I had this album in 1981 ( was 21 years old) and I remember times I didn't want to face the day too............but this song got me through. Rock n roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember these guys when I was in high school. Kind of the theme song for a lot of us. I know Great White did a cover of this song, but nothing beats the original.
i learned to play guitar playing angels tunes. i cant believe that after all these years i still really dig their stuff, i will never forsake the original angels. rock on Doc.
this is a terrific song by a terrific, though obscure Aussie band. the whole album is good. I like to buy old lp's if the cover looks good, and this was a great find.
"obscure"?, this was the epitome of Aussie Rock in the 80's 90s and through to the 00s, The Angels or Angel City as known in the US, had an amazing sound. Doc Neeson RIP, had one of the most amazing stage presences that a front man could have. Fortunately The Angels still live, with Dave Gleeson aka Lead singer of The Screaming Jets. Another Aussie Icon band.
Absolutely LOVE this band. My brother took me to my FIRST EVER CONCERT and this was it.. never forget it, took him 2wks to convince my mom to save yes!
I woke up with this song in my head this morning and had to hear it. Sadly I forgot it was Angel City's original and found Great White's version first. Thank goodness for comments because that's how I found the original that was going through my head! I don't wanta face the day! But alas, I'm an adult and must. Thankful for the song break to give me that boost!
They played a show in Portland,Oregon, in 1980 and it just rocked the place. It was an 11 p.m. show, too. Man, that was a great night. Thanks for the video.
Without doubt the most underrated Australian band ever, unbelievably enormous live and with one of best if not the best aussie front man ever, period..
They were “The Angels” in in Australia, but a naming dispute with some other band forced them to use the name “Angel City” in the US. They always hated that name but if anyone here wants to see them on UA-cam live, search for “The Angels live at Narara” and “The Angels live at La Trobe University”! They were at their performance peak then!
saw them in Madison WI ( Madtown , home of the WI Badgers ! ) , 5 days after , my wife went into labor 7 weeks ahead of predicted date . I like to think The Angels had something to do with it . Great band .
KGON - Portland, OR, USA - championed this Aussie Group! And they were right! Note: They also Championed Rush at about the same time ... and they were even MORE right than, too! KGON ROCKED! (Sadly, they suck now...)
Back in the late 70's early 80's a young kid growing up in the Dandenong, Frankston area of Melbourne, I hated the foreign music of the day. Thank god for good old aussie rock, with acdc the angels, rose tattoo and cold chisel etc. My pushbike was my best friend and the smokin greens flowed freely. For those who dont know who the Angels are, Australia was the place to be back in those days. I couldn't fathom the gay stuff like culture club and the human league. thanks heaps to the uploader!
Right on friends,was @ that Paramount show . . .believe it was 1980? anyway,the Kings opened and we had front row balcony seats! Right on top of them! great show.Only my 3rd concert ,saw pablo cruise @ gill collisiumwith buffalo springfield and then QUEEN @ port coll. WOW queen was the shit back then incredible show,good memories.
I don't know much about this band but I will say they have a very great sound that really stands out. Definitely a favorite along with Alcatrazz and Rising Force
nobody does it better than these fine lads from high hell, like many , after hearin this song , i knew i was not alone , but was in for sure wild company
I bought this cassette in 1979 I think. I forget album name but it had this song in it. It got in the uS and it was under Angel City. Not sure if I got it thru Columbia record and Tape club or a local indie record store in New Hope PA. But I listened to this tons on my way to the BMX races, along with the Clash, the Photos, the Surf Punks, Split Enz, and omg tons of XTC
Thinking of Doc... hoping u beat the beast n see plenty more years of OZ rock at its finest... grew up to The Angels, bouncing since '76.. Good luck Doc, battle hard, battle strong!
space invader did suck all my allowance but i grew up up started drinking and dope then i grew the most ten times theside of my head swelled for the love of music
The best, for me, is "Darkroom"...Plenty of remembers, a way of life....And the harmonica on "the devil gate is openning on me " very good...No secret for a frenchie....
learned a lot of their tunes. Played them everywhere. This is music with a lot of energy, it's raw and layered with ballad style rock-a-billy overtones, paired well with Cabernet. Enjoy!
back then as now was into B.K.,ac/dc shit like that this was my best bros album he was a little older and a little more wired but fuck a after hearing this just couldn't stop but the clowns in school looked at us and wth is thIs well you only have to hear angle city once to be hooked
Thanks for the info....After making this comment I discovered they had been around for years after I thought they had disbanded. Rumors I heard here on the West coast of Canada involved Docs throat giving out or throat cancer etc....circa 1982/3...Thanks again. Rat
The Angels wrote this song. They released it in 1980. Great White's cover followed in 1986. Check out the video here on YT - the arrangement is different to this one (& better IMO). Doc Neeson's performance is fantastic. Great band.
