Soundtrack Saturday: Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham

There was one thing that was for certain when it came to that decadent decade known as the 1980’s and that was that there were films that came with iconic tracks. Another statement that was true, if John Hughes’s name was attached to the film somehow, then it meant that iconic music would be on it for sure. That was definitely the case with today’s Soundtrack Saturday track Holiday Road by Fleetwood Mac guitar man Lindsey Buckingham. The track was written and featured for one of the most iconic 80’s comedies in National Lampoon’s Vacation. The film starred Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, a man determined on giving his family the vacation of a lifetime by bringing them on a road trip to Wally World. Every time you hear the song, you can’t help but immediately think of the film and how much fun the film was because it kicked off the opening titles of the film. A very iconic track which Lindsey Buckingham played every instrument on the track. Check the extended version below:

Soundtrack Saturdays: Gold Dust Woman by Hole

It’s another Saturday which can only mean one thing and that is I have another Soundtrack Saturday pick for all of you. I know what your thinking and I could have used this for a cover of the week, but when you’re dealing with a song that appeared in any of The Crow films in the franchise then you have something special. It was one of those films where original music and or covers were recorded especially for the film and it always featured the heavyweights of the metal world along with some heavyweights of the Gothic or industrial world. So, what Io have for you is Gold Dust Woman by Hole which was originally performed by Fleetwood Mac and the song was featured on The Crow: City Of Angels which was an underrated film. The film saw Vincent Pérez taking the role of Ashe Corven, the latest man to be resurrected from the grave to avenge the wrongly death of himself and his son. The great thing about the track is that Courtney Love does an amazing job channeling Nicks for the track and the band makes the song a little darker than the original, but they still make it sexy. Plus my favorite member of Hole in Melissa Auf der Maur’s bass playing is pretty incredible as well on the track. I would check out the soundtrack as it featurs this track plus original songs from Korn and the Deftones with White Zombie doing a KC & The Sunshine Band cover. Check out Gold Dust Woman below:

Music Video Of The Week: Mona Lisa by Dead Sara

We are being generous today and we are giving you a double shot of Music Video Of The Week posts. Los Angeles rock band and Vegas Rocks! Magazine Awards Best New Artist 2012 winner Dead Sara are back with a brand new record that they are gearing up to release called Pleasure To Meet You via Pocket Kid Records. The album which is a follow up to the self titled debut is gearing up to be released in March of 2015 and the band has unveiled the first single off the record which happens to have a music video for called Mona Lisa and it’s this week’s Music Video Of The Week. The track itself has some soul to it while having some beefy, chunky riffs to it as well that gets in your face while the video gets a little awkward in the beginning. We see the band doing some finger snapping before the riff kicks in an meanwhile you are seeing some creepy house guests at this house party that is being thrown. After a while though it becomes total absolute unapologetic rock and roll debauchery at this party because these people are getting down and they throw a party like only Californians can throw. I absolutely love the bands sound and guitarist Siouxsie Medley can jam and I love front woman Emily Armstrong’s voice which reminds me a little bit like Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. This is definitely one band to check out and if you want to pre-order the new record all tyou have to do is visit their Pledgemusic page right here. Otherwise sit back and relax and enjoy the video below.

The 2014 Monster Entertainment Awards- You Vote!!!

Here is your chance to let your voices be heard as you vote in each and every category that is provided that covers music, movies, and other fun categories. You will have from now until May 1ST to decide who wins. Choose wisely and have fun with it and spread the word. You may also want to remember that we are celebrating all the best of 2013 with the Monster Entertainment Awards.

The 3RD Annual Monster Awards Nominations

The 3RD Annual Monster Awards is back and we are ready to crown the best of 2013. As always, the awards are decided based on the participation of everyone which means it is up to you to crown the winners of each category. I’ve decided to get rid of some categories, but I have also added some brand new categories to the list. The category I have gotten rid of is the sports category because we don’t cover sports here, but we have kept one category and that is Wrestler Of The Year because it is sports entertainment after all. So, here are the categories and the nominees.

Music Categories:

Album Of The Year:

1. The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake

2. Stars Dance by Selena Gomez

3. Artpop by Lady Gaga

4. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

5. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend

6. …Like Clockwork by Queens Of The Stone Age

Rap Album Of The Year

1. I’m A Human Being II by Lil Wayne

2. Wolf by Tyler, The Creator

3. Hotel California by Tyga

4. Yeezus by Kayne West

5. Magna Carter Holy Grail by Jay-Z

6. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 by Eminem

Rock Album Of The Year

1. Wretched And Divine by Black Veil Brides

2. Notes From The Underground by Hollywood Undead

3. Earth Rocker by Clutch

4. House Of Gold & Bones Part 2 by Stone Sour

5. Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies by Volbeat

6. Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor by Rob Zombie

Metal Album Of The Year

1. Aftershock by Motorhead

2. Disarm The Descent by Killswitch Engage

3. Infestissumam by Ghost

4. Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold

5. Super Collider by Megadeth

6. 13 by Black Sabbath

Tour Of The Year

1. Mayhem fest 2013

2. Black Sabbath

3. Bon Jovi

4. Fleetwood Mac

5. Kid Rock

Movie Category:

Movie Of The Year

1. Prisoners

2. Captain Phillips

3. American Hustle

4. Gangster Squad

5. The Hobbit 2

6. The Wolf Of Wall Street

Horror Film Of The Year

1. Carrie

2. You’re Next

3. Evil Dead

4. The Conjuring

5. Insidious: Chapter 2

6. Texas Chainsaw 3D

Comedy Of The Year

1. This Is The End

2. The World’s End

3. Anchorman 2

4. The Heat

5. We’re The Millers

6. A Haunted House

Badass Movie Of The Year

1. Machete Kills

2. Homefront

3. Fast & Furious 6

4. Pacific Rim

5. Escape

6. The Grandmaster

Remake Of The Year

1. Maniac

2. Evil Dead

3. Oldboy

4. Lone Ranger

5. The Great Gatsby

Superhero Movie Of The Year

1. Man Of Steel

2. The Wolverine

3. Thor: The Dark World

4. Iron Man 3

5. Kick Ass 2

Animated Films Of The Year

1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2

2. Planes

3. Frozen

4. Despicable Me 2

5. Monsters University

6. Turbo

Misc Categories 

Wrestler Of The Year

1. Daniel Bryan

2. Golddust

3. CM Punk

4. AJ Styles

5. Bobby Roode

6. Randy Orton

Twitter/#FriskyFriday Model Of The Year

1. Ashley Alexiss

2. Elle Johnson

3. Ashley Heinrichs

4. Chelsie Farah

5. Taryn Maria

6. Audrey Allen

Babe Of The Year

1. Scarlett Johansson

2. Amy Adams

3. Jennifer Lawrence

4. Mila Kunis

5. Teresa Palmer

6. Kate Upton