Chris Jericho have been playing some new Fozzy songs on his podcast show and from what I’ve heard the new Fozzy album is pretty damn good. I think I’m gonna get it pretty soon.
I think this band deserves more mainstream recognition ’cause they’re pretty good, in my opinion. If Chris wants to go far in his music, I think he should retire from wrestling for good and focus on music full time. Fozzy isn’t too bad at all. I dig ’em.
Kev
Dave Grohl is an awesome guy. While he does play in one of the most iconic rock bands on the planet and while Dave is a pretty wealthy guy, he doesn’t really care about the money when playing music. When asked about the debate with Taylor Swift removing her music from Spotify, he just responded with a simple, “I don’t fucking care”. Then he goes on saying how he doesn’t care how much money people pays for his music, he just wants people to listen to it.
Dave knows what being a true musician is all about. That’s a great attitude to have and that’s what being a humble musician is all about. If all you wanna do is make music for the money, then you’re playing music for all the wrong reasons, in my opinion. Playing music is about the love of it and the passion. Playing music is also all about getting people to listen to the music that you make.
As far as my opinion on Taylor Swift getting rid of her music on Spotify, while I’m a big fan of her music, I disagree with her move. She claimed that Spotify is free and technically it’s not a free service. It’s not the old-school Napster and that’s probably what she was thinking.
I never cared about money when making music either. I do enjoy money like everybody else (who doesn’t???) but playing music I just do it for the love of it and try to get people to listen to my music.
If you don’t play music for free or don’t want your listeners to listen to it for free, then you gotta be greedy and egotistical, in my opinion.
The new Foo Fighters album, “Sonic Highways” is pretty fuckin’ sick, by the way. I listened to it a couple of times already and I think it’s their best album in their career. I did end up buying the album after all, couldn’t resist it.
Kev
David Bowie is coming out with a new greatest hits compilation titled, “Nothing Has Changed”. The compilation has his greatest songs spanning his entire career pretty much. I’ve been listening to David Bowie for years so I’ve already heard most of these songs on the compilation.
Why did he name this compilation “Nothing Has Changed”???
Well, since he took a 10 year hiatus before he released the new album, “The Next Day”, I would have to say the reason for the title of the compilation album, “Nothing Has Changed” is just David’s way of sending a message to the fans that David is still here. It means he hasn’t gone away from the music business. He had too many fans wondering if he’ll be done with music during his 10 year break so this is his way of saying that he’s not done.
I read that he’s planning on releasing another new studio album after this compilation. I just knew David wouldn’t retire from music completely. I think he’ll be in the music business until he’s dead. So he’ll always be with us.
Will David ever play another concert or even go on tour? Who knows. He never said anything about that yet so never say never. I’m hoping David will perform live again ’cause he’s such a good live performer. I love watching his older performances on youtube.
I’m really am such a big Bowie fan. I’m trying to collect all of his music the best I can. I have most of his newer albums but don’t really have any of his classic albums admittedly but I’ll start getting them from Itunes at some point.
Bowie rules. He’s one of my favorites and he’s a huge inspiration for my own songwriting as well.
Kev
This new song that David Bowie released today is absolutely incredible. Probably one of his best original songs in many years. The song has his best singing too.
Bowie has a greatest hits compilation coming out called, “Nothing Has Changed” and he will have a few new originals on it. This song is one of them.
I’m happy that Bowie is still making new music.
I wish he would perform live again, though. He should put on one last concert for us just like Led Zeppelin did. I wonder if David misses performing on the stage?
Kev
People who are easily offended at Eminem’s swearing during his performance at “Concert For Valor” in DC last night, probably never heard his music before. I was kind of surprised to see D.C. book Eminem for a family friendly event myself. When you book someone like Eminem and if he’s a rapper, of course, he’s gonna say a lot of cuss words. Eminem swears a lot ’cause that’s part of who he is. That’s part of the rapper lifestyle. That’s the way they all talk. He probably knows this is a family friendly event but he couldn’t help himself.
I’ve been listening to his music for a long time but I don’t listen to him anymore, though. It’s not because of the offensive and controversial material he writes, I actually dig that stuff… it’s just that his songwriting as of late haven’t been grabbing me. I prefer his earlier music.
http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/11/12/eminem-veterans-day-f-bombs/18905171/
Kev
I meant what I said about the title. I dig the new Taylor Swift song and the video itself is great.
I still haven’t heard her new album “1989”; although, I do own the new album and it’s on my Ipod waiting to get listened to. I’ll get around to it soon. Maybe tonight, I’ll give her new album a listen.
People really need to stop hating Taylor Swift. I never found anything wrong with her. I listened to her previous albums which I also own in my CD collection: “Speak Now” and “Fearless”. I dig those two albums as well. I don’t have her album “RED” yet but gonna get around to buying that one sometime in the future.
Yeah, I’m a Taylor Swift fan and not ashamed of saying it. I dig her songs.
