tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552859295588941772011-04-21T21:44:00.965-05:00a biased music blog (mostly)Daxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12349146147651872718noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55285929558894177.post-82800181979440422122008-04-09T09:28:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:24:45.866-05:00

I recently got into a casual discussion about GNR and which song was their best. Guns N' Roses is probably best known for "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City," or "Sweet Child O' Mine." Remarkably, all three of these hits came from their first album, Appetite for Destruction. In the early 1990s, GNR released two albums at the same time: Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. Another

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In 2004, The Killers showed up on the music scene with their big post-punk single "Somebody Told Me." When I first heard the song, I wasn't really impressed. At the time, there was a current influx of what I like to call "The" bands and I really didn't pay them much attention. To me, The Killers were just another band with a lead singer dressed in makeup. But, as more and more singles were

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There are very few movie soundtracks worth buying. Typically they contain a variety of songs and genres that don't really peak interest in most music fans. Sure, there may be one or two good songs, but that really doesn't warrant buying the entire soundtrack.I actually have two movie soundtracks in my collection. I'll talk about the other one later, but today, it's all Judgement Night.The movie

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The music industry often sees tragedy. Some stars die way too young. I recently blogged about Jeff Healey's loss to a life-long battle with cancer. Like Healey, many talented musicians have died before they finished making their impact on music. Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, Freddy Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, and several others would have impacted their respective parts of the music industry if they

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I'm a Guitar Hero fan. I admit it. I first saw Guitar Hero in a local Best Buy right before Guitar Hero II came out. They had a demo station set up with Guitar Hero I, and I rocked out to Sum 41 for about 10 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't end up buying Guitar Hero I or II, but I did spring for Guitar Hero III.There are many really fun songs in GH3. Several of these songs have sweet videos which

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Buy this album now!Can I finish the review here? I mean, that's the gist of what I was going to say anyways. I guess I should elaborate.Protest the Hero literally blew me away with their first release Kezia. Upon hearing that their second release was coming down the pipe, I couldn't wait. As soon as I got Fortress I tossed it in my CD player and sat down to absorb what I hoped to be a full

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Quite often, a song becomes so famous/infamous that we tend to forget that the song was actually an original of someone else. The subsequent recording becomes more identifying of the song than the original. An example of this would be Eric Clapton's version of "Layla" performed for MTV Unplugged. Younger people might not realize that this song was originally done by Derek and the Dominos, of

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Formed in 1991, Rage Against the Machine has show how popular and influential a political band can be. Their self-titled first album debuted in 1992 and ended up attaining multi-platinum status. The album had several singles released from it including "Freedom" (see below), "Killing in the Name" (please find an un-edited version of this), and "Bombtrack." "Kililng in the Name" appeared on Guitar

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The blues/jazz/rock world lost one of its own Sunday. At the age of 41, Jeff Healey succumbed to the cancer he had been plagued with for all of his life.Healey is probably best known for appearing in the movie Road House and for his song "Angel Eyes" (YouTube).Here's Jeff doing his version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (originally by The Beatles):

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OK. Back to something loud.One of the methods I use to search for new bands to listen to is to hit up the web sites of the record labels of bands that I like. One such search a few years ago (at Ferret Music) led me to a metalcore group out of Dayton, Ohio: Twelve Tribes. After listening to "Translation of Fixes" (see below), I was sold. I immediately went out and bought their first release on

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My last post pointed out a good song with an excellent, yet odd, video. After writing that post, I started thinking about other videos that, to me, make a song what it is. I came up with two other great examples:"Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches from Since I Left You"Where's Your Head At?" by Basement Jaxx from RootyDoes anyone else have any other odd videos that define a song?

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I'm not a huge fan of the New York indie band Interpol. I have heard their music off and on through various media outlets, and I can't say that I'm hooked. I'm not saying that they aren't good. They are critically acclaimed and have a proven record of commercial success. I'm just not a big fan.This being said, they do have one song that I really like: "Evil." I can probably attribute this fact

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I really can't recall where I first heard of Scapegoat, a post-hardcore/metal/rock quintet from North Carolina. I do remember watching their video for "After Class With Mrs. Brown" (see below) and my wife commenting over my shoulder on how emo Kit looked. I really didn't care. What I did care about was the vocals and agressive sounds I was listening to. I immediately went out and bought Let Our

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While it may be obvious that I have a thing for metal, I have a dirty little secret. I love British alt-rock. Among the many CDs with wonderful metal covers and band names you will find the likes of Oasis, Travis, Coldplay, and the focus of today's little blurb: Spacehog.Formed in the mid 90s, Spacehog came roaring into the alternative scene with their hit "In the Meantime" (YouTube) from their

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Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer.These four bands are universally considered the "big four" of thrash metal. I wanted to put the spotlight on the least known (in my opinion) of the four - Anthrax. Formed way back in the early 80s, Anthrax has a long history of releasing thrash classic after thrash classic. Personally, I didn't get exposed to the band until the early 90s with Persistence of

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A few years ago I picked up a CD by a lesser known band called Motograter and fronted by the exceptional metal voice of Ivan "Ghost" Moody. The self-titled CD is currently one of the best CDs in my ever-growing collection. After about a year, Motograter went on a permanent hiatus and members of the band began work on other endeavors. Moody, along with Chris "Crispy" Binns, worked briefly in a

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When discussing music with friends, the topic of underrated artists and albums occasionally comes up. Everyone likes to shout out their favorite artists who never made it big in the mainstream media, but who have produced phenominal music. My personal contribution to these conversations always ends up with the same band.In the early 90s a small yet signifigant band emerged out of Texas. In the

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A few months ago I was listening to Pandora and a unique sound perked up my ears. It sounded like an amalgam of punk and raggae. I switched over to my browser to check up on what was flowing through my ear buds. The band's name was Dub War. I quickly hopped on over to Wikipedia to check the band out. Apparently Dub War was no more, but several of the members were part of another band,

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