They were never really embraced by the east and west coast intelligentsia. Rolling Stone magazine wasn’t a friend to the band, nor was the hip alternative magazine from their home state, Cream. Their sound was a throbbing monolith, built on a pure, primitive drive that was closer to a voodoo ceremony than a peace happening. …
Ruyter Sighs and Blaine Cartwright talk Nashville Pussy, the hilarious new audio book on “High As Hell”, gossip from their Grammy nomination parties, and how streaming services like Spotify destroy music. Also revealed: the ‘Dee Snider Rule’ + the Cartwright method on how to persuade a bomb lady like Ruyter to leave Canada and come …
“So that’s how Manowar started, in Black Sabbath’s backstage !!” Why did you feel the need to pick up a fucking guitar? I actually started playin’ piano when I was around seven, and I was doing really well. My theory teacher always said that my musical aptitude was off the charts, but in Junior High …
As they have been for the last 44 years, I do not like this band. I think Gene Simmons is a prat, I think the band became more a marketing exercise than an actual group, and for the most part I hate their hits. BUT let me explain. Having not been born until 1984, KISS …
Can you actually call this Iron Butterfly? Wunderkind Erik Braunn may be back after missing the last outing, and Ron Bushy is still competently hitting drum heads with two sticks, but glaringly missing are Doug Ingle and Lee fuckin’ Dorman, two of the most talented (if not the only talented) members of the band. Gone …
