Black Sabbath. The forefathers of Heavy Metal. The masters of gloom and doom rock. Nobody does classic hard rock on the crunchy side like Sabbs. And if you hadn’t noticed, there are no lyrics posted here. That’s because Supertzar is one of their many instrumental tracks, and holy crap this thing is an atmospheric musical beast.…
I lie awake and dread the lonely nights I’m not alone I wonder if these heavy eyes Can face the unknown… Yes, 80s hair metal. Deal with it. Aw come on now, as far as 80s hair metal goes, few did it better than Dokken. Oh sure, they were replete with all the spandex and…
Come on, monsters! You don’t have to cry, we can be happy! Well things were looking a bit dark there, weren’t they? So let’s lighten the mood a bit with some patented Halloween lighthearted fun, courtesy of R.E.M. and the Muppet Rockers from Sesame Street. Taking inspiration from their much loathed 1991 hit Shiny Happy…
I can’t get down and I won’t get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than thee And the wind did howl and the wind did blow… Quite frankly, you could do a WHOLE lot worse than Nick Cave and PJ…
Too scared to turn your light out‘Cause there’s somethin’ on your mindWas that a noise outside the windowWhat’s that shadow on the blind Highway To Hell is AC/DC’s best album and that’s not even up for a debate, so let’s move on from that statement and declare that Night Prowler could be the spookiest song…
Off The Ground is the scrappy underdog of McCartney’s solo albums. Not a big seller and rarely mentioned among fans, it remains a mostly strong and consistent record throughout.
And when there’s nothing Nothing left to lose You leave it all To fade to blue… It’s October 1st!! Well, October 2nd, fine, but October means one magical thing here at Hokeyblog: CANADIAN THANKSGIVING!! That’s right, the leaves fall off the trees and the curling brooms stop being used as dueling devices against your little…
This entirely serviceable collection of oldie cover songs was originally released in the USSR and worldwide 3 years later.
If you want to get Beatle Nerd gums a-flapping wildly and passionately and incessantly, just bring up the topic of the band’s American LP releases from the mid 60s. I’m not even kidding. This is a subject I myself love to geek out over, and why not? If you were born of a certain era,…
As of when this album review was published, it has been just around 50 years since the legendary Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in North America (it was released a week earlier in the UK), and I’m going to avoid the easy “It was 50 years ago today…” H1 headline because that…