Not one member of the band Crooked Fingers appears to be of Hispanic descent. In fact, frontman Eric Bachmann, the primary mind and voice behind the group and former member of Archers of Loaf, comes from North Carolina – nowhere near a Spanish-speaking country.

America's Volume Dealer Binding: Audio CD Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records Album Description: 24 bit / 96 kHz DVD-Audio and 24 bit / 48 kHz Dolby Digital 5.1 options Stunning 5.1 surround sound Lyrics Scrapbook Biography Plays on ALL DVD players Amazon.com: Since America's Volume Dealer sounds a lot like alternative metal, the unfamiliar might think they're bandwagon jumpers. But COC were among the first to explore the myriad connections between metal and punk/hardcore when they opened fo

Rob Gretton’s notes to be published Posted on 30 September 2008 Rob Gretton, the New Order and Joy Division manager is to have his notes published in a new book, shedding light on alternative band names and debut album choices. Continue Reading

(Originally posted August 2002) Quick! I ran out of time to get a proper, well thought out, carefully structured and reasonably argued music column together, so I’ve instead thrown together a collection of quickly dashed off, barely thought through first impressions of a few CDs and records which have been passing through my crappy stereo of late. Now that’s professionalism. Study of the Lifeless CD, American Pop Project AMPOP207CD Nasty, nasty cover; as if the sleeve of My Bloody Valenti

Has the ritualistic cranking up of the volume of music tracks finally reached a tipping point? Now many of the fans of heavy metal outfit Metallica are complaining that the band's latest effort, Death Magnetic , is too simply loud. And yes, that's a bad thing. I last wrote about the loudness issue in June 2007, where I outlined the common complaints about audio tracks that have been ...