Depends on where you're stressing the sentence. Stress the 'not' in the first sentence, and it can read that you don't think it is. Slight stress on the 'if' and stronger on 'inventive' and you do think it is.

Just pointing out it could be taken both ways. Maybe I'm a bit TOO anal retentive...

Ult, since you own a copy of ZZ Top's One Foot In The Blues compilation, and I found it for pretty cheap, I was wondering, is it worth getting? I mean, I already know the music is good, however, are there any songs on that comp that aren't on regular albums (or at least different versions of songs already present on the studio albums).
I know their back catalogue was remixed and partially rerecorded at one point, are those versions on the 1990 editions I have?

Anyway, what do you think of Blue Cheer? A great but unfortunately underrated early hard rock band, their debut is a must-have.

Ult, are there any bands you're getting a lot of stuff from these days? Like Journey and Nazareth a while ago?

I'd like to read your review on the latest tokyo blade album.

Ult, I already asked this in the last thread, but you seem to have not seen it, so I'll ask again:
On the John Norum page, you wrote he toured with Whitesnake in 2003. I haven't found anything about this anywhere else, only Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich are mentioned.

Also, I think you should remove the "anything labeled ALTERNATIVE, SUCKS! " part from your homepage. I mean, you do like King's X, Saigon Kick, Living Colour, Sevendust, Coheed and Cambria, Galactic Cowboys, Sevendust and Disturbed, as well as some of the more modern/alternative albums by older bands (such as Warrant and TNT) , so you're kinda contradicting yourself there. Just sayin'.

Here it is:
http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/nolifetilmetal.htm
I think it's only linked on one page, can't remember which.

Speaking of alternative, are there any other bands that are labeled as such that you like?

Well, it seems a lot of people tend to think alternative is a made-up genre, like hair metal or grunge.
Unfortunately, there's been tons of garbage that's labeled as alternative that's been mainstream for the last 15 years or so...Made me hate a genre at first, so I avoided some great bands, such as Alice In Chains,FNM or Screaming Trees, until recently... Still have to explore the "genre", though...

Hey Scott, it would pretty cool for you to get the pre Cowboys From hell Pantera albums (Power metal, I Am The Night, Projects of the Jungle and Metal Magic) and I'd be interested in what you say about them.

Te only thing is, they tend to be pretty rare and expensive these days, and I recall him talking about them as a weak glammy power metal band ( but then, he does like some much weaker bands like PBF or Tuff).

BTW, ult, you forgot to delete the link to the old page from your wants page and the Hall of Shame.

Would love to get those old Pantera CDs. Haven't heard them in over a decade, so I can't even tell you what I think of them anymore. A comment like "weak glammy power metal" sounds like something I might have said back in the mid-1990's, but I have since grown to enjoy a lot of stuff I didn't care for then.

The boots that I've heard from that period are a little hit and miss. Some gems in there for sure, and musically, they all sound pretty decent. But then there's some ultra cheesy lyrics that haven't aged well at all.

Still, I would love to see them officially released. I'd buy them. Release all 4 in a box set with a dvd of old footage from their glam days. Something like that would be cool.

Ult, have you heard any Tank? A great NWOBHM band, they released a box set with all of their albums recorded up to 2002 in 2007, so that's probably the best place to start.

Do you have any Airbourne or Buckcherry? Both bands are the kind of straight up rock n roll you mention that you love (even if Airbourne get tagged with the AC/DC clone label). Speaking of straight up hard rock, how about Bad Company?