This is my Music Box. I will post music videos, live performances, reviews and news. I love all music and it will be evident in the posts. I would love your feedback. Please comment on the posts, as the site is designed for interaction. So have fun and enjoys the classics, the forgotten, the never-known and some new stuff along the way.
This past Friday night, Canadian metal band Anvil made a stop in St. Louis. They played in front of a fairly large crowd at one of St. Louis's top concert venues, The Pageant. The crowd was full of metal-heads of all ages and while it was obvious that most of the fans there had never heard of Anvil before the documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", they were loud and into every note the band ripped out.
The Southern California rock band Adema has reunited with singer Marky Chavez. The band is set to start recording a new album soon. Here is a song from Adema's debut S/T album. Adema - The Way You Like It
Ted Nugent is know more today for his politics. He never at a loss for words when it come to politics, hunting, or the right to bear arms. However, Ted is a very accomplished guitar player. Most people know Cat Scratch Fever and Stranglehold, but the had quite a few other good songs in the 70's. Here is one you don't hear on classic rock stations or see him play in concert anymore, Sweet Sally.
Candlebox were unfortunate victims of the grunge movement. Their problem was that being from Seattle in the early 90's they were considered grunge. The band didn't fit the label and when grunge went away so did their popularity. Candlebox was much more than a grunge band. They were a hard rock band with blues influence. They deserved more recognition for songwriters and artist than they received. After three albums (Candlebox, Lucy and Happy Pills) and some very good success ("You" and "Cover Me" both reached the billboard top 100) the band broke up in 2000.
The band got beck together in 2008 sounding better than ever. Their album Into The Sun was released that year and a tour followed. The guys are currently working on an album due out this year. Let's hope they stay on track with their last album. "Stand" was the first single from Into The Sun. Here it is.
One of the most underrated punk bands from the early 90's was the band D Generation. They mixed glam and punk to their garage sound. The band was around long enough to release three albums, but never got much mainstream attention. I think the band was ahead of it's time and would have fared better if they came out a decade of so later. The song No Way Out from their self titled debut was a perfect punk rock song.
Long before Rob Zombie was running horror classics, he was lead singer of the band White Zombie. The band's big break came thanks to Beavis and Butthead. Their song Thunder Kiss 65 was featured on the show and got the Beavis and Butthead seal of approval. The band released two hard rocking, groove metal albums that put them near the top of the metal scene in the early 90's. One of the bands biggest hits was More Human Than Human.
Disturbed are getting ready to record their fifth studio album. Hopefully the band will continue the trend of their last album Indestructible and release another top quality album. I felt after a superb debut the band was stuck in a rut and just recording albums that all sounded the same. However with Indestructible the band pulled out of the rut and release their best album since their debut The Sickness. One of Indestructible best songs was the track Inside The Fire.
The new of American Idol premiered this week. As always, the first few weeks of the show consists of the tryout. That basically means we get the see a couple really good singers thrown into an hour of no talent Jackasses that can’t understand that they can’t sing.
In the second tryout episode we may have already gotten the most memorable moment of the season. Gen. Larry Platt was given a tryout despite the fact that he has no shot at winning based on the shows age requirements. Platt, a former Civil Rights activist, made the best of his oppertunity. Not only may he have created the novelty hit of the year, but he’s sure to become the newest incarnate of William Hung. The only difference is Platt has more talent, creativity and personality in his little toe that Hung ever showed.
Before Linda Perry wrote smash hits for Pink (Get The Party Started) and Christina Aguilera (Beautiful), she had a big hit of her own. As front person for the rock group 4 Non Blondes she recorded one of the most recognizable and yet annoying songs of the 90's. The song "What's Up" was an instant hit and Perry unusual vocals made the song had to turn off. Unfortunetly, her unusual vocals were also a big reason that many people began to dread hearing the song.
Primer 55 came out as rap metal was losing it's stream. It was starting to get watered down and most of the bans were sounding the same. Primer 55 was different though. Their debut album, Introduction To Mayhem might have sounded similar to some of ther other groups that were around at the time, but the energy of their live shows was not comparable. With their second album, New Release they expanded their sound even further away from the rap metal scene and add a little jazz and blues flavor to the thick rock sound. Unfortunately as the band was truly starting to grow musically, their personal differences got in the way and they split up.
The band's biggest hit was the song Loose. The video was filmed in and around Pop's in Sauget, IL just outside of St. Louis, MO. I was at the concert, which they filmed the live shots. The concert was insane. The crowd was crazy and the band was at their best. It's unfortunate that they broke up, because I think they were hitting their groove musically and could have been somewhat successful. Here is the video for Loose.
One of the ultimate one hit wonders of the 60's was brought to us by Nancy Sinatra. Frank's baby girl showed that she was more than just the cute daughter of a legend. She had attitude, sex appeal and a desire to be a star.
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' not only made Nancy an instant success, but it made the object of many men's fantasies in the 60's. Nancy used this song to step out of the shadows of her father and it did just that. Unfortunately, the song was to popular and she was never again able to reach the success of that song.
In the mid 80's, Illinois band Enuff Z'Nuff popped into the glam rock scene with a the self titles album, Enuff Z'Nuff . The band's psychedelic pop rock added something new to the glam scene, unfortunately the relied on their image more than substance. After two minor hits with the songs New Thing and Fly High Michelle, the band quickly became considered more of a joke than a credible rock band.
The band smartly decided to tone down their image for the release of the second album Strength, but even with critical praise from the likes of Rolling Stone magazine, it wasn't enough. The band was soon dropped from their record label. That didn't stop them and they found another label to release their third album, Animals With Human Intelligence. This album also received some critical praise, but the band's mainstream popularity was gone. Here is the song Right by your side from that album.
