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GWAR – War Party Rte/DRT, 2004 1. Bring Back The Bomb 2. Krosstika 3. Womb With A View 4. Decay of Grandeur 5. War Party 6. Bonesnapper 7. Lost God 8. The Reaganator 9. The Bonus Plan 10. You Can’t Kill Terror 11. Fist Full of Teeth Consistently hilarious for well over a decade, the [...]

Was I in sixth grade? I believe I was in sixth grade. 1989… that sounds right. About this time, five clean-cut Boston boys were starting to make waves with “(You Got It) The Right Stuff” and a video filled with silly shuffling-type dancing that my friends were beginning to emulate. New Kids On The Block. [...]

One of my favorite things lately is downloading music videos. I don’t say this with any fear of the RIAA or anything because they’re just mpegs of crap from MTV and stuff. But the cool thing is, what I’ve been downloading are the videos that got me into metal. Old Headbangers Ball shit with the [...]

Today has had a lot of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. In the magical land of usenet, piles of Dream Theater bootleg goodness falls into my lap. Oh, tasty Metrop 2 demo… oh bootleg with songs from “our new album, Images & Words”… oh G3, oh NAMM, how you are all so happy and smiling. After two [...]

First: A Perfect Circle, Emotive: cover songs. COVER SONGS. Just in case you didn’t know anything about it at all, I am spoiling it for you now. John Lennon, Depeche Mode, Marvin Gaye, Devo, Led Zeppelin… they all get the treatment. I believe I count two original songs of the whole bunch. Innnnnnnnnteresting. All I [...]

Mortiis – The Grudge Earache, 2004 1. Broken Skin 2. Way Too Wicked 3. The Grudge 4. Decadent and Desperate 5. The Worst In Me 6. Gibber 7. Twist the Knife 8. The Loneliest Thing 9. Le Petit Cochon Sordide 10. Asthma Introducing Mortiis to the unacquainted is an arduous task; once upon a time, [...]

Awesome emails received today: HI, I just wanted to say that I’ve never read such and honest unprestentious music article before, especially from a metalhead. Cheers to you. Rawk… it seems there AREN’T a bunch of idiots reading IP. “General Principles and Musical Forms”? Heavy! As always, your wealth of knowledge astounds me, your articles [...]

I once took a college course entitled Music Appreciation. Quite honestly, it should have just been called Music History as we learned little about what makes “the greats” so great and more about where composers were born and when. While it was quite disappointing in that regard, I did gain the understanding of differences between [...]

No Doubt – Everything In Time Interscope, 2004 1. Big Distraction 2. Leftovers 3. Under Construction 4. Beauty Contest 5. Full Circle 6. Cellophane Boy 7. Everything in Time (Los Angeles) 8. You’re So Foxy 9. Panic 10. New Friend 11. Everything in Time (London) 12. Sailin’ On 13. Oi To the World 14. I [...]

Helmet – Size Matters Interscope, 2004 1. Smart 2. Crashing Foreign Cars 3. See You Dead 4. Drug Lord 5. Enemies 6. Unwound 7. Everybody Loves You 8. Surgery 9. Speak and Spell 10. Throwing Punches 11. Last Breath 1997 was the last year that the music world received a new outing from Helmet. Even [...]