Exploring the 'Black' #2
Time to get your psychedelic freak on baby...…
Breaking the rules / Exploring the 'Black' #1
So to follow up spinning the black circle, the next 2 songs that queued up also suspiciously had the word 'black' in the song title and then band name. So lets have some fun with that. I'm going to pause the random-o-meter for the next week…
When is a black album not a black album?
Vitalogy, in my mind, continued the 'exploratory' side of things for Pearl Jam. It contained a bunch of cracking songs - but this is one of my faves. It was a song that also lent itself to being easily covered by Metal bands of varying styles! Play it…
A Metal Staple
Judging by the crowd enthusiasm at Knotfest 2024 in Melbourne this year, you can't be a Metal fan and not like Pantera. I particularly enjoyed it as it was my first Dad/Son festival experience on account of AJ throwing his knee in a Mountain Biking mishap. I…
What were they called?
When I think about one-album wonders, this band comes to mind. But the reality is they already had a number of albums under their belt from the post-grunge mid-90's hey day before this one went ballistic in 2000. At The Drive-in gave an energetic performance at the Big…
Dad Friendly Festival
Knotfest 2023 in Melbourne was my first endeavour back into the festival scene for a very, very, very long time and marked the start of a now annual tradition of 'catching a gig' with one of my oldest friends, AJ. Although we were both 'Mid-40 Metal Dads&…
Starting a trend of just in time delivery
Another chaotic day that didn't quite lend itself to an early post. However, just in the nick of time, the random-o-meter comes through with a dose of latter post-classic NIN (ala mid 00's). Nine Inch Nails have some of the more creative music vidz floating around,…
Summer in Melbourne, Australia
Today: 17-23 degrees, Rain. Tomorrow: 35-38 degress, Clear skies. Day After: 17-23 degrees, Rain. Rinse, Repeat. Queens of the Stone Age for your listening pleasure.…