Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 30 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home.
It is the eve of the most glorious night of the year and a good friend's birthday. I'm not going to waste much time - The Misfits "Halloween I & II."
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like
our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here). Punk veterans A.F.I. off their interpretation of The Misfits' ode to Halloween.
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 29 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home.
I have a soft spot for werewolves. For years, vampires ruled the media outlets with all types of novels, movies, and books romanticizing the idea of being a creature of the night. Not all creatures are romantic, some are downright ugly. Werewolves are my pain. Six Feet Under - "Lycanthropy."
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like
our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here). Next, is the man who began in a band embracing the name of Father Halloween Sam Hain - Danzig and his cover a little ditty by Elvis Presley - "Let Yourself Go."
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 28 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home dance away with the classiest space man to ever fall to Earth - David Bowie whom people once veered as a scary monster, but the rest of us just call him awesome.
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like
our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here). I've never been an advocate of The Beatles, but that doesn't mean I'm ignorant to the magnanimous, everlasting influence they've bore down upon millions of musicians across the world, including several favorites of mine that have emulated them in several ways with four-part harmony vocals and upbeat, experimental music much like the Galactic Cowboys. Possibly one of the greatest unknown bands, they call Houston, Texas their home and while having officially disbanded several years ago, they annually hold a reunion concert because they are profoundly beloved not just by their hometown, but anyone that has called themselves a fan. They themselves pay tribute as fans to The Beatles; more directly Paul McCartney as they present an excellent version of "Junior's Farm." \
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 27 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home honor the master of giallo Dario Argento by striking up the theme to one of the most famous....or infamous horror films ever made, recorded by the rock band "Goblin" whom Argento used for a great portion of his earlier films - it is the main theme to "Suspiria." \
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like
our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here), we have Static-X, fronted by the recently deceased Wayne Static (R.I.P.) singing a duet with another recognizable heavy metal vocalist Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, joining Static-X for a cover of industrial god(s) Ministry's "Burning Inside."
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 26 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home hole a special place in our massacre machines called hearts for this tune. We connect with it, identify with it, and think if we had walking theme music, this would be one of the tracks. Associated with what is arguably Rob Zombie's best film this is "The Devil's Rejects."
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like
our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here), we're sticking with the devil as we bring to you Primus' cover of the Charlie Daniels classic "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 25 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home turn to one of our favorite singers Bruce Dickinson, former and current leader of the heavy metal juggernaut Iron Maiden. For nearly a decade Bruce ventured out on a solo career delivering five very different but very good solo albums. It was on his fourth solo effort "Accident of Birth" where he not only reunited with Roy Z and his band Tribe of Gypsies, but Dickinson was also rejoined by his former Iron Maiden band mate Adrian Smith. With the track "Ghost of Cain," we are taken on a journey of a spirit who is conjured to help restless souls finally find peace.
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here). Speaking of heavy metal juggernauts, Anthrax definitely fits into that category, and with this cover song, they proved not only strength in unity as this song features both of their lead singers Joey Belladonna and John Bush in a duet, but there is also strength in soul as they do an impressive and honorable cover of The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion."
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 24 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home travel to our past. In high school, I was a band jock, not a band nerd because we were too awesome to be nerds; however, don't think we didn't take our craft seriously. We put our hearts into every performance and we dominated.
One day, our head director offered to issue us copies of what is essentially known as "The Exorcist theme," which is a nearly thirty-minute performance piece by Mike Oldfield written when he was only nineteen-years old called "Tubular Bells." It is also the first album ever released by Virgin Records. Being a horror nerd (happy?), I quickly snatched myself a blank cassette and obtained a piece of musical glory. I heard the piece in its entirety and did so again about six more times after. I loved the whole thing, so here it is, in its entirety, a live rendition of "Tubular Bells."
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here). A favorite band of mine is Yes, and when I heard progressive rock band Magellan cover their kooky classic "Don't Kill the Whale;" modernizing it to an almost industrial level, I loved it, so I'm putting it here.
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 23 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home decide to get sleazy with the vile audio abomination from shock-rock veterans Gwar (R.I.P. Dave Brockie) as they honor the man behind Dracula's myth "Vlad the Impaler."
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here), and tonight we're going pure rock fury with a side of blues as pure rock band Clutch cover Chester Arthur Burnett - better known as Howlin' Wolf with "Who's Been Talkin'."
Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 22 of celebrating the
fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me
and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home keep it country - real - country with the honky tonk granddaddy Left Frizzell crooning the true country style about an angry ghost returning to meet it's murderer.
Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed
up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for,
normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around
here) and good ole Willie Nelson fits in perfectly with this crowd. For a person that is a fifth-degree black belt in martial arts (GongKwon Yusul), he's as mellow as a person that smokes a lot of marijuana......Hey, wait a minute.......
Willie has provided hundreds of great tunes of his own and in duets, but here he takes on Dave Matthews' "Gravedigger," putting his own spin on the downtrodden tune.