In 1982 I had know idea who the Angels were I just bought this album titled Angel City. I loved it. In 1984 while in the Canadian army 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) , we did and exchange with 8/9 Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) went to Brisbane to Enogra Barracks. Went to a club heard the song "Am I Ever going to see your face again" then heard everyone say "No way get fucked fuck off" for the first time. I like the Angels better than AC/DC hands down.
Great White should've hired better fire guys and that's why they wouldn't have had the time to redo this song and pay back about one-hundred burn-family victims.
One of the finest bands to ever grace our planet.
You know it my friend.
💯 love the Angles, My best Album The Hollowing Hide your face
I totally agree
I had this album in 1981 ( was 21 years old) and I remember times I didn't want to face the day too............but this song got me through. Rock n roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looked for these guys a long time,
saw them in 80 or 81,they were a rising
star show,KGON kicked ass 78 through
82.
Those were the best days of KGON
this band got a ton of airplay in Canada back in the day. One of my old buddies from those days recently died. We partied hard back then. RIP Danny.
High School in the late seventies early eighties was so great!!!
I remember these guys when I was in high school. Kind of the theme song for a lot of us. I know Great White did a cover of this song, but nothing beats the original.
i learned to play guitar playing angels tunes. i cant believe that after all these years i still really dig their stuff, i will never forsake the original angels. rock on Doc.
Nobody seems to know of this aussie group, They were the ultimate, and still are.
Compared to the music of the day and time, they were gods!
After so many years I still claim both song and band have been very underrated.
...as well as the album of course ;-)
boy these guy were real popular when I was in high school in 1979-80-81 this tune no secrets and climbing up the ivory stairs Angel City rocked man
this is a terrific song by a terrific, though obscure Aussie band. the whole album is good. I like to buy old lp's if the cover looks good, and this was a great find.
"obscure"?, this was the epitome of Aussie Rock in the 80's 90s and through to the 00s, The Angels or Angel City as known in the US, had an amazing sound. Doc Neeson RIP, had one of the most amazing stage presences that a front man could have. Fortunately The Angels still live, with Dave Gleeson aka Lead singer of The Screaming Jets. Another Aussie Icon band.
Absolutely LOVE this band. My brother took me to my FIRST EVER CONCERT and this was it.. never forget it, took him 2wks to convince my mom to save yes!
awesome tunes back in the day and still is!!!
I woke up with this song in my head this morning and had to hear it. Sadly I forgot it was Angel City's original and found Great White's version first. Thank goodness for comments because that's how I found the original that was going through my head! I don't wanta face the day! But alas, I'm an adult and must. Thankful for the song break to give me that boost!
They played a show in Portland,Oregon, in 1980 and it just rocked the place. It was an 11 p.m. show, too. Man, that was a great night. Thanks for the video.
I dont wanna face the day today, ironically the beat is motivating me to get up
Without doubt the most underrated Australian band ever, unbelievably enormous live and with one of best if not the best aussie front man ever, period..
I'm 43 this year and I LOVED Angel City when I was younger...Sorry they burned out so quick.....Thanks for the post ....And some great memories!....
havn't heard this in twenty five years thanks for posting this
They were “The Angels” in in Australia, but a naming dispute with some other band forced them to use the name “Angel City” in the US. They always hated that name but if anyone here wants to see them on UA-cam live, search for “The Angels live at Narara” and “The Angels live at La Trobe University”! They were at their performance peak then!
saw them in Madison WI ( Madtown , home of the WI Badgers ! ) , 5 days after , my wife went into labor 7 weeks ahead of predicted date . I like to think The Angels had something to do with it . Great band .
