If you look close enough, tucked away in your local CD Warehouse or Sam Goody is a copy of Stardog Champion - a compilation of two albums by Mother Love Bone . For those who aren't familiar, sit back and relax because this has become a history lesson. Right on the cusp of a grunge revolution in 1988, there were some guys in long hair and faded denim from a newly recognized Seattle, WA underground scene. These select few decided they were going to infuse post-Zeppelin rock into the infantile alternative '90s scene ahead. What [...]
Song: Stardog Champion Artist: Mother Love Bone Album: Apple Comments: Back in 1991 I loved Pearl Jam, but the minute I heard Mother Love Bone my allegiances quickly switched over to the fallen pre-cursor. They are better in so many respects. I listen to this band often, but for the life of me I can't remember the last time I listened to Pearl Jam. Song: Micro Cuts Artist: Muse Album: Origin of Symmetry Comments: This blind stab at opera and alternative music should not [...]
Chris Cornell and I go way back on a really personal level. Back when I had my first vehicle, a 78(1/2) Ford Mustang with a car stereo that pounded, I was echoing Jesus Christ Pose through my hometown much to the chagrin of anyone over the 302 something age group. Those days it was pretty common as a teenager to have a thumping car stereo but most of the time they wasn't screaming with Rusty Cage or Outshined, it was thumping to the likes of Ice Cube or Snoop Dogg, sipping their Gin and Juice and smokin The Chronic. I [...]
Chris Cornell and I go way back on a really personal level. Back when I had my first vehicle, a 78(1/2) Ford Mustang with a car stereo that pounded, I was echoing Jesus Christ Pose through my hometown much to the chagrin of anyone over the 302 something age group. Those days it was pretty common as a teenager to have a thumping car stereo but most of the time they wasn't screaming with Rusty Cage or Outshined, it was thumping to the likes of Ice Cube or Snoop Dogg, sipping their Gin and Juice and smokin The Chronic. I [...]
When I was in high school, one of my all time favorite songs was the Mother Love Bone tune, "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns." One of those absolutely perfect rainy day angst-ridden tunes. To this day it remains at the top of my favorite song list. In fact, recently I've been on an MLB kick, and it's got me thinking back to the whole Seattle music scene in general. Being a teen in the early nineties, on top of being from the Bay Area, where there was always a constant stream of people moving to and from Washington, [...]
Pulled Apart By Horses Genre: Rock / Alternative / Melodramatic Popular Song From: Leeds, United Kingdom If you've been yearning for a shot of intensely scabrous grunge with more twists and turns than an underage Chinese gymnast Leeds alt rockers Pulled Apart By Horses could be the answer to your prayers. Their debut single 'Meat Balloon' , a Gordon Ramsey recipe [...]
Today is the day to get all nutso about eights, or, maybe to just get nutso, if you have Olympic and/or Jonas Brothers and/or Boredoms-drum-extravaganza fever. (Woe to the person who's suffering from all three.) All the eight-related hoopla got me to thinking about how the eighth track on many an album is a hit-or-miss proposition; particularly on longer albums in the CD era, it serves as something of a midpoint, and albums become unfocused and maybe stick their not-as-good tracks in there. For example: track eight on Appetite For Destruction , for example, is the OK-but-not-great "Think About [...]
I'm really disturbed by Al Gore. I don't know why he got the Nobel Peace prize when I know he is trying to kill us all. The first thing is Al Gore invented the internet. Then he invented that Y2K thing and everybody said the whole world was going to shut down. Well he would've gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those pesky kids. So then he went back to the [...]
I have a poster of dogs playing poker in my basement. I love it. Someday my dream is to play poker in my basement with Duane "Dog" Chapman, the god of bounty hunters. The problem is that the US Government has captured this glorious freedom fighter. So I have joined the ranks of millions of fans worldwide in calling on Secretary of State Cunnilungus Rice to release the Dog from custody so he can go back to capturing fugitives and making the world safer. You [...]
its only about 5 minutes in and i already had to turn off the irish and michigan game. my irish not lookin so good. in fact, downright embarrassing. then to add insult to injury i turn on the red sox/yankees game and jeter knocks one out off josh beckett. i hate, nay, loathe derek jeter. for those in the atlanta area, mark your google calendars for 10.5 for my man adam franklin, formerly of swervedriver, is coming to town for a show at the earl and an instore at criminal earlier in the evening. his new [...]
Back in 1991 the only way you found out about new music was the radio, music magazines, shows, and world of mouth. These days you have access to more recorded music than you could listen to in your life time. I have an obscene 20,956 digital music files and ten years ago I had over 1500 CD's. Still music is very much a part of my life and life is invariably about what ifs. Today Slave to Shuffle explores the possibility of these few songs launching these tiny bands into the mainstream. Let' pretend... Song: Brainwave [...]
I know this one is a little late, but you'll probably get 2 this week because of it... Mother Love Bone: Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns Lets start with a classic. I'm not sure if many of you know the history of this band, but if you don't you will now. Mother Love Bone was one of the huge "buzz bands" of Seattle in the late 80's/early 90's. They weren't quite grunge and they weren't quite hair metal, they blended a bit of each that ended up [...]
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