Hi everyone! I just wanted to stop by to wish you all a merry metal christmas and a happy new year. I wish you all the best of the best and that you and your beloved ones have a good time together. I don't think I'll be around during the holidays so I wanted to tell you that today. I hope that next year brings us a lot of great music with this new metal monster FIREPOWEEEER!! (I'm so excited) and that we don't get distracted with things as meaningless as the R&R HOF, which doesn't really determine if a band/singer has any influence whatsoever...metal has always been marginalized by the industry so this was not going to be an exception...probably they'll get all the recognition they deserve when they are dead. As for us, let us worry about the real deal that is this beast that is priest and that is preparing a new blast of heavy metal.
Love you all!
[Vaillant 3.0] Friday, December 22, 2017 8:39:18 PM
Thank for the wishes, Paor! Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year yourself!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to stop by to wish you all a merry metal christmas and a happy new year. I wish you all the best of the best and that you and your beloved ones have a good time together. I don't think I'll be around during the holidays so I wanted to tell you that today. I hope that next year brings us a lot of great music with this new metal monster FIREPOWEEEER!! (I'm so excited) and that we don't get distracted with things as meaningless as the R&R HOF, which doesn't really determine if a band/singer has any influence whatsoever...metal has always been marginalized by the industry so this was not going to be an exception...probably they'll get all the recognition they deserve when they are dead. As for us, let us worry about the real deal that is this beast that is priest and that is preparing a new blast of heavy metal.
Love you all!
[Head banger] Friday, December 22, 2017 7:48:59 PM
As Acolyte -all the best Paor
[guidogodoy] Friday, December 22, 2017 7:26:21 PM
Right on, Paor! R&R HoF? HA! In their minds.
A big abrazo to you and yours as well.
Hi everyone! I just wanted to stop by to wish you all a merry metal christmas and a happy new year. I wish you all the best of the best and that you and your beloved ones have a good time together. I don't think I'll be around during the holidays so I wanted to tell you that today. I hope that next year brings us a lot of great music with this new metal monster FIREPOWEEEER!! (I'm so excited) and that we don't get distracted with things as meaningless as the R&R HOF, which doesn't really determine if a band/singer has any influence whatsoever...metal has always been marginalized by the industry so this was not going to be an exception...probably they'll get all the recognition they deserve when they are dead. As for us, let us worry about the real deal that is this beast that is priest and that is preparing a new blast of heavy metal.
Love you all!
[paorcamp] Friday, December 22, 2017 7:05:58 PM
Hi everyone! I just wanted to stop by to wish you all a merry metal christmas and a happy new year. I wish you all the best of the best and that you and your beloved ones have a good time together. I don't think I'll be around during the holidays so I wanted to tell you that today. I hope that next year brings us a lot of great music with this new metal monster FIREPOWEEEER!! (I'm so excited) and that we don't get distracted with things as meaningless as the R&R HOF, which doesn't really determine if a band/singer has any influence whatsoever...metal has always been marginalized by the industry so this was not going to be an exception...probably they'll get all the recognition they deserve when they are dead. As for us, let us worry about the real deal that is this beast that is priest and that is preparing a new blast of heavy metal.
Love you all!
[Head banger] Friday, December 15, 2017 10:40:42 PM
As Acolyte - @Guido, agreed Guids, well spoken and as for the Rhof, well they have been getting it wrong for years, and there opinion means Nada.
[guidogodoy] Friday, December 15, 2017 10:30:41 PM
As Acolyte-Robs RRHOF rejection letter reading on line at the Loudwire site
[Head banger] Friday, December 15, 2017 3:58:12 PM
As Acolyte-Robs RRHOF rejection letter reading on line at the Loudwire site
[Head banger] Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:02:59 PM
As Acolyte - Some good words out on line from Rob about the hall of fame thing, I believe there is an interview on KLPZ? The Neanderpaul radio show
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, December 13, 2017 9:03:48 PM
Oh, come on. We all know how "innovative" and "what a contribution / influence to the genre" Bon Jovi has been over the years. After all, that is the stated mission of what the R&R HoF tries to identify.
I don't dare ask how Bon Jovi has influenced people. Hell, what is the genre? I personally don't mind 'em. Props to Richie. Good sense of humor with Jon. Hell, Triumph sums it up pretty well....
As Acolyte- Priest is not inducted into the hall of fame.........Surprise surprise *Yawn*
[Head banger] Wednesday, December 13, 2017 1:12:05 PM
As Acolyte- Priest is not inducted into the hall of fame.........Surprise surprise *Yawn*
[Head banger] Thursday, December 07, 2017 11:33:42 PM
I know Right? Vail, they are right there and we can't have then yet, torture!!
