 Here we go, guys. 1983, we're keeping the momentum going. How old was I? I wanted to be a guy. I don't know what you were. I don't know what you were. I was about 16 years old. Guys, we're right in the... We're in the meat. The pit. The pit. For us now, we're starting to say, oh, we know what we like. Hey, man, we're getting our... We know what we like, and we're supporting the bands. They come to the town. We're buying the concerts. We're buying the t-shirts. We're buying the albums as soon as they're released. And this is the album of... This is the year. We're just, you know, we're starting to feel the movement. There's something happening, and we are a big part of it. We want to share that with you. 1983, the albums are getting harder. Harder to squeeze them into 10. Here we go with our top 10 from 83. First of all, they're not the most metal band out there. But, but... This is a must. They were there to open the doors for the rest of them. Kevin De Bruyne. Riot, Riot, metal, and metal health. Metal health. Traditionally, they're not typically a metal, metal album. However, however, it went in number one and knocked off the police. It was the first real metal album to crack number one in Billboard. That's all you have to say, Jeff. Millions of albums sold, global recognition. These guys were, you know, from the early days of Randy Rhodes, they built it all up, and we're not gonna go through the whole story, but they well-deserved metal health, beautiful album cover. All the songs are great, catchy, anthemic, because that's probably what the word is. No, it's funny, but that was the, summer job was strawberry picking. And I couldn't get on the bus that day, it was too full. So we decided to go down, I was gonna buy, you know what album I was gonna buy? Night Patrol by Night Ranger. Don't tell me you love me. Only for that song, didn't know anything about it. I really liked that song, and I went down there and I said, you know what? No, I'm gonna get metal health. And I think I made the right choice because it went to number one. Come on, feel the noise. I'll tell you how I describe it. Girls, rock your boys, you know I got in trouble for paying that on the high school radio. I discovered that album in the magazines, I can't remember which one, Circus Hiperator, and so Randy Rose is dead. Randy was unfortunately, sadly, sadly, sadly, unfortunately he died. And then there was this interest to go back to what bands he was in, the only band that was usually in was Quiet Riot. Was Quiet Riot, so that's when the label went from Debro to Quiet Riot, you know, again, you know, we're not gonna get into that whole thing. But that's where it piqued my interest and come on, feel the noise, it wasn't a hit yet. They haven't, it's sort of like the album went out there but people really, really went grasping it yet. So I went out and I bought the album because it was dedicated to Randy and he was part of the legacy of Quiet Riot. Put it on and loved it. And then just maybe weeks later, come on, feel the noise, it's all over the radio. Then metal health is all over the radio. Bang your head. Bang your head. And this album exploded and actually I had the album right before anything actually took off and I thought it was a great album. I couldn't do both at Great Center. I couldn't, I slipped my Cadillac, I could have done without but Thunderbird, what a way to end the album. Yeah, yeah. Just to end off on this, an album dedicated to Randy Rhodes is he was part of the legacy that album takes off. Kevin Duro, Hats Off, Frankie Hats Off, Rudy Hats Off and Carlos Hats Off did a great job, great album, well deserved, number 10 on 1983 albums. Next, here's a band that's a favorite of ours, Alan, who really not, never really got that recognition. I'm anxious to hear. Raven. All for one. All for one, all for one, all for one. Jim, I just slapped this on last week. Great. Pulled it out of the vinyl. Great album. Oh my gosh. Everything, John Gallagher's voice, the guitar playing, wacko on drums and Michael Wagner. Wagner. Double trouble productions with Udo. Executive producer, Johnny Zazula. There you go. And you know what, great album. I got a Banzai Records copy. Yeah. This is the last great Raven album before the influence of the record company came into play. We'll stay hard. We don't have to go there. So this is, I've done everything. Break the chain, break, break the chains. Oh. Everything, you know, run silent, run deep. All for one, all for one. Athletic rock. You know, there's everything. You don't have this album. You have to buy this album. So again, you know, crash bang wallop, drop rock until you drop. All the previous wiped out. That was just pure speed metal. You know, I mean, this is one that kind of, whoa, let's all comes together. Let's put it some vocal sensibilities. Let's put some catchy choruses and great musicianship, great production. And it all came together for me on this one album. Never got the respect they deserve for this one. Number eight, Alan. Here we go. Let's go to number eight album. Let's go to number eight, Alan. Let's go to number eight, Alan. Riot. Born in America. Whoa. Great. Forrester is in the band, second album. Yeah. And they had all kinds, like most bands, management, let's steal the money, let's, whatever, I don't want to go there. But they were having a tough time, released this album with the