October 1987

CREEM

The Editors

They said it couldn’t be done, but we ignored them. We knew, in our innate wisdom, that people wanted a poster book—but not just any poster book. We knew it had to be jam-packed with the mightiest of metal legends and splendid, never-before-seen pictures of the greats of rock.

MASTERS OF METAL

RATT

Albums: Ratt (Time Coast), Out Of The Cellar (Atlantic, 1984), Invasion Of Your Privacy (Atlantic, 1985), Dancin's Undercover (Atlantic, 1986).

AEROSMITH

Albums: Aerosmith (Columbia, 1973), Get Your Wings (Columbia, 1974), Toys In The Attic (Columbia, 1975), Rocks (Columbia, 1976), Draw The Line (Columbia, 1977), Live! Bootleg (Columbia, 1978), California Jam II (Columbia, 1978), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Movie Soundtrack (RSO Records, 1978), Night In The Ruts (Columbia, 1979), Greatest Hits (Columbia, 1980), Rock In A Hard Place (Columbia, 1982), Done With Mirrors (Geffen, 1985), Permanent Vacation (Geffen, 1987), Classics Live II (Columbia, 1987).

TESLA

Album: Mechanical Resonance (Geffen, 1987).

THE CULT

Albums: Love (Warner Brothers, 1985), Electric (Warner Brothers, 1987).

GREAT WHITE

Albums: On Your Knees (Capitol, 1983), Great White (Capitol, 1984), Shot In The Dark (Capitol, 1986), Recovery-Live (Capitol, 1987), Once Bitten (Capitol, 1987).

POISON

Album: Look What The Cat Dragged In (Enigma/Capitol, 1986).

DIO

Albums: Holy Diver (Warner Brothers, 1983), Last In Line (Warner Brothers, 1984), Sacred Heart (Warner Brothers, 1985), Intermission (Warner Brothers, 1986), Dream Evil (Warner Brothers, 1987).

W.A.S.P.

Albums: Animal (F--Like A Beast) (Music For Nations, 1983), W.A.S.P. (Capitol, 1984), The Last Command (Capitol, 1985), Inside The Electric Circus (Capitol, 1986), Live . . . In The Raw (Capitol, 1987).

HEART

Albums: Dreamboat Annie (Mushroom, 1976), Little Queen (Portrait, 1977), Magazine (Mushroom, 1978), Dog & Butterfly (Portrait, 1978), Bebe Le Strange (Epic, 1980), Greatest Hits Live (Epic, 1980), Private Audition (Epic, 1982), Passion works (Capitol, 1983), Heart (Capitol, 1986), Bad Animals (Capitol, 1987).

METALLICA

Albums: Ride The Lightning (Elektra, 1985), Master Of Puppets (Elektra, 1986).

SLAYER

Albums: Show No Mercy (Metal Blade, 1983), Chemical Warfare (EP) (Metal Blade, 1984), Live Undead (EP) (Metal 1985), Reign In Blood (Def Jam-Geffen, 1986).

ANTHRAX

Albums: Spreading The Disease (Island 1985), Among The Living (Island, 1987).

MEGADETH

Albums: Killing Is My Business. . . And Business Is Good (Combat, 1985), Peace Sells. . .But Who’s Buying? (Capitol, 1986).

METAL CHURCH

Albums: Metal Church (Elektra, 1985), The Dark (Elektra, 1987).

KISS

Albums: Kiss (Casablanca, 1975), Hotter Than Hell (Casablanca, 1974), Dressed To Kill (Casablanca, 1975), Alive (Casablanca), Destroyer (Casablanca, 1976), The Originals (Casablanca), Rock 'N' Roll Over (Casablanca), Love Gun (Casablanca), Kiss Alive II (Casablanca, 1977), Double Platinum (Casablanca, 1978), Dynasty (Casablanca, 1979), Unmasked (Mercury, 1980), Preachers Of The Night (Polygram), Lick It Up (Polygram), Animalize (Polygram), Asylum (Polygram), The Elder (Polygram).

MOTLEY CRUE

Albums: Too Fast For Love (Elektra, 1982), Shout At The Devil (Elektra, 1983), Theater Of Pain (Elektra, 1985), Girls, Girls, Girls (Elektra, 1987).

STRYPER

Albums: The Yellow And Black Attack (Enigma, 1984), Soldiers Under Command (Enigma, 1985), To Hell With The Devil (Enigma, 1986).

WHITESNAKE

Albums: Trouble (United Artists, 1978), Lovehunter (United Artists, 1979), Snake Bite (United Artists, 1977), Ready An’ Willing (Liberty, 1980), Live In The Heart Of The City (Liberty, 1980), Come An' Get It (Liberty, 1981), Slide It In (Geffen, 1984), Whitesnake (Geffen, 1987).

