Today I'm going into a now distant memory from a show I saw in 1995. It was the “great summer” between the time I graduated high school and went into the US Navy. It was a case of the openers outshining the headliner, and one opener being an act who'd stick with me for many …
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The Music Of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
This is another post that I was about done writing last month when a person involved with the work died. Actor Ray Liotta, famous for his roles in movies such as Goodfellas, was also the voice of GTA Vice City's main character Tommy Vercetti. Liotta died on May 26, 2022. RIP Ray. Video games and …
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 …
Tales From The Stage – King Diamond, 2005
It's time for another concert recap, this time I'm going back to 2005 when I went to see one of metal's legends live. It was my first and to date only time seeing him. The tour was supported by 3 bands that have gone on to become bigger names in the extreme metal community. There …
Memories – Straight To Hell
I'm winding down the main crux of my Memories series now. There is only really one more part to go after this one. This page recounts my older posts about what I've listened to over the years. This time I'm going to get into the years 2006-2010, which brought a very radical series of changes …
Tales From The Stage – Sevendust and Machine Head, 1999
One thing I want to start doing more is to look back at concerts and shows I've been too. It's nice to remember them – as the time and distance gets longer from when I saw the show the details start to get fuzzy. And also in the pandemic age where I've been to one …
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The Lost Years
This is the next post in my “Memories” series, outlining where I've been through the various times and scenes of music through my life. I've set up a page to help keep track of this stuff, here is where anyone interested can find more information about this. This one is a bit different as I …
None More Black
Awhile back I went over my first introduction to extreme metal. Death metal has been a part of my music diet for a long time now, and many other things associated with extreme music are also in my collection. But today I want to get into the other big movement in extreme music, the one …
Back To The Show
It's fair to say that COVID has totally wreaked havoc on the music industry. Tours were canceled in 2020 and have been faltering to get off the ground again this year. Acts were left at home for a year with nothing to do but record albums that they can't promote on the road, the only …
To The Extreme
I've worked through a fair bit of my earlier memories in terms of music in earlier posts. These "memories" posts are piling up now so I won't back-reference every one, but the “Memories” tab in Categories on the sidebar will direct you to any older ones you may wish to peruse. For today, I'll pick …
The Crooked Wanderer 