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And even better...

2010-03-26T18:33:00.000-07:00

Daniella from the same album !!! Groove to die for plus a geeeetar
solo from Hades!

Time to Chill....

2010-03-26T18:27:00.000-07:00

to the groove of The John Butler Trio .... Spotify the track Better
Than from 2007s Grand National. 2 or more beers and cans on full
blast .... chill dudes. Seriously groooooooovy.

Err....isn't this....

2010-03-26T17:35:00.001-07:00

A certain brit band....but no....it's Crazy Lixx from Sweden....

Blast yer cans with My Medicine and be transported back to 1992 Brit
Pop Rock!

Separated at Birth

2010-03-26T15:55:00.000-07:00

Celebrating the wonderful world of rock influences and, at times,
plain old plagiarism.....

Tonights Separated at Birth features the 80s classic Runaway by the
then youthful Bon Jovi. Have a listen then juice up YouTube or
Spotify and spin Taking the Dawn's Take me Away.

If you like what you hear, TTD are supporting Airbourne in April and
making a debut appearance at Download this June....

For the brave....

2010-03-19T17:09:00.000-07:00

If you are feeling brave (on many levels!) try out the seven minute
epic from Toto (of Africa fame!) called Hydra from 1979. Classic
start, dodgy post-start (is that a real term?!) and some awesome
riffage!!

It's a grower!!

If it was Food:

Prepare a Kansas base, add a pre-metal riffage filling and glaze with
a Clannad Robin of Sherwood milky goop.

G's find of the night!!

2010-03-12T16:06:00.000-08:00

Stunning track from Bruce Kulick guitarist (Ex Kiss - 1984 to 1996) 2010 album BK3 - go to Spotify NOW and checkout Hand Of The King.

IF THIS WAS FOOD : take a tablespoon of VR, add a dollop of Chris
Cornell and mix with a mighty dose of Shinedown. Bake on gas mark 7 for 20 minutes and try to figure out who the hell else he sounds like (Joe Bonamassa?!). Damn good taste....

Golden Oldie

2010-03-12T15:20:00.000-08:00

A classic from 1974 - checkout School by Supertramp....

An amazing harmonica intro!!

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First Hot Tip of This Friday

2010-03-12T11:06:00.001-08:00

BLACK WATER RISING

features the somewhat obscure but damned good single Brother Go On.

You won't find these guys on Spotify yet, but their myspace page is top notch with plenty of tunes.

Their debut album is also available on iTunes...

IF THEY WERE FOOD : Cross between spicy Pantera and chewy Nickelback with generous grungy topping.
FIRST LISTEN : 4/5
LAST LISTEN : 4/5
OUTSIDE BET : DL 2010?

Download 2010

2010-03-12T10:46:00.001-08:00

Highlights to look forward to so far :

Rage Against the Machine
Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Sour
Them Crooked Vultures
AC/DC

And please please get Slash and Friends booked up!!

Pearl Update!

2008-02-18T12:02:00.001-08:00

Okay - so there IS some stuff out there...

http://www.myspace.com/pearl

full tracks too!!

T.

Pearl (not Jam!)

2008-02-18T11:26:00.001-08:00

Have you ever tried finding info, CDs or anything about the band Pearl?

Thought so - next to impossible I hear you cry. The band, fronted by Meatloafs daughter Pearl Aday, fairly rock out on some tracks I found (the only thing I could find!!) on Amazon (see http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84535 for some info and a link to the mp3 snippets).

Best of all , they are supporting Velvet Revolver (if Scott W graces us with his presence!) in the UK next month...which should be a cracking tour.

Laters,

T.

denstoneassociation Rock Night!

2008-02-18T11:14:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's true - Denstone College of Staffordshire, held a Rock Night - with staff had to dress up as famous rock stars!!!!

Going so far as to actually perform songs of their heroes, the evening saw the most timid of lecturers rockin' out!!

