No Room At The Din
I’ve come to crush your bones, I’ve come to make you feel old, I’ve come to mess with your head, … Continue reading No Room At The Din
Tag: Vinyl
Pure Petrol
We call her petrol, because she burns like a flame We call her petrol, because that’s her name. Sheer poetry … Continue reading Pure Petrol
The Semiotics of Ratt
Rummaging through the record racks after school the cover of Ratt Invasion of Your Privacy caught my adolescent eye for some … Continue reading The Semiotics of Ratt
Hold Out, Meditate, Listen
Sometimes I buy LPs because I’ve read that they’re going to be good, because someone I trust has recommended them, … Continue reading Hold Out, Meditate, Listen
I’m as Dead as a Christmas Tree
I came late to the Jesus & Mary Chain, mostly put off by the hordes of overly-earnest fans who worshipped at … Continue reading I’m as Dead as a Christmas Tree
P-P-P-P-Pussycat !
It would be a tiny bit of an exaggeration to say that ‘Babylon’ by Faster Pussycat smashed my world off its … Continue reading P-P-P-P-Pussycat !
Keep This Frequency Clear
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re currently cruising at around 9 words per minute and if you look over to over to the … Continue reading Keep This Frequency Clear
Warren G Spoilt Everything
Tucked away amongst the 1537 apples of my eye are This DJ and I Shot The Sheriff 12″s by Warren G. … Continue reading Warren G Spoilt Everything
Start With a Sun and Move on out
In 1989 when I was about 17 Kerrang! (which I followed unquestioningly) published a series of booklets of the Top 100 … Continue reading Start With a Sun and Move on out
Follow the Smoke Toward the Riff Filled Land
Sleep Dopesmoker is not for the faint-hearted. For the uninitiated it is a one-track, 1 hour long monolith of Sabbath-inspired doom. … Continue reading Follow the Smoke Toward the Riff Filled Land
35 Years Too Late
For about a minute at the end of ‘Oh Sandy’, for reasons doubtless best known to the band there is … Continue reading 35 Years Too Late
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-This is Number 8 – 10 !!
(I’m) Stranded by the Saints – not many better LPs from 1977 knocking about, not many better punk LPs ever … Continue reading 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-This is Number 8 – 10 !!
The Girls Just Think I’m Icky
What is the most relentlessly sex-obsessed LP in your collection? I hear you all ask, well it’s not Faster Pussycat, or Prince, it’s … Continue reading The Girls Just Think I’m Icky
Life Just Bounces
Here’s one to separate the men from the boys*, The Fall. 35 years plus of wilfull, semi-avant garde, truculent toying … Continue reading Life Just Bounces
High Horse
A new love this time, not an old flame, Jim Jones Revue Burning Your House Down. I bought this album … Continue reading High Horse
Enoambient1LP
Much as it pains me to admit it, there are times when one simply has to lay down the Motörhead, shelve the … Continue reading Enoambient1LP
Bleating And Babbling I Fell On His Neck With a Scream
I’ve had that line running through my head for about two days solid now, after hearing a brief snatch of Pink … Continue reading Bleating And Babbling I Fell On His Neck With a Scream
Whither Galactic Cowboys?
Ever wanted to hear a funnier Pink Floyd crossed with a politer version of Megadeth? of course you have, step … Continue reading Whither Galactic Cowboys?
Do You Love Me? Ummm…
I am about to express views which I have forewarned my family may require us all to go into hiding … Continue reading Do You Love Me? Ummm…
Love / Hate: Conflicted
Now here’s an album that definitely nowhere near enough people know about, Love/Hate Blackout in the Red Room. I ventured … Continue reading Love / Hate: Conflicted
Parents’ Record Shelves
Proof that it’s not so much that I have an obsessive hobby, but that I am suffering from a rare … Continue reading Parents’ Record Shelves
Naugahyde
What a great word Naugahyde is. There’s something very retro and very American about it which transports me straight to a … Continue reading Naugahyde
Fox River Evergreen
Rightly, or wrongly I feel very sophisticated and urbane for owning copies of Rachel’s Handwriting and the 12″ remixes of … Continue reading Fox River Evergreen
No Sun In The Shadow of The Wizard
Heavy metal was a surprisingly conservative genre of music to grow up in, you were taught positively old-fashioned family values. … Continue reading No Sun In The Shadow of The Wizard
Chocolate Streams and Ice Cream Dreams
Hmmm, Shonen Knife Get The Wow, another 12 ” from university days. In truth I never really knew what to … Continue reading Chocolate Streams and Ice Cream Dreams
Vice CoPs
Circus of Power Vices, which I remember getting delivered on a sunny day in 1990, is a good LP. Their debut … Continue reading Vice CoPs
AHBLDALKWP
A genius title! Wolfsbane’s All Hell’s Breaking Loose Down At Little Kathy Wilson’s Place! * (abbreviated herewith to AHBLDALKWP). I treated … Continue reading AHBLDALKWP
Metal and Blood, Scent and Mascara
Not many people know this but I was, very briefly, the only Goth in West Wales. This was inspired by … Continue reading Metal and Blood, Scent and Mascara
Pump Up The Guillotine
It’s a 1537 super giveaway dance /hip-hop mash-up weekend! 3 for the price of 2. Here we have MARRS Pump up … Continue reading Pump Up The Guillotine
Stick This in Your Fusebox!
Now here’s a business plan that I couldn’t see ever being given the green light: I intend to form a … Continue reading Stick This in Your Fusebox!