Corrosion of conformity-AnimositySeveral years before Pepper Keenan arrived and drug this band into stoner rock mediocrity they were actually at the top of the crossover heap. Crossover? For those who were not into the music at the time, this was a rather brief movement in the mid/late 80's where bands combined punk (usually hardcore) with metal (usually thrash). COC's debut "Eye for an eye" wa...
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Lizzy Borden-Love you to piecesThis 1985 release was the band's first LP and the follow-up to their 1984 EP "Give 'em the axe". As good as "Give 'em the axe' was they definitely grew a great deal on this album. The music was more complex and layered plus Lizzy's vocals got more of a workout as a well. Along with band's like WASP and Detroit's Halloween, Lizzy Borden were one of those bands who ...
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Lizzy Borden-Love you piecesThis 1985 release was the band's first LP and the follow-up to their 1984 EP "Give 'em the axe". As good as "Give 'em the axe' was they definitely grew a great deal on this album. The music was more complex and layered plus Lizzy's vocals got more of a workout as a well. Along with band's like WASP and Detroit's Halloween, Lizzy Borden were one of those bands who had...
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What do you get when you cross the Beatles and Metallica? Well, in this case the answer is Beatallica the band who combines songs by the two artists mentioned above. A joke band they may be, but they have been going for seven years and have knocked a couple if EPs and the full length "Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreat pub band". I recently interview bassist Kliff McBurtney to learn more about this ban...
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The END2008Early Man tap into the beginning days of thrash oh circa 1983-1985. They remind me of early Metallica and Anthrax with a few NWOBHM influences shining through at times as well. Back when thrash was first being developed NWOBHM was a very big influence as bands like Raven and Venom were once thought of us speed metal in the early days. At the same point acts like Metallica, Slayer, Ex...
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Victory2008I remember those days back in the mid-1980's when hard rock and metal could sometimes blur together and the music was very straight forward and the lyrics may have been cheesy, but there so instantly likable. Sweden's Sister Sin are very much from that school of metal as they openly embrace yet master this style. This album has the solid vocals, big rhythms, catchy choruses and rippi...
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Old Metal2008Through most of the 1980's Witch were a fixture of the LA metal/hard scene and were known for their hard hitting songs and wild live show. They opened for the likes of WASP, Grim Reaper, Loudness, Exciter and others. Plus acts such as Slayer, Lizzy Borden, Poison and Stryper all opened for Witch at one time or another. The only thing that escaped this band was unfortunately a reco...
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Locomotive2008This all female band from Cleveland have been in existence since 2002. This is the band's debut and I gave it a few spins and kept coming to the same conclusion. Almost every track begins with a short burst of something loud and heavy. Yet in turn almost every track immediately tones down and the music shifts down into a low gear. It's loud, real loud, but it's just a shame that v...
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Sudden Death2008D.O.A. has released their 12th studio album just in time for their 30th anniversary. Thirty? Wow, can that really be true? I guess so, hard to believe though as I remember first hearing and becoming a fan of theirs back in the 80’s and they seemed kind of like a newer band at the time. Founder/vocalist/guitarist Joey Keithley has always been the real deal in my book, he has kept.
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SPV2008As I scanned the back of the CD case before listening to this disc my eyes took in the listing of ten tracks and then one of those was broken down into three chapters and the final track was broken down in no less than a dozen chapters or parts. Suddenly I felt like I did back in college when my professor plopped down copies of Moby Dick on every one's desk and informed us that we had fo...
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Piledriver (now the Exalted Piledriver) have an interesting and somewhat unusual background story. They released two albums back in the mid-1980's and then Piledriver moved on to other things. However a few years ago he got a band together again and now they set to release another album this fall.MM-I am sure that many of have heard the story, but can you please briefly tell us a little about h...
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Villain are an up and coming hard rock act from South Carolina who show a lot of promise. I recently got to check in with them and learn more. So after reading the interview make sure that you hop over to their Myspace page and check out their tunes.Hello, please introduce the members of your band.We got Robert Falsetti on vocals, Wes Brown on drums, Justin Stenji on bass, and Eric Perry on gui...
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self-producedNot to be confused with Wisconsin based metal trio Bone Shaker, this particular band hails from France and play a rather straight, bare knuckle style of hard rock. The first thing I noticed here was of course how much the vocals sound like Bon Scott. Although AC/DC may be an influence on the music as well, I think they do an admirable job of establishing their own style despite the...
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Warrior2008 When I look at this album cover my mind immediately recalls the front of Alice Cooper's classic "Schools Out". Well these guys don't sound like Alice Cooper yet vocalist/guitarist Sean Kelly's band wear some other 70's hard rock influences on their sleeves. I easily hear some Thin Lizzy, KISS, Cheap Trick and others yet rather than go for a straight retro sound these influences are ...
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Capitol2008Megadeth certainly seem set on keeping their name out there what with having released a studio album, a boxed set, a live CD, a live DVD and now this anthology all in about a two year time frame. This two CD set has 35 tracks spanning much of Megadeth's long and varied career. I got into Megadeth in 1986 when "Peace sells" was released and immediately became a fan. I was drawn in by ...
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I think at some point I did top 25 lists for hard rock/metal vocalists and drummers, but never got to bass players and guitarists. For now I just give you my top three for each instrument.Vocalists1-Rob Halford-Easy pick, the range and the power for such a long time.2-Ronnie Jame Dio-Amazing and highly consistent over the course of a very long career plus he has been golden with every band that...
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MPCA 2008 The career of Todd Rundgren has certainly had some highs and lows creatively with the majority of the highs having occurred some time ago. On this his 19th studio album he said it would be a return to "riff-oriented guitar rock" and that's sort of true. This is generally a rock album, but it's a moderately wide range of styles and results. We get some 1980's style pop-oriented ro...
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Facedown 2008 The fact that this release is on Facedown records plus the band name and cover lead me to know that this was going to either metalcore or hardcore with some metal elements pushed in. Wrench in the works actually lean more towards that second style with a fairly aggressive hardcore approach as the primary sound. It's certainly not bad at all, but it's all too typical for th...
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Witch were very much a part of the 1980's LA scene. They played many of the big clubs with a lot of the top bands of the day. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing bass player Jim Warmon to find out about their past and the possible future of this band.MM-Hello, what are you currently up to?JW-Well me and Punk have been working on a couple of projects. Witch and Punching the Clown.PTC is ...
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Witch were very much a part of the 1980's LA scene. They played many of the big clubs with a lot of the top bands of the day. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing bass player Jim Warmon to find out about their past and the possible future of this band.MM-Hello, what are you currently up to?JW-Well me and Punk have been working on a couple of projects. Witch and Punching the Clown.PTC i...
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