Gym Playlist - Anything missing???

A colleague of mine who drives to work with me liked the CDs I've been playing so he asked me to create a playlist for him for the gym. My choices below:


Walk - Pantera
Bodies - Drowning Pool
Chop suey - SOAD
Killing in the name of - RATM
5 minutes alone - Pantera
Sanctuary - Cavalera Conspiracy
The hand that feeds - NIN
Du hast - Rammstein
Now you've got something to die for - Lamb of God
I'm broken - Pantera
Only - NIN
Inflikted - Cavalera Conspiracy
Goddamn Electric - Pantera
Testify - RATM
Sugar - SOAD
Domination - Pantera
Guerilla radio - RATM
Yesterday don't mean shit - Pantera
Fucking hostile - Pantera

Anything missing???

Vasileios Kospanos - cuttings.me

Vasileios Kospanos - cuttings.me

Best heavy covers top-10

A good cover really blows you away and a good cover must retain the identity of the performer where at the same time respects the original tune. It is also interesting when the cover is of a song coming from a completely different genre of music. When you get a good combination of all the above the result is really magnificent!


10. Rammstein - Stripped (Depeche Mode song turned completely upside down. Result: mind-blowing!)
9. HIM - Wicked Game (Chris Isaac original - and the first HIM song I heard ever! Pretty decent actually. Could easily pass for a HIM song the way they changed it)
8. Paradise Lost - Small Town Boy (80's pop given the Paradise Lost treatment...quite nice)
7. Disturbed - Shout (Amazing! This cover is nowhere near Tears For Fears' original. Respect)
6. Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Personal favourite of the list! Filthy cover)
5. Fear Factory - Cars (Gary Numan's 80s favourite - I like FF's version more though, a sound that really fills the room)
4. Machine Head - Message In A Bottle (Pretty awesome - did not expect this from MH's worst album)
3. Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (KsE gave this Dio classic their heavy signature - really dig it!)
2. Korn - Another Brick In The Wall (Same here - Pink Floyd's 80s classic got the Kornification I was expecting)
1. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (amazing cover, great video, completely different from the original version. Deservedly first on my top-10. Actually Manson's covers are sometimes better than his own songs :))

There is always the other side of this so I would really like to include Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's Hurt, but I guess this can be included in the next top-10/blog post :) heavy-gone-acoustic cover songs \m/ \m/


For now, please fee free to post you own top-10/top-5 of heavy covers! I'd be really curious to see your input on this.

You gotta love The Horn!

My favourite pub in St Albans is by far The Horn. Whether you want to check out new bands,as the pub runs The Battle of The Bands competition frequently; 80s-90s “has-beens” like Dodgy; acoustic Sundays, where you choose to play if you want to for a free drink; or tribute bands. And this is where my adoration for this pub started.

I’ve seen ECHOES (Pink Floyd tribute band), Kings of Lyon (obvious), Red hot Chilli Beans (even more obvious) and there some really decent bands coming up that I really can’t wait to see: ZU2 (don’t ask who the tribute is about), The Doors Alive, Are You Experienced (Jimiiiiiiiiiiiii), Hypermused (MUSE tribute), Fu Fighters, OASIST, Boot-led Zeppelin, Kazabian, The Smyths, The Clone Roses, The Bohemians (Queen), Guns 2 Roses...and who knows what else they’ll bring for our, the customers, pleasure!

Before you even think about it, these bands are neither bad nor cheap knock-offs of the originals. They are unique tribute bands, mimicking every single aspect of the original bands. The Red Hot Chilli Beans for example, where performing in full RHCP disguise and character (By The Way era tour)! Kings Of Lyon even looked identical to Kings of Leon (latest album)...and as musicians they just lack the composition skills (do they?) the real bands have to produce hits and become worldwide rock stars.

The Horn has been voted the best UK music pub for two years in a row. Do you think they’ll lose the award this year? NOT A CHANCE!

Experience Music Project - Seattle, Washington

About three weeks ago I had the chance, luck and honour to visit the Experience Music Project in Seattle, the best music museum in the world!

Music instruments tree, greeting you as you enter EMP

What made the experience even better was the fact that the current exhibition was about Nirvana and how they brought punk into the mainstream. From exclusive videos, broken instruments, clothing memorabilia, even to tour equipment such as stage-show background and amps.

Guitar and shirt worn on "smells like teen spirit" videoclip

I could definitely live in that place :)
After spending hours checking the exhibition material and memorabilia I went onto the second where you literally experience music. Several studio rooms equipped with guitars, basses, drums, keyboards and microphones. I was lucky enough to go there on a weekday and the place was not packed so I got to enjoy everything for hours...I ended up spending the whole day there!!!

Bass and guitar used @ "unplugged! album

I just wish we had something similar here in the UK. They could have one in Brum with exhibitions about Sabbath and Priest, in Manchester about Stone Roses and Oasis, In Cambridge about Pink Floyd, in London about so many other bands...come on UK, you can do it too!