Wednesday’s night with Queensryche at the House of Blues was destined to be a tough sell for some in attendance. In fact, it had been a few years since I had seen Queensryche, because in my mind, I had already seen THE show. A few years ago, Chris Akin and I saw a tour opening […]
Category: The 90s
Queensryche @ House of Blues 5-6-09 – An alternate take
Here’s a guest review of last week’s Queensryche show at the House of Blues, from my good friend Chris Akin of Pitriff. Check out my own review of the night, right here. Queensryche is one of those bands that always works hard to give the fans what they want. Rarely in the last few years […]
Clutch reveal 2009 plans for world domination
My buddy Brian and I are big Clutch fans. In fact, did we ever tell you about the time that we were supposed to go see Clutch at the House of Blues during the Thanksgiving holiday break? We showed up, and our names were not on the guest list. Despite being kind of a big […]
The Monday Morning Mix – Halfway To The Distant Sun – 5/11/09
What It Is: A weekly mix tape posted on Mondays, created by the fans of Addicted to Vinyl, posted for all to enjoy! Be A Part Of It: I want you to make me/us a mix CD. I want to hear the tunes that you are into, new or old. And I want to feature […]
Quick Hits: The Wrestler, The Yayhoos, Mix Tapes, & Lemonheads
Hey kids, I had a “moment” this past week. Occasionally, I’ll lend out music to friends, although if I have my ultra-anal thinking cap on, I’ll often just burn them a copy instead. In this case, I wasn’t thinking straight (not the first time that this has happened.) A couple of weeks later, my co-worker […]
When Retards Attack: Heaven & Hell CA In-Store
I believe that my pal Brian would file this in category “The Dumb.” Thanks to Chris Akin for sharing this with the following comment: As if Metal fans needed help looking like idiots, this jagoff comes along to keep the retard image going! This reminds me humorously of some of the metal in-stores that Chris […]
Eddie Money – The Covers EP – Volume 1
Ever wanted to hear Eddie Money cover Train, the Beatles, AC/DC, and the Four Tops? No? Well, he doesn’t care. That’s the snarky message that I read from my friend Jeff this morning on Twitter. There is no faster way to get me to buy music than to drop the name of one of my […]
Stereo Dictator Guide #1 – Webb Wilder
Hey hey rock fans, please enjoy the first of many posts designed to help you dig back into the vast musical archives of your favorite record store or website with direction, purpose and the sense that you spent your cash wisely. Stereo Dictator Guide #1 features a guy whose credo is: “Work hard, rock hard, […]
Happy 90th Birthday to Jane Scott
Legendary former Plain Dealer rock critic Jane Scott turns 90 years old today. For those of you that are outside of Cleveland, this link will give you some entertaining material to read about Jane. And for even more reading, check out this 2004 interview with Jane! How about this stat from Wikipedia: Scott retired in […]
The Top 12 Punk Rock Live Albums
Editor’s Note: This recent post from Brian at Broken Headphones was too good not to share here on Addicted to Vinyl. With his permission, I’m sharing it here for you to enjoy. If you’re not visiting Brian’s site on a regular basis, shame on you….add that sucker to your RSS! P.S. Brian’s original post featured […]