Mick Watkins

Mick Watkins

Sit back ,chill,crack open a cold beer and take a few shots as I discuss albums from my favorite Hard Rock/Heavy Metal bands! Ahhhhhh yeah! (David Lee Roth voice)

Check out my badass band WYLD RYDE on Facebook,Instagram and all your streaming services.

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  • @SmokeRingHalo
    @SmokeRingHaloКүн бұрын

    Met Eric Bloom at an outdoor BOC concert back in the day and got a photo with him. Great times!

  • @fyfe79
    @fyfe79Күн бұрын

    Your point about Mark Evans being under-appreciated is true. His playing on the LTBR album is on point. There is debate over how much he contributed towards TNT (Australian release in '75, ie most of international High Voltage '76) but by 1977, he was integral. Great stage presence too, more so than Cliff. He was booted because him and Angus clashed all the time. In fact, when AC/DC played Melbourne in 1981, there's a photo of Mark backstage chatting with Malcolm, Phil and Brian. Angus nowhere to be seen. Things turned sour after that with Malcolm when Mark sued the band for royalties after the DDDDC album sold huge numbers in the US. After that he was persona non-grata. In fact, had it not been for that court case over 40 years ago, Angus probably/may have invited Mark on their current tour to replace Cliff.

  • @NadirJones71
    @NadirJones714 күн бұрын

    Cheers Mick and greetings from Bristol, England. Great list dude. Lots of fun. You are right, albums hit us all in different ways. I'm new to them (at age 53). Yeah, I'm having my BoC love affair late in life.....in a way I'm lucky! Hahaha.....anyway your controversial choices are making me think I need to get the later albums too so thanks for sticking to your guns! Your love for them is very apparent. I can't choose between Fire and Agents for my number one (Spectres--top 5 for sure).....but those black and white albums are seriously growing on me. I had no Idea BoC were this good!!!!

  • @jedsteelwell2354
    @jedsteelwell23545 күн бұрын

    Been a minute you still making vids?

  • @tillwesenberg1178
    @tillwesenberg117812 күн бұрын

    RIP Wayne Kramer. 🚀

  • @TheLecherling-hu1vu
    @TheLecherling-hu1vu12 күн бұрын

    Well, you know, Flush the Fashion DID have the SAME PRODUCER as The Cars (Roy Thomas Baker).

  • @scociolopath
    @scociolopath12 күн бұрын

    I love all of the pre solo albums including ther first two. Maybe even especially the first two. I know that's not terribly popular. Welcome was ok and I liked the song Go to Hell. Kinda liked Dada and misc. and sundry individual songs over the years. The band, Allice Cooper kicked ass!!!

  • @manugrandest1683
    @manugrandest168314 күн бұрын

    Cultausaurus Erectus and Mirrors are my favorite albums from BOC. Greetings from France

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins13 күн бұрын

    @@manugrandest1683 Love’em! Thanks for checking out the Channel! BÖC RULES!!! 🤘🏻💀👍🏻

  • @Dalton13
    @Dalton1315 күн бұрын

    Might have to get rhis for Darkest Side of the Night alone. Is Shocker available as a reissue? Another great 80's horrir flick

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins15 күн бұрын

    @@Dalton13 Definitely worth it! I don’t think Shocker is available yet but I guarantee they’ll get to it eventually.

  • @manugrandest1683
    @manugrandest168319 күн бұрын

    Shadow California, encore un superbe morceau avec un solo de guitare 🎸 bien violent et doux à la fois

  • @manugrandest1683
    @manugrandest168319 күн бұрын

    Bien d'accord avec lui Mirrors est un magnifique album. Fin et très mélodique. Pour moi le meilleur du groupe mais tous les albums sont remarquables !

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan1228 күн бұрын

    Thanks for helping me get properly into the B.Ö.C! I have several of their albums on C.D there and then a vinyl of Tyranny and Mutation.

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins27 күн бұрын

    @@jmagowan12 You’re welcome! Blue Öyster Cult is an Amazing band! Enjoy and thanks for checking out the channel. 🤘🏻💀👍🏻

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan1227 күн бұрын

    @@DickTwatkins 🔥🤘☠️✌️🔥

  • @Retro_Man_76
    @Retro_Man_76Ай бұрын

    Hey Mick. New fan here of both your video channel and your band Wyld Ryde. Do you still plan on doing album rankings for Kiss and Accept? You mentioned it was coming 3 years ago lol. Id also love to see you rank the Judas Priest and Aerosmith discography! 🤘

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    @@Retro_Man_76 Hey man! Thanks a lot for checking out the channel and band! Yeah I plan on doing those videos. New videos are on a hiatus as of right now but I plan on getting back to it soon. KISS album ranking will be the next ranking video I think! Also planning on doing a Dokken ranking as well.

