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RANCID: LET THE DOMINOES FALL
To this particular critic, now in his mid-30’s and listening to like six new records a year, LTDF is a helluva solid comeback.
August 14, 2009
THE MISUNDERSTOOD: VANILLA ICE AND ICE ICE BABY
Let me lay the ground work for this. When Vanilla Ice broke, I hated the fucker. As a budding Hessian, ...
April 5, 2009
Five Great Songs About Suicide: The Metal Years
Song: Who’s to Blame
Artist: Sacred Reich
Year: 1990
Key Lyric: “Oh my God it’s Jonny…Hanging by his neck…All those metal albums…Have led ...
March 10, 2009
JUDAS PRIEST – RAM IT DOWN
There’s war in the streets, baby, and you’d better be armed. Armed and fabulous, if you catch my drift.
December 27, 2008
JUDAS PRIEST – DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH
Bath House Barometer: 9 – The gaping wound that was your backside will cause you grief, but all real men like it rough and ready.
December 17, 2008
KISS – ANIMALIZE
I’ve Had Enough (Into the Fire)
Theme: Fighting adversity, winning at all costs, and, because Gene Simmons is on board, making ...
December 16, 2008
AC/DC – BLACK ICE
Even after three full spins in the car, I still can’t tell you a single coherent line from Black Ice, but I don’t much care.
October 23, 2008
SONGS THAT RUINED THE WORLD: PART I
Masculinity itself owes its ignoble end to this castrating minstrel show…
October 18, 2008