After a year hiatus, I've decided to start posting here again. Whether my other cohorts decide to, it's up to them. I'm going to focus on music, movies, radio, television, and culture in general.
So what has happened in rock music in the last year?
Wolf Mother
An Aussie band that's been kicking ass on the award shows and the charts. Influences include The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, Cream and Styx. So they gotta be good right? Yes, they are. Can they continue where Jet left off?
The Killers
What's The Cure to kill off this band for good?
The Police reunion
They opened up the Grammy's, and have finished recording in Vancouver, and hit the road right away. But will Stingalingadingdong still control the band? Will Stewart Copeland tolerate the repetitive fade out chorus endings? Will Andy Summers find that augmented 67th minor chord he's been searching for?
Milhouse Van Halen
There's a Van Halen reunion with David Lee Roth but sans Michael Anthony. (Is that really a reunion?) I saw them in concert about two and a half years ago with Sammy. Not a great show, but not a bad show either. Sammy kind of ruined it for me. Can Diamond Dave still do the splits at his age?
Chris Cornell leaves Audioslave
The friggin guy doesn't even have the decency to tell his bandmates to their face. They learn it by watching him announce it on TV. Tsk tsk. Regardless, this is sad news, being that I always thought they and only a few other bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Velvet Revolver were keeping true rock alive in this world.
QOTSA
Speaking of the Queens, new album out this year as well.
Metallica
New album out soon. All I know is that Rick "Turning Albums Into Gold" Rubin is producing (well everyone). At least Bob Rock won't be playing bass guitar on the album and hopefully Kirk wants to solo again.
Rush!
Rush's new album titled "Snakes and Arrows" boasts Neil's perception of religion in today's world, comes out on May 1st. There is hope!
Okay, can we now officially declare that "Theory of a Nickelfault" mope rock is now dead?
