Everything Else is Insignificant
There’s no shortage of Rush books from Martin. He did Contents Under Pressure with the co-operation of the band, a couple of years ago he followed that up with beautiful
Continue readingAnthem: Rush In The ’70s- Martin Popoff (ECW Press)
The cover of this book states hair metal was an era not to be forgotten. That’s certainly true now with countless arena package tours doing good business. Heck even
Continue readingThe Spectacular Rise, Fall and Rebirth Of Hair Metal- Christopher P. Hilton
There’s a great line from Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason in this about the importance of vinyl, he maintains “the vinyl record is the equivalent of whether you have
Continue readingThe Vinyl Revival: A Film About Why The Tables Are Turning Again (Wienerworld UK)
Amazingly this is the first biography ever written on Cozy Powell. For anyone who’s been living under a rock Cozy drummed for the likes of Rainbow, MSG, Whitesnake,
Continue readingDance With The Devil- The Cozy Powell Story by Laura Shenton (Wymer Publishing)
You don’t need me to tell you that Brian Tichy has played with a shitload of bands, chances are he’s on at least a couple of cds in your collection
Continue readingSilverthorne-Silverthorne (Golden Robot Records)
The last album I reviewed was the new Ozzy one that had all the bells and whistles studio trickery and fixing known to man. This is the complete opposite, it
Continue readingKings Of Dust- Kings Of Dust (Shock Records)
I have only seen Geoff Tate live twice, both with Queensryche. The opening night of the Empire World Tour at the SFX in Dublin noteworthy for the first performance of
Continue readingGeoff Tate- Tupelo Music Hall, Derry, NH 3/1/2020
Mad, iron, miracle, vertical and now ordinary man. Ozzy has seen, done, snorted and drank it all in a life that so far has been extraordinary. The stories are
I interviewed bassist Jeff Pilson last year and he told me Frontiers Records had asked him to put together and produce some of their newer projects. Black Swan
Continue readingBlack Swan- Shake The World (Frontiers Records)
The Serpent Rings is Magnum’s 21st studio album and they’ve hit a late career purple patch recently with their newer releases. When I say “they” I really mean
Mike Portnoy is one busy dude. He was definitely one of the first guys to feature on multiple albums from different projects especially after his high profile split
If ever the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” applied to anything then this is it. The album cover is godawful and whoever at the label thought
Continue readingDirty Shirley- Dirty Shirley (Frontiers Records)
Revolution Saints are another Frontiers project put together from a brainstorming (don’t you love that word, the label uses it a lot) session featuring Deen Castronovo on drums/vocals,
An interesting concept this one, try to round up as many musicians as possible to reveal all that happens behind the curtain. The stuff you can’t capture on
I’m not a death metal guy and never have been, I can’t get past the vocals and yet I found this book riveting and fascinating because it’s so
Continue readingI Am Morbid- David Vincent with Joel McIver (Jawbone Press)
