Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Runnin' Wild with Airbourne !


If you're a typical rocker like me or the others, you must had heard the awesome hardrockers AC/DC. Back in the 70s, it was the golden years of the Australian hardrock band AC/DC. Famous songs like Highway To Hell or Thunderstruck had really bombard the spirit of the teenagers of that generation, and as long as the track lives on, the rock element of AC/DC lives on, too.
AC/DC had released their latest album Black Ice in 2008 summer, though the flames of rock still burns inside their minds, they are in fact grandpas swinging guitars and drum sticks. What people need is a brand new squad of hradrock troopers.
And here they come! Directly inheirited the hradrock power of AC/DC, the Auz band Airbourne had proved their lineage - They are the descendents of AC/DC, they are the sons of hradrock! In this 2008 album Runnin Wild, Airbourne had made their points clear - they will run wild, play wild, and yell wild! Besides jumping around half naked, their songs are real good pieces of works. From this album, Stand Up For Rock 'N Roll was selected as the opening music of the wrestling show Smack Down in 2008, and the track Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast had tell the world what rockers are and what we can do to make a difference.
I knew that I've mentioned their forefather AC/DC, now let's have a quick flashback on the good old days of these once-youth old people

Highway To Hell (AC/DC, German TV, 1979)


And now, the new generation of hardrock heroes!

Runnin' Wild


Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast


Do notice the truck driver in the video of Runnin Wild, he's Lenny, the front man of the famous rock band Motorhead! I think that hradrock is the music just right for inspiring people and spurring their strength and will. If you're having a bad day, put on some hardrock in your stereo, and I'm sure that you'll find some answers for life.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

They rock, they make history, they're Oasis!


What comes to the elder's minds when mentioned of Rock 'N Roll are forefathers like Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Deep Purple or the classic Rolling Stones; but when the issue lands on the young generation(which I meant us, haha), the answer would probably be U2, Coldplay, Green Day, and Oasis. Yes, Oasis, the band which had done a mass influence on the others and the later ones, will always live in the generation's heart.
Last summer, 2008, they released their latest album Dig Out Your Soul which shines like the August hot sun. Fans had been long anticipating, and the band did not let us down.
The hit The Shock of the Lightning was a total successful single, and though singing about love, it would not be a cliche like the others for it focused on the moment of falling into love, shocking, as if lightning.
And of course there are more rock music of innovative and progressive sounds, like the other great track Falling Down:

Oasis really made an indiscribable impact on the world of Rock 'N Roll. The creativity of the Gallagher brothers(the core of the band) in music had led to various changes around the world, not only spurred the develop of alternative and fusion rock, but also inspired a lot of people who play rock music.
The word "oasis" will no longer simply represent a place enriched with resource in the desert, nor only a rock band which had made a great fortune through recording. It has transformed into a symbol, a symbol of the innovation of Rock 'N Roll across the 90s until 2008.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The return of Lamb Of God


Hello to every headbangers across the globe! The great band of metalcore - Lamb of God - had came back from hell and ready to storm heaven with a new wave of hardcore guitar riffs and Randy's furious roar!
Okay, I know it's probably a little too late for me to talk about this new release of theirs, Wrath, here, but I'm sure that this February master piece is still discussible today.
Let's flash back for those who aren't familiar with the band. As we know that Lamb Of God was called Burn The Priest at their early days, but then changed their name into Lamb Of God due to numours banning on broadcasting(some venue owners believing the band possessed an "evil" name). Anyways, after the long journey from New American Gospel, Ashes of the Wake and Sacrament, the latest release Wrath would still stand a success. Apart from the past, Lamb of God got this album started up with the calm track The Passing, and in songs like Set To Fail or Dead Seeds, we can notice the transform of the band too, but still savor some original slautering of the old days.
A little transform and a little progess, the lamb was definitely sure which direction it's heading for.
Overall, a nice album for old school metalheads and the late generation headbangers.