Rock And Roll Children

Rock And Roll Children Rock and Roll Children is the story of four metalheads in the 1980s. It is a hard hitting account of music and life from that decade.

It’s the 1980s and heavy metal music has exploded across America and Frankie, Bob, Rick and
Jeff are caught up in it. From Dio to Twisted Sister, these metal heads hit up every concert they
can. Attending college in different states, and even countries, heavy metal music is what brings
these four best friends back together summer after summer. But with the middle of the 1980s
begins the “intoleran

ce” of heavy metal music. Girlfriends, yuppies and Jesus freaks want to put
an end to the heavy metal scene just as artists like Ozzy Osbourne and Aerosmith are playing
their greatest hits! Cracks begin emerging in their friendship while everyone is trying to make
their own way in the world, especially when Jeff’s travels lead him to England. Will heavy metal
all-stars like Ted Nugent, Anthrax and Judas Priest bring these four friends back together? Or are
their partying days long over?

Two nights ago, I, along with my stepson Teal and his friend Joe, went to Thrash of the Titans in Bristol, UK. The venue...
09/10/2025

Two nights ago, I, along with my stepson Teal and his friend Joe, went to Thrash of the Titans in Bristol, UK. The venue was called the Bristol Beacon, which used to be called Colston Hall. I went there to see wrestling once but the place has definitely been modernized. The thirty mile drive to Bristol was uneventful, rush hour traffic wasn't too bad and Metallica's "72 Seasons" provided the in flight entertainment both ways....

Two nights ago, I, along with my stepson Teal and his friend Joe, went to Thrash of the Titans in Bristol, UK. The venue was called the Bristol Beacon, which used to be called Colston Hall. I went …

Recently, I have been brandishing the term, 'pure unadulterated thrash,' quite liberally in my last few posts. I make no...
05/10/2025

Recently, I have been brandishing the term, 'pure unadulterated thrash,' quite liberally in my last few posts. I make no apologies for it because the last couple of albums I have posted about have fit the label very well. The same can be said for Obituary and their album, "Cause of Death," although the death metal moniker fits the album very well too....

Recently, I have been brandishing the term, ‘pure unadulterated thrash,’ quite liberally in my last few posts. I make no apologies for it because the last couple of albums I have posted…

Sometimes you just need a thrashing good mosh, not caring about the lyrics or anything related. You just want an album t...
30/09/2025

Sometimes you just need a thrashing good mosh, not caring about the lyrics or anything related. You just want an album that makes you slam around the room and scream. If you're feeling so inclined now, then I can recommend "Cracked Brain," from German thrash metal band, Destruction. "Cracked Brain" was the only album to feature Andre Greider on the lead vocals who replaced singer/bassist Marcel Schirmer, who was fired from the band as they began recording....

Sometimes you just need a thrashing good mosh, not caring about the lyrics or anything related. You just want an album that makes you slam around the room and scream. If you’re feeling so inc…

Here's another band whose name I heard some but never listened to them, D.R.I., which is short for Dirty Rotten Imbecile...
28/09/2025

Here's another band whose name I heard some but never listened to them, D.R.I., which is short for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. Therefore, their discography from the 1980s is going on my list of albums I missed out the first time around. That list is growing. For now, though, let's concentrate on their album, "Thrash Zone," which actually came out in 1989 but I knew nothing about it until 1990....

Here’s another band whose name I heard some but never listened to them, D.R.I., which is short for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. Therefore, their discography from the 1980s is going on my list of a…

If Suicidal Tendencies hadn't blown audiences away when I saw them at Download in 2017 and then Bloodstock the following...
25/09/2025

If Suicidal Tendencies hadn't blown audiences away when I saw them at Download in 2017 and then Bloodstock the following year, they might have been in my list of American bands who didn't make it in the UK. I say this because it's only now that I discovered they put out albums on 1988 and 89 and they will go on my list of albums missed for a post in the future....

