Musical Ups and Downs
Nov. 26th, 2007 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianSo I learn today - via ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yendi - that a certain band from Boston is getting back together. And this is Good.
Extreme
are a great band. Nuno, Pat, and Gary have done some interesting things since. Nuno's had a couple of band
efforts out; Gary took a turn on the microphone for Van Halen
, and Pat's done some low key stuff (and no, that wasn't intended as a pun regarding the lower register of his bass guitar). It will be interesting to see where they go from here. Shame that Paul won't be with them, although not surprising, as he was pulling back even during the Pornograffitti
days.
Around III Sides to Every Story
, the band showed a shift from fun, cliched stuff that really came to fruition with the darkness in Waiting for the Punchline
. I'm wondering if they'll continue that trend or head back to the light?
Speaking of light, fluffy, fun heavy metal, nothing exemplified metal candy more than Quiet Riot
. Unfortunately, I found out - again from yendi - that Kevin Dubrow, lead vocalist through most of the band's career, will no longer be the bouncy, exuberant, personality that he once was. At 52, he was found dead in his home yesterday. AP Article.
yendi - that a certain band from Boston is getting back together. And this is Good.Extreme
are a great band. Nuno, Pat, and Gary have done some interesting things since. Nuno's had a couple of band efforts out; Gary took a turn on the microphone for Van Halen, and Pat's done some low key stuff (and no, that wasn't intended as a pun regarding the lower register of his bass guitar). It will be interesting to see where they go from here. Shame that Paul won't be with them, although not surprising, as he was pulling back even during the Pornograffitti days.Around III Sides to Every Story
, the band showed a shift from fun, cliched stuff that really came to fruition with the darkness in Waiting for the Punchline. I'm wondering if they'll continue that trend or head back to the light?Speaking of light, fluffy, fun heavy metal, nothing exemplified metal candy more than Quiet Riot
. Unfortunately, I found out - again from yendi - that Kevin Dubrow, lead vocalist through most of the band's career, will no longer be the bouncy, exuberant, personality that he once was. At 52, he was found dead in his home yesterday. AP Article.