April 19, 2013

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
PARAMORE...Paramore  (2013)
Paramore, the 4th album from Paramore, entered the U.S. Billboard album charts this week at number 1, which made me realize it should be todays' AOTD.  I was very pleasantly surprised by the album as it was a very cool listen and I will give it a 3 out of 5 stars and recommend it highly.  When I saw that the CD was more than an hour long I was a bit weary but it turned out to be a fun listen. Hayley Williams delivers some strong vocals. The highlight for me was "Hate To See Your Heart Break", a nice ballad.  Also the album has 3 short tracks that had ukelele in it and were quite enjoyable.  In fact, the band sounds like they were having fun making this record.  They rock, as well, especially on "Anklebiters" and "Be Alone."  The final track, "Future," clocks in at over 7 minutes and was an awesome album closer, starting out low and calm but then turning into this bombastic in-your-face sound, fades out and then fades back in.  If you like to check out new music I suggest you take a listen to this one.  I certainly liked it
(CD, vinyl, Allmusic review)


ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR APRIL 19
Alan Price of The Animals is 71; Rod Morgenstein of Winger is 60; Bekka Bramlett, who was briefly a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1993-1995, is 45;

ON THIS DATE
1980 Brian Johnson replaces the late Bon Scott as lead singer for AC/DC
2002 The body of Layne Staley of Alice In Chains is found in his apartment in Seattle. It is believed he died two weeks earlier of a drug overdose at the age of 34
2006 A Miami-Dade Circuit Judge throws out a lawsuit by a woman who appeared in a sex tape with Scott Stapp and Kid Rock, saying that she cannot sue while remaining annonymous
2010 Iron Man 2 soundtrack by AC/DC is released
2012 Levon Helm of the Band dies in Woodstock, New York. Helm was 71
2012 Ted Nugent meets with the Secret Service because of the statement he made; "If Obama is re-elected I will either be dead or in jail." They decide that Nugent poses no threat to the President
2013  Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down hits a pickup truck in Nashville, Tennessee, sending the truck down an embankment and killing the driver.  Harrell was intoxicated and was charged with vehicular manslaughter