My preferred genre of music is rock & metal but like I always say, I’ll listen to a little bit of everything else. It’s important to listen to other genres other than your preferred genre. Gotta have some diversity in your tastes in music.
Kev
Last night I finally gotten around to listening to Slipknot’s new album, “The Gray Chapter”. I listened to the whole record. It’s a long record but I was pretty much blown away by the music on it. While I love metal & hard rock… I’m not much into the downtuned guitars and screaming vocals but with Slipknot, I’ll take that stuff as an exception. It really was an amazing album. Probably the best album of this year so far.
The album has pretty impressive songwriting and great melodies. I love all the guitar sounds. The riffs and the leads will melt your faces. The studio quality of the album is pretty impressive as well.
Some of you may not see it but I’m a huge fan of metal and heavy music. I grew up listening to metal. I tried listening to Slipknot in the past before but I couldn’t get into them until now. After hearing this new album, makes me want to buy their previous albums. Love ’em or hate ’em, they are the greatest metal band in the industry today.
If pop, country and rap weren’t dominating the industry, then Slipknot would have been huge mainstream stars. They are pretty huge and successful but only in the rock & metal industry. I respect Slipknot a whole lot now. This band is really great.
I know this band isn’t for everyone. They are controversial and dark but give them a chance. You’ll actually dig this band yourself once you start listening. “The Gray Chapter” would be a good album to start off with if you’re a new fan.
I’m hardly ever that blown away by listening to albums that much but the new Slipknot album really did it to me. They just made a new fan here and I hope I get my chance to see them live in concert sometime in the future. Check this album out. It’s listenable and will blow your mind.
Kev
Ac/Dc was pretty quick in responding to Phil Rudd’s arrest as you can see here. I’m sure the band is just as shocked as we all are. The band going through another setback. First they lose their founding member and rhythm guitarist, Malcolm Young and it looks like they’re gonna lose another member. If Phil is found guilty for trying to have two men killed, he could be put away in prison for a long time so lets hope he is innocent.
As you can see, even though the band lost two members… they are still going forward with their world tour so it now looks like they’re gonna have to replace a drummer. They’ve dealt with setbacks in the past before with the passing of their original frontman Bon Scott so I’m sure they’re used to it.
Although the band lost two members now, they just can’t hang it up. Do you know that old saying, “The show must go on”. Well, they booked a pretty lengthy world tour for their 40th Anniversary. It’s their 40th Anniversary so they can’t call it quit.
I hope Phil won’t be guilty of this crime so he can go on with the tour. We’ll wait and see what happens.
This is the name of the game when you play in bands. You’ll deal with a lot of setbacks. A lot of ups and downs. Your whole career is not always gonna be positive and happy. That’s just the way life is.
Kev
I’m digging the new song by the Smashing Pumpkins. This new track reminds me of the band back in the “Siamese Dream” days. Seems like Billy Corgan brought back the old-school Smashing Pumpkins sound we’ve been wanting. That’s Tommy Lee of Motley Crue on the drums. Tommy Lee played drums on the new Pumpkins album. I’ve been listening to the Pumpkins for years. I’ve heard most of the band’s albums over the years but not all of them.
I just love Billy’s unique songwriting and singing. “Siamese Dream” and “Mellie Collie” will always be the best albums by the Pumpkins, though. Those two albums are masterpieces.
Kev
Do you wanna know one thing that sucks in the music industry? In the major label industry, there is a new trend going on with album releases. You know, those “Deluxe” albums that famous bands and solo artists have been releasing as of late. They release a new version of that album with much improved sound and all that stuff. Plus, on those “deluxe” albums they release a bunch of unreleased tracks that were recorded around that album came out. They also release demo versions of the songs of that album and new mixes. This have been happening a lot in the music industry and I can’t understand why. I can’t understand why they would re-release the original album and then they release the “Deluxe” versions.
I haven’t bought too many “Deluxe” albums over the last couple of years this have been going on. The only “Deluxe” albums that I own in my Itunes are Nirvana “Bleach”, Twisted Sister “Stay Hungry” and Iggy Azalea “The New Classic”.
The reason I’m not a big fan of “Deluxe” albums is for a few reasons…
1) They are nothing more than a cash grab, in my opinion
2) All the unreleased stuff on the “Deluxe” album versions takes out of the enjoyment of listening to the original album
3) Bands and artists shouldn’t be showing us how their songs were written. We shouldn’t know their secrets.
It is why I didn’t buy the Soundgarden “Superunknown – Deluxe” and why I’m not buying all the Led Zeppelin Deluxes. Once again, I prefer the original album.
I don’t like this “Deluxe” trend. Everybody’s been doing it. From legendary bands to newer artists. Just enjoy the art of the original album. That’s how music should be listened to, in my opinion. I just think the “Deluxe” releases are pretty ridiculous and they all need to stop.
Kev
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