There have been countless bands that have copied the formula that AC/DC has thrown down since day one. Many of those bands are barely still around, but there is one band that wants to defy the odds and they have a vocalist that just may help them succeed. While, I love everything that Brian Johnson brought to the band, it was Bon Scott that will always remain the standard for dirty old fashioned, kick in the nuts, rock and roll.The material that he produced with AC/DC is often duplicated, but never imitated. Then there is this band from Kelowna, British Columbia known as The Wild!, who if you close your eyes, you swear to whoever you believe in that it’s Bon on the microphone. It is so uncanny that I am instantly digging what these guys are putting out. Dylan Villain is the man that animates this band to life and it’s evident in our Rock Video Of The Week for the track Best In The West. The video is primarily a performance based video that showcases the chaos that ensues on stage and the just the fun these guys off the stage. Check out the video below:
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Rock Video Of The Week: Best In The West by The Wild!
Posted: February 24, 2018 in Music Video Of The WeekTags: AC/DC, Best In The West, Bon Scott, Dylan Villain, Music Video, Music Video Of The Week, Rock, Rock Video Of The Week, The Wild!
Eddie’s 31 Days Of Halloween 2016: Day 7: Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Posted: October 7, 2016 in Eddie's 31 Days Of HalloweenTags: AC/DC, Batman 1989, Christopher Murney, Eddie's 31 Days Of Halloween, Ellen McElduff, Emilio Estevez, Fly Away Home, Halloween, Holter Graham, Horror, J.C. Quinn, JFK, Laura Harrington, Maximum Overdrive, Pat Hingle, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Last Dragon, The Legend Of Billie Jean, The Mighty Ducks, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Yeardly Smith
For today’s entry to Eddie’s 31 Days Of Halloween, I was surprised that I hadn’t reviewed more Stephen King films more often than I have. So, today we decided to review a film that was always one of my favorite ones in Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive, a film about a renegade comet that the Earth gets stuck in for eight days. Things start going out of whack on Earth like Lawnmowers running over people, a vending machine killing people with it’s soda cans, and tractor trailers driving on their own. For a group of workers and patrons at a truck stop, they don’t completely know what is going on when things start going haywire in Wilmington, North Carolina. For Bill Robinson (Emilio Estevez), a kid with a troubled past is just trying to get through life with his crappy job as a cook until he has to step up to be the hero when all of this craziness is going down. The film also stars Pat Hingle (Batman 1989) as Bubba Hendershot, Laura Harrington (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) as Brett, Yeardly Smith (The Legend Of Billie Jean) as Connie, John Short (Ransom) as Curt, Holter Graham (Fly Away Home) as Deke, Frankie Faison (Silence Of The Lambs) as Handy, Christopher Murney (The Last Dragon) as Camp Loman, Ellen McElduff (JFK) as Wanda, J.C. Quinn (The Abyss) as Duncan, and the film was directed by Stephen King.
First off, you can never go wrong choosing a film to watch that has a soundtrack completely provided by AC/DC and secondly this was the 80’s which meant that a lot of great horror flicks were coming out. I always loved the idea of tractor trailers trying to kill humans. It’s almost like the Terminator where the machines that man built are getting back at the human race. Some of the scenes can be cheesy, but for the most part this film was awesome. The fact that they had a road roller run over and flatten a kid at the little league field was ballsy in my opinion because you never really saw that in too many films. The kill scenes for the most part were actually really good and the combo of Laura Harrington and Emilio Estevez was a good decision, but they move a little too fast in the film. What I mean by that is the idea that they meet and she’s instantly his. Maybe, it’s because Emilio was a boss back in the day. I think Stephen King did a really good job directing the film and like a lot of other horror greats, he inserts himself in one little scene in the beginning of the movie when he tries to use the ATM. Definitely check out this little treasure from Stephen King as I give the film an B+ for a final grade.
Single Of The Week: Breakin’ Outta Hell by Airbourne
Posted: August 1, 2016 in Single Of The WeekTags: AC/DC, Airbourne, Breakin' Outta Hell, Joel O'Keeffe, music, roadrunner records, Rock, Single Of The Week, Spinefarm Records
As promised, here is your second single of the week, but this time from the rock side of life. Airbourne have always been one of those bands that I enjoyed listening to because they brought that high octane sweaty styled rock and roll to the table much like the other legendary rock band from Australia in AC/DC. The band is now gearing up to release their fourth album Breakin’ Outta Hell via Spinefarm Records which will also be the band’s first since leaving Roadrunner Records. The album is expected to drop in stores and online on September 23RD to help prepare you for the mayhem, the band has unleashed the title track for all to consume. If you love the fast paced, big riff, arena rock styled music, then you are going to love this track. Joel O’Keeffe talked about the track saying, “We get a lot of feedback from our fans saying how much they love the faster tracks. But when they play them in the car… well, it can be tough on their pocket with all the speeding fines! ‘Breakin’ Outta Hell’ is definitely one of THOSE numbers… even the guys who filmed the lyric video were stopped by the police and given a fine.” He talked about the lyric video saying, “For us, these visuals really sum up the feeling behind the song and the album, too. The whole message is right there. Put on the single, or the album, and it’s, ‘F–k the boss and f–k all the tax I owe. I’m going out, I’m getting pissed and I’m going to listen to some hard rock ‘n’ roll.’ No ballads, no bulls–t. I’m breaking out of Hell!”