Metallica Resurrects The ‘Snake Pit’

You’ve got to hand it to Metallica – when they decide to be nostalgic about things, they really do it right. From the latest newsletter: As you may have heard, the theme of our summer trek through Europe is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of the Black Album by playing it in its […]

Discovering Wally

“Wally” is a rather nondescript name when you see it on an album cover. It could be a one man band project or the musical vanity plate for a band driven by the principal songwriter. In this case, Wally is a British progressive band that for nearly 40 years has been most active via the […]

Genesis: Come Rain Or Shine

I just watched Come Rain or Shine, the Genesis film that documents the preparatory process as the band and their crew worked to get ready for the first Genesis tour in 15 years. The film has been showing recently on VH-1 Classic (and apparently, you can also watch it on Hulu – see below) and […]

Lion’s Den!

I never thought I’d hear this one outside of listening to it on my copy of Tracks, so I was severely geeked to see (well, virtually anyway) Bruce Springsteen pull out “Lion’s Den” last night at the first MSG show. Now that they appear to have worked up a nice arrangement for the band, I […]