Think I’m Psycho, Doncha?

BEASTS OF BOURBON – The Axeman’s Jazz (1984)
So, to save myself some pissing around, here’s what I said about these uncouth bastards way back here (it’s for “Sour Mash” for those who give a shit):
A band where words fail me to describe their influence on my blackened soul. Hell, I wouldn’t be a fraction of [...]

Behind the Broken Door

NIKKI SUDDEN – Red Brocade (1999)
From the Swell Maps to the Jacobites to his lengthy solo discography, Nikki Sudden was one of the few artists who could invoke the spirit of Johnny Thunders as easily as Gram Parsons– sometimes within the same song. Even when engaging in some krautrock-style noisemongering, the astute listener can’t help [...]

Throw Down the Sword

WISHBONE ASH – Argus (1972)
WARNING: Rant ahead! Something that bugs the fuck outta me about thee scores of “genre-hopping” bands of today is the lack of cohesiveness exhibited by ‘em. It’s like they build their ditties in little blocks, like, “here’s the folky part… next up… a few doom metal riffs, followed by a plunge [...]

Pantheon II

I think something we often lose sight of as fans, and ESPECIALLY as music bloggers is the fact that a pretty sizable majority of Thee Greatest R&R Ever Made wasn’t created by long-forgotten artists with two songs to their credit. Nor is it measured by “only five copies ever pressed but three were smashed by [...]

Deeper Purple

TOMMY BOLIN – Teaser
Dunno if it was Circus or Shit Parader or one o’ them masturbatory guitar hero mags, but as a 14 year-old wannabe axe-master I KNEW I hadda get this album: Lookit this guy! Hair almost down to his waist with multiple dayglo colors, a sharktooth earring… geetar slung down to his knees– [...]