First! Theories About Genre Origin It’s quite a trivial debate, to determine who the first (insert genre) band was. The biggest one is the Ramones/Sex Pistols debate. This week, we’re exploring the first song to (maybe) be considered a certain (sub)genre. Some of these may be a stretch and some […]
That Vintage Though So Old School They Tore the School Down This week, we’re looking at artists who are pretty new for their time, but produced a sound that could have taken place long ago. I reached out into the internet.com to get some suggestions and the list grew so […]
Leave it Behind Stories of Members Who Left to do New Things People come and go in music. It happens all the time. A lot of times, members leave bands and end up becoming obscure names that never see are to be seen again. Johan DeFarfalla was Opeth’s bassist for […]
A Case of the Sads For when life is being a dick to you Sometimes elements of your life aren’t going so well. You try and try to find ways to cheer up and you just can’t. I know the feeling. Sometimes, you just WANT to be sad. Just to […]
A Concert for the Ages Blind Guardian In my formative years of experiencing the side of European metal, Blind Guardian was one of my earliest discoveries. In my days of the chatrooms, Blind Guardian was described as “Power metal, but for men” and also as the only power metal band […]
Satisfying 15-year-old Me Seeing Sevendust perform live for the very first time I’m often known for being critical of music that is consistently on the radio. I’m not a big fan of choruses and the music I listen to tends to be a little more aggressive than the average person […]
I…Don’t (?) Have You Covered? Songs that aren’t covers So last week we looked at some cover songs. This week we’re doing the opposite. Granted, every week is a week without covers, but this week I’m looking at songs that have the same title but simply aren’t covers. You’ll catch […]
I’ve Got You Covered Some cover songs that make things a little more interesting Perhaps one of the greatest compliments you can pay an artist is to cover their music. Critics may prefer the original, some may argue that a modern twist is a good thing (these people parallel the […]
Going Out With a Bang Contrasting last week’s topic Last week, we looked at songs that started off with some intensity. This week, I’m looking at final songs that capture the same feeling. Like many starting songs, the final song can be a short contrast to the rest […]
Surprising Cameos in Music Have you ever been listening to a song and then you suddenly realized…you know the guest vocalist? You search through the CD leaflet or check on Wikipedia and…sure enough, it’s the person you thought it was. I’ve had a few of those revelations in the […]