JUDAS PRIEST

Albums: Sad Wings Of Destiny (Gull Records, 1976), Sin After Sin (Columbia, 1977), Stained Glass (Columbia, 1978), Hell Bent For Leather (Columbia, 1979), Unleashed In The East (Columbia, 1979), British Steel (Columbia, 1980), Point Of Entry (Columbia, 1981), Screaming For Vengeance (Columbia, 1982), Defenders Of The Faith (Columbia, 1984), Turbo (Columbia, 1986), Priest...Live!

CINDERELLA

Album: Night Songs (Polygram, 1986).

SCORPIONS

Albums: Love Drive (Polygram), Animal Magnetism (Polygram), Blackout (Polygram), Love At First Sting (Polygram), World Wide Live (Polygram).

OZZY OSBOURNE

Albums: Blizzard Of Oz (Jet, 1981,), Diary Of A Madman (Jet, 1981), Speak Of The Devil (Jet, 1982), Bark At The Moon (Epic, 1983), Ultimate Sin (Epic, 1986), Tribute (Epic, 1987).

KEEL

Albums: Lay Down The Law (Shrapnel, 1985), The Right To Rock (Gold Mountain, 1985), The Final Frontier (Gold Mountain/MCA, 1986), Keel (Gold Mountain/MCA 1987).

RUSH

Albums: Rush (Mercury, 1974), Fly By Night (Mercury, 1975), 2112 (Mercury, 1976), Caress Of Steel (Mercury, 1977), All The World’s A Stage (Mercury, 1976), A Farewell To Kings (Mercury, 1977), Archives (Mercury, 1978), Hemispheres (Mercury, 1978), Permanent Waves (Mercury, 1980), Moving Pictures (Mercury, 1981), Grace Under Pressure (Polygram, 1983), Signals (Polygram, 1984), Power Windows (Polygram, 1985), Exit Stage Left (Polygram, 1986).

LOUDNESS

Albums: Thunder In The East (Atlantic, 1985), Lightning Strikes (Atlantic, 1986), Hurricane Eyes (Atlantic, 1987).

ALICE COOPER

DEEP PURPLE

Albums: Shades Of Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton, 1968), Book Of Taliesyn (Tetragrammaton), Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton), Concerto For Group And Orchestra (Warner Brothers, 1970), Fireball (Warner Brothers, 1971), Machine Head (Warner Brothers, 1972), Made In Japan (Purple, 1972), Best Of (Scepter, 1972), Who Do We Think We Are (Warner Brothers, 1973), Burn (Warner Brothers, 1974), Come Taste The Band (Warner Brothers, 1975), Purple Passages (Warner Brothers, 1972), When We Rock We Rock (Warner Brothers, 1978), Deepest Purple (Harvest, 1980), Perfect Strangers (Polygram, 1985), House Of Blue Light (Polygram, 1986).

Y&T

Albums: Yesterday & Today (London, 1976), Struck Down (London, 1978), Earthshaker (A&M, 1981), Black Tiger (A&M, 1982), Mean Streak (A&M), In Rock We Trust (A&M), Open Fire (A&M), Down For The Count (A&M), Contagiou (Geffen, 1987).

VAN HALEN

Albums: Van Halen (Warner Brothers, 1978), Van Halen II (Warner Brothers, 1979), Women & Children First (Warner Brothers, 1980), Fair Warning (Warner Brothers, 1981), Diver Down (Warner Brothers, 1982), 1984 (Warner Brothers, 1984), 5150 (Warner Brothers, 1986).

AC/DC

Albums: High Voltage (Atco, 1975), Let There Be Rock (Atco, 1977), If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It (Atlantic, 1978), Powerage (Atlantic, 1978), Highway To Hell (Atlantic, 1979), Back In Black (Atlantic, 1980), Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Atlantic, 1981), For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (Atlantic, 1981), Flick Of The Switch (Atlantic, 1983), ’74-Jailbreak (mini-LP) (Atlantic, 1984), Fly On The Wall (Atlantic, 1985), Who Made Who (Atlantic, 1986).

DOKKEN

Albums: Breaking The Chains (Elektra), Under Lock And Key (Elektra), Tooth And Nail (Elektra), Back For Attack (Elektra).

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Albums: Rising Forces (Polygram), Marching Out (Polygram), Trilogy (Polygram).

DEF LEPPARD

Albums: On Through The Night (Polygram, 1980), High & Dry (Polygram, 1982), Pyromania (Polygram, 1983), Hysteria (Polygram, 1987).

BON JOVI

Albums: Bon Jovi (Polygram, 1984), 7800°F (Polygram, 1985), Slippery When Wet (Polygram, 1986).