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Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category

November 6th, 2007

Defining A “Sell-out” Band.

The term “Sell-Out” is thrown around so much these days it gets a bit aggravating at times. At what point is it justifiable to call a band “Sell-outs”?
It seems everyone wants to jump on the crazy bandwagon these days calling any band thats makes it big and hits the mainstream with a vengeance “Sell-outs”. Isn’t […]

By Scott -- 4 comments

November 2nd, 2007

Turisas…Um..ok.

I don’t know what to make of this band. Folk metal? I suppose you could call it innovative or unique. I don’t want to be ignorant and bash them but I just can’t get into this…It’s kinda cool in it’s own way. I suppose you would have to be a fan of folk music too. […]

By Scott -- 3 comments

October 29th, 2007

10 CD’s to Have On A Deserted Island

Imagine that you somehow get stranded on a deserted island, sorta like that TV show Lost…except without polar bears, crazy people and shit. So you’restranded there and you just happen to have 10 cd’s there to listen to. If you could have your pick of ten cd’s to have with you, loaded on your IPod, […]

By Scott -- 7 comments

October 24th, 2007

Did God Push Glenn Danzig Off The Stage At MD Show?

I can’t take credit for the title of this post. I read this article on Blabbermouth.net and someone commented that God pushed Glenn off of the stage and I thought that was hilarious so I wanted to use the title. Anyway here is an excerpt from the full article.
“I covered the opening night of the […]

By Scott -- 2 comments

October 17th, 2007

The State Of Heavy Metal And The Record Industry

As we all know, the record industry has taken a dive ever since peer to peer downloading was invented. Not as many CD’s were sold over those years and to this day it is still a problem for the industry even though free peer to peer is not as popular or even as useful these […]

By Scott -- 7 comments

October 15th, 2007

My Blog Action Day Post…Well Kinda.

While I didn’t formerly elect to participate in the Blog Action Day,(hell, I didn’t even know about it). Anyway, in case your not aware, today is Blog Action Day. All participating bloggers take a time out from their usual blogs to blog about the environment. This is my post, and also kinda like The Rock […]

By Scott -- 2 comments

September 30th, 2007

Dear Oderus, Volume 3

Ok, so I lied about being my last post for September but I didn’t want anyone to mis the third installment of Dear Oderus. Below is the cleanest letter I could find to post here…the rest are just too foul to post here on b5. Follow the link to Anarchy Music at the bottom to […]

By Scott -- 3 comments

September 16th, 2007

Death Metal Week

This week I will be doing a piece each day featuring a death metal band of my liking. I am going to dig deep into my collection (or just unzip my caselogic) and pull some older stuff out and do a quick what when and where type bit on them. Below you will see the […]

By Scott -- 3 comments

September 11th, 2007

Sharon Osbourne Blames Courtney Love For Son’s Drug Addiction

Sorry Ultimate-guitar.com but I have to copy word-for-word to get the full effect.
Mother of the Year Sharon Osbourne is trying to place the blame for her son’s drug addiction on the shoulders of Courtney Love.
Of course, any sane mother wouldn’t let their children near someone like Love but Sharon is clearing pointing the finger […]

By Scott -- 0 comments

September 11th, 2007

Top Ten 70’s And 80’s Guitar Solos

Ultimate-guitar.com has posted the top ten guitar solos of the 70’s and the 80’s. They bring up some good points, and while some or all of us may not agree with the top ten you have to admit that these are some killer solos. Here is an excerpt from the original article and the top […]

By Scott -- 3 comments

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