[Vaillant 3.0] Thursday, December 07, 2017 11:15:20 PM
Yup, I saw that pic. Vinyl, if I remember correctly. Yes, definitely torture, especially when one wonders as to their fate. Will they be sold for, like, $10 more just 'cause they're autographed, or will they be raffled off? Or will they be given to the first 100 or so fans that pre-order an album? Arrrgh, the suspense!!!
As Acolyte- check out the signings on Richies facebook page
[Head banger] Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:56:31 PM
As Acolyte- check out the signings on Richies facebook page
[Head banger] Thursday, December 07, 2017 10:44:47 PM
As Acolyte-Albums are made and being signed, and we STILL have to wait until March for "FirePower " Man it is torture, I am panicking a bit over the whole no western canada dates yet, but I looked up the reedemer tour and I didn't buy tix for that concert until only 3 months before it
[Head banger] Thursday, December 07, 2017 8:15:46 AM
I think the fan vote is relativly new.
you want to know the final numbers for this years fan vote, that might be doable. anythning else, nah
Oh, of course. Why I was asking about the TOTAL number of votes. How many times they were nominated is right by their years. LL Cool J was nominated 4 times...in four different YEARS. Rufus...two times = two YEARS. Certainly not publishing their super-duper secret votes by an opaque society of dimwits one by one. Big unveiling to come on the 13th of December, of course. Stated right there on the page.
My comment was just that I am amazed to see those goofballs nominated a couple+ times and was curious to know the total FAN votes of the top five. Six or seven, really. Would have liked to have seen how much higher they were against the Killers or Eurythmics.
Head banger wrote:
Nupe is correct.
However the single fan vote is about meaningless. there are hundreds of voters in the pool. Bon Jovi is a lock. RATM and radiohead are probably in. JP came 5th in the fan vote, 5 get in, not sure they make it. Not the way I would do things but in reality these fuckwits cant name an album so..
Nupe The Ripper wrote:
I think that's just the number of times each performer has been put on the shortlist of nominees. Not the amount of votes they already have at the moment.
At least I hope so. We'll find out in a week.
guidogodoy wrote:
Voting is over and Priest gets ONE vote. However, LL Cool J was nominated four times. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan TWICE?! WTF?!?
Didn't catch the final number of Priest over The Zombies but even THEY were nominated twice.
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, December 06, 2017 1:19:05 PM
Oh, of course. Why I was asking about the TOTAL number of votes. How many times they were nominated is right by their years. LL Cool J was nominated 4 times...in four different YEARS. Rufus...two times = two YEARS. Certainly not publishing their super-duper secret votes by an opaque society of dimwits one by one. Big unveiling to come on the 13th of December, of course. Stated right there on the page.
My comment was just that I am amazed to see those goofballs nominated a couple+ times and was curious to know the total FAN votes of the top five. Six or seven, really. Would have liked to have seen how much higher they were against the Killers or Eurythmics.
However the single fan vote is about meaningless. there are hundreds of voters in the pool. Bon Jovi is a lock. RATM and radiohead are probably in. JP came 5th in the fan vote, 5 get in, not sure they make it. Not the way I would do things but in reality these fuckwits cant name an album so..
Nupe The Ripper wrote:
I think that's just the number of times each performer has been put on the shortlist of nominees. Not the amount of votes they already have at the moment.
At least I hope so. We'll find out in a week.
guidogodoy wrote:
Voting is over and Priest gets ONE vote. However, LL Cool J was nominated four times. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan TWICE?! WTF?!?
Didn't catch the final number of Priest over The Zombies but even THEY were nominated twice.
[Head banger] Wednesday, December 06, 2017 8:15:08 AM
Nupe is correct.
However the single fan vote is about meaningless. there are hundreds of voters in the pool. Bon Jovi is a lock. RATM and radiohead are probably in. JP came 5th in the fan vote, 5 get in, not sure they make it. Not the way I would do things but in reality these fuckwits cant name an album so.. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Nupe The Ripper from Wednesday, December 06, 2017 6:48:50 AM)
Nupe The Ripper wrote:
I think that's just the number of times each performer has been put on the shortlist of nominees. Not the amount of votes they already have at the moment.
At least I hope so. We'll find out in a week.
guidogodoy wrote:
Voting is over and Priest gets ONE vote. However, LL Cool J was nominated four times. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan TWICE?! WTF?!?
Didn't catch the final number of Priest over The Zombies but even THEY were nominated twice.
[Nupe The Ripper] Wednesday, December 06, 2017 6:48:50 AM
I think that's just the number of times each performer has been put on the shortlist of nominees. Not the amount of votes they already have at the moment.
Voting is over and Priest gets ONE vote. However, LL Cool J was nominated four times. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan TWICE?! WTF?!?
