My Life In Music… Darren May (Illyrian)
IRON MAIDEN – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son This album I can pretty much say is my favourite album of all time!! It was the album that sparked the initial flame in me to…
IRON MAIDEN – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son This album I can pretty much say is my favourite album of all time!! It was the album that sparked the initial flame in me to…
DESCENDENTS Liveage In the late 80’s, Before I had even turned 10 years old, I got exposed to American hardcore after myself and my brother obsessed over the Santa Cruz Skateboards Streets on Fire video….
This is a list of ten albums that totally rocked my world, and completely shifted my paradigm about music and my instrument. There are tons of albums I draw influence from, but these are the…
There are many, many albums that influenced my life, even if I feel most of all there are songs that influenced my life. In terms of full albums really there are only a few, mostly…
1) The Wildhearts- The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed (2003) I first heard The Wildhearts when I was 11. The video for this album’s first single, ‘Vanilla Radio’ was played on Kerrang TV one night when…
Beastie Boys – Check Your Head James: The album that made me buy a drum kit. It taught me that a band could mix up styles and genres Warnings – Watching From a Distance James:…
1. Queen – ‘A Night at the Opera’ This album (in particularly ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’) was the first album I remember listening to as a child and being blown away by the theatrically and bombast of…
Black Sabbath – Vol. 4 Other than \”Changes\” AKA \”I\’m Going to Change This,\” Vol. 4 is a perfect record. I like to imagine what it must have been like to hear \”Supernaut\” played back…
Well the hardest part of this article was the main selection as I have been limited with only 10 pieces… That means lot of great records have to be skipped for this time. Let’s explore…
The Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible Out with spray-on white denim and leopard print, and in with camouflage and sailor suits. An album which truly defined my teenage years. I recall sitting in…