I’ve been trying like mad to find information on a band who played around Luton in 1993 called “Boiler Parts”…don’t suppose anyone has heard of them or *gasp* was even in the band? Predictably any search I try ends up resulting in pages for plumbers about boiler parts, which is endlessly fascinating but it’s a […]
Rap music originated as a cross-cultural product. Most of its important early practitioners-including Kool Herc, D.J. Hollywood, and Afrika Bambaataa-were either first- or second-generation Americans of Caribbean ancestry. Herc and Hollywood are both credited with introducing the Jamaican style of cutting and mixing into the musical culture of the South Bronx. By most accounts Herc […]
Metallica is perhaps one of the best known metal bands around.
In May of 1951, Lars and James made their first introductions.
This meeting was shortly followed by the formation of Metallica
just five months later.
On April 23rd of 1982 Metallica appeared as a 5 piece band with
Brad Parker on the guitar. After that, Metallica really began […]
You know, I’m getting sick and tired of people putting down New Age music. Especially when most of the people who say they don’t like it secretly have an Enya or other “soothing” CD in their music collection.
The term “new age” has gotten mixed up with music in such a way that normally well meaning […]