Music reviews, thoughts and personal music compositions
Well, hasn't this been the biggest gap between reviews! 6 months since I wrote my overall thoughts on Hardwired To Self Destruct (HTSD) I've finally got round to writing my thoughts for the opening track. Better late than never? We'll see. As the album opener it has some pretty big shoes to fill if we... Continue Reading →
Been listing to a lot of GNR this week, started off with Appetite For Destruction as my album of choice for the gym and the binge just spiralled out of control from there. Appetite is of course one of the best Rock albums of the last 30 years, an album of riffs, groove and pure... Continue Reading →
"He'll wanna read you palm And keep you calm Gotta Voodoo head on a lucky charm With a snake tatoo Going down his arm The myzsterious mizster Jones" Verse 1 The Myzterious Mizster Jones - Written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea The 1985 track Myzterious Mizster Jones by British Glam Rockers Slade has been... Continue Reading →
This morning I watched a great short video produced by Reverb.com called "Welcome To Nerdville: Inside Joe Bonamassa's Museum and Vintage Guitar Collection". It's a fantastic film and while only 25 mins long, gives a little insight into the massive collection of gear Joe has built up over the years, especially Fender and Gibson (the Ragin'... Continue Reading →
spotify:album:4CvDljqpyOVfwTV2CludIH Stevie Ray Vaughan, so much has been written about him that you have to wonder is there any more to actually say? As I write this I'm listening to the track Couldn't Stand The Weather off the album of the same name, which features not only a magnificent head bending intro with it's staggered... Continue Reading →
Spring has most definitely sprung, it's 21 degrees in London today and tomorrow should be even hotter. It's been pretty good weather all week to be honest, not to hot but the sun has been shining, and that's when I noticed something. I have noticed it in previous years but this year I'd like to... Continue Reading →
Well it was 8 years in the waiting but as mentioned in my last post it's finally here, Metallica's brand new album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct. I'm going to to review each track individually in separate posts as I think that just makes it more manageable for myself! So before I start on the album opener Hardwired to... Continue Reading →
It's here, finally after 8 long years! Metallica have released their new album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct. Is it worth the 8 year wait? Of course it was! 🙂 I'm still getting into all the tracks but I will be writing a full review this weekend as well as the rest of the Transformers soundtrack review... Continue Reading →
This is going to be the first in a series of posts about the music from one of my favourite films of all time, Transformers The Movie (1986). This first post is a bit of scene setter and outlines my history with Transformers and the reasons I love the movie. The second part will look... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since my last post, mainly due to the fact I have been super busy visiting family, going for a weekend away in Gdansk Poland and just get back into a song writing groove. I wanted to drop a quick post about my favourite albums of all time though, which is Metallica's... Continue Reading →
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