Wife-Approved Metal

I mentioned in my post on Valentine's Day that I had a post in mind about my wife and metal.  For the most part, she really does not like a lot of the music that I listen to, yet she has gone to five concerts with me now and has generally liked some of the bands.  This post is about metal that my wife has actually approved of.

KAMELOT
Kamelot was one of the first bands that I realized that she liked.  She really likes the material off of The Black Halo, which of course everyone should.  That album is amazing.  Unfortunately I have not been able to come up with too many similar bands that she actually likes.

SCORPIONS
I have one CD from the Scorpions and it actually used to belong to my wife.  So it is safe to say that she really enjoys the German early metal band.  Of course our first dance at our reception was to a Scorpions song.  Unusual, but I like that about her.

QUIET RIOT
My wife has really started to like 1980's hair bands and of course there are some more metallic bands out there.  This is something that has really taken off in the last year or so since she got Sirius satellite radio on her car.  Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, and Twisted Sister are all bands that she really enjoys from this era.

DEF LEPPARD
Another band from the 1980's that my wife really enjoys.  Def Leppard of course was only really a metal band on their first three albums.  After that they were much more of a hard rock band.  They arose out of the NWOBHM movement but quickly fit in with the hair scene.

METALLICA
There is one song that my wife really likes by Metallica.  I don't totally understand but there is nothing wrong with that.  Hey at least my wife likes a Metallica song.

TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
Another band that is not always a metal band, I took her to a TSO concert in Kansas City when we were dating.  That was the night I told her I loved her.

Happy Valentine's Day to My Wife

I had planned a post for today, but I was stuck in court most of the day.  So here is the song we had our first dance to.

Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt. 31

ARTIST:  Various
ORIGIN:  Various
TITLE:  Monsters of Rock Vol. 2: Metal Masters
LABEL:  Priority Records
YEAR:  1993
GENRE:  Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
FAVORITE SONG:  Scorpions: "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
NOTES:  Yet another compilation album, this one features songs from metal bands Scorpions, Accept, and Krokus.  There are also tracks from hard rock groups like Kiss, Vixen, Warrant, and some extremely regrettable hair bands.  This is not one of my favorite albums in my collection.  In fact I rarely listen to it at all.  I do like the Scorpions and Accept songs but that is it.

I'm Back

I just returned from Mexico late last night. I originally planned to jump right back into things today, but I had a lot to catch up at work. So, the Favorite Metal Bands countdown will continue tomorrow. The trip was a blast and the wedding went off basically without a hitch. I guess that's the best you can hope for.

Anyway, to hold you over, here is a video of the song my wife and I danced to for our first dance: Scorpions: "When You Came Into My Life"