hope that finally, since they were there at the beginning, at the beginning, we got Quiet Riot on the West Coast. You got Riot on the East Coast coming out of New York. They're right there, same time as Anvil. Right there, they had built it up a bit. And now we got Born in America. Pause, pause, pause. That was one of their biggest problems. Quiet Riot was exploding. They said Quiet Riot. And then who's this Riot? And he got overshadowed by the Quiet in the Riot. Go ahead. No, for sure. They were underground band, right? Guy Sparenza, Swords and Tequila. It was building, building, building. And then this album, and then, pfft, until Thundersteel. But they were buried. They were buried. Anyways, going back to this album, Born in America, Gunslinger. Yeah. Everything on this album. Vigilante, killer, killer, killer. Everything, those vocals, the guitar playing, the drums, heavy metal machine. The scream, and you got the pfft, the drums. Everything, it's a fantastic album. One of my favorites of all time, Born in America, Riot. There you go. That's off to Mark. Thank you, another great choice. Now, number seven. This is another genre defining, career defining album. Who do we have? Merciful Fate. Okay. Melissa! What, I mean, when you take the new wave of British heavy metal, and you take Black Sabbath, and you put it in the devil, and you mix it all together, you get this album. European influence. From Denmark. These guys, from the neoclassical guitars to the falsetto screens. You love this. Not for everybody's falsetto screens of King Diamond, but he's got the low growls as well. King Diamond. This is just another level of musicianship. This is just another level, and they're just so different from the rest of the pack. Well deserved. This is. What's your album? Melissa. Melissa, oh yeah, your favorite. Black Funeral. Your favorite. Oh my God, this, every single song on this album is just incredible. Jimmy loves this album. And you know what, it's loved more today than it was back in the day. First time I heard King Diamond was probably on the metal files. I heard a few tracks off this album, ran out, bought it, opened it up, and go, I'm going to hell. The album covers did stand out. I'm going to hell. I started reading the lyrics, you know, I suck the blood of Satan, and you know, Satan, Satan, Satan. I love it, and I'm going to hell. I love it, and I'm going to hell, and I'm going to put it away. Maybe not. I'm going to put it away. Maybe not. And I'm going to hell. I like it. I'm going to hell. It's worth going to hell just for this album. That's right. Jimmy was singing to himself. And when I first heard King Diamond on the radio on late night, I didn't know what he was saying. Cause you know what he was saying, but when you open it up and you start reading the lyrics, you go, oh shit, this 60 year old boy is going to hell. But it was okay. It's all good. I was good with it. I was good with it. Put a little striper, it was okay. So there you have it, Mercel Fate, Melissa. Okay. All right, number six. This is another genre defining in hair metal. Oh, we are. Molly Crue. Shout, shout, shout at the devil. So there you go. Shout at the devil. This one I remember, I guess, Jim. You know, Christmas time, teenage boys. What do we want for Christmas? Albums, albums, lots of albums. And again, my good buddy Mark, I think he had his brother close in age, the two of them, both got albums. Hey, great. Bring them on over. It was Christmas day, he came over, slapped this on. I'm like, what is this about, you know? It looks like kill. It was, it looked like kill. Shout at the devil. Everything. Red hot. Red hot. I'm going to probably get a lot of people upset, but upset, but this is the one and only Molly Crue up there. For me, that's it. Me too, me too. The rest, you know. He's like, hey. Did they even show up for the one after theater of pain? I think Dr. Feelgood was a good one, but I think this one hit wonders. As far as I'm concerned, one hit wonders. And this is the album that makes our top 10 for that reason. What an album, the look, the attitude. You're talking about guns and roses attitude. They had nothing on these guys. These guys, you know, 10 seconds of love. They were, articles written about how they were kind of doing somebody in the studio to get those sounds. You understand what I mean? Too young to fall in love also, too young to fall in love. All right. You ready for this? Anyways, big numbers, redefined hair, hair metal. Who's this? Molly Crue. The hair, the hair spray. But were they hair metal? They gave the look of hair metal. They were sleaze rock. But they weren't a hair metal band. I never considered them a hair metal band. Yeah. The hair was up there right now. They were scary as hell to look at. They had the attitude to go with. They were dangerous. And they said, we don't care if we, whether they say we don't care if we live, live, live, live fast or young. Yeah, it was their attitude. Yeah, it was their attitude. They always said that, live fast or young and now I guess they're second guessing that. All right, number five, accept balls to the wall. Yeah, yeah, okay. First time I heard that on the radio. I go, is this AC DC? Is this Judas Priest? But like, what is this? Like, who's screaming here? Who's screaming here? First time I heard the song, balls to the wall, I was just like, what is this? What is