Papa Roach Celebrates 20 Years of Infest
The year is 2000—insert Conan O’Brien caterwauling “In the year 2000” right here. The Billboard charts were being dominated by the likes of Destiny’s Child, *NSYNC, Britney Spears, OutKast, and Eminem....
View ArticlePoison – Flesh & Blood 30 Years Later
The top of the charts in June 1990 were owned by the likes of New Kids On The Block, Elton John, Roxette, Wilson Phillips, and Luciano Pavarotti. It was certainly not the most fertile breeding ground...
View ArticleAvenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare 10 Years Later
When the world lost insanely talented drummer James “The Rev” Sullivan in December 2009, fans were left to wonder about the fate of Avenged Sevenfold. Riding high off their 2007 self-titled release,...
View ArticleAlice in Chains Celebrates 30 Years of Facelift
While the Grunge movement had set down its roots in the mid 1980s, it would not be until 1991 that the ‘Seattle sound’ would become commercially viable thanks to releases such as Nirvana’s Nevermind,...
View ArticleThe Word Alive – Deceiver A Decade Later
In 2010, the Metalcore scene was ripe with a roster of young bands who were hungry to conquer the world. Some wanted to ruffle feathers and demand your attention, while others intentionally played it...
View ArticleWarrant Dishes Up 30 Years Of Cherry Pie
In Summer 1990, MC Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em had been locked into the No. 1 slot on the Billboard Albums Chart since July 7th. Before that, Sinead O’Connor and New Kids on the Block had...
View ArticleGood Charlotte’s Debut Album Celebrates 20 Years of the Little Things
If you were a teenager in 2000, and you were always picked last in gym class, never had a date to a school dance, or found yourself repeatedly referred to as a freak, well, there was a band to emerge...
View ArticleMotionless In White Celebrates A Decade of Creatures
Fall 2010. The Billboard Albums Chart was dominated by the very bizarre blend of Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Sara Bareilles, Zac Brown Band, and Lil Wayne, to name but a few, and the atmosphere was ripe...
View ArticleLinkin Park Celebrates 20 Years of Hybrid Theory
October 2000. Madonna, Christina Aguilera, and Creed were sitting pretty atop the Billboard Charts. In the Rock-n-Roll world, a second wave of Nu Metal was rising to commercial prominence thanks to the...
View ArticleSting – Duets (Album Review)
Bass guitar god and Rock music staple Sting, AKA Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, has dabbled in Blues, Jazz, Spanish Flamenco, and even Broadway over the years. In the late ‘70s, he took the world by...
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