80s HEAVY double shots

The Boys from the Bay, of course.  But I'm prejudiced.

Hmmm, touch choice between DP or Maiden. Won't vote.

Finnforest wrote: Ever see them in the early days David?  Club shows?

Hell yeah, I knew all those bangers back in the day.  I saw Hammett when he was with Exodus.  Oh I'm old.

Really tough to choose, but went with Metallica.

Maiden for me, even if this choice doesn't strike as the strongest one.
For BÖC, I would have rather chosen the pair "Black Blade / Monsters"

CPicard wrote: Maiden for me, even if this choice doesn't strike as the strongest one. For BÖC, I would have rather chosen the pair "Black Blade / Monsters"

You know, I think you are dead-on with both comments.  I didn't pick the strongest Maiden.  And while I think those 2 BOC tracks are awesome, they are more to the arty side while trying to compete with heavies, whereas your BOC picks are closer in spirit to the choices of the other bands.  Good post. 

Atavachron wrote: Finnforest wrote: Atavachron wrote: Finnforest wrote: Ever see them in the early days David?  Club shows? Hell yeah, I knew all those bangers back in the day.  I saw Hammett when he was with Exodus.  Oh I'm old. Oh wow.....so you probably saw the Kill Em All stuff when it was brand new.....now that would be the Metallica show I'd want to see. Of course; I remember Ron Quintana giving the LP away on the KUSF metal show every Saturday night -

So what was your impression of them back then David?  Any inkling they'd break out like they did?

Finnforest wrote: Atavachron wrote: Finnforest wrote: Atavachron wrote: Finnforest wrote: Ever see them in the early days David?  Club shows? Hell yeah, I knew all those bangers back in the day.  I saw Hammett when he was with Exodus.  Oh I'm old. Oh wow.....so you probably saw the Kill Em All stuff when it was brand new.....now that would be the Metallica show I'd want to see. Of course; I remember Ron Quintana giving the LP away on the KUSF metal show every Saturday night So what was your impression of them back then David?  Any inkling they'd break out like they did?

Absolutely not.   Hetfield and Ulrich were a couple of pimply-faced wannabes with questionable talent and musical taste.   They bashed out Motorhead and Angel Witch covers, wore bad straightlegs, opened for anyone, played keggers, couldn't sing or growl, and were embarrassingly naive white punks.  

Hat's off to determination.

^ That's exactly what it was, they were just making sh*t up as they went and having a lot of fun.   I think the timing was right: SF had become the metal capital in the U.S. but we didn't really have our own guys, our own "sound", it was still the Brits & Euros ~ Maiden, Yngwie, Priest, Scorps, Ozzy, Saxon ~ but until Metallica broke out, the Bay Area had Metal Church and Exodus and that was about it.