Rise up, gather ’roundRock this place to the ground,Burn it up let’s go for broke,Watch the night go up in smoke. Rock on (rock on)… The 1980s were the apex of bands and artists singing about rock. Not being rock, per se, but singing about it. Singing about rock, and rocking, and how great it […]
Category: Rock
United States – “Bedazuld” (1982)
OK, first things first. There seems to be disagreement as to the actual name of this early 80s trio from Toronto. Are they United States, or United State, or United Stats, or United Stat (with “stat” likely pronounced “state”)? The consensus on Canadian music websites appears to be be United State. But their one and […]
Chainsaw – “Massacre” (1984)
I’ve written many times before that it’s often the cover of a record that makes me pick it up in the store, especially when I’m flipping through the used bins. In the case of Chainsaw’s record Massacre it wasn’t the front cover, but the back cover that really drew me in: There’s a lot to […]
Led Zeppelin – “The Song Remains The Same” (1976)
I know, I know… more Led Zeppelin, you’re thinking. “Yeah, sure, but this is the Japanese pressing,” he said sheepishly, knowing it did not make the situation seem cooler, at least not to most people. We spent a long weekend up in Bellingham, Washington, near the Canadian border, and while there I popped into the […]
From The Vault – Interview with Dream Wife’s Rakel Mjöll
Back in the late 2010s I wrote a bit for RVK On Stage, a cool English-language magazine focused on the Icelandic music scene. Alas, the print version only lasted four issues, and while the website hung around for a while after that, when I tried the url earlier today my browser flashed all kinds of […]