Consider this a different kind of Listening Post and more like a Reflections Column. With Reflecting Pool I will be going back through the catalog of bands that I love and have been following for years. I will try to be as impartial as possible, but I admit that I Continue Reading
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Listening Post: Judas Priest – Point of Entry
Priest picks up where they left off… Judas Priest – Point of Entry – 1981 (iTunes – Amazon) With Point of Entry, Judas Priest takes everything they learned about how to make more radio friendly music on British Steel and meld that with the no-holds-barred sensibility of Hell Bent. The Continue Reading
listening Post: Judas Priest – British Steel
Judas Priest solidifies the formula and speaks to legions of mulletheads the world over…. Judas Priest – British Steel – 1980 (iTunes – Amazon) I know, I know, this is the classic Priest album. This is the one that broke them wide. They hit #4 on the brit charts and Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – Dookie
Consider this a different kind of Listening Post and more like a Reflections Column. With Reflecting Pool I will be going back through the catalog of bands that I love and have been following for years. I will try to be as impartial as possible, but I admit that I Continue Reading
listening Post: Judas Priest – Hell Bent for Leather
“Breaking the Law”, “Another Thing Coming”, that’s just about the depth of my Judas Priest knowledge. Well, I know about the alleged backwards masking. I know that Halford is the leader of the metal/leather image. And gay. I now that the terrible move Rock Star was based on them. Sort Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Stained Class
“Breaking the Law”, “Another Thing Coming”, that’s just about the depth of my Judas Priest knowledge. Well, I know about the alleged backwards masking. I know that Halford is the leader of the metal/leather image. And gay. I now that the terrible move Rock Star was based on them. Sort Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Sin After Sin
“Breaking the Law”, “Another Thing Coming”, that’s just about the depth of my Judas Priest knowledge. Well, I know about the alleged backwards masking. I know that Halford is the leader of the metal/leather image. And gay. I now that the terrible move Rock Star was based on them. Sort Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
“Breaking the Law”, “Another Thing Coming”, that’s just about the depth of my Judas Priest knowledge. Well, I know about the alleged backwards masking. I know that Halford is the leader of the metal/leather image. And gay. I now that the terrible move Rock Star was based on them. Sort Continue Reading
Listening Post: Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla
“Breaking the Law”, “Another Thing Coming”, that’s just about the depth of my Judas Priest knowledge. Well, I know about the alleged backwards masking. I know that Halford is the leader of the metal/leather image. And gay. I now that the terrible move Rock Star was based on them. Sort Continue Reading
listening Post: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Highway Companion
The last Tom Petty album before MudCrutch. He jettisoned the Heartbreakers and brought back Mr. ELO. Tom Petty – Highway Companion – 2006 (Buy It) Live blogging the last TP record. Saving Grace. A neat little toe-tapping rocker that suggests that this record might actually be fun.Square One. Oh, but Continue Reading