Category Archives: music

Thought: My predicitons for this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees…

So the nominees for this year’s Hall of Fame has been revealed.

Who do I predict will get inducted? The Hall of Fame usually induct 5 artists each year. So for my prediction on this year’s inductees…

I definitely think Bon Jovi will get inducted no matter what happens. He will probably get the most votes out of everybody. Alice Cooper would get it, no matter what happens. Neil Diamond for sure. As for the last two, I think the J. Geils Band will definitely get in, and possibly Donna Summer. If not Donna Summer, then it will either be Tom Waits or Dr. John.

Honestly though, I think Alice Cooper deserves it more than anybody in the nominees list, simply put, because Alice is true rock n’ roll. Most everyone on this list are pop acts, but Alice is strictly rock. Alice is the fucking man! Always dug his music!

Kev

“Weird” Al Yankovic posts a photo on twitter impersonating himself…

This is what “Weird” Al Yankovic, used to look like in the 80’s and early 90’s. Big curly hair, glasses, mustache, etc. He obviously doesn’t look like that anymore.”Weird” Al decided to go back to his old image for Halloween. Here he is, wearing the costume of his old image that he used to have.

Honestly, I miss the old “Weird” Al look. I don’t really like how he looks now. I wish he kept his old image but it’s understandable why he doesn’t want to look like that the rest of his life.

Kev

Report: Bruce Springsteen invades couples engagement photo shoot…

A young couple just got engaged in the beach of New Jersey, so the couple just had photographers to take photos of this wonderful moment… but all of a sudden, the couple gets a strange uninvited guest. Who is it? Yes, it’s no one other than, the Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen. Bruce happens to be out for a stroll, until he saw photographers taking photographs of this couple, Bruce couldn’t resist to join in. The groom happened to have a Takamine steel string acoustic with him, so he let Bruce perform a few songs on it for the couple. See the picture above of Bruce singing a song for them.

See the rest of the pics here.

Damn, Bruce. You’re cool and all but you need to let your ego out the door!

Kev

David Bowie “Station To Station” listening party in facebook…

I’ve sat here listening through most of David Bowie’s re-issue of “Station To Station” and forgot how great of an album it was. The live CD on the 2nd disc is really good too. I’m a huge David Bowie fan. I wish he would stop releasing live albums and re-issues. He should just go back to the studio to write and record new songs for a new album that we’ve all been waiting for him to do for so long. He hasn’t done a new album in a long time and wish he would make a real comeback to music. We miss you in the music business David! He’s one of my favorite singers in rock music. I love his singing voice and can listen to his music all day long. His singing is wonderful, no matter what genre he does.

Kev

Cool Video: Katy Perry too “Hot N Sexy” for Sesame Street…

The internets is angry the fact that Sesame Street pulled this video off ’cause Katy Perry showed too much cleavage. While I’m a huge fan of Katy Perry’s music, I agree with the snub. Why did PBS feel the need to yank it off? I mean look at her. She looks like a porn star in that video. I think the part that got to parents is, if you watch it at 1:13, Katy holds a stuffed Teddy Bear. She holds the Teddy Bear so close to her breasts, causing them to bounce when she runs with it. Kids don’t need to be seeing stuff like this especially little toddlers.

Kev

Brock’s thoughts on the new American Idol judges…

So I watched the webcast earlier this afternoon on the A.I. website. Went on there and there was no sound through like half of it. Just proves that American Idol fucking sucks. They promote this press conference, heavily. So many people get on there and there is no sound. WTF? Losers!

Would J-Lo and Steven Tyler help the American Idol ratings for next season? No. The show would simply flop, simply because of no Simon Cowell. The show can’t be successful without him. They’ll tank, trust me. I once had so much respect for Aerosmith, back in the 70’s and early 80’s. Aerosmith became a joke when they became too mainstream in the 90’s…but they came back and I started respecting the band again when they released, “Honkin’ On Bobo”, (an album full of blues covers) ’cause that was a good album that I actually enjoyed. I think the only reason Steven agreed to do Idol, is because he has a solo album coming out soon and he figure the show will help plug him the album. Look at J-Lo in the picture, she doesn’t look good. I can’t stand J-Lo, she’s not hot and just an annoying woman.