Loud and Proud South Australians!
saw them 25 yrs. ago in an Opera theatre in Portland,OR. They rocked the doors off the place!!!!!!
I heard of this band way back in the 80's but didn't hear their music until much later. Better late than never I guess.
First rock concert I ever went too!!!! Good memories, what little I can remember!
this is the only real Angel City version on the net right now, The Best.
I love all these underrated metal bands of the 70's, 80's and 90's, bands that didn't get any recognition. Good shit
KGON - Portland, OR, USA - championed this Aussie Group! And they were right!
Note: They also Championed Rush at about the same time ... and they were even MORE right than, too! KGON ROCKED! (Sadly, they suck now...)
KGON rocked!!
Saw them in Chicago in support of this album.....mind blowing concert
Reminds of my days back in 1981. Good times....sort of .....didn't want to face the day either. lol
Hungover and getting ready for work, I sang this song in the shower sooooo many times
I woke up one morning... eighth grade... heard this on the radio... never was the same.
Yeah saw these guys back in '80 or '81 loved their stuff 'no exit' c'mon man you must have more!!!!
I love this stuff. Man this is top drawer rock/roll that grabs you right away !!!~!!!!
92 citi fm in Winnipeg played the shit out of this song and pretty much everthing by Angel City
+Robert Gowans Is that why I seem to know every Angel City Song. From the old Disco Sucks days...with Bro Jake. I miss the old 92
LOL robert yes they did indeed! Loved this song though,had their own sound didnt they?
I love this band especialy this song .......and here i forgot all about this song!!!
I was young once still am
They were one of the bands a friend and I listed as one of the hardest rockers we searched for.
Back in the late 70's early 80's a young kid growing up in the Dandenong, Frankston area of Melbourne, I hated the foreign music of the day. Thank god for good old aussie rock, with acdc the angels, rose tattoo and cold chisel etc. My pushbike was my best friend and the smokin greens flowed freely. For those who dont know who the Angels are, Australia was the place to be back in those days. I couldn't fathom the gay stuff like culture club and the human league. thanks heaps to the uploader!
Holy Crap! Thanks for this! I've been looking for a copy of Darkroom.
Right on friends,was @ that Paramount show . . .believe it was 1980? anyway,the Kings opened and we had front row balcony seats! Right on top of them! great show.Only my 3rd concert ,saw pablo cruise @ gill collisiumwith buffalo springfield and then QUEEN @ port coll. WOW queen was the shit back then incredible show,good memories.
yah baby! Winnipeg rock scene 75 to about 85. Every decent band passed through the Norlander, Black Night, or The Monty!
+Dash Riprock Great memories
@tiffany71401
Angel City did this song many years before Great White!
My alarm clock music 4 ever!
I loved this
Great White covered this??!! I like this original version much better. Cleaner, rawer, awesome.
gotta love this old rock, angel city still sounds awesome
Fred Lincoln center of the same thing happened to me before the same thing ad you and your you and your fingers on your engorjess zones
Angel City Portland Oregon 10-05-79. My. 16 th b~day gift. THAT ROCKED MY. FUCKING FACE OFF......... THEU. OPENED 4 RAY DAVIES. AND. THE. KINK'S. THE. LOW. BUDGET. TOUR..........125. JOINT'S AND. AN OUNCE. RIPPER. LEBANESE BLONDE HASH........ I'LL. NEVER. 4GET. DA EXPERIENCE
🎉Round the world goes so turn it over fire it up ppl ets roll😅😊❤🎉
Boy does this bring back memories,, I remember the original clip was shot in Sydney with Doc in his pajamas. LOL
Yes me to
This was an AWESOME song by a band that should have gone BIG
I don't know much about this band but I will say they have a very great sound that really stands out. Definitely a favorite along with Alcatrazz and Rising Force
nobody does it better than these fine lads from high hell,
like many , after hearin this song , i knew i was not alone , but was in for sure
wild company
Great song and great band 👍👍
I bought this cassette in 1979 I think. I forget album name but it had this song in it.
It got in the uS and it was under Angel City. Not sure if I got it thru Columbia record and Tape club or a local indie record store in New Hope PA.
But I listened to this tons on my way to the BMX races, along with the Clash, the Photos, the Surf Punks, Split Enz, and omg tons of XTC
The "Angel City" version of this is better than the "The Angels" version, even though it's the same band!! This version is a little more "gritty"!
