Overview —“ 39/Smooth, Green Day’s debut album, introduces the band and showcases their sort of raw and aggressive punk sound. Though I personally find the album is just decent for the most part, the band honestly does show me quite a bit of potential from this album and the …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Missy Elliott
Video: Bootylicious (Rockwilder Remix)
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Little X
What was music video director Little X thinking when he signed up to do this one? This is the Rockwilder Remix to Destiny’s Child’s second single and music video, “Bootylicious”, from their third album titled “Survivor”. …

On some levels it is probably difficult to admit it, but, looking back at this album, and comparing it to the albums that Radiohead afterwards, this album indeed comes off rather badly. I personally think that this album is quite weak. And it is my mature opinion, which is …

Forest is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second studio effort, Toxicity. The track opens up with a somewhat chaotic sounding section before Malakian comes in with an extremely heavy riff on guitar. The verse sort of follows a pattern of having this extremely …

Siva is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins and is the second song on their debut release, Gish. Opening up with a rhythm guitar riff in the left channel, the riff soon goes on in both channels and the remaining instrumentation of the band enters as well. Right away, …

Overview - Iron Maiden, the self titled album of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, is the band’s first effort and one of two efforts to feature singer Paul Di’Anno before being replaced by Bruce Dickinson. The main thing that I always associate Iron Maiden with is guitar …

I must say that Twilight the Soundtrack is quite the rave for me nowadays. The songs featured inside are all quite catchy and you have nice beats, fast ones, kind of melodramatic tunes and sometimes kind of rock sounding. Including in the rock tunes and other beats would …

I bought this album almost as soon as it was released, when I was in my early teens, and this album left a very good impression on me. I truly enjoyed it then, and recently I listened to it again, and, of course the affection I felt for this …

“Highball with the Devil” is the third track off of Les Claypools first solo album that shares the same name. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Les Claypool, he is the frontman bassist and singer for the band Primus. Like many of the other songs on …

Innervision is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their record Steal This Album. The track starts off with a moderate tempo and features a heavy guitar part from Malakian before going into a more driving riff rather than a very heavy percussive rhythm riff. Tankian …

The Spontaneous Combustion Of John is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on the band’s third effort, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a dark clean guitar riff right from the start, a lead guitar enters the track and comes in now and then which does a nice …

Stone Sour is what i would describe an alternative metal band. Their second album’s title is Come What(ever) May from Roadrunner Records. It came out on August 1 of this year. I picked this up, but not because their lead vocalist is Corey Taylor or not because one of …

All Alone is a song by The Gorillaz which appears on their record Demon Days. The song opens up with an interesting electronic rhythm which is then accompanied by a vocal section which sings a repetitive chant of “all alone”. Throughout this section of the track the overall mood …

This is the debut album of the guitar god himself.Jimi Hendrix is known the world around for practically inventing solo guitar playing.Many might argue that great guitarists came before him and Jimi praisies his influences.However, no one was ever as innovative or experimental when it came to the capability …

I Wanna Be Your Man is a cover of a Beatles song performed by The Rolling Stones. Generally when I review covers I’m not all that familiar with the original version of the song but in this case I know the cover and I know the original as well …

Chrome Plated Suicide is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their third album, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with some guitar feedback, the band surprisingly introduces a clean guitar pattern to the track which gives the song a very melodic feel which surprisingly works well with the …

I Can Love is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled album, otherwise known as The Red Album. The track opens up with a lone acoustic guitar which actually does not sound distant at all; the guitar carries with it a driving sound and it also sounds …

Nelly Furtado was born December 2, 1978. She is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer. Furtado started to be popular in 2000 with the release of her debut album “Whoa, Nelly!”, which featured her Grammy Award-winning single “I’m like a Bird”. After giving birth to daughter …

Katatonia is a great band. They always have been. The actual music of the band is complex, inventive and catchy, all without being “sold out” or “poppy”. “The Great Cold Distance” is no exception. The instrumentation is complex, edgy, hard and very evolved from their previous works. There is …

I Walk the Line is a song performed by Johnny Cash. In 1956 is when he recorded this song for Sun Records. It was a top seller of course because it was a song about the heart and people could relate to it in their own lives. It is …

Overview —“ The Day That Never Comes, the first video released by Metallica for the album Death Magnetic, is a video that takes place in an Eastern setting and goes from an approach that Metallica really isn’t gone with before. I do remember an interview where James Hetfield stated …

I bought the Mahalo U3 Soprano Ukulele for 20 euro. I was told in the music store that it was not a very good version of the ukuele and that it just for fun. I would dispute this. I find that the Mahalo U30 is very playable. …

Alongside Britney’s famous comeback comes her single “If You Seek Amy”. At first glance of the lyrics, who would ever guess the exact meaning of the song? The song as well as its music video has nothing to do with Amy. However, after dissecting and ‘decrypting’ the lines of …

Before the worldwide madness of EYE OF THE TIGER, Survivor were slowly making their way in the music scene and Premonition is their second album. Though 1981 is actually my birth year, my musical taste is actually quite large and i feel i know these albums just as well …

In The End is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Dookie. The track starts off with a pretty quick riff along with each of the instruments as well as Armstrong’s vocals starting simultaneously. The song has that characteristic punk sound of the band led by …

