The older I get, the more apocryphal this list seems. I saw a lot of bands, but I don't remember seeing some of the bands on this very dumb list I made for MySpace. I look back at making this list, and I think about what I was doing with my first real experience being … Continue reading Two Lists
Playing cover songs not only teaches you how to play different styles of a song, it puts you inside the music in a way that listening alone can never achieve. Music has shaped my life in so many ways, but I never feel as connected to a song as when I'm playing it. The folk … Continue reading I Like Playing Other People’s Songs
Hardcore punk rock was challenging itself to find heavier paths when Sleep’s Volume One was released in 1991. The lightly distorted guitars and heavily didactic vocals, were making way for more poetic, feelings-driven messaging. There was a stress hangover from the heady, violence-fueled days of the early punk era, and the music reflects that claustrophobic … Continue reading The Heaviest Albums I’ve Heard
I'm not entirely sure what makes an album "pivotal" to one's life. Good music should leave an impression. Maybe a song changed the way you pictured yourself or your view of future's dreams. Listening to full albums often takes you down alleyways you don't expect, or sometimes want, to go. So you're listening to an … Continue reading 12 Personally Pivotal Albums
The Forest Floor was a doom metal themed internet radio show that aired on Grip Of Delusion internet radio for most of 2014 by Christi Rat. Below is a list of every song that aired. Every time, I'm on the street, people laugh and point at me. Scott 'Wino' WeinrichSaint Vitus "Born Too Late" 1a … Continue reading The Forest Floor Doom Metal Radio (2014)
Mystery Doll 