THE DISCO SUN IT SHINES SO BRIGHT Turbonegro, ‘Denim Demon’ When talking about classics and masterpieces, everybody talks about the ‘White Album’, but not all talk about Turbonegro‘s Ass Cobra. That’s not right. Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning: Ass Cobra is no little or unknown record. When we talk about Turbonegro, …
Mark Lager’s Desert CDs: Kyuss – Blues for the Red Sun (1992)
Best listened to on CD in your car stereo with the volume cranked up while speeding down a desert highway, Blues for the Red Sun is the band’s best (alongside Welcome to Sky Valley) and not only one of the greatest heavy metal albums of the 1990s, arguably one of the greatest heavy metal albums …
Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley (1994)
It would be a fair comment to say that music lovers are lovers of music because the bands that they love, no one else really understands. A feeling the fans of bands such as Kyuss must love getting. Yes, to those uneducated in this field, Kyuss may well sound like another rock ‘n’ roll band. …
Mark Lager’s Summer Vinyl: Blue Cheer – Outsideinside (1968)
“As a young teenager, Blue Cheer scared me because older teenagers told me that a dog at a Blue Cheer concert dropped dead from the sheer volume of their amplification! Hell, their guitarist only left the group when he went deaf!” exclaimed Julian Cope in his appreciation of the band. “The only raucous, LOUD and …