Archive for the Music Category

Alex Perekrest and Red Giant – 2

Posted in Journalism, Music, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 25, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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Yeppers… crazy days. And all of Cleveland knew it. Continue reading

Alex Perekrest and Red Giant – 1

Posted in Journalism, Music, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 16, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle

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This article, published in four parts, is the product of an unlikely friendship that only Facebook could facilitate. Continue reading

“Sometimes, the riff is so fucking good you want to hear it over and over again for fifty-two minutes.”

Posted in Music, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 11, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

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Even the name of the band, ‘Sleep’, is redolent of one bong too many. Continue reading

Billy Joel – ‘She’s Always A Woman To Me.’

Posted in Music, Observation, Real Men with tags , , , , , on August 28, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI3MwwWYC3Q

The singer/songwriter genre is the most esteemed category of ‘popular’ music. Continue reading

High on Fire

Posted in Music, Real Men with tags , , on July 18, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

The rumors are true…

 

 

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RIP Tommy Ramone

Posted in Music, Obituary, Real Men with tags , , on July 13, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbDekaqw3lQ

The last original member of The Ramones has left this mortal coil.

See ya later, Tommy.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/tommy-ramone-drummer-and-last-surviving-member-of-the-ramones-dies/story-e6frfn09-1226986691046

Glorious Chaos

Posted in Music, Observation with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 25, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

“What I’ve always loved about heavy metal is that it’s rebel music.”

-Buzz Osborne,

The Melvins

 http://www.avclub.com/article/melvins-buzz-osborne-picks-songs-by-bands-that-wer-200741

I first saw High on Fire at the Soundwave festival in 2010. Continue reading

Rollins Band – ‘Weight’.

Posted in Journalism, Music, Observation with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 16, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle

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Some years ago, I was hunting around on iTunes and discovered, to my considerable astonishment, there was no review for The Rollins Band’s magnum opus, The End of Silence. Continue reading

‘…Like Clockwork’

Posted in Music, Observation with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 13, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle

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“My whole life, I’ve always wanted to be un-hecklable, you know? …I remember staring into GBH [record] covers, Exploited covers, Black Flag covers and just thinking, ‘Go for it, man…’ You know, getting that feeling in your stomach when you leave a first date… I’m just looking for that. I hope I can give that to somebody, somewhere.”

–       Josh Homme, NME interview, Paris Continue reading

Jeff Hanneman – Obituary

Posted in Music, Real Men with tags , , on May 6, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle

imagesJeff Hanneman’s obituary, as published in ‘The Guardian’. A suitably loquacious obit about the lion’s share of the creative brains that will drive Slayer into the pantheon of rock and roll greats.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/03/jeff-hanneman-slayer

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