Archive for May, 2008

DC4 – Explode (2007, independent release) Explode Rock And Roll Disease Experiment God Complex Cabin Fever This Is What You Wanted Candy Cane Long Hard Road To Lost Disturbed Hate Parade Band Lineup: Jeff Duncan – Lead Vocals & Guitars Shawn Duncan – Drums Matt Duncan – Bass & Backing Vocals Rowan Robertson – Guitars [...]

Saints Of The Undergrond – Love The Sin, Hate The Sinner (2008, Warrior Records) Dead Man Shoes Tomorrow Never Comes All In How You Wear It Good Times Exit American Girl Signs Of Life Bruised Moonlight Mile Jimmy Band Lineup: Jani Lane – Lead Vocals Bobby Blotzer – Drums Keri Kelli – Guitars Robbie Crane [...]

Asia – Phoenix (2008, Froniters) Never Again Nothing’s Forever Heroine Sleeping Giant/Now Way Back/Reprise Alibis I Will Remember You Shadow Of A Doubt Parallel Worlds/Vortex/Déyà Wish I’d Known All Along Orchard Of Mines Over And Over An Extraordinary Life Band Lineup: John Wetton – Lead Vocals & Bass Geoff Downes – Keyboards Steve Howe – [...]

Zero Hour – Dark Deceiver (2008, Sensory) Power To Believe Dark Deceiver Inner Spirit Resurrection Tendonitis The Temple Within Lies The Passion Of Words Severed Angel Band Lineup: Chris Salinas – Vocals Jasun Tipton – Guitars Troy Tipton – Bass Mike Guy – Drums Producer: Dino Alden Total Time = 44:43 Zero Hour official website [...]

Lead single and video from SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE (2008) featuring Tim McGraw….. ‘Nine Lives’

Def Leppard – Songs From The Sparkle Lounge (2008, Island) Go Nine Lives C’mon, C’mon Love Tomorrow Cruise Control Hallucinate Only The Good Die Young Bad Actress Come Undone Gotta Let It Go Band Lineup: Joe Elliot – Lead Vocals Rick Savage – Bass, Backing Vocals, & additional guitars Phil Collen – Guitars & Backing [...]

Testament – The Formation Of Damnation (2008, Nuclear Blast) For The Glory Of… More Than Meets The Eye The Evil Has Landed The Formation Of Damnation Dangers Of The Faithless The Persecuted Won’t Forget Henchmen Ride Killing Season Afterlife F.E.A.R. Leave Me Forever < Band Lineup: Chuck Billy – Vocals Eric Peterson – Guitars Alex [...]

All the momentum gained with Whitesnake Week was lost last week when my laptop died and went in for service. Of course there was always the home terminal in the music room but my ISP (Cox Communications) decided it was time to have a service outage. With barely any connection to the Net & email, [...]

Pharaoh – Be Gone (2008, Cruz Del Sur) Speak To Me Dark New Life No Remains Red Honor Buried At Sea Rats And Rope Cover Your Eyes And Pray Telepath Be Gone Band Lineup: Tim Aymar – Vocals Matt Johnsen – Guitars Chris Kerns – Bass Chris Black – Drums Total Time = 47:11 Pharaoh [...]

Teach’em All – A High School Tribute To Metallica (2008, independent release) Master Of Puppets Seek And Destroy Sad But True The Thing That Should Not Be Enter Sandman For Whom The Bell Tolls I Disappear Am I Evil? Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Eye Of The Beholder Creeping Death   The Singers: (L-R Top) - Cassandra Markey, [...]

I had fun doing Whitesnake Week last week. I thought I put up some decent reviews, and I’ve gotten more than a few emails regarding some of my choices, so at least I generated some discussion. I’m hoping to do another Band Week soon, not sure when, but it won’t take a year like this [...]

My first exposure to Whitesnake was seeing a vinyl copy of LOVEHUNTER (1979) on display at Good Vibrations back in the early ’80s. Good Vibrations was my favorite record store and it was my weekly stop while my Mom did her food shopping at the super-sized supermarket in the same plaza. I was flipping through the vinyl and there it [...]