This week it's a look back to 1994 and the height of what came to be known as “alt-metal.” It was a strange time where a lot of different sounds got airplay as the fallout from 1991 left room for a variety of acts to get a moment in the sun. Our subject today would …
Month: April 2022
On Scene And Identity – Outcast
This is a new series that will look at the identity and psychology behind various aspects of music fandom and listening culture. It's more how it relates to me but will also give a general overview. It's a bit “heavier” than most stuff but it's still stuff I'm compelled to write about so I'll just …
Tales From The Stage – Nine Inch Nails
Gonna turn back the clock to the year 2000 and talk about a much-anticipated show I took in. The gig was Nine Inch Nails with A Perfect Circle opening and it took place at the end of May in St. Louis. It was a gig with some marquee names and – well, something of a …
Album Of The Week – April 11, 2022
Thrash metal was in a bad way during the 1990's. The twin killings of grunge and Metallica's style shift left the thrash movement clawing for any shred of relevance through the decade. Many bands broke up, went on hiatus or explored various other musical styles with varying results, none of which were commercially viable. Extreme …
S-Tier Songs, Vol. 8
I'm now into the 8th edition of S-Tier Songs. These are songs I consider the best of the best. For more information as well as a list of prior “inductees,” head to this page. Today it's high time I included an extreme metal tune in the mix. Rock is great and all but there have …
When The Line-up Changes – Motley Crue
One big part of being a music fan is enduring line-up changes. Bands break up or members quit or get fired. Other times it is tragedy that forces a band member change. Sometimes the change is not even very noteworthy – person x is in place of person y behind the drums of that thrash …
Album Of The Week – April 4, 2022
This week's pick is an album that saw a band move on from their power metal roots and lean fully into the symphonic sound they had been prodding at their last few records before. The results would launch the group into the stratosphere and put them at the forefront of heavy metal in their native …
A Story And A Song – April Fool
I had a real post I was going to do today but I finally grasped what day today was gonna be so I put off the other post and will have a bit of fun today instead. It's also one where the story and the song bear no connection to one another, save for the …
The Crooked Wanderer 