this? Right now, Bonnie. We already had our introduction to Restless and Wild, looking forward and we, you know, to this day, we still, we support the bands, right? So do you like the first album? You're gonna get every album afterwards, which we did. We got the Metal Heart, we got the Russian Roulette, then it got Fuzzy. Anyways, this is balls to the walls, London Leather Boys. That was kind of, what's the lyrics? Who's writing these lyrics? We didn't know Gabby was a woman. Now it makes sense. At the time, we're like, mm-hmm. That is a screamer. Not that it's anything wrong with that. That was our second single, London Leather Boys. There you go. But you know, Hot. Winter Dreams. Oh, there you go. Love that. I thought that was a great song. Cold winds are nights, cold winds are dreams. Reflecting the sound of my heart. Cold winds are dreams. All right, there's her balls to the wall moment. Cardioke. Great album, great album. I loved it, right? Go Bonnie. What did he say? All right, number four, another. So here we go. Ozzy Osbourne, Bark of the Moon. Hmm. Brandy Rhodes. Interesting choice. Dies. The hype behind Ozzy now is just off the charts. Speak of the devil, Brad Gillis. Trying to transition, trying to find. Donary connection with Gary Moore from the Coliseum days. Trying to squeeze Gary in there. What's going on? What's going on? All these things are happening. We're gonna beat Black Sabbath's live evil album by doing Speak of the Devil, Ozzy Osbourne, all Black Sabbath songs. We're gonna beat live evil, Black Sabbath to the punch, competition going on in the two. Randy's no longer there, unfortunately. What is going on? Where is this band going? Bring in Jakey Lee. Now we found out with Bark of the Moon. Jakey Lee from Ratt, or what is it called? Before Ratt? It was Ratt, it was before Ratt. It was before Ratt, yeah. Anyways, we got Tommy Aldridge on the drums, Bob Daisley's back for consistency. And just so you know, Carmen Apice told me that he was brought in to fix the work of Tommy Aldridge. Carmen? Carmen Apice. Carmine? Carmine Apice. Sorry, yes. Don't skip the name. Carmine was on the tour. He was on the tour, and then he was let go. Because he was buying his, selling his own t-shirts. And Sharon didn't like it. Sharon says, you are not having any of that, Carmine. But go off. Okay. So, okay, let's go, you know, I remember freezing my butt off one day. We were trying to get tickets. So, Tommy. A friend of a friend walked for hours minus 40 degree weather. Yes. Got home, got a hot chocolate, and put on Bark at the Moon. That's my memory of this album. Put on Bark at the Moon, freezing chocolate, trying to get back warmed up. And Jakey Lee, his guitar playing at that time, was hailed as a great, great replacement for the great Randy Rose. Because he didn't sound like Randy. Journey to the center of eternity. I'm just a rock and roll rebel. Great song. So tired. Syrupy ballad, nonsense changes, where Aussies have such a great ballad. Is this, you know, of course. The production was pretty good. Good writer romance, everybody's gonna complain, but really. So tired was an all-in-out syrupy ballad that got Aussies name into the good, into the print for good. And not just talking about biting heads off a bat. Even you could even see Carmen a piece in the video of Bark at the Moon. Carmen. Carmen, don't stop, you stop saying Carmen, what are you, French? All right, okay, here we go. Number three. You ready for this? Metallica. Oh, hit the lights. And you were gonna put this on. You were. I was, I was. I'm gonna put this on. Kill them all, guys. Kill them all. Game changer. Game changer. You were talking about a game changer. This came on and we're like. What? What? What? The muting of the chords. Seek and destroy. Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch. What is this? Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch. And then a bass solo, a whole song? Anesthesia. Anesthesia, pulling teeth. Anesthesia, pulling teeth. Yes. A bass solo on an album. And we're trying to figure what is that? What's that? With the flanger and the wah-wah-wah pedal. Oh yeah. And what are these guys? Who are these guys? They still got pimples on their face. Four horsemen. On their back, the four horsemen, and we're listening to the four horsemen, and it's all apocalyptic lyrics. Yeah, yeah. and what we're still going what is this what is this we haven't heard uh number of the beast fast number of the beast the year before kill em all makes it sound like they're iron maidens abba all of a sudden you know what i mean or they're they're air supply no more no regret great um here we go you know again johnny's a zula you know i gotta give the guy credit this he you know he risked it all he he he put a mortgage on his home to make this album to produce this masterpiece of a of a debut for metallica and it's it's i think the sound in the production dave scott that's like dave here's your bus ticket dave thanks for those five songs thanks for the song don't use my stuff don't use my stuff the first album comes up mustain mustain mustain mustain that's right that's right curcammate comes in out of exodus out of exodus out of exodus comes in the back door and here we go there's the there's the metallica that we know of today while dave sulking in the corner forming megadeth this album beats them to the punch yep and they use