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A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC by Hayseed Dixie You’ll probably now see a lot of albums that start “A Tribute” or similar. On the back of the artist of the previously reviewed album, Beatallica, I was introduced, through a conversation, to Hayseed Dixie. Hayseed, as discussed earlier, were one of the many “tribute scene” bands…
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A Garage Dayz Nite by Beatallica A couple of years ago there was a craze where tribute acts would “fuse” music styles and create a unique sound for which to bang out other artists work. So for example – AC/DC was turned hill billy by Hayseed Dixie; Pink Floyd played by accordian players became Polka Floyd. The…
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A French Kiss in the Chaos by Reverend and the Makers I met Jon McClure some years ago, just as his Makers were starting out in the big wide world of showbiz. His then girlfriend Laura Manuel (One of the Makers) was working with Mrs-soon-to-be-ex-Gnomepants and Gnomepants Manor would often receive demo cds of the Reverend’s…
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A Curious Thing by Amy MacDonald Well it’s was a curious thing as to why this album was in my music library. None of the songs seemed familiar (apart from the cover track at the end) and I couldn’t work out why. Then I realised it was a case of “Oh I like the first album,…
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A Collection – The Doors I remember seeing a film about this woman who collected plaster casts of famous people’s knobs. On the film Jim Morrison was having his knob cast. Whenever I hear The Doors, I think of that film. But for me, the Doors will always be the band in that film with…
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A Change in the Weather – Bliss 25 hours of listening in 96 days of 24 hour listening remaining. I went to see Chris Isaak with Laura Beachball in 1991 and the band that was supporting was called Bliss. At first they were booed but the audience warmed to them rapidly. I did likewise. The following…
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A Broken Frame– Depeche Mode I was surprised to find this album in my library; I’d never heard of it. Turns out this is the second studio album by DM; the first following the departure of Vince Clarke. Seems like Martin Gore described it as “our worst album”. It shows. I’m not familiar with any…
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A Bit O’ This & That – Emilie Autumn I guess this is one of them “Oh you need to be a fan” type albums. I’m not a fan. I have no idea why this album is in my library. I tried. I really did. I played 8 tracks off this before turning it off.…
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01011001 by Ayreon I can’t remember how I first heard about Ayreon. It might be listening to a compilation or something but from the first song that I heard, I just knew that I would like his work. So I managed to get his back catalogue with this fantastic double album being released at the…
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9012 Live: The Solos – Yes People that have known me for a while will no doubt agree when I say, as a youth, I was weird. When all my contemporaries were enjoying U2, Deacon Blue, Blur and Shakespear’s Sister; I was deeply entrenched in a puddle of prog. Most notably, Yes and Triumvirat. As I…
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