...Washington, DC's DC101 will have the full scoop tomorrow. It will be a one-day event, 20 August, at Meriwether Post Pavillion, so the lineup will certainly not be as awesome as previous years, but here's to hoping for quality triumphing over quantity.
In other news, the Rock and Roll Jesus is working with God Himself on his next album.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
TOP 5 OF 2008--and 5 to look out for...
LENNY'S TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2008
5--Airbourne - Run
nin' Wild
Just barely squeaks in, only because this was released in January (stateside--in Australia it was released over a year and a half ago!). Rock-solid debut from the latest in a long string of bad-ass rock bands from Australia. Got to catch them in Huntington back in May--and catch a half-crushed, half-full beer can from Joel O'Keefe. One of the more awesome concert experiences I've been privy to. More on them later (hint-hint!)...
4--Nickelback - Dark Horse
Nickelback, rock-hitmakers-of-the-moment, hook up with Mutt Lange, rock-hitmaker-of-a-few-moments ago. Result: polished rocks, and their most complete album yet. I've stopped bitching about these guys now--yeah, it's that good.
3--AC/DC - Black Ice
A reverse of Dark Horse, in that AC/DC have Brendan O'Brien working on this album, meaning a more weathered, hookier-sounding AC/DC than their last few albums. That this disc is only #3 is of no fault to anyone involved--it's a damn awesome piece of music.
2--Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
If you spend a decade and a half on an album, you're either a mad genius or a madman for spending that much time on a piece of total crap; either way, you're crazy. God bless Axl Rose, though, because few others in the universe could keep us hanging on this bloody long for a single CD. Now if I can just get my free Dr. Pepper, all will be right in the universe.
1--Metallica - Death Magnetic
THIS is the album us faithful have been waiting for, the album we all knew Metallica have been capable of making. All it took was rehab, group therapy, a new bass player, and--perhaps most importantly--Rick Rubin, Buddha of the Music Universe (and, if there is ever a Metal Hall of Fame, will be the first bust in the "builders" wing).
FIVE ALBUMS I WANT TO COME OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE I GUESS
--Rick Rubin's next project: a new album from ZZ Top. I can feel the badassness from my seat here.
--The Black Crowes--who get an Honorable Mention for their first album in seven years, Warpaint--will be working on ANOTHER album for 2009.
--Alice in Chains are back. Yes, I typed that correctly. They have William DuVall from the band Comes With The Fall on vocals now, and are working on a new album.
--Airbourne will have a new album out this year as well. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (my impersonation of Joel O'Keefe goes there)
--Lastly, we've been playing a bit of this new band called Crooked X. How new? The band members are FOURTEEN. Selftitled album comes out next month; so far they sound like they've ALREADY mastered the fine art of rocking the hell out.
5--Airbourne - Run
nin' WildJust barely squeaks in, only because this was released in January (stateside--in Australia it was released over a year and a half ago!). Rock-solid debut from the latest in a long string of bad-ass rock bands from Australia. Got to catch them in Huntington back in May--and catch a half-crushed, half-full beer can from Joel O'Keefe. One of the more awesome concert experiences I've been privy to. More on them later (hint-hint!)...
4--Nickelback - Dark Horse
Nickelback, rock-hitmakers-of-the-moment, hook up with Mutt Lange, rock-hitmaker-of-a-few-moments ago. Result: polished rocks, and their most complete album yet. I've stopped bitching about these guys now--yeah, it's that good.
3--AC/DC - Black Ice
A reverse of Dark Horse, in that AC/DC have Brendan O'Brien working on this album, meaning a more weathered, hookier-sounding AC/DC than their last few albums. That this disc is only #3 is of no fault to anyone involved--it's a damn awesome piece of music.
2--Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
If you spend a decade and a half on an album, you're either a mad genius or a madman for spending that much time on a piece of total crap; either way, you're crazy. God bless Axl Rose, though, because few others in the universe could keep us hanging on this bloody long for a single CD. Now if I can just get my free Dr. Pepper, all will be right in the universe.
1--Metallica - Death Magnetic
THIS is the album us faithful have been waiting for, the album we all knew Metallica have been capable of making. All it took was rehab, group therapy, a new bass player, and--perhaps most importantly--Rick Rubin, Buddha of the Music Universe (and, if there is ever a Metal Hall of Fame, will be the first bust in the "builders" wing).
FIVE ALBUMS I WANT TO COME OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE I GUESS
--Rick Rubin's next project: a new album from ZZ Top. I can feel the badassness from my seat here.
--The Black Crowes--who get an Honorable Mention for their first album in seven years, Warpaint--will be working on ANOTHER album for 2009.
--Alice in Chains are back. Yes, I typed that correctly. They have William DuVall from the band Comes With The Fall on vocals now, and are working on a new album.
--Airbourne will have a new album out this year as well. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (my impersonation of Joel O'Keefe goes there)
--Lastly, we've been playing a bit of this new band called Crooked X. How new? The band members are FOURTEEN. Selftitled album comes out next month; so far they sound like they've ALREADY mastered the fine art of rocking the hell out.
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