Dvd's-Music and Movies. The odd Heavy Metal gig in Melbourne when I can get there (and back!). Wish I could get there more often! And all the wild birds that I feed and my dragons ............................................. I WISH BALLARAT HAD REGULAR HEAVY METAL GIGS!!!
Old friends and customers of ours, band members etc.....or if you're into metal and weren't around back then, feel free to drop in and say hi! All Metal Bands are welcome from Aussieland and anywhere else in the world! Dragons are welcome too! Cheers GretaALSO................................A HUGE 'THANK YOU' TO ALL THE CUSTOMERS AND BAND MEMBERS WHO SUPPORTED THE METAL SHOP ALL THROUGH THE YEARS......................THANK YOU!
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60's/70's heavy blues-rock & Psychedelia....Cream, Eric Burdon and the Animals, The Who, Procol Harum, Small Faces, King Crimson, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Zombies, Iron Butterfly, The Move, The Guess Who, Traffic, The Grass Roots, The Turtles, Them, The Yardbirds, Humble Pie, Free, Vanilla Fudge, Robin Trower, The Young Rascals, Steppenwolf, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Ten Years After, Bad Company, The Pretty Things, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and more.....Aussie stuff back then was Chain, The Loved Ones, The Easybeats, The Masters Apprentices, Billy Thorpe, Spectrum, Lobby Loyde, Blackfeather, Madderlake, and more...........Then along came BLACK SABBATH-I bought their first album when it was released (I was working in Allan's Music in Collins St, Melbourne at the time) and when I got home, as the first track started I just stopped what I was doing and sat and listened and knew that this was what I had been searching for. I feel I have to make this comment here, because Black Sabbath have made such a profound impact on my life and also (thanks to them) I had a wonderful 16 year career in the metal scene! Also on the metal side of things..... Local metal bands-and lots of them through the years and now! And then there's these bands-past and present (in alphabetical order) ANTHRAX, ANNIHILATOR, ANGEL, ALICE COOPER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ACCEPT, ALICE IN CHAINS, BLACK SABBATH, BAL SAGOTH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, BRUCE DICKINSON, BUDGIE, CARCASS, CRIMSON GLORY, CYCLONE TEMPLE, CORONER, DEATH ANGEL, DEEP PURPLE, DIAMOND HEAD, DISSECTION, DISTURBED, DOWN, FATES WARNING, FEAR FACTORY, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, FORBIDDEN, GILLAN, GODSMACK, GZR, HEAVEN AND HELL, HELLOWEEN, I-DEF-I, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LED ZEPPELIN, LETHAL, LIZZY BORDEN, MACHINE HEAD, MANOWAR, MEGADETH, METALLICA, NEVERMORE, NIGHTWISH, OPETH, PANIC CELL, PANTERA, QUARTZ, QUEENSRYCHE, RAINBOW, RUSH, SAMSON, SAVATAGE, SAVAGE, SAXON, SCORPIONS, SEPULTURA, SEVENDUST, SLAMMER, SLAYER, SOULFLY, STATUS QUO, SWEET, TESTAMENT, TIAMAT, TYGERS OF PAN TANG, TYTAN, UFO, UNJUST, URIAH HEEP, VAN HALEN, WASP, WHITESNAKE, Y&T, and more, and more, and more, and more..... I've listed these bands because through the years, one or more of their records/cd's haven't been able to be removed from my turntable/cdplayer for a bloody long time!!! THANKS FOR THE MUSIC!
LORD OF THE RINGS, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Interview with the Vampire, Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense, Action, Thrillers Fantasy & Horror movies and most movies that star Richard Dean Anderson, Nicholas Cage, Steven Seagal, Jet Li, Mark Wahlberg, Clint Walker, Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, Colin Farrel, Vin Diesel, Sam Elliott and anything with dragons.........and the list goes on...
Ghost Whisperer, Medium, The Shield, NYPD Blue, True Blood, Deadwood and anything with dragons!
Fantasy & Horror and Metal Biographies....also anything with Dragons!
Dragons...are we seeing a theme here?.............................. All the customers and bands who supported the metal shop through the years and....The original BLACK SABBATH..... It was this band that triggered the passion that I have for this genre of music! Also... all the heavy bands that have existed against mainstream adversity......local and international bands, some made it and some didn't, but they all had a go...and what a tough job.... especially here in Australia. We've always had the talent and still do, but as a country we are so far away from everywhere else....thanks though, to technology and places like myspace the world is a lot smaller... Wish we'd had this technology through the 80's! ............................................................ ...................
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT AUSSIE METAL BANDS? FOR A FULL LIST CHECK OUT "MY CATEGORIES" IN MY FRIEND'S LIST.................................... Meanwhile here are a few Aussie Videos which I'll change once in awhile.... DOWN RIVER-THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN BLACK MAJESTY-FOREVER DAMNED PROMO 2007