So logon to the denstoneassociation website at www.denstoneassociation.org, or Denstone Colleges site as www.denstone.org where I'm sure there'll be more in depth reviews...

T.

Millionaire Rock Stars

2007-07-11T05:11:00.000-07:00

Live Earth - the BBC decide that Metallica aint good enough for the great British public, and cut their set to bits. And don't get me started with the shameless treatment of Spinal Tap.

What really peed me off though was one persons comment that 'tallica were their 'usual condescending boring millionaire excuse for a rock band'....yeah right dude - whatever!

If thats what they were, then I'd rather that than some jumped up newbies just out of nappies sounding just like the next jumped up newbies just out of nappies...

All I can say, is that of ALL the gigs I've been to (and, over the last 25 years, thats a quite a few!) Metallica hold top spot for quality, audience reaction and energy. And they are by no means my favourite band - probably just top 20.

Sometimes experience holds sway over youthful enthusiasm!

Spreading the word?

2007-07-06T06:38:00.000-07:00

To help out a mate, I've bought a spot on www.buyyourwaytothetop.com - see the special link somewhere around here!

The idea is to buy a spot at the top, and as time goes by, as more peeps buy in, the top spot gets more valuable - it should be interesting to see how much it goes up to!

Anyhows, good luck Dave and keep rocking!!

A Thousand Words?

2007-06-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

Some words definately lend themselves to being sung - or so says G. My rocking partner for over 13 years, she is adamant that one reason the new Funeral for a Friend tune is so catchy is that the word 'oblivion' is a great word to sing!

Another great one-word lyric we came up with was matter(s) - as in 'Nothing Else Matters' and that one by Linkin Park (hey - I dunno - LP is her department, being nu-metal!).

As for the other 998 great words, give me a little time...(ah, thats 5 words...)

More Comeback Kings

2007-06-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

Of course - straight in at number one must be Aerosmith. Some cracking tunes and albums in the seventies, followed by a decline in both popularity and the bands mental awareness (mmm...wonder why...?) set the scene for a monster collaboration in 1986 with Run DMC and producer Rick Rubin to create a new, rap infused version of Walk This Way.

Try reading those three words without hearing the iconic sound of Steven Tyler's vocal. The track and subsequent mix of re-releases and new material (Love in an Elevator, Dude Looks Like a Lady etc...) relaunched Aerosmith's flagging career, which steamrollers on to this day, and helped keep Heavy Rock ticking over nicely while it waited for Kurt Cobain and pals to get out of bed and invent Grunge.

Comeback Kings

2007-06-10T04:13:00.000-07:00

Well thanks to the awesome 'Seven Ages of Rock' (BBC2, 9/6/07) I've learnt (or is it actually reminded??) that Sharon Osbourne was the daughter of Don Arden (b.1926 as Harry Levy) who, amongst others, was the manager of Black Sabbath. Arden also managed The Small Faces and E.L.O.

Which brought me to think - was, as asserted by S.A.of R., Ozzy Osbournes 1980 comeback with Blizzard of Ozz (Randy Rhoads etc) actually the greatest Rock / Metal recovery of all time?

Ozzy was dumped from Sabbath in 1978, went through a drug induced haze for months, and was 'rescued' by Sharon for the Blizzard of Ozz LP.

Other comebacks of note would have to include Dave Mustaine (Metallica to Megadeth), Ian Gillan (Deep Purple, to er, Deep Purple - via, oddly enough Black Sabbath and others!), Ronnie James Dio (hehe - Sabbath again to Dio via Rainbow (or was that Rainbow to Sabs?) .

I'll comeback (sorry) with more shortly!

Welcome - - to The Blog O' Rock

2007-06-08T11:51:00.000-07:00

So I've finally succumbed to the temptation of blogging about Rock - music that is. From Jethro Tull to Velvet Revolver, from 1969 to 2007, from Nirvana to The Jam. You get the idea.

Thanks for looking in!