Iced Honey is a song by Lou Reed and Metallica which is the fifth track on their collaboration album Lulu. I’ll start out very positive and say that this is one of the better examples where Reed actually fits fairly well with the music behind him. The reason for …

Overview - A Saucerful Of Secrets, Pink Floyd’s second effort, basically abandons the extremely psychedelic, experimental, and chaotic tone that made their debut record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, what it was. Although the band still does have some experimental parts, and creative at that, the mood …

Best Thing In Town is a song by Green Day which appears on their record Kerplunk. The song starts off with a rapid chord pattern from Armstrong as he comes in with the vocals nearly right away and is accompanied by a simple drum part and I assume the …

I just love the man in black. Johnny Cash was an highly influential singer, guitar player and song writer in the mid 1900’s. He played with his band and they traveled and played small gigs in America until he really made it big, and then Johnny Cash played all …

Audioslaves 2nd album, releases in May of 2005 produced by Rick Rubin, the title is a reference to the band’s exile from the first album, how they started as part rage against the machine part soundgarden and now they are their own band. This is a good album, the …

Come Together would have to be one of the most calming and relaxing Beatles songs which I’ve ever listened to. Driven by Lennon’s vocal delivery which just mixes right in perfectly with the music under him, Come Together is the opening track of Abbey Road and one of the …

In 1999, “Rock N Roll Terrorist”, yet another GG Allin compilation, was released. Consisting of 50 tracks on two discs, this album holds some of GG’s greatest gems from the mid-80s and the early 90s, completely skipping the garbage that dominated his late 80s releases. While it contains the …

I’ve never been a huge fan of Fergie nor the Black Eyed Peas, don’t get me wrong I liked a few of their tracks like “Where Is The Love?” and Fergie’s solo carrier has some nice parts as well such as “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)“ …

Oh! Darling is a track which appears on one of The Beatles’ later records, Abbey Road. Right from hearing the first few bits of the song you should be able to get a good sense that this is certainly a Paul McCartney track, and one of his better ones …

He Wasn’t by Avril Lavinge is a song about how this girl does not like her guy that much any more and decides he is not the kind of guy she is looking for. The guy is hanging her out to dry and that is how lots of guys …

Looking for a new place to practice with my band I jumped into Google (as usual). A place called the FuzzBox came up and took a look into their website. Not much there on the site but decided to go down and look anyway. It’s actually only five minuets …

When I want a feel good love song, I listen to Heaven in my woman’s eyes by Tracy Byrd. It all about how he couldn’t survive without the heaven in his woman’s eyes. She gets him through the daily junk of life. It’s a great tribute of love from …

Sweet Child O’ Mine is a song written by Axl Rose and performed by his band, the legendary Guns ‘N’ Roses.
Sweet Child O’ Mine is one of my all time favorite songs. I currently have the Guns N Roses greatest hits album in my gym and pretty much …

Gingerale Afternoon (The Astrology Of A Saturday) is a song by the Flaming Lips and the fifth track on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Taking on a slightly more rock sound than the two preceding tracks on this record, Gingerale Afternoon establishes a pretty catchy …

It’s every musician’s dream to go on the road and tour. But that also means he has to subject his beloved gear to the rigorous tortures of travel. It’s always a wise move to invest in a guitar case that could help prevent your gear from sustaining …

Three Wooden Crosses is a country music song sung and made famous by Randy Travis. It is a song about four people from different backgrounds that take a bus ride in which three of them die. The fourth one was a hooker and does not quite understand why she …

I am a guitar player and I am carrying my guitar constantly. To gigs, band practice, or even school. My guitar case by the brand road runner is great and very reliable. The top pocket is good for my picks and my other important accessories for maintenance and …

Eat Me Drink Me is Marilyn Manson’s seventh full length studio album and was released in June of 2007 on Interscope Records, and produced by Tim Skold. This is the first album in years not to feature John 5. Marilyn Manson was not sure he wanted to make another …

The world music awards was an average music show to watch, it was not anything out of the ordinary, i really expected more than what they showed for the night.
One of my favorite performances was the opening act which was Rhianna , she came out as usual …

The King Of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the first song to appear on their second full-length release entitled In The Aeroplane Over The Sea. Beginning with an acoustic guitar strumming pattern, Magnum comes in with the vocals of the track …

When your home or surround is rain, try to listen this song? Why? because the tittle? Maybe, but the music is match with the situation of rain, because it little bit melodize but still feel emo.
In this song, Hayley sing very well, because I think it’s pretty difficult in …

I have had a bit of an interesting relationship with the music of DEVIL DRIVER since they first came onto the scene. See, i like Dez’s previous band Coal Chamber a little bit, but i never really embraced them as i wasn’t real big on the whole Nu-Metal phase …

Who am I by Casting crowns is such a true song that it makes me cry each time I hear it. It’s like who are we compared to the great I am, the king of kings, the prince of peace. We are nothing. He can end our lives with …

MYMP is a duo from the Philippines whose music is more of an accoustic type. The members include Juris, the female lead singer and Chin, the guitarist and sometimes he does some vocals. Their music is so relaxing.
In their debut album, they really catch the heart of so …

Darkshines is a track by Muse which appears on Origin Of Symmetry. Right from the introduction of the song, Darkshines has a very interesting tone not just because of the guitar lead which is playing but also the bass line which is something I recommend paying attention to here. …