Just to clarify, we LOVE Slash, but this shit is just too funny not to post.
Page 6 got the inside scoop on some excerpts from the Guitar Hero’s new memoir “Slash”, and it goes a little something like this…
“I remember spending most of my days off in and out of a variety of VD clinics . . . I was dating a porno chick as well as this sweet little junkie jailbait girlfriend I had.”
He goes on to say that even though it was the height of the AIDS epidemic they didn’t stop. “We figured that no one needed to worry about it until David Lee Roth got it.”
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It took me roughly 15 listens before I felt comfortable writing my review of Radiohead’s In Rainbows.This was due to the fact that I didn’t want my first impression of the album to be the only impression that got heard.My first reaction to In Rainbows wasn’t particularly a good one, but it wasn’t until recently that I figured out why.
I have been obsessed with “15 Step” since I first heard it live at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival.I instantly fell in love with the syncopated claps and the oddly poppy melody.Upon seeing the track list for In Rainbows I was excited to see the song had been placed as the introductory piece to the album, but when I finally heard the track on the album there was a bit of a letdown.The song itself wasn’t the reason for my dismay; it’s a strong track with a good recording and good performances.It was when I reached the second track, however, that I was a little taken aback.The second track, “Bodysnatchers,” is a good song, but it felt so strikingly out of place.In fact, the more I listened to the album, the more I felt all the songs were out of place.
On my most recent listen to the album, I accidentally left my music player on shuffle (and was just too plain lazy to get up and change it).In doing this, though, I came to an awfully startling realization: the album had the same impact whether it was on shuffle or not.So what’s the big deal, right?We live in a singles driven market where the “art of the album” is all but dead both monetarily and artistically, so who cares, right?Right???
For many (and maybe most) of you reading this post, this isn’t much of a concern.But it must be understood that Radiohead is one of the few bands that makes great albums.From Pablo Honey straight through to Hail to the Thief, each album read like a novel.Skipping around Kid A would make about as much sense (to me) as skipping chapters in Orwell’s 1984; it just doesn’t work.
In Rainbows is an album that reads much more like a collection of short stories (like Shooting An Elephant, if you’re looking for another Orwell comparison).And there are a couple of reasons for this.One big reason is the lack album art.The combination of Radiohead and Stanley Donwood has resulted in some of the most interesting album art and packaging over the last 30 years.And according to GreenPlastic, the album artwork seen all over the net is most likely not the final version.
The other big reason for In Rainbows’ more song-centered feel may be that I relate many of the songs to music of Radiohead’s past.Maybe more than that, In Rainbows it the first album that is strikingly more pop than the last Radiohead album.Granted, the album itself is not pop and neither are the songs, but many of the melodies (“15 Step”), guitar rifts (“Bodysnatchers”), drum tracks (“Weird Fishes/Arpeggi”) and lyrics (“All I Need”) are.
Who knows, maybe by listen 25, In Rainbows will make more sense to me.But as of right now, I see this album as a collection of good-to-great songs and not as the typical Radiohead novel I’m used to hearing.Its not a good or bad thing and I’m sure it wasn’t Radiohead’s intention to do this (in fact, I doubt they’d agree with me in saying that this is even the scenario).In the end, though, it is a little disappointing to have another collection of stories and not an outright novel… no matter how good those short stories are.
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After 27 years Bad Religion STILL know how to get a crowd excited as they vibrantly demonstrated at last nights NYC show at Nokia Theater.
This is a band who for the past 3 albums have thought each was the end of their long and fruitful career, but have kept on blazing thanks to the prodding of their cult-ish fan base. Though they may be your parents age by now, this is not your parent’s music.
Their 2007 release Maps of Hell may actually really be marking the end of the line for Bad Religion, a line that has spanned nearly 3 decades and graced punk rock with 14 significant albums. They have been credited as leading the revival of punk music through the 80’s and are the pioneers and founders of THE Epitaph records, an indie label through all of today’s bullshit manage to stay true to their rock roots and cultivate artist development in the rock/punk world.
Though I have been a Bad Religion fan since the mid 90’s (prompted by their only major label release/mainstream album “Stranger than Fiction”) I have had over 11 years of fan life to see them live, and for reasons I still don’t have an answer to, I have not. After seeing them last night, I really wish I hadn’t waiting this long-if these guys can pull off a show like this NOW, I can’t even imagine how great it would have been back then.
The bulk of the show was spent showcasing material off of their latest release, but as their repertoire mainly consists of the 3 minute power punk songs, they were able to give us A LOT in their 75 minute show. Among the set’s highlights include: 21st Century (Digital Boy), The Generator, Dearly Beloved, and American Jesus.
Clichéd as it maybe, my all time favorite Bad Religion track, and one of my all time favorite songs in general is “Infected”, it just so happens this was their big mainstream hit. (that is not the reason I love it). As the set waged on I was growing less and less certain that I would finally hear it live. They made me sweat it out, that’s for sure, but as there is a very real possibility that this tour is the last for Bad Religion, they obliged and closed out the show with what I had been waiting 11 years and 75 minutes to hear.
They are a band made famous by a genuine ideology, and the ability to speak what others think. There will always be a place in punk for Bad Religion, even if this tour puts their career at a close.
