Well, I think my musical year is finally wrapping up. The last few releases I was waiting on to hear are now available for me to do so..those being……

and even

(which I think REALLY sucks by the way)

I am now perfectly free to create my final AOTY list without worrying that there is something I am knowingly missing out on. So, in just over a week’s time, my list shall begin - by hook or by crook. Be forewarned, this one’s gonna be a doozy.

the real thing is here in my grubby little virtual hands thanks to a little birdie that flew it upto my window, my official thoughts coming soon.
keep in mind, i didn’t really care for many of the demos that the one dude got arrested for leaking back in the summer and i still have problems believing this stupid cd can come anywhere close to living up to the insane-o brain-o  hype that 15 or whatever years brings along with it, but we shall see.

OK so here it goes.

I’m torn on how to feel about this cd. Obviously, it can’t and doesn’t hold a candle to the GNR we all knew and loved back in the day. As most people know, it’s basically just the Axl Rose Band at this point, and it sounds like a record made by a man who couldn’t really decide what he wanted his record to sound like so he just crammed as much into it as possible. This thing sounds huuge, and it’s kinda all over the place stylistically, and while Axl seems to try to revisit past glories, anyone that’s really expecting a bunch of songs like ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ or ‘November Rain’ are SOL.  He’s got sounds on here that range from being industrial to funk to stuff that seems to channel his inner Dream Theater and Queen..like i said, allll over the place.
Now, that’s not to say they are bad songs, because most of them aren’t at all. Most have a good amount of hookiness and headnodability, and there are a couple tunes I really dig (Prostitute, Street Of Dreams, and Better come to mind) but they ultimately just don’t feel all that memorable to me. Remember the late 90s and early 2000s? Nu-metal was at it’s peak and I was right up in there as a big fan of the genre as a whole. I literally bought like every freakin’ record that came out no matter the band and tended to find things I liked about it. Today, the majority of that stuff is basically just around on my iPod for nostalgia’s sake..it’s there for a novelty listen at best and then gets forgotten until the urge strikes me once more. That’s how Chinese Democracy already feels to me. This record sounds like it came out back in 2001 or so (and that’s probably when it SHOULD have been released); it’s ridiculously pristine production wise, it has all the sonic variety of a nu-metal cd (maybe without all the emotional pull out your hair in angst bridges all those songs had)..basically it sounds like Axl trying to fit into that scene while keeping his classic GNR sensabilities.  I enjoy it, but I feel like I’ve heard it before and I’m just revisiting it. Obviously, time will tell as to what the shelf life of this disc is and one can’t help but wonder how awesome it would be if the classic GNR reunited and made a new balls to the wall rock n roll record like they did back in the day, but for now this is what we’ve got and I’m trying to enjoy it, and doing so more and more with each listen.

3.2/5

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old news maybe, but whatever. it’ll still be badass.

I have this loft apartment for 2  more weeks, with biig big windows and a busy city street below..and with the original show off the air, there’s an obvious and glaring void in the market…

Don’t ask why.. but i’ll pass it on to you! Enjoy!

So everyone’s favorite life-of-the-party enigmatic rocker, Andrew WK, has just announced he’s releasing an album of “ringtone recordings of Japanese pop hits” over in Japan.
interesting.

Boy I miss the good ol days of old school Andrew WK shows, there weren’t many things that could stack up to the awesomeness and fun that those shows provided. Ahhh memories.

My top twenty METALLICA songs!!

HONORABLE MENTION..
Hero of the day
Seek and Destroy
Devils Dance
Blackened
The Four Horsemen

20. All Nightmare Long- BEST METALLICA SONG IN 14 YEARS!

19. Astronomy- even though its a cover, its sooooo B.A. what great build ups and  even the B.O.C version is an awesome song..

18. Though the Never- I cant really explain why i like it so much.. besides its awesome and has a cool solo…

17. Ain’t my Bitch-  a really rockin song that just gets my goat…

16. Leper Messiah- the end of this song is metal as balls.. plus it just kicks ass!!!

15. Motorbreath- It’s how i live my life.. enough said…

14. Until It Sleeps- probably one of the best slow load era songs and it had a cool video.. and that helps..

13. Unforgiven- BEST METALLICA SOLO EVER!!!! that’s all i gotta say…

12. Harvester of Sorrow- the first hookie metallica song pre black album… that and it just rocks!

11. Mama Said- the metallica country song.. kinda… wish they would do more like it!

10. Damage INC.- great ending to a awesome album… this song just brings the raw aggression that makes this band awesome..

9. Fixxxer- BEST LOAD ERA SONG.. that’s all i gotta say…

8. …And Justice for all- although its long… its got a good message.. plus its just damn cool…

7. Metal Militia- Another great ending to an album.. what a awesome main riff.. all i picture is bombs dropping and the marching sounds at the end are cool… METAL MILITIA!

6. Ride the Lightning- just a rockin song… with a B.A. opening riff.. this song is lame if you think about.. what its about… but it just rocks hard!

5. Creeping Death- I remember convincing my grandmother to by this album for me based on the fact that it had a song based on a bible story.. but never mind that… this song just owns.. and the opening of this song would send any metallica fan jumping through the roof!

4. Master of puppets- Awesome from start to finish… this is a true metal classic.. this song just rips.. and its got to have the coolest opening riff in metal history!

3. One- Do i really have to explain why this song is at number three.. c’mon! its One!

2. Battery- wow.. just wow… this has to be the most in your face metal songs of all time.. so fast.. so cool… and if you dont think so… you suck… this song rips from beginning to end… awesome just awesome…

1. DYERS EVE- OK so this is where everyone will be like wtf? this is possibly the most metal song that lives up to today’s standard of metal… JUSTICE was the second metal album i ever got.. behind the black album… and at this point in life this was song the heaviest craziest song ever.. i don’t know.. some were into pearl jam and smashing pumpkins.. and bla bla… compared to this song.. man i just saw giant pussies playing music!!! haha.. METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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