Former iPod user Krazy Ken is trying a Microsoft Zune for the first time! He’s going to tell you all about the product history, and he’ll debunk some myths.
Category Archives: Music
Sea of Tranquility : They Released Two Great Albums in One Year! (w/ Martin Popoff)
Sea of Tranquility – Join Pete Pardo & Martin Popoff for a discussion of bands who released two strong albums…in a single year!
impromptu metallica… while dressed for church (Kayla Kent)
Kayla Kent cracks me up! I’ve been a long time subscriber of her channel and she is a seriously impressive guitarist who NAILS Pantera Dimebag solos…but as she shows in this off the cuff Metallica jam, that she has a lot more skills too. Check out her channel if you dig metal guitar covers. 🤘
Old Band, New Sound – Yay Or Nay?
Everyone likes to be hip, new, fresh, and on top of the charts. But when bands start to slide, sometimes they try to reinvent themselves. The question is…. did it work? Join me as I run through 10 old bands changing their sound hoping to be popular again. I’ll give my opinion and you decide if it worked or not.
The 8-Track History & Music Revolution
The 8-track was a magnetic tape cartridge format used for music playback that was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. It was developed by a group of companies led by Lear Jet Corporation, and was initially marketed as a way to listen to music in cars. The format was widely adopted due to its portability and the ability to play pre-recorded tapes. However, its popularity declined in the late 1970s with the rise of cassette tapes, which offered better sound quality, smaller size, and longer playing times. By the early 1980s, 8-tracks had largely been replaced by cassettes and were no longer being produced. Today, the 8-track is remembered as a curious and somewhat quaint piece of music history.
Portishead: Whatever Happened To The Band Behind ‘Roads’ & The Album ‘Dummy?’
Whatever happened to the band Portishead?
The Biggest Album Fails From The Last 40 Years
It’s nothing new for a band to try new things. Sometimes it works and they hit pay dirt. However that is a rarity as usually the change ends up being off-putting. And sometimes such a miscalculated step can almost be unrecoverable and create some of The Biggest Album Fails.
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Steel Panther’s Satchel Breaks Down His Favorite Teenage Albums
Steel Panther guitarist Satchel breaks down his favorite albums from when he was a teenager… whenever that was. – Loudwire
Steven Wilson: The Modern Rock Producer (Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Yes, etc)
I interview Steven Wilson He is the founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Porcupine Tree, as well as being a member of several other bands, including Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man. He is also a solo artist, having released 6 solo albums since his solo debut Insurgentes in 2008. In a career spanning more than 30 years.
Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia: 10 Things I Can’t Tour Without
Most pro musicians are on the road more than they’re at home, and they’re all faced with the same struggle: to decide which possessions they can fit in their cramped, mobile living quarters. Certain amenities are simply too big, impractical or valuable to bring along for the ride, but every metal hellraiser has a select handful of things that they simply cannot tour without — from treasured personal items to useful tools. Lacuna Coil vocalist Cristina Scabbia has been making these tough calls for 25 years, so we asked her to pick 10 essentials that she won’t leave home without. Watch to see what she chose and why. REVOLVER