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Well: the mid-late 90's was fucking awesome outside of the mainstream with tons of badass prog metal, melodeath, and power metal BUT mainstream rock and metal sucked majorly - worse than any time before or after IMO.
There was a stretch there that good metal wasn't being played on the radio. The clubs and theaters that had metal acts closed down and there wasn't much access to it.
This was also the time where Nu-Metal and Rap Metal was becoming popular. I wasn't into that. Messhuggah wasn't getting any recognition where I was. I didn't find them until '03 or '04. Then Metallica released 'Load' and the universe imploded. All was lost.
Ozzy Osbourne, White Lion and Vixen No Rest for the Wicked Tour in 89 in MD ... The first real metal concert I went to was Judas Priest, Testament, Megadeth in the 90's PainKiller Tour in Philly.
Vixen and White Lion - who was the prettiest person between the two bands?![]()
Tool at the Rod Laver Arena, on the first visit of the Lateralus tour 23/07/2001. Awesome birthday out for me.
Yeah, I was late when it came to seeing live bands but I was broke back then.![]()