A Band Called Death – a great story of punk’s forgotten past
I’m a sucker for an underdog story. When I heard about the documentary A Band Called Death, I was intrigued enough to track down the movie. I found it available…
A few words about God is Dead?, the new Black Sabbath single
I was really sceptical of the idea of a new Black Sabbath album with Ozzy on vocals, 35 years after Never Say Die (their last album with Ozzy). But the…
The music of Les Baxter: the sound of B movies
Roger Corman turned 87 yesterday (April 5th 2013), and I’m once again reminded that, despite their low production values, his movies had awesome music. The movies he did with Vincent…
The best Iron Maiden song ever
A little adrenaline to kick off the weekend. And because I attended that show. Up the Irons!
It was 49 years ago today…
It was 49 years ago today that The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Their first US appearance broke TV viewership records and launched the British Invasion in…
2012 in review
I’ve been doing this blog since September, and I’m quite amazed by the amount of traffic I’ve had in 4 months! Thank you all for reading me, I hope you’ll…
My musical highlights for 2012
End of year means an avalanche of Top Ten lists coming your way from every direction. While the temptation was strong to join the ranks of hipsters around the world…