Tag: alternative rock

Allegory Of Musicial Memories

So earlier this week I went to visit a long-time friend. I had originally met him sometime during the late 80s through a mutual friend, but hung out with him more during the mid-late 90s. Sometimes we used to go to Coney Island High together. Other times, we would just go bar hopping along the…

American Idiot…WTF!?!

The band Green Day released an album “American Idiot” a few years back. Now its a Broadway play: http://www.broadway.com/buzz/green-day-musical-american-idiot-will-rock-st-james-theatre-beginning-march-24/ Why!?! I’ve always resented the fact that Green Day was considered a “Punk” band. Of all the so-called “Punk” bands to put on Broadway, this shouldn’t been one of them. Thanks. I guess “Punk” is officially…

Heaven Still Waiting: The Danse Society

The first wave of the Batcave movement, later to be evolved to what is now known as Gothic began in the late 1970s/early 1980s. It’s (hair)roots can be traced to the United Kingdom. Submerging elements of Glam Rock, Psychedelic, Punk/Post-Punk, Alternative Rock, New Wave, and a bit of synthesizer created a genre still popular today.…