With my portable cassette player and my portable transistor radio, I continued to listen to a lot of music, however looking at my current Apple Music Library for music from 1983 does not reveal a lot. I see these bands listed: Def Leppard Dio Quiet Riot
I grew up listening to normal rock for a white kid in the suburbs: Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Bros., Eagles, Steve Miller Band. In college, started getting into harder stuff: UFO, AC/DC, Rainbow.
But most importantly to me in 1983, my mom gave me and my roommates passes to the San Diego Zoo - with the stipulation we go on the day Count Basie & His Orchestra were playing as part of the Zoo's Summer Big Bands series.
Changed my life. Learned that 12 men hitting a note as one possesses an energy and power that no stack of Marshall amps can touch.
Been on a serious jazz and blues bender ever since ... ;-)
Rock of Life makes me think of Rick Springfield. I feel the big beat. Rock of Life. Those tunes, that list. Takes me way back.
I grew up listening to normal rock for a white kid in the suburbs: Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Bros., Eagles, Steve Miller Band. In college, started getting into harder stuff: UFO, AC/DC, Rainbow.
But most importantly to me in 1983, my mom gave me and my roommates passes to the San Diego Zoo - with the stipulation we go on the day Count Basie & His Orchestra were playing as part of the Zoo's Summer Big Bands series.
Changed my life. Learned that 12 men hitting a note as one possesses an energy and power that no stack of Marshall amps can touch.
Been on a serious jazz and blues bender ever since ... ;-)