Even if I hate American Idol, I’ll watch the next season for a little bit, just to see how Steven Tyler does. I tell you right now that this will mess up Aerosmith’s career. Steven went on the press conference and accused the rest of the band being jealous of him when Joe Perry slammed him for doing the show. Um, no Steven, no one is jealous of anyone here. The reason Joe Perry slammed you because he wants you to concentrate on Aerosmith where you truly belong, not being involved with some stupid karaoke contest.

Like I said, no matter who takes over Simon, the show can’t be done without him. Simon created a legacy with the show. No one wants to see the show without him, no matter who’s the new judge. Hopefully Steven’s job on American Idol won’t last long. I’m sure he’ll end up drinking and doing pills again that will force him to get off the show at some point, just give it time.

Kev

Thought: Why Led Zeppelin refuses to release their music for Guitar Hero or Rock Band…

Everybody wants the mighty Led Zeppelin to release their own Guitar Hero or Rock Band video game, but it will never happen. They never released their music to any of these games in the past. Why is this? Is it ego? Money? No, it’s neither. Led Zeppelin not releasing their old music to video games is nothing personal against the fans. The reason Jimmy Page wouldn’t allow it is because he wants kids to pick up a real guitar and learn Led Zep songs on a real guitar. Not on a video game.

That is why, Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White made that movie, “It Might Get Loud”. The movie was made in hopes of inspiring more people to pick up the electric guitar.

I have no respect for Guitar Hero or Rock Band anymore. I used to think they were cool, but they are no longer interesting. I have a couple of Guitar Hero video games in my collection but I don’t play ’em anymore. I feel more comfortable playing the real guitar myself.

I’ve been playing a lot more electric guitar, and I’m just loving it too much. Trying to get better at guitar solos, that’s my main focus. Maybe someday I’ll video tape myself playing the electric guitar to just noodle around and show off a bit. Playing the electric is amazing. I feel like home playing it. I suddenly lost interest in acoustic guitar and want to get used to electric now.

I’m glad Led Zeppelin will never release their music to video games. It’s a good decision.

Kev

40 years without Jimi Hendrix

As of today, it officially marks the 40th year of no Jimi Hendrix. Jimi is one of the guitar gods who inspired me to pick up the guitar. Some of my other guitar heroes are Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Dimebag and Neil Young, but Hendrix is very special to me.

I’ve been listening to Hendrix for years and I’ll never get tired of him, ever. I can listen to Hendrix music all day long. Here are five of my favorite Hendrix tunes.

Kev

Report: Paul McCartney to re-issue his classic album, “Band on the Run”…

Many legendary bands are starting to re-issue their classic albums, but Sir Paul McCartney haven’t done that yet. Paul plans to re-issue his entire discography in his solo career, he will start with “Band on the Run”.

Read more on the track listing here.

Wonder what took Paul so long to realize that he hasn’t re-issued any of his albums yet? It’s about time, man!

Kev

Thought: Brock doesn’t think Steven Tyler is judge for American Idol…

So two new American Idol judges will be announced this coming Wednesday. We all know Jennifer Lopez is going to be one of them. Even though Steven Tyler kept reportedly saying he’s confirmed, there hasn’t been anything official on Steven yet. I don’t know if Steven is going to be the judge, because I think Joe Perry and the guys in Aerosmith are trying to talk him out of it. Why? Because if Steven joins American Idol, that would take his time away from, Aerosmith. I’m pretty sure Steven’s not going to be judge, 100% sure of it. It will be someone else instead of Steven. If Steven was signed as American Idol judge, it would have already been announced earlier this week. Steven needs to concentrate on Aerosmith, that’s where he belongs. A.I. is not for Steven, that’s not where he needs to be.

If I’m wrong that Steven is going to be announced as judge Wednesday, then my bad, but I’m pretty sure I’m right on this too. If it is Steven, I would never support him and Aerosmith again. Seriously.

Kev