As you may know, I grew up during the heyday of grunge, but that style of music never spoke to me at all. (Actually, I was so utterly alienated by grunge that I spent years unable to understand what it was that made people hardcore fans of any band.) I picked up an album here and there over the years as a song caught my fancy, but it wasn’t until I bought that copy of Cross Road that everything started to come together for me to really become a fan of rock music.
Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous Rock’ Category
Discoveries
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011So I went on a road trip up into New England with my mother this past weekend. We stopped off in Newport to get some lunch and take a break from riding in the car, and while I was taking a walk I found a record store.
Family is Everything
Monday, April 25th, 2011I spent a lot of time with my family over the holiday weekend, and it struck me that it was my family that really played a big role in introducing me to rock music.
Stuck In My Head
Friday, March 11th, 2011For some reason, I sometimes wake up in the morning with a song stuck in my head. I’m not sure why this is; it’s often not even a song that I’ve heard recently. But it happens. And for whatever reason, I had it happen to me THREE TIMES this week.
Ultimate Valentine’s Day Playlist of the Unlucky
Monday, February 14th, 2011For those of us less lucky in love, I present my personal list of the Top 5 best ‘love sucks’ songs…
Review: Alice Cooper on Behind the Music
Friday, November 5th, 2010I’ve been lucky with the random channel surfing this week. Yesterday, I stumbled across Alice Cooper’s episode of Behind the Music, which I hadn’t gotten to see before.
Alice Cooper interview
Monday, October 18th, 2010The Boston Herald has an interview with Alice Cooper about his tour with Rob Zombie.
Rock of Ages on the Tonight Show, and other things
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010I did catch most of the Rock of Ages touring company performance on Monday’s Tonight Show. Note that I did say ‘most’. It was a long Monday, and I fell asleep on the couch before the end of the 11 o’clock news.
Tribute Band Review: Live Wire at Penn’s Peak
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010This is the second half of the post that I started on Monday. This is a Bon Jovi blog primarily, after all, so Bad Medicine got their own post all to themselves. But the set by Live Wire (an AC/DC tribute band) was the main event. I probably wouldn’t have gone to see Live Wire by themselves, but I do like AC/DC, and in combination with Bad Medicine, the show was too tempting to pass up.