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“Don’t Cry” made Guns n’ Roses an arena rock band on par with Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones. Having a power ballad do this for a rock band was not a novel strategy. But “Don’t Cry” was, actually, one of the first songs by the band…
Steve Creep and the Wildcards and Wilson Music Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Steve Creep and the Wildcards – Bottles and Cans
People who keep rock music alive usually do it at great expense to themselves and potentially cause physical harm. It’s not like it used to be. The music and rocker fashion grew slowly in magnitude and, by the…
Goro and INTERCONTINEN7AL Reviewed
September 21, 2024
Goro – Emperor Prophet
Most of the bands that try to do too much end up doing much at all. The idea of crafting songs that go from one musical style to another sounds appealing. But in reality, other than The Beatles and Ween, it’s not something that too many…
When Ritchie Blackmore Finally Got His Way: Top 11 Rainbow Songs
September 21, 2024
Rainbow was the brainchild of guitar magus Ritchie Blackmore and unapologetically an attempt to gatecrash the charts. With the side project active for more than two decades, Rainbow did manage to secure hits and, what’s more, to incorporate trends that varied wildly…
Certain Death and Chapel of Roses Reviewed
August 23, 2024
Certain Death – Paranoid
It’s hard not to smirk a little bit when hearing all the internet personalities advertising a lifestyle where a greater quantity of fruits and whole grains are consumed. Surely, these people are Luddites. What’s next? Do I have to show…
Goia Paranoia and Påls butikk Reviewed
August 15, 2024
Goia Paranoia – Black Out
It’s the people who can keep calm in most situations, keep their wits about, and observe what all of the others are doing that tend to win at the game of life. Those people are usually Nordic Europeans. It’s their education that makes…
Vision Video and Silver Dust Reviewed
July 28, 2024
Vision Video – Balaclava Kiss
I am sorry to say, but the gruesome, terrible events of the past have not scared us off repeating them. People are drawn to power, to violence, to doing nasty things to one another. Because of this, sadly, extreme right-wing or…
Sun the Silent Killer and StickyBongWater Reviewed
July 18, 2024
Sun the Silent Killer – Around the Horn
The people whoa re massively successful are hardly ever also happy. If they’d stop to be happy, they would just stop working on the thing that makes them successful. And, only naturally, for most people, that thing, the one…
Lightwatch and Amongst Liars Reviewed
June 13, 2024
Lightwatch – Adrenaline
Maybe it’s just a matter of attitude. The biggest athletes in the world train a lot, sure. But when it comes to games that could win them a medal, they have the confidence that they have precisely what it takes to make the anthem be played…