Posted February 28, 2011 at 9:00 am | No comments
One thing you learn really quickly in this business is to listen to the buzz. The buzz tells you what hot new band is worth tracking down when you’re surfing the net for your next download. It informs you what concerts you should drive two hours out of your way for. Telling you which ones are important enough to grab your tickets in advance and gather your friends at the local venue so that you can check them out on a Friday night.
Posted in: Indie Rock-Pop, Reviews, Rock Reviews
Posted February 27, 2011 at 10:00 am | No comments
One of the best metal songs to hit the airwaves, “Master of Puppets,” is featured in Guitar Hero: Metallica and is a staple at Metallica concerts. Recorded in 1985 at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark, the track was released in 1986 as the group’s first single off their album of the same name, with the B-side “Welcome Home (Sanitarium).”
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Posted February 26, 2011 at 11:00 am | No comments
“Symphony of Destruction” lays out a vision of an evil Pied Piper leading unwilling followers to destruction, all with a straight metal riff and a lean forward style. Written by Megadeth vocalist, Dave Mustaine, the song has become a favorite of the group’s fans. The track starts off with a classical instrumental disarray of musicians tuning up to Mozart’s Requiem, before riffing into a heavy repetitive dirge that pushes the lyrics along and freeing them up to be explored or enjoyed as light or even pop metal.
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Posted February 25, 2011 at 1:00 pm | No comments
The mid-’90s saw a Ska revival, and one of the big reasons why was the work of Anaheim, CA band No Doubt. Led by enigmatic front-woman Gwen Stefani, the band would help bring attention to the revived Ska scene, allowing bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones to burst onto the national scene, receiving radio play and airtime on MTV and VH1, back when both stations still played music. One of the biggest hits for the band was the track,
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Posted February 25, 2011 at 7:55 am | 7 comments
RATT, like many hard rock bands born out of California in the early ‘80s, were staples on MTV with such hits in heavy rotation like “Round and Round,” “You’re in Love,” “Way Cool Junior,” and “Wanted Man.” In 1984 they released their debut LP Out of the Cellar, and throughout the mid-to-late ‘80s, released a barrage of commercial hard rock LPs including Invasion of Your Privacy, Dancing Undercover and Reach for the Sky.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Interviews, Rock Interviews
Posted February 24, 2011 at 2:00 pm | One comment
Rolling off Zep’s ’69 Led Zeppelin II album, “Heartbreaker” opens up with a simple, yet captivating, walking bass line by monster player, Jimmy Page, who later launches into an unaccompanied lead solo that’s been ranked as the #16 greatest solo of all time by Guitar World. And, of course, it never hurt a group to have legendary engineer, Eddie Kramer, in the studio.
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Posted February 24, 2011 at 9:00 am | 14 comments
Co-Producer Michael Bay optioned the bestselling novel I Am Number Four, authored by James Frey and Jobie Hughes, and assembled a smart and savvy screenwriting team comprised of Smallville’s Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Marti Noxon. With Disturbia Director D.J. Caruso at the helm, expectations loomed high for a bright, intelligent, science fiction thriller steeped in thoughtful character development, emotional resolve, and rich narrative. Well, maybe not so much.
Posted in: DVD Reviews, Guitar Films, Reviews
Posted February 23, 2011 at 11:00 am | No comments
Heavy metal would not be the same without the iconic lads of Judas Priest. Conjoining guitar leads of guitar masters K. K. Downing and Glenn Tipton into the dark mix added a signature to the group’s sound that would weld heavy metal to the accelerator and “Breaking the Law” stages the guitar duo drive hard.
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Posted February 23, 2011 at 9:00 am | No comments
I was a young boy when I figured out what I wanted to do with my life. Experiencing Ed Sullivan introduce the Beatles, unlike other boys, I wasn’t interested in being in the band. I wanted to introduce great talent to the world.
Posted in: Classic Rock, Concert Reviews, Reviews
Posted February 22, 2011 at 11:00 am | No comments
In the fall of 1966, Jimi Hendrix was in London making a name for himself among the elite of British rock, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, The Who and others. With bassist and backing vocalist, Noel Redding, and drummer, Mitch Mitchell, the three would startle the world with the bluesy, psychedelic rock of their group, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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