The Misfits -- Walk Among Us

  Horror Punk pioneers, what can I really say ... they sound like the Ramones fronted by satanic Elvis!

The Pogues -- Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

  Lets get the first thing outta the way, I am not a fan of Celtic music ... at all ... meaning I don't dig most of this record, with the exception of Dirty Old Town.  Originally this tune was penned by the  Dubliners, but The Pogues, mainly MacGowan, re-vamped the song to epic proportions.  Funny enough Dirty Old Town has become a minor hit in my area, mainly with the aging hipster crowd ... why, you ask ... because we live in a Dirty Old Town, so the lyrics reflect our thoughts, feelings and wishes.  I remember all night jam sessions with the gang where every number we played always ended with Dirty Old Town.  So let's all, "dream a dream by the old canal," because we live in a, "dirty old town, dirty old town!"

Back In Tha Day

  So my Halloween costume this year was a 1980's break dancer, and Back In Tha Day was my soundtrack to get in character.  This comp features, almost, all the great rappers of the golden years ... but what gives ... no Run DMC ... bummer.  Down to the brass tacks I do not like Rap music, I have my few exceptions and guilty pleasures, which, some, are featured on this album.  Otherwise I fell like the music had it's time and it's place, late 70's, 80's and early to mid 90's.  After that the genre turned onto itself and became a fat, bloated, greedy marketing idiot, tossing it's integrity out of the window and becoming part of the corporate machine! BEH!

Bad Brains -- S/T

  KAAAAABOOOOOM!!!!!  Is probably the best way to describe Bad Brains's debut album, Christ they even put it on the cover.  They took what the Ramones had started and cranked it to maximum velocity.  Funny how once again in music history a genre is started with creative black men, and then whitey decides to copy cat them, not that there weren't any good creative white Hardcore bands, but there were sure as hell tons of terrible ones.  What makes this record even better is that there are a couple of killer Dub style Reggae tunes, just to remind you what they are really about!

Spacemen 3 -- The Perfect Prescription

  Super stoner conceptual album by Spacemen 3 The Perfect Prescription.  Word is the record is about some kind of drug induced trip, something which I would know nothing about ... well maybe ... honestly I have a hard time deciphering the lyrics, but the song titles kinda tell it all, the high, the plateau, the comedown and a possible OD.  Musically it's like shoegaze  mega drone Psychedelic lazy Blues.  Anyway this album is an instant classic and should be on every vinylhead's main list!

Chicago Blues Anthology

  Double album set of Delta and urban Blues.  Don't get me wrong, it's a killer collection, I just find the list of players a little uneven, for example there's Buddy Guy and no Muddy Waters, meaning, it's hardly a Chicago Blues Anthology of Chess masters without the main man.  But honestly who cares, the music is great and the Bluesmen are legendary!!

Lynyrd Skynyrd -- (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)

  Yes that's right I actually like Lynyrd Skynyrd, and I love this debut album.  These guys took what the Allman Brothers started and turned it up to 11.  Oh and the record is Sweet Home Alabama-less, which is great because I hate that f*cking song!!

FRREEEEEEBIIIRDD!!