| Remember when Black Sabbath had BALLS? |
[Jun. 30th, 2008|08:45 am] |
...And then Ozzy rejoined. HAHAHA! Ahem...
Totally unappreciated, Black Sabbath made some kick ass shit in the late 80s and early-to-mid 90s. With both Ronnie James Dio and Tony "The Cat" Martin at the mic, they forged some of the best music of the post-Ozzy era. Check some of this shit out.
"Computer God" W/ Ronnie James Dio
This song not only has one of my favorite guitar solos ever, it's also has a very interesting theme of man being taken over by machine. This is the THE song that inspired the Crimson Gestalt. "Send in the child for connection!"
"I Witness" W/ Tony "The Cat" Martin
Despite calling himself "The Cat", there aren't too many bad things I can say about Tony Martin. He was the longest-serving singer in Black Sabbath, that is, before Ozzy returned in 1998 for the band's DECADE OF SILENCE, in which no new material ever surfaced. I was among the few who was very mad when Martin got fired. The guy can fuckin' sing.
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| Superman in Metal |
[May. 9th, 2008|03:00 am] |
Call me dorky, but I've always kind of thought that of all of John Williams' scores, the Superman theme would be awesome if it were to be adapted into heavy metal. The theme opens with that swelling chug, it's got a gallop that would make Steve Harris proud, it's got lots of powerful sections that would work excellently on guitar, and, best of all, it's even got several parts where you KNOW there's a cue to sing Superman's name along with the music.
Look up in the sky!
Who's that guy?
Beat up the bad guy!
SUPERMAAAAN!
...Er ...Actually, that would be the lame version, but I posted that knowing that it will be stuck in your head from now on, thus torturing my readers for years to come. Every time you hear the Superman theme, you will hear those lyrics in your head and curse my name. Yes, I am such a bastard.
Anyhoo, I went over to Youtube to see if anyone out there shared my warped revelation that the Superman theme should have a metal tune. Much to my surprise, there are actually a couple people out there who've recorded themselves playing it. None of them are particularly outstanding, but this one sort of has the right idea, I think.
...Not to sound like Strong Bad or anything, but that could have used a lot more chugga-chuggas and meedly-mees, but not bad.
Of course, the worlds of heavy metal and superheroes have crossed, and just like Mr. Reece getting chocolate in his peanut butter, the result was oh, so good! Thank you, Paul Gilbert!
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| Desolate Sky opens for Drowing Pool |
[Nov. 17th, 2007|07:45 pm] |
That's right. My buddy's band will be opening for Drowning Pool on December 1 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here's the dealio...
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| SUPAA HEEROHS! |
[Mar. 28th, 2007|09:10 am] |
In honor of the return of Dasien next week, I present... SUPERHEROES! THE SONG!!!! Played by RACER X! The greatest metal band in the whole universe!
This is clearly an older show, as guitarist Paul Gilbert still has his hair. The bastard cut it all off not long after the Superheroes album was released.
And if you're a metalhead who doesn't know who these guys are, you suck.
Also, check out an advanced preview of the next chapter cover rightchere! |
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| Save Mike's Band! |
[Nov. 1st, 2006|06:00 am] |
Do you live in the greater Chicagoland area? (or even the LESSER Chicagoland area?) Do you play the geetar? Can you bust out some HOT LIXX?! Is Lemmy Kilmister your personal lord and savior? If you said yes to all of the above, then you just might be the next guitarist for Desolate Sky!
My buddy's Mike's band needs a new lead guitar player. The old guy... he ain't around any more. If you think you got what it takes, then shoot them an email over at desolatesky@hotmail.com, or visit their awesome website by clicking this-ah link:
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