a notion made immediately clear when the album’s first single, “Lightning Strike,” dropped. It’s quintessential Judas Priest with mind-boggling guitar work, nuanced drumming and a dominant performance from the Metal God himself, Rob Halford. As the eldest ...
During a 2020 interview withUltimate Guitar,Toto’sSteve Lukatherclaimed he saw grunge as “just another word,” before praising several of the genre’s most notable acts. "I loved grunge music. Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains is an old pal - what a great band with great songs,” he...
Bad Companyensconced themselves in an old castle. They weren't hiding out, despite the immense pressure to follow up the band's chart-topping debut album. In fact, their sophomore release was falling together with the greatest of ease. "I rented [Clearwell Castle] on the Welsh border near ...
After a downturn withPoint of Entry, Judas Priest rebounded strongly with 1982’sScreaming for Vengeance. This is the album where the band really established themselves as the ‘80s dominant metal force, with Rob Halford belting some of his best performances. “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’...
According toTotal Reptile, this smell is distinctive to rattlesnakes and copperheads who start to smell like an old cucumber when they're locked inside four walls and are either dying, on high alert, or hibernating. This odor comes from their glands, and as we know, these are extremely poi...
While Lombardo and Metallica practically grew up together as bands and have familiarity with each other dating back to the early '80s, he only played the first two songs of the set, leaving the rest to the 29-year-old Jordison who had jammed with the group earlier that day in p...
“just another word,” before praising several of the genre’s most notable acts. "I loved grunge music. Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains is an old pal - what a great band with great songs,” he proclaimed. "Obviously, Pearl Jam is a great band … I really love what all those ...
Paul Simon (1986):Nobody's done more for world music than Simon, who enlisted South African musicians to liven his greatest solo LP. 'Graceland' is a joyous, super-catchy collection of songs about growing up, growing old and seizing the moment. Forget the controversy; this is music to ge...
"This was done in an old-school way, with an analog desk – a big, long desk – and a Studer tape machine, 32 tracks or whatever," he told Rock Music Star. "And a huge studio behind the glass, where you had the drums set up and all these little compartments with glass, and eve...
Rob Halford is remarkable at 40 years old, executing one of his finest performances in his already impressive career. From the devastating title track to the banner waving “One Shot at Glory” stacked in between are “Hell Patrol” “Night Crawler” and “A Touch of Evil.” 11. Slayer, ...