Monsters of Rock

  • Take Cover

    Don’t worry this post will not be as dramatic as the photo above of two policemen taking cover. It is going to be about a musical post of Rock covers, which were nearly as good, and in some cases better, as the originals. Cum On Feel The Noize-Original by Slade. Covered by Quiet Riot You

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  • I was watching a music quiz show the other day, one of the question was “Can you name the real name of this artist?” For this post I am going to turn it around. I am going to mention the real name, and a music clip, and you can figure out what the artist name

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  • Heaven and Hell in Music

    Breaking News: This is not a WW2 history blog. I repeat—not about tanks, battles, or Churchill’s cigars. We’re taking a brief detour from my usual deep dives into World War II history. Why? Because aside from my love for history (and my family, of course—hi, Mom), I have two other great passions: Music and Movies.

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  • Eulogy for Ozzy Osbourne Ladies and gentlemen, Today, we gather not just to mourn a man, but to celebrate a force of nature — someone whose voice, spirit, and story shaped the very soul of rock and roll. John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne, the Prince of Darkness, has left the stage — but the echoes of

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  • In general I do a lot of history blogs which are often hard hitting, but every once in a while I like to do something more lighthearted. Aside from history, music is one of my great passions and especially Rock music. This blog is a compilation of an A-Z Rock music guide. I say a

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  • Vital Signs is a 1984 album released by one of my all time favourite bands Survivor. I was a bit reluctant to buy the album because Survivor had changed singers, from Dave Bickler to Jimi Jamison. However it turned out to be one of their best albums. On it there was a track called “It’s

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  • It is 1986 you get ready for your weekly dose of Heavy Metal on Sky’s Monsters of Rock. presented by Mick Wall. You hear the opening theme ” Ice 9″ by Joe Satriani from his Epic album “Surfing with the Alien” You sit back relax and get ready for an onslaught of Rock and Metal.

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  • Flóra Klein was just a teenager when the world around her began to fall apart. She was born to a modest Jewish family in Jánd, a small Hungarian village. Life was hard but filled with love—her parents kept traditions alive, the Sabbath was a sacred time, and music often floated from the kitchen as her

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  • What if the Nazis would have won? You might be wondering what is the connection between the music scale picture above and the question, “What if the Nazis had won?” Firstly, let me explain what type of rhythmic pattern it is. It is an example of a rhythmic pattern used in heavy metal. The upper

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  • You probably think this is going to be about Finland’s finest ,Lordi, but you’d be wrong. It is going to be Denmark’s mega band ‘Mabel’ , ok mega band might be a bit of an exaggeration. Mabel entered the Eurovision in 1978,in Paris, with the song ‘Boom Boom’ where they received a well deserved 13

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