My Metallica story…

There was one band that changed my world for me, and that was Metallica. The album was Kill ‘Em All, released in 1983. I’d first heard of Metallica in 1985, when I was 12 and in 7th grade. But I didn’t actually hear Metallica or own a Metallica album until 1986, when I was 13 years old and in 8th grade. The Other heavy metal album I had at the time was Ozzy Osbourne’s Speak of the Devil live album released in 1982. Those two albums combined got me on the heavy metal path. Continue reading

Rock ‘n Roll is for the living

It’s really hard to listen to bands that have passed on to the next world. Like Motörhead. Remember Lemmy’s funeral? I watched some of that on YouTube. Actually downloaded it. First funeral I ever downloaded, lol. But I haven’t re-watched it at all. Because life is for the living. It’s for the here and now. Continue reading