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Tom Petty: Runnin' Down A Dream
I've always liked Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. A few nights ago I stumbled across Tom belting out one of his many hits on the IFC channel. Though I was about to hit the rack, I decided to watch for a bit. Four hours later I'd just finished watching the best musical documentary since This Is...
Over The Top
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jonestopten on rock and roll
The summer doldrums, my favorite time of the sports year. Listless, despondent, stagnant. Flavorful as Coors Light. Left open. In the sun for a couple of hours. The land of regular season baseball, Roger Federer, interchangeable Russian women playing tennis, Tigerless golf and the NBA draft, where...
Bo Diddley, RIP
Another 1950s rock and roll icon is dead. He had an unmistakable rhythmic sound that influenced so many of the bands that came after him. Fifties rock and roll changed everything. It was about rebellion. No longer were the kids listening to the same music as their parents. Just watch them go crazy...
I got something to say
I killed your baby today And it doesn't matter much to me As long as it's dead Pretty hardcore lyrics. Now imagine them being sung with a catchy, almost pop chorus by a 5'3" dude who grew up reading comic books and watching horror b movies. That was The Misfits. They were a horror punk band from...
Bands I'm supposed to like
The other day I listened to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless album. I've never liked them, but I keep giving them a chance. I do this every few years because people tell me how great a band they are, and the English love them so my natural cultural inferiority complex kicks in. But I just can't do...
Billy Squier turns 58 today
For those of you living here in the United States of Amnesia, you probably don't remember Billy Squier. It's not your fault. The music industry is fickle, and past stars are forgotten all the time. Rick Rubin can't rehabilitate everyone. But Billy Squier was/is a fantastic rock singer and guitarist...
Black Tide
I'm a rocker through and through. Here's a list of my favorite bands: AC/DC, Van Halen not Van Hagar, Skynyrd, Def Leppard...and now Black Tide. They're four teenagers from Miami who are one of only a handful of new metal bands I've liked in the last 15 years. The guitars sound crisp and the drums...
Who's the Boss?
Many might say Morello: The Ghost Of Tom Joad The end is incredible.
Velvet Revolver just got a lot better
They finally got rid of the most overrated vocalist in rock music, Scott Weiland. Weiland sucks. There, I said it. I'm not pretending that it's a brave statement of any kind because anyone with ears smaller than Ben Stiller's knows Weiland sucks. He's Scott Farkas from 'A Christmas Story,' and...
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