Bad News Appreciation Thread

scudzilla · 18-03-2011 7:24pm #1

Seems every band now has an Appreciation thread, thought i'd join in with making one too.

So hats off to.........BAD NEWS, the best metal band ever to grace this planet.

Members were

Vim Fuego (Adrian Edmonson)
Den Dennis (Nigel Planer)
Colin Grigson (Rik Mayall)
Spider Webb (Peter Richardson)

I seen them live at Donington in 1986 and they blew the place apart, the whole band were world class performers who gelled together to make a band that the world has never seen before, and will never see again.

Here's the documentary of there meteoric rise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWABt9J--8 Can't embed for some reason but DEFINATELY worth a watch

Then who can forget there cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, even better than the original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wM58YXp2x0

Then comes an original of there own, 'Warriors of Ghengis Khan', a true masterpice that belongs up there with Kashmir, Enter Sandman & War Pigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPoreDpqlik

So then, lets hope this ULTIMATE appreciation thread brings an end to appreciation threads as this band surely cannot be followed :rolleyes:

scudzilla · 19-03-2011 12:32am

No Bad News fans??

Well i'm gonna carry the Appreciation all on me lonesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc74BJtF538

Star Bingo · 19-03-2011 1:49am

Spinal who?!?! seems there's always an infinitely more well known exponent of an infinitely less well known protagonist.

Young Ones the band ffs. could do no wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KylSYfwh6A

scudzilla · 02-04-2011 10:56am

Seeing as another 'Appreciation Thread' has just been started, this time for a drummer, i thought i'd bring this one up.

Maybe i should start a new Appreciation Thread for the Bad News Drummer :rolleyes::rolleyes:

lord lucan · 02-04-2011 11:44am

Don't know how i missed this thread! I only came across this project a few years back through links to the Young Ones. It's pure class and sums up what i love about the genre,we don't take it too seriously.:)

Spinal Tap seemed to become the 'go to' cliche for Rock parody but Bad News was infinitely better imo. Great OP Scudzilla,i'd forgotten about them until today.

Snake Pliisken · 02-04-2011 2:45pm

Your mother is dead

Bad News Appreciation.

scudzilla · 09-06-2014 6:13pm

Was really saddened today to hear of the death of Rik Mayall.

The words 'Legend' and 'Genius' are thrown about far too much IMO but with Rik, he truly was both of these