Heavy Meadow...

First and foremost, Happy New Year's!! Two-oh-one-oh! So far so good. Four days in and I'm still sticking to all of my new year's resolutions. That in itself is a record. Resolution #1: Spend more time with friends and family. Sounds like a generic good thing to do, and really it's the best resolution one can have. #2: Don't miss any work. I don't know about you, but I get sick a lot during the winter season so I miss a lot of work. I don't care how sick or dying I am this year, I'm going to work 'cuz I need the money for resolution number 3.... Save money to move! Check. Doing well so far. And last but not least Resolution #4: Work on being a rockstar! Not the easiest thing to strive for, but when one is given the gift of rock n roll one must spread the rock!(ha ha...)
I've been working on this dream for about 4 years now. I have one CD and an Ep out with the band I'm in, SKooBER. (Feel free to check us out myspace.com/Skoober) We've come to a standstill within the past six months or so due to lack of a whole band. However we're working on new music and when we move we'll be looking for a new band.... and a new name for our new band. Shedding the SKooBER name will also allow us to grow and make a different kind of music... Rock n ROLL? HEAVY METAL? Folk?... ehhh, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
In other news,I recently finished reading a book by Chuck Klosterman called Fargo Rock City. In that book he tells about the importance of heavy metal,( glam metal, hair metal) and the effect it had on his life. I grew up with the same music... and though I'm part of a different generation, that music makes me feel the same way. When I listen Poison or Cinderella I get a surge of energy and I feel great, like nothing can get me down because this music is fun and carefree. Lyrically, some of these songs are absolutely ridiculous, but if you can get passed the aqua net then maybe you can listen to the meaning behind some of these fantastic tunes.
My point is simply this..... uhh... I had a point I'm sure.... no. No point... I just like to hear myself think.... It's a cleaver way to waste your time and mine and get you to maybe check out my band if you haven't already..... and I do this so well.... I get rambling in a tangent and it seems like I'm going somewhere with it and then >BAM!< you realize the story has gone nowhere and you are stuck feeling slighted and used...... well in that case I'm sorry. To make this semi-worthwhile, I'll give you a list of 10 songs you should check out from my favorite decade of decadence, the 80's: (in totally random order)
1.Krokus-Midnite Maniac From the killer riff in the beginning to the very end, this is a perfect example of why the 80's was such a great time for music.... ridiculous lyrics about a sex crazed woman with every intent to fill her every desire at midnight.... not to mention a wicked guitar solo by Fernando Von Arb (whom ever he may be....).
2.Alice Cooper- Freedom If I had to choose any Alice song it would be this one for the 80's purely for the fact it embodies what he was about right then and there. After struggling with alcoholism for many a year he overcame the addiction and finally he had the freedom to talk, the freedom to rock with 1987's Raise Your Fist and Yell. Check out the whole album if you want to here some earsplitting guitar noodles by Kane Roberts and lyrics that fit the era of "shoot first ask questions later" heavy metal.
3.Whitesnake- Still of the Night I like David Coverdale's voice.... and this song is bitchin' dude... fer sure.
4.Guns N Roses- Nightrain A big difference from every other song on this list... Guns N Roses rocks harder with more vigor than any other band from the era... go ahead and argue with me if you want, but if you do I'll cut you for one basic reason: Slash! One of the best guitarists in the universe, he really does a bangerang job on this song and the whole album, Appetite for Destruction.... end of story.
5.Poison- Ride the Wind If you like songs about freedom in the summertime, than this is certainly the song for you.
6.Kix- The Itch The little band out of Maryland does a great service to the sex crazed teens of the 80's with this snazzy little ditty. Totally worth a listen.
7.Mötley Crüe-Same Ol' Situation(S.O.S.) It's the Crüe for Pete's sake, picking a song by them is like picking a favorite child.... especially off the phenomenal album Dr. Feelgood. Too many good songs to chose just one, but this song in particular has a great drum beat in the bridge that makes you tap along vivaciously. Also a wonderful little guitar riff delivered by one of the most under rated guitar players ever, Mick Mars.
8.KISS- Hide Your Heart So the 80's wasn't the best decade for KISS, and this is probably not the best song from that decade. BUT I love the video for this song, and the chorus rapes your brain for days.
9.Cinderella- Bad Seamstress Blues/Fallin' Apart at the Seams Another very under rated band from the 80's, clumped in with all the other hair metalists of the time. The lyrics delivered by Tom Keifer are sure to make you think twice about making the mistake of calling Cinderella "just another hair metal band".
and last but not least...
10.Enuff Z'nuff- Fly High Michelle Delivered to us at the end of the 80's, the self titled first album by the group gave us a good look at what songs should sound like by a band who can not spell properly...... all joking aside, Fly High Michelle is only one of the power hits from this band's first album and certainly the only one on it with a girl's name in the title:)

So, there. Now go and Bang your Head..... metal health will drive you mad....