ripper5 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:52 pm
Huge early Aerosmith fan. Their 1st album right up to Draw the Line to include Live Bootleg.
I think most fans would agree...something changed at that point.
Another band that had a similar effect for me was Van Halen. Huge fan of the first 6 albums with Dave...
Can you believe their debut album was the worst ranking album (19th) they put out...
Van Halen II and Women and Children First got better (6th)...
Fair Warning was another tick up (5th)...
Diver Down kept them headed up (3rd)...
...and 1984 got them just shy of the top (2nd)...
Then it happened...Dave was out.
Even though I was a big fan of both Van Halen and Hagar, I was not amused with Van Hagar...despite their 4 albums with him all hitting #1. I saw them for their 5150 tour, but was basically disappointed. Their music seemed to become too commercialized. Never really cared to listen to them after that.
But now I'm thinking maybe I short changed them...maybe I need to give their last 6 albums another listen.