Didn't catch the final number of Priest over The Zombies but even THEY were nominated twice.
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, December 06, 2017 12:10:37 AM
Voting is over and Priest gets ONE vote. However, LL Cool J was nominated four times. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan TWICE?! WTF?!?
Didn't catch the final number of Priest over The Zombies but even THEY were nominated twice.
[Head banger] Tuesday, December 05, 2017 8:32:39 PM
As Acolyte -thanks Vail!
[Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, December 05, 2017 7:25:57 PM
Alright, ladies and germs. Just 'cause the JP RnR Nominee image is gone from the header doesn't mean that the voting is over. Keep voting for JP!!! The Zombies are catching up...again!!!
As Acolyte - I forgot to ask everyone, aside from festivals what size of venues are they playing in your area(s)?
[Head banger] Sunday, December 03, 2017 7:56:42 PM
As Acolyte - I forgot to ask everyone, aside from festivals what size of venues are they playing in your area(s)?
[Head banger] Sunday, December 03, 2017 7:42:58 PM
Post below as Acolyte
[Head banger] Sunday, December 03, 2017 7:39:55 PM
Go for it Nupe, another album in 3 years, Rob Ian and Glen will be in there 70s ,possibility of a tour declines . I am waitng to see where it lands, I might bite the bullet and fly to Mexico to see them, this could very well be it for Priest @ Guido, I went and looked at my stub, Painkiller "90" my ticket was $30 canadian all in , "86" fuel for life tour was $20.50 all in Lo
[Nupe The Ripper] Sunday, December 03, 2017 10:44:54 AM
Actually, I just checked hotel prices. Because Hyvinkää is a fairly small town most of the hotels in the city and near it are already fully booked (much of them probably by the artists and their crews). The few rooms that are still available cost 300 euros. For one night. Normal prices are like 70-80 euros for a night!
I really need to figure out some way of making this work. I'd hate to miss the show.
[Head banger] Sunday, December 03, 2017 8:44:15 AM
As HB I dont often travel to see shows. Last JP tour I was hoping that I could travel for work to a city they were in, then got hit with a travel ban. So far I went to Edmonton to see Metallica. luckily thats less than 3 hours, but only really did that because my daughter wants to see them. its a 12 to 15 hour drive for me to see JP upcoming. just not sure how I am gonna make this all happen. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Head banger from Sunday, December 03, 2017 12:59:46 AM)
Head banger wrote:
As Acolyte - I feel for you Nupe it is what I routinely pay to see a concert in Canada, ticket price around 100+ canadian, fuel to travel to concert 100+ canadian or approx. 200 canadian to fly,+time off work approx 200 canadian + hotel room 200 canadian and if I drive it is anywhere between an 11 -12 hour round trip I live 500 kms approx from the nearest big city that routinely does concerts + food and beverages it can be a 800 canadian touch, and Godforbid I buy meet and greets or I go across the border(Scorpions) in the USA and pay exchange
[guidogodoy] Sunday, December 03, 2017 1:53:34 AM
Yup, I feel for most of us! Same problems. When reading Nupe's post, I was thinking the same. Sure, more disposable income now but I am ALSO looking at that same scenario. Costs, travel, time, hotels. I think back to my Detroit '90 Painkiller ticket stub of, what $10-20 USD? (... and smile....)
As Acolyte - I feel for you Nupe it is what I routinely pay to see a concert in Canada, ticket price around 100+ canadian, fuel to travel to concert 100+ canadian or approx. 200 canadian to fly,+time off work approx 200 canadian + hotel room 200 canadian and if I drive it is anywhere between an 11 -12 hour round trip I live 500 kms approx from the nearest big city that routinely does concerts + food and beverages it can be a 800 canadian touch, and Godforbid I buy meet and greets or I go across the border(Scorpions) in the USA and pay exchange
[Head banger] Sunday, December 03, 2017 12:59:46 AM
As Acolyte - I feel for you Nupe it is what I routinely pay to see a concert in Canada, ticket price around 100+ canadian, fuel to travel to concert 100+ canadian or approx. 200 canadian to fly,+time off work approx 200 canadian + hotel room 200 canadian and if I drive it is anywhere between an 11 -12 hour round trip I live 500 kms approx from the nearest big city that routinely does concerts + food and beverages it can be a 800 canadian touch, and Godforbid I buy meet and greets or I go across the border(Scorpions) in the USA and pay exchange
[guidogodoy] Sunday, December 03, 2017 12:32:22 AM
[Nupe The Ripper] Friday, December 01, 2017 11:08:03 AM
Regarding the ticket prices... for the first time I'm actually really having to consider whether or not I'm going to see them. Their only concert in Finland is at the Hyvinkää Rockfest, and one-day tickets cost 89 euros. Add to that travelling to the location and a possible hotel room and I'm looking at a potential 150-170 euro bill at least. On the other hand, two-day tickets cost a "mere" 119 euros, so I could max out the entertainment factor and go see Ozzy Osbourne on Wednesday (none of the other bands in the festival are interesting to me). Although that could mean another expensive night at the hotel...
