Rush – “Grace Under Pressure”
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Are you sick and tired of me talking about Rush? This is the fourth album in my “series”, which I have been stretching out over years now. “Grace Under Pressure” though holds a special place in my history with the band. It was the first album I bought of theirs at the time of...
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Weather Report – “Sweetnighter”
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Not sure of my actual introduction to Weather Report, but I had known about them for years. Finally started buying some of their albums about 10 years ago. Though I know one of my co-workers helped fuel my interest in them even more, mostly by filling in the blanks of my collection digitally.
King’s X – “Dogman”
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Since this is the third time King’s X has shown up on my list, I will be brief. MTV introduced me to them, and I have been a huge fan every since.
(From left): Ty Tabor (guitar, vocals), Doug Pinnick...
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The Red Masque – “Flesh for Feathers”
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Again, here is another discovery through our friends at Progressive Ears. However, this one was from the actual artist. At the time of discovery, three of the members of the band...
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Zero One – “Ozone”
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About a year ago I bought a couple of electronica albums and as Amazon always does, it starts giving you recommendations of other material that you might like based on your purchases or rankings. Zero One came up. “Ozone” is the fourth album by the project, and was the last one I purchased. It is also the best.
Rush – “Hold Your Fire”
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It’s time for another Rush album. Not bad if you think about it. Three of the first 75 “favorite albums” are by Rush. Shows my very high interest in the band, but doesn’t make me out to be a total geek or fanboy (which is probably indeed the case). I usually mention in this section of how I came across the artist. A reminder to those reading is...
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Kiln – “Sunbox”
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I don’t know how or why, but I came across Kiln one day. And then I bought this CD, which is actually an EP, for all the wrong reasons. The group/band is from the metro Detroit area. I thought the project name was very cool, and the album cover and album title were even cooler. I heard one 30 second sample of the first song and decided to buy the album. Thankfully the insides were as good, if not better, then the cover.
Collective Soul – “Collective Soul”
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This is the band’s second album, from 1994, but it was the single “Shine” from their debut album the year prior that brought Collective Soul into mine, and everyone else’s consciousness. I saw them twice for free before the release of this album. I liked...
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Tuatara – “Cinemathique”
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I stumbled onto this band because of the drummer, Barrett Martin. Martin was the drummer for the Screaming Trees during their heyday in the early 90′s (Seattle grunge scene), and then more importantly to me, was part of the “super group” Mad Season....
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King’s X – “Gretchen Goes to Nebraska”
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Since I am missing many of my CD’s in my collection, I come up to the second appearance of King’s X in my series. As I mentioned in...
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