I remember back in 2000 when I was getting drum lessons and a friend of mine lent me Slipknot's self-titled album. I was talking about KoRn and he said he'd 'moved on' to heavier music. I was naturally curious. When I got home and pressed play, I heard something unlike anything that I'd ever heard... Continue Reading →
A bunch of rock albums to review...! Let me know your thoughts below. Greta Van Fleet, Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018) Greta Van Fleet turned up last year to both praise and scorn. Their almost too on-the-noise Led Zeppelin influence resulted in many 'which band?' tests, with some unable to tell the difference. Everything... Continue Reading →
I got onto this podcast from an article in The Australian. Basically the hosts, Mark and Tyler, spew forth their strong opinions on history's most famous (or infamous) bands. Some of their arguments are quite convincing - their central point being to tear down your idols, and expose them as not as unique as you either remember... Continue Reading →
1998. The Spice Girls were still a thing. We were beginning to see the emergence of boy bands such as Five and The Backstreet Boys. Britney Spears was on the horizon. My 10-year-old self owned a few albums at that time; namely, Aqua's Aquarium and The Spice Girls' album Spiceworld. (Spiceworld was the first album... Continue Reading →
'I talk to the wind, my words are all carried away, the wind does not hear, the wind cannot hear.' Years ago when I was deep into discovering all of the musical gems of the 1960s, this album came up. In the Court of the Crimson King has an iconic cover, with its grotesquely disproportionate facial... Continue Reading →
The lords of metal return with their first album in 8 years. Back in primary school when I was still into whatever was on the radio like The Spice Girls or Shawn Mullins, Metallica was one of the first bands, along with Korn, to move me from the darkness into the light. It was around the period... Continue Reading →
Through the Eye of the Needle 