From Nu-Metal's heyday in the very early 00's. The first band signed to Marilyn Manson's record label Posthuman, but their 4th album overall. A double banger today just cos I can, and because the Eleanor Rigby cover is one of the better metal…
Time to up the tempo again. One of my favourite offerings from The Offspring, the titular song from their 1994 mainstream success.…
It's time to finish off our Pop Alt Rock adventure, which I admit took a few different turns along the way. I will end the adventure on an Alt Rock anthem that still endures in the hearts and minds of the masses to this very day. Such was…
Another US offering, Cold War Kids entered my collection when I was exploring single coils (breaking out my strat copy with noiseless Lace Sensors), always on delays and reverbs, and just that little bit of warm overdriven grit.…
We're now technically just rolling into Pop Alt Rock for the next few days, as I had a few other bands that I felt would dovetail nicely to finish off the series. Kings of Leon fit the bill and were one of the many bands that would still…
Less Brit. More US. Somewhat Pop Alt Rock (although often defies categorisation!) I picked this song from The White Stripes purely because it seemed to match the vibe and tempo of the UK exploration. Plus, its film clip was made using stop-motion LEGO, and being the engineer / geek that…
Rounding out the UK contingent, and probably the 'Brit' aspect of this little exploration, we have the Arctic Monkeys. A colleague of mine once found it quite strange when they found out I was a fan. Admittedly, we hadn't previously discussed more than my Metal affliction,…
Day 5. UK's Kasabian today. When I think of them, I think of 'Shoot The Runner' and its film clip. That feels like it was the bigger single here in Aus (note: based on absolutely no research or factual basis whatsoever). So, I picked Empire instead…