I didn’t like Slipknot at first, but after talking with a guy at a record store about them one day… I gave them a try.
I bought a copy of “Iowa” and was blown away.
Their prior albums? A little too nĂĽ-metal still for me, and even the later albums are a little more moody than I care for. But I still respect what they do. They put on a show, they have a lot of guys working together. They blend a lot of elements and it all works.
The opening track from “Iowa”, People = Shit
Man.. was it really that long ago that Ice-T and Body Count stirred up all that controversy?
I feel old now. 🙂
I will say… listening to this edited version of “There Goes The Neighborhood” just doesn’t sound right.
OK, so maybe it’s not metal like Meshuggah, but hey… Austin, Texas’ own Broken Teeth kicks ass.
What I love about this video for “Viva La Rock, Fantastico” is well… the video. McMaster’s got an iPod in his ear for the audio feed, then a camera in his hand, and appears to just be wandering the streets in downtown Austin filming. Kinda cheesy, kinda cheap, but also kinda cool. 🙂
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Alice Cooper helped bring concert theatrics to rock and roll, making it a staple. It’s one thing I love about a good rock, especially metal, show. Sure it’s nice to hear them play live, but it’s even better to also see a show. Something for your eyes as well as your ears.
This live version of Alice Cooper from 1971 doing “It’s My Body” is also refreshing to hear because there are mistakes. Alice will slip off key and sing so loud that he overdrives the mic. The guitarist screws up a few times. It’s so refreshing from the uber-slick production that’s the staple of music production today.
Here’s “I Love the Dead” showing off the macabre theatrics:
Truth and honor, faith and pride
All convictions surely died
Honesty’s time has passed
Time for lies is here at last
Truth is false, I’m so fed up! How did we come to be so fucked?
Lady Liberty rots away. No truth, no justice. The American Way.
Having just caught Megadeth (along with Testament and Exodus) live on their 20th anniversary of Rust In Peace tour, here’s “Rust In Peace” performed live in 1992:
What happens when Iron Maiden is forced to mime and lip sync on some German TV show?
They have a lot of fun playing “Wasted Time”.
heh.
This week is the famous SXSW festival in Austin.
Premiering this week will be the Lemmy documentary.
Looking forward to that, here’s Motörhead with a great “later day” song and one of my favorite Motörhead songs, “In The Name of Tragedy”:
You can debate if they’re metal or not…. and no, I don’t think they’re strictly metal. But hey… would metal be what it is if The Ramones didn’t exist?
The Young Brothers. What would rock and heavy metal be if not for them?
“Let There Be Rock”. Listen to that opening guitar… just a dirty, driving guitar riff.
Under “rock anthem”, this song is listed:
And my favorite AC/DC song, “Walk All Over You”
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