If Suicidal Tendencies hadn’t blown audiences away when I saw them at Download in 2017 and then Bloodstock the following year, they might have been in my list of American bands who didn& #8217…

Further evidence which proves my insanity: Hair metal might have been on the way out but the same couldn't be said for t...
23/09/2025

Further evidence which proves my insanity: Hair metal might have been on the way out but the same couldn't be said for thrash. Then again, it would never go down without a fight, it's not in the nature of thrash. I put forward the first piece of evidence to the fact in my last post of Megadeth's "Rust in Peace" album....

Further evidence which proves my insanity: Hair metal might have been on the way out but the same couldn’t be said for thrash. Then again, it would never go down without a fight, it’s n…

History has since proven otherwise but back in 1990, one might have been inclined to think that Iron Maiden and Megadeth...
19/09/2025

History has since proven otherwise but back in 1990, one might have been inclined to think that Iron Maiden and Megadeth were two bands heading in opposite directions. The last few Maiden albums weren't as mind-blowing as their first few albums. On the last post, some of you were of the opinion that "No Prayer for the Dying" was Iron Maiden's worst album....

History has since proven otherwise but back in 1990, one might have been inclined to think that Iron Maiden and Megadeth were two bands heading in opposite directions. The last few Maiden albums we…

Well, I survived the triple shift over the weekend, actually, it wasn't that bad as two of the most challenging service ...
16/09/2025

Well, I survived the triple shift over the weekend, actually, it wasn't that bad as two of the most challenging service users weren't there. One is on a home visit and the other is in hospital, don't worry, he's fine now. Now I can get on with the important things like Iron Maiden's "No Prayer for the Dying" album. First, the behind the scenes history, this was the first album to feature new guitarist Janick Gers, who replaced Adrian Smith....

Well, I survived the triple shift over the weekend, actually, it wasn’t that bad as two of the most challenging service users weren’t there. One is on a home visit and the other is in h…

Warning: This post might offend some people. However, I must be perfectly honest, see, I never really got into grunge ba...
10/09/2025

Warning: This post might offend some people. However, I must be perfectly honest, see, I never really got into grunge back in the 1990s. Maybe it was because even then, I was already a dinosaur still living in the golden decade of heavy metal. The only grunge album I owned, which was given to me as a Christmas present in 1993, was Pear Jam's "VS" album and it didn't have me seeing skyrockets when I listened to it....

Warning: This post might offend some people. However, I must be perfectly honest, see, I never really got into grunge back in the 1990s. Maybe it was because even then, I was already a dinosaur sti…

With the changing times and the advancement in technology, it's not surprising that AI generated music would come to pas...
06/09/2025

With the changing times and the advancement in technology, it's not surprising that AI generated music would come to pass. Now, I'm not going to get into a debate on the subject, but I was privileged to hear the album from Eclipsera, "The Era Beyond the Eclipse," compliments of John Neff, who writes a blog called The Realistic Juggernaut. Because the album is AI generated, there is no band line up, the album was put together by John with the help of his crew....

With the changing times and the advancement in technology, it’s not surprising that AI generated music would come to pass. Now, I’m not going to get into a debate on the subject, but I …

Here's the funny aspect when a band releases a single which turns out to be a huge hit but the rest of the album sounds ...
01/09/2025

Here's the funny aspect when a band releases a single which turns out to be a huge hit but the rest of the album sounds a lot different. This was what happened with a former teaching colleague of mine. He bought the "Extreme II: Pornograffitti" album solely on the hit, the acoustic ballad, "More Than Words." The song was a huge hit for Extreme, going number one in five countries and number two in the UK....

Here’s the funny aspect when a band releases a single which turns out to be a huge hit but the rest of the album sounds a lot different. This was what happened with a former teaching colleagu…

Some things just happen to fall into place very nicely. I didn't consciously plan to post The Great Kat after Vixen, but...
30/08/2025

Some things just happen to fall into place very nicely. I didn't consciously plan to post The Great Kat after Vixen, but it turned out that way when I wrote my list for 1990 albums. This turned out to be a good thing because while I spoke out about the sexism in heavy metal at the time and how Vixen were victims of it, the same could be said about The Great Kat....

Some things just happen to fall into place very nicely. I didn’t consciously plan to post The Great Kat after Vixen, but it turned out that way when I wrote my list for 1990 albums. This turn…

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