  • @rogersongster3967
    @rogersongster3967Ай бұрын

    If you propose marriage during a BOC concert at a bacon festival and you get a Yes, you have clearly chosen the correct chick for you

  • @devildozer
    @devildozerАй бұрын

    Ratt was my introduction into heavy metal along with Quiet Riot & Def Leppard, back in the early 80s. There is no bad Ratt album imo. I'm not sure how I'd rank all their albums but I can tell you that #2 goes to Invasion and Cellar takes the #1 spot, for me.

  • @eijiroinouye4115
    @eijiroinouye4115Ай бұрын

    Just comes to prove that the band is putting an all out effort on each album. You seem to like Bon and Brian.

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    @@eijiroinouye4115 Love them both equally! Can’t pick a favorite honestly. Thanks for watching 🤘🏻💀👍🏻

  • @szkcs
    @szkcsАй бұрын

    is that Ace Frehley on vocals ?

  • @PortugueseMACPOW
    @PortugueseMACPOWАй бұрын

    Intro is pure sleeze 🤣

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    @@PortugueseMACPOW I’ll take that 🤘🏻

  • @robertocaba5915
    @robertocaba5915Ай бұрын

    Your Bon’s impersonation was spot on my man!

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    @@robertocaba5915 Thanks 😆

  • @fjuczer667
    @fjuczer667Ай бұрын

    Here's my list: 2010: Accept - Blood of the Nations 2011: Venom - Fallen Angels 2012: Accept - Stalingrad 2013: Saxon - Sacrifice 2014: Accept - Blind Rage 2015: Motörhead - Bad Magic 2016: Flotsam & Jetsam - Flotsam and Jetsam 2017: Kreator - Gods of Violence 2018: Judas Priest - Firepower 2019: Flotsam & Jetsam - The End of Chaos

  • @fjuczer667
    @fjuczer667Ай бұрын

    Here's my list: 2000: Iron Maiden - Brave New World 2001: Destruction - The Antichrist 2002: Dio - Killing the Dragon 2003: Iron Maiden - Dance of Death 2004: Motörhead - Inferno 2005: Kreator - Enemy of God 2006: Celtic Frost - Monotheist 2007: Saxon - The Inner Sanctum 2008: Metallica - Death Magnetic 2009: Black Sabbath - The Devil You Know

  • @metalmickey
    @metalmickeyАй бұрын

    Love the enthusiasm Mick

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    Thanks man 🤘🏻💀👍🏻

  • @fjuczer667
    @fjuczer667Ай бұрын

    Here's my list: 1990: Megadeth - Rust in Peace 1991: Sepultura - Arise 1992: Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark 1993: Mercyful Fate - In the Shadows 1994: Mercyful Fate - Time 1995: Rainbow - Stranger in Us All 1996: Mercyful Fate - Into the Unknown 1997: Venom - Cast in Stone 1998: Iron Maiden - Virtual XI 1999: Mercyful Fate - 9

  • @szkcs
    @szkcsАй бұрын

    you should make a review of their debut LP "Jatt" which supposed to come out back in 2019 but now it finally be released this friday!

  • @manugrandest1683
    @manugrandest1683Ай бұрын

    Au niveau du son le travail de CULTURE FACTORY est excellent. Great remastering

  • @leonscoretzka801
    @leonscoretzka801Ай бұрын

    how old are you? i am really curious

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    39

  • @leonscoretzka801
    @leonscoretzka801Ай бұрын

    @@DickTwatkins wow, you look a lot younger! (Thats a good thing)

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkinsАй бұрын

    @@leonscoretzka801 Thanks! Good genetics I guess 😆

  • @richardhincemon
    @richardhincemon2 ай бұрын

    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath released December 1rst 1973 😊

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    I was close! 😆

  • @PortugueseMACPOW
    @PortugueseMACPOW2 ай бұрын

    Great energy! You nail the Jack Black energy!

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Maaan I wish I had a dollar for everytime I heard the Jack Black thing 😆

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    Heya are ya tryna sound like doctor Rockso from metalocalypse!? xD

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    Lmao! I was TRYING to sound like Brian Johnson! But yeeeah Dr.Rockso is more like it 😆

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    @@DickTwatkins Here party hardy fella!

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    Been watching your stuff allot Mick, love your stuff and how fierce it rocks!!!

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    I largely agree! So glad Heaven & Hell is getting the love it deserves!

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    Awesome! I know that my ranking is very controversial in spots. If I did it now it would probably be a bit different, But my top 5 will always be my top 5 🤘🏻💀👍🏻

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    @@DickTwatkins That's very fair, I would say me #1 is H&H and then #2 is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and then #3 Mod Rules.

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    What did you think of their new album "Outsider"?

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    It’s pretty good! My least favorite album of theirs so far though.

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    @@DickTwatkins Strange enough the opposite of me, I think outsider is their best yet!

