Lost and Found

by Joe Jamnitzky Yes, I realize I covered the first Operator Please album is last week’s Lost and Found article. As promised, I’m covering the second one this week. The reason for this (besides the obvious), is because this may as well have been a different band. While having all Read More

by Joe Jamnitzky I swear, some of the best albums in music never get released in the States. I’m not just talking compilations or things of that nature either, but full fledged, original albums that result in the artist(s) involved to not be known here except to a small few. Yes Read More

by Joe Jamnitzky It’s Axl Rose’s favorite Queen album. Billy Corgan has gone on record as saying it was an album that changed his life. Steve Vai once stated that it was one of those pivotal moments in terms of influence on his guitar playing. It’s listed in the book 1,001 Albums Read More

by Joe Jamnitzky Upon first listen, one could be forgiven for thinking this was a David Bowie album. After all, Mick Ronson was fresh off his tenure as guitarist for the Spiders From Mars, having worked with Bowie for about four years. Add to that the fact that the lineup of Read More

by Joe  Jamnitzky 1996. The year that alternative music belonged, arguably, to The Smashing Pumpkins. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was possibly the biggest album that year, the band was on top of everything, winning awards and whatnot, until the Jimmy Chamberlain Read More

by Stephen Krock Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute. Just sit down tight. I’ll tell you all about the Tigers from a town called Bayside. As a child of the 90s, nostalgia is a huge part of my life. Read More