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Ritchie said:

Frands I wouldn't call myself a dedicated Diamond Head fan although I own the first album Lightning To The Nations which came out in 1981 I think and they got lumped in with the NWOBHM movement here in the UK anyway I believe the first album is the main album because after that I believe they moved away slightly towards progressive metal I suppose you would call it?. The thing with Diamond Head apart from Lars Ulrich of Metallica being a early fan of there's was they didn't get the lucky breaks that other bands got and I recall reading that the band for some time was managed by one of the bands mother's rather that being managed by a 'proper' manager which probably meant that they lost a lot of ground early on to other NWOBHM bands and never really recovered.

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Ritchie said:

Frands I wouldn't call myself a dedicated Diamond Head fan although I own the first album Lightning To The Nations which came out in 1981 I think and they got lumped in with the NWOBHM movement here in the UK anyway I believe the first album is the main album because after that I believe they moved away slightly towards progressive metal I suppose you would call it?. The thing with Diamond Head apart from Lars Ulrich of Metallica being a early fan of there's was they didn't get the lucky breaks that other bands got and I recall reading that the band for some time was managed by one of the bands mother's rather that being managed by a 'proper' manager which probably meant that they lost a lot of ground early on to other NWOBHM bands and never really recovered.

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SanguineRemedy said:

Absolutely correct, not to mention these rockers were young and shy. They were scared to perform early on, so that also contributes to a lack of commercial success.

Another manager was a cardboard factory owner who had 0 experience managing bands..

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