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    @@jmagowan12 I can dig that! I mean I like it! I just feel that instead of writing good songs they were more worried about telling a story. Concept albums to me are very hit and miss but that’s just to my ears. I heard Jarvis say the next Night Demon album will be out in 2026! That sounds sooo far away 😆

  • @jmagowan12
    @jmagowan122 ай бұрын

    Much love from Éireann's Isle, love the Mighty Night Demon, not long bought this album meself!

  • @stevenholt7086
    @stevenholt70862 ай бұрын

    Dude. You're the man. Great stuff.

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🤘🏻💀👍🏻

  • @immanuel_cunt7688
    @immanuel_cunt76882 ай бұрын

    Rick rubined 13 completely!

  • @footwearisoptional8766
    @footwearisoptional87662 ай бұрын

    Bought a ticket to see BOC later this month and since I've only been a casual fan, I decided to start listening my way backward through the catalog and I have gotten stuck at The Symbol Remains. The whole album smashe skulls and I really, really, really would love to see them close the show with Fight, then just leave the audience sitting in the dark for a bit.

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins2 ай бұрын

    I love that! Welcome to the strange world of Blue Öyster Cult 🪐 “The Symbol Remains” is such an excellent album! Modern day classic. Thanks for checking out the video.

  • @footwearisoptional8766
    @footwearisoptional87662 ай бұрын

    @@DickTwatkins amazing how these bands whose principal members are in their late sixties and even seventies are just hammering these things out. I never got to see these bands when I was a kid so... now I'm old, I'm getting to see all the cool bands. Also, Flatwound bass strings were invented for Danny Miranda to slide around on.

  • @TheWolfe666
    @TheWolfe6662 ай бұрын

    Interesting ranking, a bit different. Can't agree with putting Technical Ecstasy and NSD so high, but it seems you at times gravitate towards the melodic and/or progressive sides of Sabbath's work. Enjoyable episode, well done.

  • @drewmarshall4422
    @drewmarshall44222 ай бұрын

    Almost turned this off when you screamed at me from the start...............glad I persevered :)

  • @didcap2022
    @didcap20222 ай бұрын

    BOC best hard rock band ever existed, greetings from Italy

  • @JillDinardo-mb6ii
    @JillDinardo-mb6ii2 ай бұрын

    The early 80s was considered Alices "lost period:. He experienced different genres of music (mostly new wave}. I love those albums. ...even though,Alice doesn't remember making them. Love the COOP!

  • @poeslanding
    @poeslanding2 ай бұрын

    Trouble walking is number one for me! Then 78 solo, Frehley's comet, then Spaceman

  • @Retro_Man_76
    @Retro_Man_762 ай бұрын

    New fan here. I really enjoy your ranking videos. More fun and in depth than most of the other youtube channels. I can appreciate you adding your personal history with each band and their albums. Bible Black is my favorite track on The Devil You Know. I agree that the album drags quite a but. All the songs kind of sound the same. Easily the weakest of the Dio era Sabbath era albums. Personally, I'd rank Dehumanizer way higher. Above a few of the Ozzy albums. For me Technical Ecstasy kind of sucks, and Never Say Die is good bordering on mediocre. My top 10 Sabbath albums are the first 6 with Ozzy, the first 3 with Dio and Born Again with Gillan. The other 10 I could take them or leave them. If I had to pick a #1 it's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

  • @didcap2022
    @didcap20222 ай бұрын

    1.secret treatries 2.fire of unknown origin 3.tyranny and mutation 4.the simbols remains 5.cultusaurus erectus 6.heaven forbid 7.club ninja 8.spectres 9. curse of the hidden mirrors 10.blue oyster cult 11.the revolution by night 12.agents of fortune 13.mirrors 14.imaginos

  • @albertdennis418
    @albertdennis4182 ай бұрын

    When I was younger around 1977 my father got me the 1st cheap trick album. He thought it looked crazy. I fell in love with cheap trick been a fan ever since. I am 54 now

  • @tomlewis5542
    @tomlewis55422 ай бұрын

    Great to see next generation enjoying what I still do.

  • @residentvania7733
    @residentvania77332 ай бұрын

    Thumbs up 👍 for that beginning on its own. Good stuff!!

  • @residentvania7733
    @residentvania77332 ай бұрын

    Psycho Suckass that was funny 😁

  • @crusheverything4449
    @crusheverything44493 ай бұрын

    Despite a few careless mistakes, I dug this countdown video. 🤘🏼

  • @crusheverything4449
    @crusheverything44493 ай бұрын

    Tyr had two drummers and no bassist? Neal Murray plays bass, man. Lay off the booger sugar. 😆

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins3 ай бұрын

    You are just full of Black Sabbath knowledge! AWESOME 😁

  • @crusheverything4449
    @crusheverything44493 ай бұрын

    The Devil You Know was not the line-up that recorded the Heaven and Hell album from 1980. It was the Mob Rules line-up. The former had Bill Ward on drums and the latter, Vinny Appice. 🤘🏼

  • @DickTwatkins
    @DickTwatkins3 ай бұрын

    This is true! I knew that.