lol thats great!!!Yeah, it’s been a while. What can I say? I’ve been busy. I got the new job at the Chicken Shack as the Trainee Assistant Deputy Drive-Thru Manager, and the birth of the twins Jobe and Jehosephat (so we moved into a bigger trailer) – oh, and Grandpa Joe moving into the barn out back [...]
Well, the mighty Immortal have graced our shores, and made a little stop-off at Fowler’s. It was a huge show, and MK and I left very satisfied! Runes (?) played first – I think they are a Tassie Black Metal band. Apart from the singer thinking that with his shirt off he could pass as Jim [...]
As Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) would say – THIS IS TYPICAL! Porcupine Tree have announced their first ever Australian tour, and guess what spudmonkeys? Yeah, you guessed it – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane as always. What a bitch. Oh well, MK and I have our tickets to Immortal for March locked in, so that will have to [...]
O.K. MK – You want me to build a dream band? I’m gonna build two! One rock – One metal. Rock – Vocals – Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam Lead Guitar – David Gilmour of Pink Floyd Rhythm Guitar – Bass – Drums – Lyrics – Bob Dylan Producer – Steven Wilson Metal – Vocals [...]
It has been a mighty year. I first witnessed Slayer, and now the mighty Megadeth. I have now seen Metallica more times than I remember, and the reformed classic Anthrax in 2005. I think to really be satisfied, Exodus are the only one left to peruse. Let’s hope they visit our shores sometime soon. My [...]
Someone asked me a few months back what my ‘stranded on a desert island’ albums would be. The only rule apparently is that I can only take 10 albums. No more. No less. Rock / Metal / Pop – whatever – but only 10. And no compilations, of course – that makes it too easy. [...]
I have always been a Neil Young fan, but his album ‘Live At Massey Hall 1971′ is a religious experience. Just Young with his guitar (or piano) singing some of his best work acoustically, is absolutely amazing to listen to. The atmosphere is haunting, and capturing moments like Young telling off the photographer for taking [...]
I have been listening to Traveling Wilburys a lot since their complete works were reissued earlier this month on CD (finally), and still to this day I consider them one of the greatest rock ‘supergroups’ ever. George Harrison (The Beatles), Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne (E.L.O.), Tom Petty and (for a brief period) the late great Roy Orbison. [...]
It may be nearly 2 decades after the fact, but it seems the trend of being like Norway’s bastard children is really starting to sweep the world. As the self-proclaimed police commissioner of all things considered heavy metal, you have seen me preach from my soapbox, rant from my pulpit, and even kick people smaller than [...]
I have my album of the year. One listen and I knew – simple as that. Mayhem’s ‘Ordo Ad Chao’. This is the latest masterpiece from the first and still best Norwegian Black Metal band, but listener beware – this isn’t ‘Chimera’. Gone is Maniac on vocals, and back is Attila, the madman who provided [...]
