Musings of a Punk Rock Father

I guess I should just make it my Saturday Random Ten...I never quite seem to have time on Friday.

Burst - Anthrax: I had "Sound of White Noise" on cassette when I was in high school, and a couple years ago found it for 99 cents at a record store in Kirksville, MO. Great buy.

Opposite - Crash Dog: Again, great band.

Rooster - Alice in Chains: Alice in Chains are one of the few bands of its era and genre (I hate saying grunge) that I still find comppletely listenable. Along with Mudhoney and Nirvana, Alice In Chains' songs have not lost anything.

Run - Project 86: From their first album, which finds them striving too hard to sound like Rage Against the Machine. I still like the album, though, as their songs are better lyrically than most bands in the harder vein.

Q: How Many Punks - Dillinger Four: I downloaded this off the label's website for my Chicago comp. I know I've seen the band play live, but I never owned any of their recordings.

One Demon to Another - The Crucified: Mark Salomon's band before Stavesacre. What a difference. While Stavesacre is more like modern rock, The Crusified, on this album, were straight-up hardcore.

Mindbender - The Crucified: Wow, another Crucified song! On this album, "Pillars of Humanity," the band sound more like a thrash band. Great, great band.

You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover - Bo Diddley: I bought the Chess boxed sets for Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters, and both are fantastic collections. I still want to get the Chuck Berry Chess boxed set.

Pretty Lightning - New Bomb Turks: Best band ever. From The Night Before the Day the Earth Stood Still," their last proper album, "Pretty Lightning" is a catchy song.

Bad Religion - Bad Religion: One of three versions of the song on a remastered "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" Bad Religion are the godfathers of melodic hardcore.

Now with 3,101 songs in my iTunes, I'm getting a little more variety in my playlist. It's good to see some blues mixed in with the hard rock/ metal/ hardcore/ punk rock.