would never get another look in.
Then NWOBHM hit…
Oh. YOU were the one who bought Back in Black!
…er…
The loft has been cleared and no more lists are imminent you’ll be glad to know!
Can we just shout out suggestions for what might have been in your loft, and then just list that?
Do you like hamsters?
No thanks, I’ve just put one out.
Hamsters? Are you saying “loft” was a euphemism all along..?
My ‘loft’ is now fully cleansed.
Take that any way you want!
Saying “cleansed” rather than the more usual “cleared” is rather sinister. Does it involve disinfectant? Be thorough… Luminol doesn’t lie.
Jeyes Fluid and a good scrubber.
She cost me £50!
Oho!