Thinking of Doc... hoping u beat the beast n see plenty more years of OZ rock at its finest... grew up to The Angels, bouncing since '76.. Good luck Doc, battle hard, battle strong!
The very first version I heard of this song. I remember calling the radio station to find out who did it.
I was there! It was Angel City and The Kinks if I remember right!
Exactly, Saw them in nice...for this tour.......few Years ago...🙄 , The gigs were awesome
space invader did suck all my allowance but i grew up up started drinking and dope then i grew the most ten times theside of my head swelled for the love of music
They were/are known as "The Angels" in OZ.......Whatever you wanna call em ....IT IS FANTASTIC ROCK!
The best, for me, is "Darkroom"...Plenty of remembers, a way of life....And the harmonica on "the devil gate is openning on me " very good...No secret for a frenchie....
I was there- it rocked.
In N America they were released as "Angel City"
Already knew this from Great White--wanted to see if the same song--indeed yes.
Dave Micklon the original...
learned a lot of their tunes. Played them everywhere. This is music with a lot of energy, it's raw and layered with ballad style rock-a-billy overtones, paired well with Cabernet. Enjoy!
So cool
yes they most certainly ARE Angel City..I have all the albums that SAY Angel City...where do you come up with the Angels??
back then as now was into B.K.,ac/dc shit like that this was my best bros album he was a little older and a little more wired but fuck a after hearing this just couldn't stop but the clowns in school looked at us and wth is thIs well you only have to hear angle city once to be hooked
Yeah, Keep On Rockin!....5*s Thank You....Anita...
Thanks for the info....After making this comment I discovered they had been around for years after I thought they had disbanded. Rumors I heard here on the West coast of Canada involved Docs throat giving out or throat cancer etc....circa 1982/3...Thanks again. Rat
Normally I dedicate this song to Mondays, but tomorrow is a Stat holiday for me, lol
There's got to be a live video of these guys somewhere. Angel City rocks!
The Angels wrote this song. They released it in 1980. Great White's cover followed in 1986. Check out the video here on YT - the arrangement is different to this one (& better IMO). Doc Neeson's performance is fantastic. Great band.
Is this the original and not Great White?
Samudra208 correct. Great White wasn’t even a band when this came out.
Yes
The song was originally by this band but first released in Australia where Angel City is called ‘The Angels’
In 1982 I had know idea who the Angels were I just bought this album titled Angel City. I loved it. In 1984 while in the Canadian army 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) , we did and exchange with 8/9 Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) went to Brisbane to Enogra Barracks. Went to a club heard the song "Am I Ever going to see your face again" then heard everyone say "No way get fucked fuck off" for the first time. I like the Angels better than AC/DC hands down.
I don't want to face the day, either, Doc.
i have this single - fantastic band
For the longest time I couldn't find out who did this.
had to change it for the states ( US )because another band marketed the name ''angel'' in the mid to late 70's
Search for The Angels... as they were known in Oz.
I think it was...or was it the Kings? Hey, it was a great show either way. Glad you were there...
They didn't burnout.. Doc was hit from behind by a truck. He is very ill with back troubles.
Same name in Canada.
Nup. Doc is playing as Doc Neesons Angels and the original lineup playing as the angels or the original angels. One or t'other.
taxi, please post more, like storm the bastille, and so much more. I would if I could.
Many thanks, I'll look into it.
Take Care
Does anyone have a live version of this ? Great song ..
Are The Angels/Angel City, of Australia, now going by the name angel city outcasts?
💡🔔 !
This is the original !
Check the video ..... .
Great White's cover
is fine too .!
super
YES THAY DO
rock an fuckin roll
#DarkRoom was Angels magnum opus
Dave Mustaine sent me here; I like this version better than Great White's cover =)
the versión of great white is very goog
Forgot all about this one what's this cat's name😸
Just seen the 4 remaining members without doc a couple months ago "THE ANGLES" they didnt burnout they kicked ass PT PIRRIE SOUTH AUSTRALIA
All this time I thought it was a Great White song.
Great White should've hired better fire guys and that's why they wouldn't have had the time to redo this song and pay back about one-hundred burn-family victims.
just another obscure 80's tune
Only obscure if you are wet behind the ears