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Ghost is a band that has never seized my attention the way others have, but I’m finding the latest release from former bassist Mercury’s new project, Priest, to be a little hard to resist. From the opening banger “A Signal…
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“It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime What better place than here, what better time than now?” When Zack de la Rocha delivered that line near the halfway point of Monday night’s roast of American Exceptionalism by…
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“Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.” –…
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So many subgenres of metal have emerged in the past 50 years that it’s almost laughable. Everyone wants to get more technical, more extreme, and more removed from what could be considered the old guard, but I myself am drawn…
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Ex-Quiet Riot bassist Chuck Wright didn’t set out to make a solo record, but, after hearing the project in full this week, I can say with total confidence that he made the right call. What we hear throughout these 11…
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If you’re reading this, you may be wondering aloud why the world needed yet another touring act dedicated to keeping the music of Pink Floyd alive and your cynicism wouldn’t necessarily be unwarranted. Between Brit Floyd, The Machine, The Australian…
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Envy of None’s debut album dropped earlier this month and the response has been a tale of two eras. In one corner, we have the lifelong Rush Rats disappointed that Alex Lifeson’s new project doesn’t sound like the second coming…
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In a Music N’ Other Drugs first, Udo Dirkschneider joined me for a video call this week to discuss his upcoming album, “My Way,” as well as what he has planned for the remainder of 2022. “My Way” is set…
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Eric Clapton gets a lot of credit for being an ambassador of the blues, but it’s been at least 50 years since he’s played anything with the kind of fire that Sue Foley brings on her latest album, “Pinky’s Blues.”…
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My initial foray into the world of Tool came as a result of reading Robert Christgau’s dismissal of their 2001 masterpiece, “Lateralus,” in which he referred to them as “meaning-mongering for the fantasy fiction set,” and I knew instantly that they…
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