My original post on Jim Kirkwood is, as of when I’m writing this, the most viewed post on this incarnation of Life in the Vinyl Lane (you can also read about his Eternal Champion Trilogy of albums HERE). This probably shouldn’t be surprising. While dungeon synth (which I’ll be referring to as DS from here […]
Tag: 1992
Wyxmer – “The Syre Of” (1992)
I found this at a record store in Florence, Italy, Wyxmer’s home town. Oddly enough the guy running the shop assured me they were not an Italian band solely based on the name and cover photo. However upon flipping it over and reading the back cover, much to his own surprise he realized that in […]
Soundgarden – “Lollapalooza 1992” (2019)
I decided to take a chance on Soundgarden’s Lollapalooza 1992 on the strength of the set list. It has two of my favorite Louder Than Love songs, “Gun” and “Big Dumb Sex”, as well as what I think are the three best songs on Badmotorfinger, “Jesus Christ Pose”, “Slaves & Bulldozers”, and “Searching With My […]
Jim Kirkwood
(For more on Jim Kirkwood you can read about his Eternal Champion Trilogy HERE and his Sandman Trilogy HERE) Jim Kirkwood is a bit of a legend in the dungeon synth community, almost a myth for a while, really, before folks eventually tracked him down. In the 80s he was a guitar player into rock […]