NWOBHM

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

A movement in British rock. To get the full picture you have to understand that the 1976/77 punk explosion drove a lot of mainstream rock bands underground, many of them didn't survive. However the fanbase remained and in pubs and clubs in working class areas such as East London, Newcastle on Tyne and the West Midlands new bands started to form taking on the musician ship of the older 'dinosaur' rock outfits, but using the new punk method of doing things; brash attitudes, agressive sounds, self management / control etc.

The punk movement in the UK started to run out of steam as a mainstream musical form in the summer of 1979 and the new metal bands started to emerge from the pubs and clubs. Early examples were Saxon, Magnum and Raven. They were joined in 1980 by acts that were to become household names - Iron Maiden, Def Leppard etc.

NWOBHM was a very broad church that embrassed art rock (Pallas / Haze), glam (Wrathchild / Tygertailz), Early death and proto-thrash (Venom / Warfare) etc, as well as countless denim and leather bands. (Angelwitch / Demon)

The excepted period for NWOBHM is summer 1979 to autumn 1985. After this point NWOBHM became a tag to refer to bands in the Iron Maiden / Judas Preist vien (Marshall Law / Strangeways / Idol Rich)

The style has since influenced most modern forms of rock and metal.

The term was originally coined by Malcome Dome in the April '79 issue of 'Sounds' magazine.

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hanging chad

A key part of the US electorial system.

The hanging chads swung the vote in favour of GW Bush

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WEAPONS GRADE AMATUER

A fool, an idiot, a blunderer, someone who plays the game when they really should be in the grandstand.

We auditioned a couple of drummers yesterday. The second guy was alright, but the first was a weapons grade amatuer.

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The Granery

A gone but not forgotten music club in Bristol UK. Opened as a jazz venue in the late 1950's it became one of the nations leading venues in the Rock'n'Roll years and remained at the cut edge of the live music circiut until its closure in 1990.

It is claimed that every major band to achiebe UK success played at the place including The Rolling Stones, Yes, Genesis, The Damned, Iron Maiden, Metallica and Pink Floyd to name but a few.

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USS Cole

UK slang

A ship that's got a hole in it.

3 degrees to starboard helmsman we don't wanna be a USS Cole do we?

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champ car

A north american erstaz version of formula one where cars drive in small circles for hours. They are unable to race in the rain (the drivers tend to rust), and the safety car is used everytime someone coughs behind the wheel.
The series where F1 failiers can excel

Ricardo Zonta, Dario Francetti, Christian Fitipaldi, Mark Blundell etc etc etc

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jingoism

Blind patriotism, a my country right or wrong attitude towards other nations and ideologies. Prevelent in certain sections of US and UK society

'jingoism is the bind of real democracy and a grave threat to the peace and stability of the world'
(Peter Boulton - 1997)

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