VARIOUS – Yeah Yeah Yeah!
I know, I know– yet another dose of 60’s garage snot on SLN. Ho hum, right? Not a chance, dudes & dudettes! May I direct your attention to Track #24, the Roughnecks’ “You’re Driving Me Insane,” which is not only a killer slice of ramshackle teenage angst– BUT — it also [...]
Six Fingers of Love
Vibe On!
THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT – Collection
…And Rob Tyner Saith from Thee Golden Halls of R&R Valhalla:
“Let there be young Japanese men who would don thee garb of their native gangsters Thee Yakuza! These torchbearers of Thee Rock shouldst also worship at Thee Altar of DEEE-Troit High Energy Exponents of Revolution like mine Olde Outfit, Thee [...]
Chromosome Damage Too
HELIOS CREED – Busting Through the Van Allen Belt
I often picture Helios Creed in a cavernous, underground laboratory wearing a lab coat while he conducts his experiments with assorted varieties of alien technology– of course, these technologies include drugs not available from Rudy on the street corner. Nah, I’m talkin’ extreme chemical alterations of the [...]
My Favorite Martian
“Leave a comment, bitch!!”
Many of you are by now familiar with my co-conspirator Mars aka Tony Emmons– he’s the man responsible for bringing Raven’s “Back to Ohio Blues” to your attention (one of the most popular posts we’ve had). What you most likely don’t know is that he is an accomplished musician himself, wearing many [...]
Mommy, What’s an Eddie Hazel?
EDDIE HAZEL – Games, Dames & Guitar Thangs
“Play like your Mama just died,” is how George Clinton told a then barely 21-year old Eddie Hazel to attack the soloing to “Maggot Brain.” You should know the rest of the story– the end product became not only Eddie’s signature piece, but Funkadelic’s as well: ten minutes [...]
