Agree whole heartily jacknifejohnny. The recent songs written with the original band are often among my favorites. And I'm not asking them to repeat the goddamned 70s but give us music to the level they have on the 3 albums previous to Road, and I'll be sky high over that, because yes, they are that...

It's difficult to be patient when I might be dead soon - and I'm only half joking. None of us, band members included, are getting any younger, and as each year passes and health problems increase... I'm just saying, If I die before this happens, I'm haunting someone's ass! I know there have been man...

Cute idea, he does Alice and Britney Spears, among others, but the reviews haven't been great. Another? I watched a m'eh movie called Daliland on Hulu, and there's an actor playing Alice (Mark McKenna of "Sing Street" fame) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_78WmqD2c1zLivfu...

Your right, it comes down to personal taste - I wasn't naturally into harder rock, The Beatles were my end all and be all as a kid, and Helter Skelter probably helped ease me into that style of music, but in the 60s (along with the Beatles) I was into Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Melanie, the folkies...

Bones from the Yard from Dennis Rock Candy from Orianthi (Void is one of the best tracks ever) I haven't listened to Tommy or Ryans releases. Kane never really impressed me as a songwriter, but what the heck, on these recommendations, I'll give them a go. But Winger was not for me, never like them o...

I can only compare it to what I have (including the original LP release) It's vastly superior to the tinny original CD from the 80s, but just about anything would improve on that. Is it vastly superior to the 2001 remaster, not to my ears, maybe a shade bassier, I dunno, but if it is, it's not a sig...

Interesting that he says he prefers the 2001 remaster but acknowledges that this version is not as thin (which is something I've had a problem with, with this album... it can get rather tinny), so I'm happy to hear him mention the boost on the bass (which was a plus on School's Out as well). I'm goi...

I thought Michael said that Ezrin wasn't down with that, and that the suggestion/plan was dropped.

Oh good, I was wondering if he'd said anything (I imagined he would), thanks for sharing that.

Of their songwriting collaborations, I really liked "Go Man Go" and "$1000 High Heel Shoes" the most.

Rest in peace Wayne.

One of my favorites from the 70s, soulful, folk rocker Melanie has passed away. The reason I posted this here instead of off topic is because at her website, she posted this short piece of Alice singing Brand New Key, and then making a joke that makes her laugh. Here's the link to the clip (sorry if...

I haven't bought vinyl in ages (and still have my original LP from the 70s, with all the cool packaging, the billion dollar bill, etc), so it's CD for me, if I go for it. I did like the booklet with the other two remasters, and School's Out, especially, sounded great, I loved the boost on the bass. ...

I was happy with the School Outs/Killer releases last year, so I'll definitely keep an eye open for reviews on this edition, if they are positive, I'd give it a go, but yeah, I have many copies of Billion, so it would have to be an upgrade. What I really want is for Love it to Death to receive the D...

I remember being jazzed about the return, but felt the music was, oh, vanilla rock? It couldn't match what he did with the guys in the 70s, nor was it as challenging or bold as the early 80s (especially DaDa). I felt Kane was limited as a songwriter - it was just standard issue hard rock, nothing mo...

Honestly, the only thing I want goes without saying, and that's a damn good album. (not expecting a top 5'er, though that would be incredible, just don't be a bottom 5'er). Hoping for wonderfulness for a benchmark like this (30th studio album (OG and Solo) But for funsies... A return to something sp...

And a very happy birthday, to one of my favorite bassists and songwriters, and a pretty cool dude as well.

I bought it on the day of its release and was so, so let down. And despite giving it chance after chance over the decades, it's still a nope for me. It's over produced (I'd call it the worst work Ezrin's ever done (that I've heard), except that I own Amazon Beach, and yowch!), but even the tunes I'v...

Yeah, I'll echo what others have said... I'm out at that price. Unless one of the "surprising treasures" is something like a CD with those songs Neal and Dennis did with Alice during the Constrictor period.

Fields of Regret from the ACG Scarlet and Sheba from the solo years S&S is an epic, dramatic number that gets my heart pumping - with Fields I just want to turn off the lights, turn on a lava lamp and slip away into the vibe of the number. In concert you could do a groovy, but dark riff on a late 60...

Mine... The 60s Best: Pretties For You Least: Nothing Not a lot to choose from, there are the Spiders and Nazz singles from '65 to '67, and Live at the Whiskey '69 (actually '68) which wasn't released until 1992. The 70s Best: Schools Out Least: Lace and Whiskey Whiskey was the first time I was disa...

I might be the only one reading this, but what the hey, I'll continue to gab about it. The second issue was released today in the States... https://dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513033476302011 I bought and read the digital copy and enjoyed it a little more than the first ish. I won...