Rest in Peace you Philthy Animal

Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, former Motorhead drummer, died at age 61.

You can hear him on the iconic Motorhead song, Ace of Spades.

You can also see him in the Ace of Spades documentary, here split into 5 on Youtube.


Thanks for the kick-ass drumming, Phil.

Iron Maiden - Aces High

So Motorhead's Ace of Spades came on at the gym today. That brought up "Aces High" and we couldn't remember who sang it for a while until I blurted out . . . "Not Iron Maiden?" "YES!"

Yes.

Oddly appropriate song for Veteran's Day to come up at random.

Basement - Run Runaway

I don't know this band from anything, but I do like this cover of Slade's Run Runaway.

It's kind of charming, which is probably something people don't say about the lead singer's singing very often.



It's pretty much straight-up, but I suspect it's hard to make this song without doing a straight-up cover. What are you going to do, speed it up? It's fast. Slow it down? For what, to explore the depth of the lyrics? Nah, just fire up the electric violin and get rocking.

Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize & More

Thanks to Tom for bringing Slade up tonight.



For those of you who didn't know that Quiet Riot's biggest hit is a cover. I didn't, for a long, long time. Now you know too!

And more Slade:



And even more Slade:



That last one might be their best song, in my mind . . . and it's one of their much later songs. I remember I'd hear it occasionally on the radio. Then one day I came in to work after hearing it, mentioned it to my friend Jimi O., and he said, "Yeah, Slade! Alright!" and then I was off to collect Slade tracks.

I Attack The Darkness!

I'm off to see The Darkness tonight in NYC.

Unfortunately, I only own two shirts that are remotely metal:

- An Aerosmith t-shirt that's way too small (it's from High School, pre-final growth spurt and pre-weight training.)

and

- TROGDOR THE BURNINATOR!

Trogdor wins, man, Trogdor wins.

Wreckless Eric live on WFMU

On Saturday night, a friend of mine and I went to see Wreckless Eric, best known for Whole Wide World.

You can hear the whole set here:

Prove It All Night! with Pat Byrne: Playlist from October 17, 2015



I just love how Wreckless Eric now looks like Bricktop's nicer, younger brother.


And Wreckless Eric might not save rock and roll, but he's giving it a real go.

. . . And Out Come the Wolves, 20th anniversary

There is a 20th Anniversary vinyl coming out of . . . And Out Come the Wolves from Rancid.

There is also a full replay of the album with commentary over on the Tim Timebomb & Friends Show. Both can be found here:

Tim Timebomb & Friends