It’s been twenty years since one of the most underrated albums ever, was released. On August 31, 1999, Days of the New released their second album. II – or the Green Album. By this time front man and songwriter Travis Meeks was operating as the band. He put all of his creative ideas into the […]
The first Hindsight Awards article was so well-received that I have acquiesced to popular demand and have rushed another edition of the Hindsight Awards to the printing press. Of course, this is a web site, not a magazine or newspaper, there’s no need for a printing press. That was really stupid of me to send […]
Allow me to introduce what will hopefully be a recurring feature to the Sound Vapors web site. I like to call it the Hindsight Awards. I have discovered in my life when I see a film, I will have an initial reaction. Love it or hate it. But then in the weeks afterwards, my […]
Faith No More – The Real Thing Release Date: June 20, 1989 via Slash and Reprise Records There are five – what I like to call – Mike Patton voices. You could also say five different era’s. There’s the throaty, sinister snarl that boarders on a growl. There’s the chesty, full on singing voice. Then […]
Duran Duran – Seven and the Ragged Tiger Release Date: November 21, 1983 via EMI (U.K) Capitol Records (U.S.) The Seven is for us – the five band members and the two managers. The Ragged Tiger is success. Seven people running after success. It’s ambition. That’s what it’s about. – Simon LeBon, 1984 as told to […]
“With one breath, with one flow You will know, Synchronicity.” 17 June 1983 – The ten song (LP) masterpiece, Synchronicity was released. The Police were everywhere. They were billed as the biggest band in the world. But could they possibly top their last album, Ghost In The Machine? Could they compete with the MONSTER that was […]
One of my absolute favorite records of the 90’s was Symphony or Damn by Sananda Maitreya, then known as Terence Trent D’arby. This year is the 25th anniversary of that brilliant album. Symphony or Damn is the kind of album that had it all for music fans. It had the hard edge of She Kissed […]
1993 was a great year for music. One of those albums that made it great was Urge Overkill’s debut on Geffen Records, Saturation. So here we are. The 25th anniversary of this album. We decided to do a 20/20 hindsight review of these Overkill songs. The opening guitar riff of Sister Havana makes the hair on my arms stand […]
This album holds with it a lot of great childhood memories. I spent a couple of summers riding my bicycle with a cassette player strapped to my handlebars blasting ‘1984’. Not a surprise that this is my favorite Van Halen album. This was the last full length record with David Lee Roth, until the band […]
What better way to start of the 20/20 section of our website than with a hindsight review of an album by the greatest band ever. The Beatles – Revolver. . When I look at most lists that rank Beatles albums I mostly see Sgt. Peppers or The White Album as #1. They list the reasons […]