In comparison: in 2011 I saw them at Sauna Open Air in Tampere, and only went to watch them. A one-day ticket there cost 58 euros, plus train tickets there and back which were 29 euros. That's 87 euros in total, still less than just the ticket to the Hyvinkää festival. Granted, I was a student at the time so I got a 50% discount on train tickets; with normal prices the whole trip would've cost me 106 euros. Meanwhile their indoor concerts at the Helsinki Icehall have always been 50-60 euros, and travel there has been almost free because I've been able to use local public transport.
On the other hand, I have far more disposable income now. During the previous years I've either been a student or unemployed, but now I'm in my first full year of a properly paid job and it looks very likely I'll be continuing for at least much of the next year as well. So the idea of splashing upwards to 200 euros to see two great heavy metal acts, one of whom is definitely retiring and another which might follow suit quite soon as well, is certainly tempting.
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As for the new album, it certainly looks and sounds like another masterpiece! Will definitely preorder it ASAP.
[guidogodoy] Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:06:48 PM
Damn straight, man! VERY well-said! I am on cloud 9. New header here! I can hardly wait!!!!
Hell yeah guido this is awesome ..... There's just nothing more exciting than a new Judas Priest release people who aren't in our world just don't understand that there just isn't anything more exciting than a new Priest album !! This I will bet is going to be excellent especially how EVERY JP album sounds so different ..... Angel Of Retribution to Redeemer Of Souls to now Firepower ..... It's like Christmas for us guido all of us Judas Priest fanatics and I'm sure I can get tickets cheaper as long as I'm in the building to see them,don't have to have GA so I'm just going to have to get cheapest tickets I can find ,I can't freaking miss this show. Fuckin love Judas Priest ....how can anything be better than Judas Priest? Not happenin'
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:47:44 AM
Hell yeah guido this is awesome ..... There's just nothing more exciting than a new Judas Priest release people who aren't in our world just don't understand that there just isn't anything more exciting than a new Priest album !! This I will bet is going to be excellent especially how EVERY JP album sounds so different ..... Angel Of Retribution to Redeemer Of Souls to now Firepower ..... It's like Christmas for us guido all of us Judas Priest fanatics and I'm sure I can get tickets cheaper as long as I'm in the building to see them,don't have to have GA so I'm just going to have to get cheapest tickets I can find ,I can't freaking miss this show. Fuckin love Judas Priest ....how can anything be better than Judas Priest? Not happenin'
[guidogodoy] Wednesday, November 29, 2017 12:04:32 AM
I fucking LOVE the album cover!!! Hell yeah and Vail was right on with the prediction of art work reminiscent of Screaming For Vengeance ! I love the art how obviously it's a futuristic metallic horse another mystical being in the Judas Priest repertoire !
Can't wait to listen to this album Firepower in its entirety man am I stoked!!
Fuckin love Judas Priest man,they mean so much to me and I for one have to pinch myself and remind myself that it's 2018 coming up and Judas Priest is delivering us British heavy metal in its traditional form I just can't believe it Glenn is 70 years old and kicking that fret boards ass of course and then Richie,this guy is a freakin modern day Randy Roads of this generation it's insane.
Fuckin love this band from 1981 till today!!!! Hails to our mighty metal gods(as I bow down in honor And respect lol)
[J.D. DIAMOND] Tuesday, November 28, 2017 9:29:34 PM
I fucking LOVE the album cover!!! Hell yeah and Vail was right on with the prediction of art work reminiscent of Screaming For Vengeance ! I love the art how obviously it's a futuristic metallic horse another mystical being in the Judas Priest repertoire !
Can't wait to listen to this album Firepower in its entirety man am I stoked!!
Fuckin love Judas Priest man,they mean so much to me and I for one have to pinch myself and remind myself that it's 2018 coming up and Judas Priest is delivering us British heavy metal in its traditional form I just can't believe it Glenn is 70 years old and kicking that fret boards ass of course and then Richie,this guy is a freakin modern day Randy Roads of this generation it's insane.
Fuckin love this band from 1981 till today!!!! Hails to our mighty metal gods(as I bow down in honor And respect lol)
[Vaillant 3.0] Tuesday, November 28, 2017 6:03:41 PM
Thanks for the info!
Claudio Bergamin, huh? Sounds familiar. Don't remember where I first heard it. Still, though...fantastic job.
