Rock n Roll View/Drunken Bastard Blog – Reviews
A Review of Sir Ivan and His Debut, I Am Peaceman
This article was written by J.D Stefan, an independent music critic, for Rock n Roll View. Artist Sir Ivan. The full length CD, I am Peaceman, is just over 53 minutes long. It appears to be his debut release with the help of studio musicians and some fantastic classic pop rock songs from the 60’s and 70’s. Internet presence for Sir Ivan offers links to videos, mp3’s, purchasing of the CD. He has a mission and the mission is good! Sir Ivan’s cause is supreme! Most red-blooded American’s have to love the concept and overall idea of...
read moreNothing Sacred – Hollywood Striphounds EP Review
This article was written by Neil Thomas, an independent music critic and musician, for Rock n Roll View. The five piece LA hard rockers, Nothing Sacred, released their debut E.P. of pure Hollywood Strip rock and roll madness aptly titled “Hollywood Striphounds” in 2010. This band straight out of the same gutters as Guns n’ Roses and Motley Crue is made up of Kelly Mikals (Vocals), Crash Cortez (Guitar), Danny Demure (Bass), Nikolazzi (Guitar) and Danny Burkholder (Drums). “Hollywood Striphounds” was produced for maximum sleaze by...
read moreAgainst All Will – Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll (Photo Gallery)
Sex, drugs & Rock n’ Roll… Super groups aren’t a new phenomenon. Recently, I can think of a couple, Chickenfoot and Them Crooked Vultures. In the past, I can think of The Firm, Phenomenon, Power Station, just to name a few. A muscular Against All Will gives us their version of a super group with the release of A Rhyme & Reason on the Subsonic Industries label. Against All Will is powered by Jimmy Allen on guitars (Puddle of Mudd), Jeff Current on vocals (7 Story Drop), Steve Wilson on drums (Dead Kennedys), and Cello...
read moreSeven Against Thebes – Equilibrium EP – CD Review
There was a time when bands under the gray skies of Seattle raised the bar on other bands in their respective genre. Alice in Chains brought the doom to a whole new generation of gloomers. Nirvana raised a whole generation of alt rockers out of Seattle fog. Heart proved that chicks could rock as hard as the dudes – and mean it. That brings us to a new band and a new perspective that ups the ante again for Seattle bands, the four piece alternative metal band Seven Against Thebes (aka 7AT). 7AT is clearly a force to be reckoned with on the...
read moreSteve Warner & The Rolling Coyotes – Train of Life – Album Review
West Virginia is well known for musicians that paint with the pallet of earth and mountains. Steve Warner is an archetype example of this “salt of the earth” approach to songs. While we normally focus on rock music here at Rock n Roll View, it’s hard to turn away from Americana such as Steve Warner & The Rolling Coyotes when it is delivered with such fine craftsmanship. I’ve listed to hundreds upon hundreds of R&B, Americana, Country-type production only to bare witness to homogenization of the songwriting. Though, some of the...
read moreDale Turner – Mannerisms Magnified – CD Review
Marketable skill sets such as booty shaking and personality has, over the years, shifted emphasis away from solid musicianship in music (pop, rock and otherwise). The simple fact is that most of the big hits in 2010 were nothing more than creative sampling, “brickwall” mix and an artist that possesses a pretty face and a banging body – sorta like cheap Chinese noodles for the ears minus the nasty. I don’t have to mention the usual suspects. True – there is a time & place for a marketable song, but what’s even more...
read moreDavid Silva – Moorpark Oasis – CD Review
David Silva is a singer/songwriter who apparently met his wife in Los Angeles when he moved into a building called Moorpark Oasis. Over the years he compiled his songs and they eventually made their way onto this CD appropriately titled Moorpark Oasis. His website at www.daveworldonline.com has a bit of information but more can be found out about him by reading his interview with Indie Music Digest at www.indiemusicdigest.com. Moorpark Oasis opens up with a track called “Guitars and Shady Ladies”. It’s clear from this opening track that...
read moreJeff Cochell – Between The Lines – Review
Between the Lines is a full-length CD release from Portland, OR area singer/songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Jeff Cochell. Cochell is a student of fingerstyle guitar players like Leo Kottke and Lindsay Buckingham and combines that talent with his admiration of songwriters like Bob Dylan to create his own songs based on his personal experiences. Between the Lines is Cochell’s debut recording. The CD begins with “Lay Down Your Hand”, a laid-back tune that begins with Cochell’s afore-mentioned fingerstyle playing and a melancholy...
read moreFreddie Mercury Biography in Digital Comic Book
There has been a lot of talk amongst Queen fans about the upcoming biopic of the famous rock band which will feature Sacha Baron Cohen playing the role of the iconic Freddie Mercury. There’s something else for the fans of Freddie Mercury and Queen to talk about: The digital comic publisher Dog Star Comics has released Black Opus Vol. 1 by Donnie Lee, R. E. Brown and Howard Daniels which features a story inspired by the Freddie Mercury biography. The digital comic book (available free online as a PageFlip and a CBR archive) is described as...
read moreRock Songs That Tell a Story or 5 Songs for Drinking Beer
I heard a song by Judge Smith called “Carpet Tile” (who would have thought a song about carpet tile would be interesting) and I heard a song by Robert Mullins called “Judgment Day”. While one is a pub song about the demise of the English economy after Margaret Thatcher and the other is a southern rock song about the treachery of West Virginia mining companies, they have one thing in common: they tell a story. (They are also about oppression of the common folk, but I didn’t want to go into that.) I enjoyed these...
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