Playlist Grand Funk Railroad – Bosnia Various – Zunior Compilation 2010 v5:03 Alice Cooper – School’s Out Another 7:30 rise and, today, compiling a list of all artists by whom I have every original studio album released to date... There are 89... I’ve split them according to the decade in which their first album appeared... 1960’s 1963 The Beatles 11 1964 Simon &...
NAMM (National Assocoiation of Music Merchants) holds an annual convention in Los Angeles. For a few years it was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, but soon moved back to its home at The Anaheim Convention Center. There are over 1500 exhibitors, who are there launching new products, hosting signings, and organizing jam sessions. The thing about NAMM is that it is not open to the public--not...
Classic Rock magazine is reporting that Mick Green, legendary lead guitarist for The Pirates, died yesterday (January 11) at age 65. Green’s death was revealed on the guitarist’s website by his son, Brad. No cause of death was given, but Green spent time in hospital last year with a suspected kidney problem. He also had a history of heart attacks – including one suffered on stage...
Let us not mince words when it comes to the eternal fleecing of the music fan at the hands of their tormentor: the industry. They are out to rape your wallet, and rape it hard. They always have been. When a band achieved a solid consumer base for their releases in the late 80s (through the present), the CD single was not far behind...in the grand tradition of vinyl and cassette. So it's not a surprise...
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Call Me Shockmaster: Chapter Two - The Penny Lane Years This is the second installment of an ongoing series about my years as a white rocker dude who became a player in the Northwest hip-hop game during the eighties and nineties. You can read the first installment, about my recent reunion with Sir Mix-A-Lot, both below and by going here . Everything has to have a beginning. For me it came in 1980,...
It’s amazing to think that via the internet people are picking up on our site from all corners of the globe, contacting us with many kind words and submitting music and mixes for us to publish so that others may enjoy their efforts. Not only do we publish mixes from well established artists but we [...]
The Progressive Nation tour is an ambitious package tour highlighting the best of prog-metal. Effectively a double headliner of Opeth and Dream Theater, plus two support bands, doors opened at 5:30, with the music starting just after six, making it a real marathon if you were standing. And the early start meant it was straight [...]
No major theme this week, folks. Next week, on the other hand, will have a theme very close to me, so don’t forget to stop by for that one. Yeah, next week’s mixtape is gonna RAWK, but this week… Eh. Now that’s some kinda salesmanship right there, y’all. Amorphis – Shattered Within from Am Universum (2001) Eddie Izzard [...]
Ken Hensley, best known as member of the famous Uriah Heep, and Bulgarian rock band Sunrise will stage a concert Saturday night in support of the Belogradchik rocks, a nomination in the world's new Seven Wonders ranking. The nomination did not make it to the final stage of the competition and is now among th reserves, but Bulgarians still hope it has chances of winning should some of its better ranking...