Concert Review: KISS – Bell Centre, Montreal, July 29 2013
I must start this review by saying that my love of KISS defies all logic. I hate clowns, hate dressing up and love complicated music. But as I detailed in…
Song lyrics in the real world: Ace of Spades (Motörhead)
Pushing up the ante, I know you’ve got to see me, Read ’em and weep, the dead man’s hand again, I see it in your eyes, take one look and…
Album review: The Winery Dogs
It’s a full time job keeping track of Mike Portnoy‘s every single project, especially since his departure from Dream Theater. The hardest working drummer in rock teams up this time…
Rush gets stamp of approval from Canada
2013 is turning to be quite a year for the progressive rock trio. On the eve of the 40th anniversary of their first album (their self titled debut was released…
For Those About To Drink… We Salute You
It was a pleasant surprise to find this in my local grocery store. It’s a nice beer; nothing fancy, but refreshing. Sort of like AC/DC themselves! (The nothing fancy part;…
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…
Concert review: Guns n’ Roses – Metropolis, Montreal – July 14 2013
Guns n’ Roses current line up gets a lot of flack for not featuring the original musicians, basically being Axl Rose’s solo band. And I’m one of these people putting…
Strange cover: Ike & Tina Turner doing Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed” (!)
(go to 6:25 in the video) Strange song selection for Tina considering the song is about spousal abuse, and Ike used to beat her up. Or maybe it was a…
Should we judge the musician when we judge the music?
Popular music has often turned ordinary musicians into gods. Rock in particular thrives on larger than life characters. But just because the music they create is stellar does not mean…
The evolution of rock audiences
On the same subject, is it just me or have the metal horns lost all their meaning? People are using them way too freely these days.