that crazy billie joe

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

Green Day may not be the most agro rock around, but Billie Joe Armstrong was mad this night.

Genre(s): Concerts Gone Wild

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top 5 TV show themes from the ’90s

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

Back before DVRs, we sat through these intros every time we watched these shows. And we all watched them, since we only had like 50 channels. I bet you still know all the words, or can hum the tune.

Beverly Hills, 90210
“duh nu nu nuh, du nuh nuh nuh (punch punch)”

Saved By the Bell
“When I wake up in the morning…”

Fresh Prince
“Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down…”

Wonder Years
A perfect song picked for a perfect show.

Blossom
Ditto

Genre(s): Top 5

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flight of the conchords

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

Flight of the Conchords is the new bit of brilliantness showing on HBO. The half hour comedy follows 2 guys in a “digi-folk” band from New Zealand. They’ve relocated to New York to try to ‘make it’. A hipster version of Tenacious D, perhaps, would be the best way to describe it. Here’s a taste.

The duo has been performing since 2002. And they really are from New Zealand. That place is just cool.

Genre(s): Rockin' Things To Do

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top 5 one hit wonders in rock music

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

One is better than none. But these songs are all so great, how could they not make more? Before you ream me for this one…I know that technically some of the bands had other singles, yadda yadda. These were just one hit wonders for me. I had to have the albums, and I never got into any other song on them.

1. In A Gadda Da Vida, Iron Butterfly

2. Spacegrass, Clutch

3. In The Meantime, Spacehog

4. Three Little Pigs, Green Jelly

5. Natural One, Folk Implosion

Genre(s): Top 5

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top 5: momentous movie music moments

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

See the movie, get this song stuck in your head. These movies own these songs/artists.

1. Q. Lazzarus in Silence of the Lambs

2. Tears For Fears, Donnie Darko

3. The Shins, Garden State

4. Aimee Mann, Magnolia

5. The Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever

Genre(s): Top 5

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top 5 goth girl anthems

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

1. Bauhaus: Bela Lugosi’s Dead

2. The Cure: Lovesong

3. Joy Division: Dead Souls

4. Depeche Mode: Everything Counts

5. Skinny Puppy: Testure

Genre(s): Top 5

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Record Recap: Marilyn Manson’s Eat Me, Drink Me

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

Manson’s 6th studio album, Eat Me, Drink Me, is one of his best. Mr. Shock Rocker has matured from being an overtly outrageous spectacle with polarizing thematic elements, to songs that encapsulate the dark places that exist in everyone (almost).

While many reviews have slammed this album for not being the typical Manson work, I feel that this is exactly what is inherently wrong with music journalism- if the writers aren’t getting more of the same, they don’t like it. Eat Me, Drink Me is not the work of an uninspired, scared to shock anymore man, but rather a change of pace colored by a period of heartbreak and a blossoming new relationship. These are what Manson love songs sound like.

It is very apparent that the demise of his marriage with Dita Von Teese has influenced this album as much as the start of his relationship Evan Rachel Wood. Morose replaces anger in this album, making it a much more complex animal. Not to mention the influence of Lewis Carroll and Nabokov.

While still classifiable as industrial rock- with the synths and the heavy drums, this album shows a heavy indie rock guitar influence. Listening to the riffs in The Red Carpet Grave, They Said Hell’s Not Hot, and, in particular, Heart Shaped Glasses, you can’t help but think of Modest Mouse or Spoon.

Stand out tracks are If I Was Your Vampire, the single, Heart Shaped Glasses, Evidence, and You And Me And The Devil Makes 3.

I’ll be seeing Manson and Slayer in August, so stay tuned for a live review. It will be my first Manson show…and I’ve been waiting 10 years for it since the last time he came close to where I lived mommy and daddy banned me from going.

Nice Manson article in Spin here.

Genre(s): Record Recap

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top 10 dance moves

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

These videos are all priceless in and of themselves. Learn these moves and take ‘em to tha club this weekend.

1. The Moonwalk

2. The Worm

3. The Hammer

4. The Swipe

5. The Roger Rabbit

6. Chicken Noodle Soup

7. Hyphy

8. Krump

9. Raver

10. The Cabbage Patch

Genre(s): Top 5

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rock and shop: celebrity cellars

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

Ah rock and roll. The former rebellious nature has been refined so much over the years. And now what do we have here? Bottles of wine with band labels on them?

Celebrity Cellars sells “star tribute wine bottles”. They are official, licensed collectibles for super hardcore fans that aren’t satisfied with the usual fare of guitar picks and set lists.

KISS, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd….and that’s it.

In another, related story….Maynard James Keenan (tool) makes his own wine: Caduceus.

Genre(s): Rock and Shop

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just announced: alice in chains and velvet revolver dates

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 6 months ago.]

this is going to be the show. I don’t want to hear it- even without Layne it will still be badassssss. I’ve seen them both separately, and I might have a heart attack seeing them back to back. Will Slash save me?

So no dates around here yet….but those are to be announced soon. Meow…purrrrrrr.

Aug. 05 - Baltimore, MD @ Pimlico Race Course
Aug. 06 - Verona, NY @ Turning Stone Resort & Casino
Aug. 08 - Sturgis, SD @ Buffalo Chip Campground
Aug. 11 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Aug. 12 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 14 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center
Aug. 16 - Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug. 17 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 18 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug. 20 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Aug. 21 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Aug. 23 - Saratoga, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Aug. 24 - Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion
Aug. 25 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel Casino
Aug. 27 - Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug. 28 - Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Aug. 29 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

Genre(s): Just Announced

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