Alternative Rock Nostalgia Buzz

Below is a list of all the CD's and Vinyl that I own!!!!! This is also the 100th post so boo-yaa! CD’s 1. AC/DC-Back in Black 2. AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 3. The Afghan Whigs-Gentlemen 4. Alice in Chains-Sap EP 5. Alice in Chains-Unplugged 6. Alice in Chains-Music Bank 7. Alice in Chains-Live 8. America-The Complete Greatest Hits 9. American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 10. Anthrax-Attack of the Killer B’s 11. Anthrax-Sound of White Noise 12. Anthrax-Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991) 13. Ass Ponys-Grim 14. Ass Ponys-Electric Rock Music 15. Ass Ponys-Lohio 16. Avail-4 am Friday/Live at the Bottom of the Hill 17. Badfinger-The Very Best of 18. Bad Brains-Banned in D.C.: Bad Brains’ Greatest Riffs 19. Bad Brains-Rise 20. Barenaked Ladies-Stunt 21. Barenaked Ladies-One Week single 22. Barenaked Ladies-Maroon 23. Barenaked Ladies-Disc One: All Their Great...

Forgotten Songs of the ‘90s: Rave-Ups One of the most forgotten bands of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s were the Rave-Ups out of L.A. The band struggled for years until they got noticed by John Hughes and landed a song on the soundtrack of “Sixteen Candles” and then landed a deal with Epic Records. After releasing one record, 1988’s The Book of Your Regrets , they almost got dropped but some people at the label really had faith in the band and they were able to hang on long enough to make another record, 1990’s Chance and ended up scoring a hit with the masterful “Respectfully King of Rain.” Kicking off with the excellent riffs of guitarist Terry Wilson and the vocals of Jimmer Podrasky, the band get into the groove quickly and are unable to let it go. By the time they get to the chorus, one almost wonders if the song is about the band’s attempts at success, “Well I won’t make it if you won’t make it, take these lonesome dreams of making it, down.” The band are able to convey these imag...

Forgotten Songs of the ‘70s: Dickies The Dickies were one of the most unique and poppy punk bands of the initial seventies outbreak. Coming out from southern California, they made a name for themselves for their unique take on cartoon theme songs and pop classics. Their hits range from covers of “Paranoid” and “Nights in White Satin” to the theme of “Gigantor” and the song they should be remembered for “Banana Splits (Tra La La Song).” Doing the sixties kiddie classic at warp speed, the band immediately set off on a mess of fun by upping the ante by having great harmony vocals from the whole band and tight concise drumming, courtesy of Karlos Kabarello (R.I.P.) But the real star of the show is frontman Leonard Graves Phillips, whose high, nasally pitch became the band’s trademark and the song’s original vocals give him a chance to shine here and he does wonderfully. All of these things helped to make the band household names in England where this song went top ten on the singles chart,...

Forgotten Album of the Month: Monster Magnet It’s hard to believe I haven’t done anything about this band but it’s time for that to change. By the time 1998 rolled around, the stoner/sludge metal band Monster Magnet had gone as far as they could with their trademark sound and they realized that it was time for a change. So frontman Dave Wyndorf, suffering from writer’s block went to Las Vegas for a few months and wrote what became his band’s breakthrough album, Powertrip . Now most people remember the band for “Space Lord,” with its’ hip hop inspired video but there is so much more to recommend on the album besides the throwaway pop hit. The best track on the record is the title track, which I heard in the fall of ’98 with a video filled with footage from the now forgotten Kurt Russell action “Soldier” and I was riveted because the song was so damn heavy and covered in riffs. The lyrics, as with most of Wyndorf’s words are as true now as they were when he wrote them because there are m...