Scooter Chronicles

Bozzio Levin Stevens - “Black Light Syndrome”

Tracks:

1. The Sun Road
2. Dark Corners
3. Duende
4. Black Light Syndrome
5. Falling in Circles
6. Book of Hours
7. Chaos/Control

I had heard that these three were doing an album, and was excited about two-thirds of it. At the time I was already a fan of Bozzio and Levin. I was disappointed with the choice of Stevens as the guitarist. The idea of this album was to write and record it in less than a week. It was a way for Bozzio to make some extra money during a slow time in his career, and...

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Sheryl Crow - “Sheryl Crow”

Tracks:

1. Maybe Angels
2. A Change Would Do You Good
3. Home
4. Sweet Rosalyn
5. If It Makes You Happy
6. Redemption Day
7. Hard to Make a Stand
8. Everyday is a Winding Road
9. Love is a Good Thing
10. Oh Marie
11. Superstar
12. The Book
13. Ordinary Morning

Hard not to know who Sheryl Crow is. Though I have my brother Todd to thank me for his introduction to her music. He had a copy of her first album that I borrowed a couple of times. Some of it I really liked well enough to end up buying her second album after hearing...

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Camel - “The Snow Goose”

Tracks:

1. The Great Marsh
2. Rhayader
3. Rhayader Goes to Town
4. Sanctuary
5. Fritha
6. The Snow Goose
7. Friendship
8. Migration
9. Rhayader Alone
10. Flight of the Snow Goose
11. Preparation
12. Dunkirk
13. Epitaph
14. Fritha Alone
15. La Princesse Perdue
16. The Great Marsh

Another progressive rock band that I was introduced to by the members of ProgressiveEars.Com. It took me some time to finally buy this, and is the only Camel album I own to date. But it was suggested at their best work.

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Metallica - “Master of Puppets”

Tracks:

1. Battery
2. Master of Puppets
3. The Thing That Should Not Be
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
5. Disposable Heroes
6. Leper Messiah
7. Orion
8. Damage, Inc.

Ah, Metallica. Maybe you wouldn’t have pegged me for a fan. But I am. Sure, it took me a while. I was first introduced to Metallica by my high school buddy, George. He was a real nice guy, and not someone you might think of as a metal-head. But Metallica was some of the more mellow stuff he listened to. He kept giving me this album and “Ride the...

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Roger posted a MEME that I thought would be interesting to do, mostly because I have the means of shuffling music that I would listen to. Here is how it works:

1. Put your music player on Shuffle

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT (this is in capital letters, so it is very serious).

So here is what my iPod spit out:

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
“Lay Down Your Guns” - Emerson, Lake, and Powell

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
“Flight Over Rio” - Al DiMeola (Not sure...

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Boards of Canada - “Music Has the Right to Children”

Tracks:

1. Wildlife Analysis
2. An Eagle in Your Mind
3. The Color of the Fire
4. Telephasic Workshop
5. Triangles & Rhombuses
6. Sixtyten
7. Turquoise Hexagon Sun
8. Kaini Industries
9. Bocuma
10. Roygbiv
11. Rue the Whirl
12. Aquarius
13. Olson
14. Pete Standing Alone
15. Smokes Quantity
16. Open the Light
17. One Very Important Thought

I have always had an interest in electronic music, but never knew where to look. Sure, I was introduced to Tangerine Dream in my late...

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The Outfield - “Play Deep”

Tracks:

1. Say It Isn’t So
2. Your Love
3. I Don’t Need Her
4. Everytime You Cry
5. 61 Seconds
6. Mystery Man
7. All the Love
8. Talk to Me
9. Taking My Chances
10. Nervous Alibi

Growing up in the MTV age brought my ears and eyes to a wide range of music. It opened my ears even to the less commercial music. But The Outfield was one of those pop-melodic-rock bands that stuck with me, even to this day. And their debut album “Play Deep” is something that I purposely went out and bought on CD a few years ago to finally...

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Brand X - “Unorthodox Behaviour”

1. Nuclear Burn
2. Euthanasia Waltz
3. Born Ugly
4. Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria
5. Unorthodox Behaviour
6. Running On Three
7. Touch Wood

I had heard for a long time that Phil Collins had been in another band that played jazz fusion, called Brand X, for years. Many, many times I had looked at their LP’s and CD’s, but never took the dive. Part of me was worried that I would hate them. Finally, earlier this year, I broke down and bought this album. Though mostly it was due to hearing some of bassist Percy Jones’...

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Anglagard - “Hybris”

Tracks:

1. Jordrok (Earthsmoke)
2. Vandringar I Vilsenhet (Wanderings in Confusion)
3. Ifran Klarhet Till Klarhet (From Strength to Strength)
4. Kung Bore (King Winter)
5. Ganglat Fran Knapptibble (Marching Tune From Knapptibble)

Thanks to the boys and girls at ProgessiveEars.Com, I was introduced to Anglagard. Though at first it was all talk and hype. Their limited catalog wasn’t in print until about five years ago.

(From...

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