It is 1986 you get ready for your weekly dose of Heavy Metal on Sky’s Monsters of Rock. presented by Mick Wall.
You hear the opening theme ” Ice 9″ by Joe Satriani from his Epic album “Surfing with the Alien”
You sit back relax and get ready for an onslaught of Rock and Metal. Mick just finished playing “Gonna get close to you” Queensryche’s cover version of a Dalbello song, one of those rare occasions where the cover is better then the original.
Then Mick announces a band from the Netherlands, called Vortex, the Dutch are not known for the abundance of Rock bands, So I have high hopes. ‘Vortex, who are they?’ I never heard of them, but they are on Monsters of Rock an international Rock show. They must be good.
Mick tell me the track is called “Open the gate” it is a bit of a cliché title, but hey I am willing to give it the benefit of doubt.
Four minutes of pure brutality follows, a brutal assault on my delicate ears. Would there perhaps be naked women in the clip, to soften the blow? No, just a few men and some dude singing into a bone, a character mash up between Mad Max and the Last of the Mohicans.
No redeeming features whatsoever.
Fast forward to 2023. I listen to the song again. It is just bad as it was then , in fact it is so bad it is good. I love it despite the lack of quality it did bring me back to that Sunday night in 1986.
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