Just ‘cos you got the power, that don’t mean you got the right.

Trouble’s a cool band. I dig their early stuff, but I think “Manic Frustration” was my favorite album.

Here’s “Memory’s Garden” from “Manic Frustration”

Here’s “Assassin”, from “Psalm 9″… and recorded on public access TV! Get your exposure wherever you can. 🙂

And here’s “At The End Of My Daze”  from their self-titled album:

“Plastic Green Head”, a more recent song:

Got to see them live during a CMJ Music Marathon back in the early 90’s, including doing a meet and great. They were nice guys, a little tired at the event, but very nice.

I must admit tho, I prefer Eric Wagner’s singing. While I dig what Kory Clarke did in Warrior Soul, his vocals are just so radically different and it doesn’t really fit the vibe of what Trouble means to me (and apparently a lot of other fans). That’s why I put a lot of Eric-era videos in here, so you could hear how the band sounded with him singing.

Here’s Kory singing “Come Touch The Sky”

And while it’s not an exciting video, here’s the original recording, with Eric Wagner singing:

Here’s Kory singing on a new track called “Hunters Of Doom”:

Sorry. It’s just not the same. Granted, I guess the band doesn’t want to sound the same, but it’s hard to hear the old songs sung so differently. I’m not saying they should do like Journey and get a guy that sounds exactly like Eric, because other bands have switched vocalists and did alright (Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Van Halen). But sorry… Kory just isn’t doing it for me. 😦

Time to spin my old albums…

Check it out!

Jason McMaster is going to get a star on the South Texas Music Walk of Fame! More details here.

Pretty damn sweet.

Broken Teeth – “Undertaker”

Sad Wings – “Green Manalishi”

Watchtower! (an interview, and “Social Fears”)

Dangerous Toys – “Sticks and Stones” (but rock and roll will never hurt me!)

Skid Row with Rob Halford. “Delivering the Goods”

What’s with Rob’s “white boy rapper” look? 🙂

 

GWAR’s “Let Us Slay” for your Halloween enjoyment

AC/DC doing “Sin City” on The Midnight Special

With bonus intro by Steven Tyler and Ted Nugent. In retrospect, it’s strange to hear AC/DC being talked about like some up-and-coming band.

I wouldn’t classify Danko Jones as heavy metal (they’re not Iron Maiden or Cannibal Corpse), but they are pretty hard rockin’, so good enough.

Besides, Lemmy’s in the video:

And someone needs to teach Elijah Wood to keep his finger off the trigger unless the gun is on target.

Check it out. A brand new Anthrax song called “Fight ’em ’til You Can’t”

Joey’s singing.

And apparently a new album is coming… I assume with Joey singing, but it’s Anthrax so who knows. 😉

Maybe not strictly metal, but metal wouldn’t be what it is if Nazareth didn’t exist… because now you’re messin’ with a sonofabitch!

Walk on home, boy.