Everything Else is Insignificant
You are Scott Gorham, sometimes you wish you were Jerry Cantrell. Why doesn’t he get the same shit I’m getting for bringing out new music. Phil’s been dead since ’86, much longer
Continue readingReview – Black Star Riders- All Hell Breaks Loose (Nuclear Blast)
Want to get into new bands? I don’t mean ankle deep, I mean up to your neck in them. Buy the cds, go to the shows, meet the band
Couple of items I spotted on the old interweb: 1. Gene Simmons says Kiss will retire in 5-10 years. 2. Scott Ian says it’s an honor and a privilege to
Anyone who heard me on episode 130 knows that I am not a fan of re-record cds. I understand that they are done for economic reasons, the label ponies
Continue readingReview – Stryper- Second Coming (Frontiers Records)
I’ve never been a huge fan, always admired the bands perseverance but I kept looking from afar. They were part of the last Testament tour so I went early to
Continue readingReview – Flotsam and Jetsam- Ugly Noise (Metal Blade Records)
I don’t know if you heard but Ratt are a little dysfunctional and not the best of friends. They had just released Infestation which is as good a comeback
Continue readingReview – Stephen Pearcy: Sex, Drugs and Ratt & Roll. My Life In Rock.
It was my idea to contact Joel Mciver recently about the future of Slayer. Dave Lombardo had been ousted for the Australian tour for business reasons. Jeff Hanneman wasn’t coming
Yeah I joined a fan club, never been arsed about it before. I thought they were old hat to be honest and a relic of a bygone age. Sure
The Scorpions are the biggest hard rock band to come out of Germany and to be honest its not even close. They are winding down on a
I’ve loved Def Leppard since the 80’s. I have gotten something from everything the’ve released. Of all the gigs I have seen them the most, at a guess nearly
Ok ok enough of your Poisons and your Cinderellas, when are you going to get to the real good timeless shit. Sometime towards the end of ’87 actually.
It was 2004 and I had travelled to Birmingham in England to see Rush. One of my friends asked me to listen to a new band’s first release and
Here’s a great article about Clive Burr from Classic Rock Magazine from a couple of years ago. http://archive.classicrockmagazine.com/view/february-2011/32/when-drummer-clive-burr-was-ousted-from-iron-maide Break out those first 3 Maiden albums and crank it up.
These are the first 2 records I ever bought on vinyl. There was a specialist heavy metal record store called The Sound Cellar in Dublin which was a
The last Helloween album I paid my hard earned cash with was Chameleon. After hearing that crap I was done with the band. Touted as the next big thing
