Playlist 1

Here is a list of current albums i am listening. Some are new and some are old.

1/Boozed- Tight Pants . Great German straight up rock album. Better than what Airbourne have done. Not so obviously ACDC.

2/Enuff Z Nuff- Lost In Vegas. A new EZN is a good thing. Classic band . Not a bad album.

3/Tora Tora- Revolution Day (finally got my hands on a MP3 copy). One word "Roxx!!!"

4/BLACK BAMBI - BLACK BAMBI .Sounds good for an album that was shelved by Atlantic. Produced by Beau Hill!.

5/Egypt Central- Egypt Central (new alternative metal band) Modern rock done well.

6/Avantasia - The Scarecrow . New progressive Metal allstar project. Sounds Huge!

7/Pillar- For The Love Of The Game . As good as the last. Heavy but melodic

8/Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger. Reminds me of the late great Jeff Buckly mixed with another deady, Nick Drake. Unusual but i like it for something different.

9/Bang Camaro- ST. Ever woundered what it would sound like to have 100 guys singing while guitars are riffing? Well here it is. Interesting but not essential. Sounds very much like video game music!

10/Scorpions - Humanity - Hour 1 . For some reason i didn't get into it at the time of release. But after seeing it on many best of lists i revisted it and it is very good.

Album of The Day - StoneRider, "Three Legs of Trouble"

Wait till you hear the new album from StoneRider. Although it does have a "southern Rock" sound to it, there is more of a "Gunners" vibe going on than anything else. Melodic metal for mine and done brilliantly by this young American band. It is hard to say if this will do well but if there is any justice in the world StoneRider should be the next big thing. The song "juice Man" is one of the best monster riff tracks you will hear all year. Highly recommended !!!! 9/10

Pic of the day- Hanoi Rocks

Here is a picture of the latest incarnation of the mighty "Hanoi Rocks"( live at a Finnish festival). The guy on the left is Conny Bloom. He was the lead man of the late 80s early 90s Swedish band Electric Boys. Gee i miss their fantastic Groove orientated hard rock. By the way. The latest Hanoi album is a brilliant peice of work. Do youself a favour and pick it up.

Preview Albums

Couple of new albums i have heard this week are Enuff Z Nuff- Lost in Vegas and a couple of tracks from the Long rumored 3rd album from Tora Tora- Revolution Day. The EZN album sounds promising, but one of my pet hates (and a sign that a band is stuggling) is that it has 2 covers ( a Beatles .. What a surprise! an a Prince cover). It also has a different version of a track from an earlier album. That is a total of only 7 new songs. The production sounds a little muddy, but the songs sound good, typical EZN.

The 2 tracks from the Tora Tora album (via Myspace- http://www.myspace.com/krazz123) sound fantastic. Can't wait till someone finally gets this out. I still love listening to their debut album (which i have on record)

General Best Of 2007 List

It always amazes me to read the best of lists on internet sites with comments like "terrible year for music...." etc. My problem is that there is always too many great albums to narrow it down to a top 20 let alone a top 10. Last year is no exception with many brilliant releases in all genres. I am going to put down all the albums that meant something to me during the year and then narrow it down to a "Top 20", some time next week with some comments on each album.

Endeverafter- Kiss or Kill

The Showdown- Temptation Come My way

Snatches of Pink- Love Is Dead

White Flame - Yesterdays News

The Poodles- Sweet Trade

Snow- S/T

Los Angeles- S/T

Bullets And Octane- Songs For The Underdog

Chesterfield Kings- Pychedelic Sunrise

Crash Diet- The Unattractive Revolution

Destrophy- Way Of The World

The Erotics- 30 Seconds Over You

Down 3- Over The Under

Sixx Am – The Heroin Diaries

HIM- Venus Doom

Ingram Hill- Cold In California

Jaded Heart- Sinister Mind

Kamelot- Ghost Opera

King Zero- Inside Your Head

Midnight Scraper- Fast Side, Slow Side

Richie Kotzen- The Return Of Mothers Head Family Reunion

Hurt- Vol.2

Waysted- Harsh Reality

Fall Of Leafe- Aerolithe

69 Eyes- Angels

Gypsy Pistoleros- Wild, Beautiful, Damned

Hanoi Rocks- Street Poetry

Hardcore Superstar- Dreamin’ In A Casket

Hell N’ Diesel- Passion For Power

Hermano- Into The Exam Room

OneRepublic- Dreaming Out Loud

The Hives- The Black And White Album

Jimmy Barnes- Out In The Blue

Deadstring Brothers- Silver Mountain

Crazy Lixx- Loud Minority

Cinder Road- S/T

Southern Voodoo- Devil’s Drive

Airbourne- Running Wild

Symphony X – Paradise Lost

Ted Poley – Smile

Tokyo Dragons- Hot Nuts

Turbonegro- Retox

Ween- La Cucaracha

Whitestarr- Fillth Tillith

Will Hoge – Draw the Curtains

Stereo Fallout- The Other Side

Thirsty Mec- Sideshows

ETC…………… I think I could go on forever!

Album of the day

I set the Ipod for a walk this morning on the new Hydromatics album- "The Earth Is Shaking". Great little album. Scott Morgan is in fine form on this release. His soulful vocal delivery sounds brilliant over the garage rock sound the band creates. The song"Power and Glory "was the one that did it for me the most. Tuneful but heavy at the same time. They do a great rendention of the Stones song- "All down the Line". 8/10

My music listening habits

I have created this bog as a way of tracking my music listening habits. I have a huge appetite for music. Mainly Hard Rock and Metal but i also enjoy plenty of Other styles. I have a soft spot for many Classic Rock artists such as the Stones and Faces.
I intend to make comments and review the albums that i may be listening to at any one time. I hope to get plenty of feed back from like minded music and pop culture fans.