this stuff and i'm glad they use this stuff because this stuff was pretty damn good so here we are we kill em all a game changer the beginning of thrash metal throughout the rest of the 80s yeah start to this album and again i can't reiterate how it blew everybody's mind what is this number here we go this might be a little controversial between number one number two and you tell us maybe you think this should be number one number two iron maiden peace of mind peace of mind we've got nico behind the drums and according to roust's on record it's like what could he do let's make him do this opens up with where eagles there i don't want to use two double bass i don't want to use a double bass drum i want to do it with one bass drum and and like they said they used to open da da da da open the show with that song yeah yeah nico was all over athletic mr athletic talking about athletic rock he's an athletic drummer songs are getting a little more progressive like in terms of revelation where where eagles got a birth and a whole two bow down and here and yes we're far which is kind of questionable but you know the first you know the first song i heard off this on the radio was sunlight falling on my steel so i mean guys everything steve's been on record saying this is probably the greatest he in his estimation the greatest iron maiden album yeah and it's got everything right to take my land that's one that everybody no no to take the land i've grown to love that song to me is more like quest for closer like how it would be thy name that you're stretching you know you're reaching a little you're reaching a little to me that's questifier but everything else you know when the dinosaurs were on the air quest for fire that was based on the movie that was very controversial at that whole movie released without any dialogue and that's what that's on a lot of grunts uh die with your boots on okay you'll hold on a second here's my problem with diving their boots on they just repeat diving their boots on maybe like you know 50 times repeated differently not blackout really had a blackout i don't know if you're gonna die you're gonna die if you're gonna die you're gonna die if you're gonna die die with your boots on if you're gonna die then you're gonna die great song great song still life the Murray's contribution a lot of people love that song it's the life for me that's a little bit nico doing is a idiom in oppression and again okay so let's go back maiden could do no wrong the momentum is in full coney hatch open for them yes yes here in canada so again i saw that tour uh you got everything you know they're really really doing the world tour which leads up to world slavery where they dominated but you can see where they're solid they know who they are they're doing what they are great production from martin birch and uh again just maiden is the band at this point all right here we go alan oh number one roll up the sleeves number one it had to be the deal holy god holy daiva you're down don't talk to strangers yeah you know the first song out of this was of course played on the radio first song was rainbow in the dark i remember hearing it and saying oh okay you know i said that's a little bit his rainbow era because you got the keyboards but he's also doing a black Sabbath thing so i see where he's going he's doing his own thing and it was called deal with mr vivian cambell on guitar jimmy bane on bass yes and the great viny at peace of peace not apicy apice viny apice on drums those albums with viny on drums are some of the best drum albums the fills it's all about the fills he's unbelievable he does behind the beat and the fill you know we need some we need something you know and it's missing you know uh uh holy di uh rainbow darks missy's i mean jimmy just jimmy bane just walks up he goes down that's it there you go what's it's hard about this and that that keyboard rift cheesy just brought the song to another level that's cheesier than it is the first song i heard was actually holy diver i thought it was something like heaven and hell because it goes that that that that that's what i said there he's putting all his bands all his influences and he's making his own yeah a great album guys to this day i think today all deal fans will agree it's either the first or the second last in line or a holy diver which is their favorite but usually tends to lean towards holy diver firing off on all guns he's been in rainbow right he's he's been an elf sorry he's been an elf honing his craft honing his voice now he's in rainbow just going off on all tangents with dungeons and dragons and stuff then he's in sabbath touching evil right again learning being more experienced what is he almost 40 years old when he's dead does holy diver he was like 38 years old he must have been 30 years old he's a seasoned professional at the peak holy diver was not just this one first album this was a an accumulation like you said of all of his experiences boom right there stand up and drop it drop it out holy diver number one for 1983 great choice coming in holy diver deal and i hope you like that list the next ones are gonna get more complicated because now the floodgates are open the record companies are saying we're on to something here let's go get some more of these bands there we go there's our top 10 for 1983 hope you enjoyed it as much as we like doing them