Funny randomness – My rock and roll comrade TDavid had a post today talking about among other things, the upcoming album from AC/DC, which is currently being helmed by Brendan O’Brien, who has certainly had his hands on a number of great rock albums over the years, and maintains a diverse selection of clients from day to day. For instance, he’s been the go-to guy in recent years for Bruce Springsteen, and produced Springsteen’s most recent album Magic.

But hey, not everyone is a fan of Brendan’s work…..

You may know O’Brien as the man behind some the finest albums by Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and Matthew Sweet, and some of the lamest by by Bruce Springsteen, Train, Papa Roach, and Incubus. Barf.

“Rage Against The Machine in the ’90s, Audioslave today” sums up his career pretty well.

Ouch. But that is funny.

Now for the random part: As it happens, I was driving in to work today, listening to some 80s pop something or other randomness on my Ipod, and for some reason, my mind popped to one of my favorite rock and roll collaborations, and I immediately wondered if it was on my Ipod. And indeed it was.

What is this of which I speak, you ask?

Well, it would be the sorely underrated collaboration between Jackyl and AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson that brought us the great raspy duet Locked and Loaded, which any self-respecting fan of Jackyl, AC/DC, or both, can find by grabbing a copy of the 1997 Jackyl release Cut The Crap.

Jackyl (w/ Brian Johnson of AC/DC) Locked and Loaded

Now, I wasn’t the biggest Jackyl fan, or even really much of a Jackyl fan at all…but the first time I heard this one, it immediately registered a perfect 10 score on the ROCK-O-METER. And it’s such a great song, that of course you never hear it on the radio these days. Add appropriate and large amounts of sarcasm here.

As for Cut The Crap? Well, in my opinion, the rest of it was crap. But I’m willing to give Jackyl a pass. Locked and Loaded is worth owning the entire disc, in my opinion. But hey, in these days and times of downloading, you can just skip straight to downloading Locked and Loaded from your favorite MP3 outlet, and that’s cool too!

ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK:

Johnson and Jackyl found time again several years later to convene for one more rock and roll number with a title that is quite rock and roll – Kill The Sunshine – but this one doesn’t quite measure up on the ROCK-O-METER next to Locked and Loaded. It’s good, but it’s no Locked and Loaded.

Ya’ll get my point, right?

p.s. – check out TDavid’s blog for information on 3 brand new songs that you can download for FREE from Brian Johnson!