New and Improved Top 5 Stripper Songs
Posted on 04.29.08 by hardrockchick @ 10:46 pm

So one of my most read entries is Top 5 Stripper songs. Apparently there are a lot of people out there looking for stripper worthy tunes, and the Hard Rock Chick is happy to provide them. So, in order to fuel the desire, here are 5 more stripperific songs.

Thanks to everyone who for some reason felt compelled to make vids of themselves dancing to these songs. It’s damn good entertainment.

Fuck the Pain Away/Peaches

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Top 5 Influential Bands (that never had much commercial success)
Posted on 04.29.08 by hardrockchick @ 10:34 pm

Velvet Underground
It is often said that while only a few thousand people bought their first record when it was releases, almost all of them went on to start their own band.

Influenced: Patti Smith, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bowie, REM, The Pixies

Venus in Furs

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Top 15: Modern Rock Vocalists
Posted on 04.28.08 by hardrockchick @ 12:11 am

These are the voices I love to hear over and over and over again:

Chris Cornell/Soundgarden, Audioslave, and…um….solo albums

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Top 5: musicians who straddle the line of genius/insanity
Posted on 03.19.08 by hardrockchick @ 12:40 pm

Brilliant, self-destructive, esoteric, wacky…all good descriptors of the following:

1. Anton Newcombe/Brian Jonestown Massacre

45% genius/55% insanity

2. Wayne Coyne/The Flaming Lips

75% genius/25% insanity

3. Tom Waits

80% genius/20% insanity

4. Frank Zappa

50% genius/50% insanity

5. Ted Nugent
20% genius/80% insanity (and counting)


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Top 10 modern day bassists
Posted on 02.23.08 by hardrockchick @ 4:12 pm

1. Twiggy Ramirez/Jeordie White of Marilyn Manson, Goon Moon, A Perfect Circle, and Nine Inch Nails

2. Mike Inez of Alice in Chains (It’s hard to find video that doesn’t focus on Layne or Jerry)

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Top 5: Low fi music vids
Posted on 02.12.08 by hardrockchick @ 3:08 pm

OK Go: Here It Goes Again. All well choreographed and well practiced dance moves make this seem higher budget than it is.

Mickey Avalon: Waiting to Die. Shot with a cell phone.

Beck: Elevator Music. Beck released 2006’s The Information, with a video for every song; most of them low budget.

Snoop Dogg: Sensual Seduction. Worn out VHS tape style.

A Place to Bury Strangers: I Know I’ll See You. Shot using a webcam from the director’s home in LA and the band was in their RV.


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Top 5: hybrid or flat out made up music genres
Posted on 02.11.08 by hardrockchick @ 11:38 pm

1. electro-synth spaz: Yip-Yip

2. Ghettotech / Concrete / Melodramatic Popular Song :Rjd2

3. Screamo / Glam / Rap: Foreign Beggars

4. Death Metal / Happy Hardcre / Powerpop: Scratch Perverts

5. New Wave / Dub / Psychobilly: Santogold


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Top 5: Music Video directors
Posted on 01.28.08 by hardrockchick @ 12:51 am

1. Spike Jonze

Fatboy Slim/Praise You. To put himself in the starring role took something all by itself. And it was very timely, hitting in 1999, right before reality television took off.

Beastie Boys/Sabotage. He took the already cool Beastie Boys and made them cooler.

Fatboy Slim/Weapon of Choice. Two words: Christopher Walken. Two more words: Can Dance.

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Top 5: I’m Depressed About the World songs
Posted on 01.22.08 by hardrockchick @ 9:51 pm

The world is pretty fucked up right now. Today felt like the tipping point where all hell began to break loose. Yesterday was Blue Monday…perhaps today is Black Tuesday. We’re in year 5 of a war, oil costs $100 a barrel, the stock market is taking a nose dive, health care sucks, mortgages suck, entertainers are dying from pills instead of heroin, our president is retarded….let’s commiserate.

Black Flag- Depression

Tears For Fears- Mad World

Nirvana- Downer

NIN- Survivalism

Radiohead- Lucky


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Top 5: Things to take to a show
Posted on 01.15.08 by hardrockchick @ 8:48 pm

1. Your ticket. There’s no worse feeling than getting to a show and realizing you left your ticket at home. Likewise, if your ticket is at Will Call, don’t forget to print your email receipt, bring your credit card, and…

2. Your ID. If you’re 21, of course. And if the venue is 21 and up.

3. Ear plugs! If you go to shows frequently, you should invest in some earplugs, or at least go get some from coat check, security, or at the bigger shows they are free at the rock medicine booths. I’m awaiting a nice pair of custom earplugs soon, so I can enjoy the vocals again.

4. Sturdy shoes. Metal and rock shows= steel toes. Hip hop= sneaks. There are only a few shows where it is acceptable to wear nice shoes, and usually they involve having a seat. If you wear stilettos to a GA show, please don’t step on people’s feet- I have some permanent damage.

5. Money. Drinks-Posters-CDs-Tees…support your venue and the band. And don’t forget to tip your bartender.


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