Hi all,
Things have been at a bit of a standstill here, for a few reasons. One is that I am moving at the end of the month, and woefully behind on getting this place packed up. Second, said new location is a new house, and I’ve had to sign my name probably 8,000 [...]

The metal legends Spinal Tap have announced a one-night world tour, starting and ending at Wembley Arena in London on June 30th. (I think this is the night of the solstice - does this mean they will break out the old Stonehenge set?) Bassmaster Derek Smalls said “One night is not enough, and it’s [...]

A Rush album of covers? Okay, I didn’t buy this when it came out, because I’d already seen all of the car commercials that featured these songs. It’s always amazing how old hard rock goes from the AOR stations to the brokerage commercials now.  I mean, I love Led Zeppelin and The Who, [...]

Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday night, and played two songs as a five-piece, with two bassists: Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo. Below is the video of “Master of Puppets”; they also played “Enter Sandman”.
My observations:

It was cool that they played one pre-black song.
Flea inducted the band, and [...]