Friday, September 30, 2011

Henry Lee Summer - I Wish I Had a Girl

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Indiana born Henry Lee Summer (born Henry Lee Swartz) was not an overnight success story.  Self-taught on guitar, piano and drums, he was a ...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Monroes - What Do All the People Know

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Another band that had a terrible time with the business end of the music business was The Monroes.  The band was founded in San Diego in the...
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Monday, September 26, 2011

Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One

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Haircut One Hundred.  Just the name brings us back to early 1982 MTV, when the station was new and fresh and they played a bunch of cool, sl...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Prince - Controversy

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I know, I know.  Prince on a rare 80s video blog?  I mean the dude dominated the 1980s (along with Madonna and Michael Jackson).  But wait; ...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

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Yesterday (September 21, 2011), R.E.M. decided to call it quits as a band.  Although the band had some great successes in the 1990s, we thin...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

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XTC might just be the poster child for the under-appreciated band.  In fact, one music critic went so far as to call them "the great lo...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole

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Nine Inch Nails blasted onto the music scene in 1989 with Pretty Hate Machine, their debut album.  Complex, diverse and dark, the band sound...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Neal Schon and Jan Hammer - No More Lies

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What do you get when you combine the guitarist from Journey with the guy who wrote the theme to Miami Vice?  Well, the resulting music is ac...

Aldo Nova - Fantasy

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Another wonderfully ridiculous video featuring supernatural guitars (see Breaking the Law  for an earlier example).  Set in the future (or a...
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Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Del Fuegos - Don't Run Wild

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In 1985, the Del Fuegos looked like a good bet to be The Next Big Thing.  Their second album, Boston, Mass was released to critical acclaim,...