Pablo Honey. This album is like witnessing the birth of a blazing, beautiful star. Nobody could’ve known that this album would be the start of something amazing, something so beautiful it makes even the toughest men cry. Even at their worst, Radiohead was able to prove that they were in fact able to create something that will be remembered by generations. Creep, a song about white boy heartbreak at its purest, now blares across shopping malls and on radio stations everywhere around the ... read more
Three Days Grace brought Gotye out back and shot him point blank straight in the head.
Explosions. In my years of living on the planet Earth, I have never heard something so grueling, so painful, so damn atrocious it had me crying to turn it off. It’s like it was sent down by God as a punishment for all the atrocities we commit among ourselves. This truly abysmal album is the first sign of the rapture, and everyone who was thankfully blessed to have never heard it will be able to bask in heavens warm indulging grace, and the rest who have had the misfortune of listening to ... read more
Reckoner. A track that can make even the strongest, hairiest, and sweatiest men cry beautiful, meaty, sad tears. It’s sheer beauty is something that cannot be matched by any other track off the generational masterpiece that is In Rainbows. The golden ratio moment, Ed O’Briens backing vocals naming the album ‘In Rainbows’ as if it were a message from God and Heaven above, paired with Thom Yorkes barely tangible, but frighteningly beautiful vocal performance makes a truly ... read more
St. Anger. An album that represents the grueling mess that the members of Metallica made for themselves during the development of this album. The true ugliness and bitterness that was Metallica at the time. Jason Newsted? GONE. No bassist, three men ripping each other to bits trying to make an album that would live among the hulking beasts like Master of Puppets, And Justice for All, and The Black Album. This was Metallica going back to their roots and making music like a teenage garage band ... read more