Mix Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Metallica you get a tourniquet. Tourniquet, actually. Not a tourniquet. A band with a rad name that I had never heard of until recently. Tourniquet. Isn’t that a great name for a band? Especially one … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Tourniquet – Stop the Bleeding
There was no doubt this band was going somewhere. Sometime in 1995, or maybe it was 1996, this striking blond woman singing about being just a girl in the world fronted this new group for a video I watched on … Continue reading Debut Album Review: No Doubt – Self-Titled
One benefit gleaned from this music review site came from attending concerts of bands I otherwise would have passed on. Then, a few months ago I started the debut album series getting me in touch with the beginnings of accomplished … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Fleetwood Mac – Self-titled
When Institute dropped their debut album Distort Yourself on Sept. 13, 2005 out-of-the-loop Bush fans probably thought Gavin Rossdale got the gang back together again and released a surprise album. Arguably, Distort Yourself functioned as a new Bush album but … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Institute – Distort Yourself
With the world mired in a political cesspool, Bono has been strangely quiet. Or maybe I’ve just tuned out all the noise. Not one to keep his mouth shut, Bono, aka Paul Hewson, certainly must have something to say about … Continue reading Debut Album Review: U2 – Boy
Hot off the skillet! Or maybe hot from Skillet. Though, the debut album from Skillet needed more time over the fire. Skillet didn’t raise the thermometer much with their eponymous debut album, at least in the secular rock world. And, … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Skillet – Self-titled
The one man band known as Owl City burst onto the music scene more than 10 years ago with the smash hit “Fireflies” a clever, catchy and emotionally driven synth heavy pop song that propelled Adam Young to brief stardom. … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Owl City – Maybe I’m Dreaming
What a difference a singer makes. Your father’s REO Speedwagon, or maybe your REO Speedwagon, has little in common with the REO Speedwagon that entered the music scene in 1971 with the eponymous debut album R.E.O. Speedwagon. (OK, seriously, what’s … Continue reading Debut Album Review: REO Speedwagon – Self-titled
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone, not already in the know, to identify the band that released Kill ‘Em All as the same band that released Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The fast-paced speed metal of Metallica’s debut album Kill ‘Em All introduced … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
But they have master’s degrees! My rebuttal to those who questioned why I liked the music of The Offspring curators of brash punk pop rock, featuring sometimes interesting subject matter and a singer who yelled the lyrics with little vocal … Continue reading Debut Album Review: The Offspring – Self-titled
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