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Old 11.20.09, 09:37 AM   #91
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I know the chick is hot, only redeeming quality of it.

BTW those idiots stole the main riff from the Judas Priest song "Troubleshooter."
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Old 11.20.09, 09:42 AM   #92
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The minute Krokus was mentioned this thread should been locked.


You're exactly right Brett. Even in 1985 people laughed at them.
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Old 11.20.09, 09:55 AM   #93
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Sam isn't in my Top 5 favorite singers, let alone the top. My favorite singer is Layne Staley.

Here's Krokus and keep in mind this is their big hit. People laughed at them then.

I love Layne Staley too.

I got 45 seconds into Krokus and that's all I need.
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Old 11.20.09, 10:03 AM   #94
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Sam isn't in my Top 5 favorite singers, let alone the top. My favorite singer is Layne Staley.

Here's Krokus and keep in mind this is their big hit. People laughed at them then.

Hahahaha! Wow.

I heard this song a long time ago and remember thinking, "Just when I thought I heard all of the eighties cheese I could, this proved me wrong!" That song is terrible, as is their other stuff I've heard.

I can't even fathom how this vocalist is even remotely compared to Sammy Hagar. Like someone said, he's a Kevin DuBrow wannabe, and may God rest his soul, but DuBrow wasn't all that great at what he did either if you ask me. That says something.
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Old 11.20.09, 10:07 AM   #95
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Sam isn't in my Top 5 favorite singers, let alone the top. My favorite singer is Layne Staley.

Here's Krokus and keep in mind this is their big hit. People laughed at them then.

Holy shit...talk about a laugh from the past!
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Old 11.20.09, 10:11 AM   #96
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Here's Krokus and keep in mind this is their big hit. People laughed at them then.

Layne! Miss him dearly. Just such an original voice. Instantly recognizeable. Great artist BTW too. he conceptualized alot of the AIC cover art stuff, and also did the artwork for the Mad Season album.
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Layne! Miss him dearly. Just such an original voice. Instantly recognizeable. Great artist BTW too. he conceptualized alot of the AIC cover art stuff, and also did the artwork for the Mad Season album.
I love Mad Season...one more very awesome thing about the early-to-mid 90s music scene!
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Old 11.20.09, 10:48 AM   #98
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Well at least we turned the topic from Krokus to AIC...thank god.
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Haha! There was a silver lining in all this after all. Krokus. Jesus!
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Sam isn't in my Top 5 favorite singers, let alone the top. My favorite singer is Layne Staley.

Here's Krokus and keep in mind this is their big hit. People laughed at them then.

Wow, the eighties are just embarrassing sometimes. What was with the knee-high pirate boots on the vocalist?
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Krokus? ROFL!!!!!! Fucking please man. Laughable, horrible band. Midnight Maniac? HAHA even in 1985 that song was retarded.

I don't care what you think of their singer.
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As a band..awful, and frankly his voice is hardly amazing, it's like most screechers....obnoxious.
Sure, but that's the category Hagar fits into and this guy is better at it.

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I don't feel that way about Sam's voice, some of you do, your prerogative. I also think Axl Rose is one of the worst singers to ever walk the face of the earth, the greatness of GNR (the real GNR) as a band made up for it.
Hagar is a screecher and has become MORE of one over the years to the detriment of any melodic quality he used to have. Axl has a distinctive voice not necessarily a good one i agree.

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And let's hear what the guy in Krokus sings like at 62, I seriously doubt he will sound as solid as Sam does at that age.
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Old 11.20.09, 05:41 PM   #102
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I've never heard of Krokus but their name alone is telling me that I won't like it.
They are Swiss I believe.
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Old 11.20.09, 05:45 PM   #103
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Here's Krokus and keep in mind this is their big hit. People laughed at them then.

No it wasn't! This is a bit of cheese from the 80's. Pick a band, any band and you can find some embarassing shite they have done in the past.

However the comparison was between the vocalist and Hagar, not between Krokus and Van Halen. In that regard there is no comparison.

Storace has been compared to Bon Scott and Robert Plant.
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Old 11.20.09, 05:49 PM   #104
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Hahahaha! Wow.

I heard this song a long time ago and remember thinking, "Just when I thought I heard all of the eighties cheese I could, this proved me wrong!" That song is terrible, as is their other stuff I've heard.
Couldn't have been that long ago, according to your stats you are only 18. These guys have been around since 1974

I can't even fathom how this vocalist is even remotely compared to Sammy Hagar. Like someone said, he's a Kevin DuBrow wannabe, and may God rest his soul, but DuBrow wasn't all that great at what he did either if you ask me. That says something.[/QUOTE]

Do yourself a favour and listen to some of their live stuff on youtube. You may not like the band, but his voice is good for what he does and certainly better than Hagar for that type of stuff.
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Krokus? ROFL!!!!!!


And let's hear what the guy in Krokus sings like at 62, I seriously doubt he will sound as solid as Sam does at that age.
Storace would be a similar age, maybe a few years younger I don't know. Plenty of recent live stuff available for you to hear for yourself
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