Maybe It's Time

 

Have you seen this new video yet? It was just released yesterday and I thought I'd share it because it's one of my favorite tunes from the Sixx AM album, "Prayers for the Blessed" (released 2016).  

For this music video, these talented musicians joined together for a fundraiser to raise awareness for opioid addictions.  It's such a beautiful song and filled with such beautiful voices.  Check it out!

Same Title, Different Song

While I was driving to work this morning, I heard a remake of a song that I know I'd heard before. And it made me realize that many times, there are songs with the same title but are not the same songs at all. For instance, there's this song which I'm pretty sure you're familiar with.


The one I heard on the radio was a remake from Five Finger Death Punch, which I like, but delivers a much different impact than the Offspring's version. Listen for yourself.


What I did want to actually compare this song to is another song with the same title performed and recorded by a band known as Open Fire. They're not currently together but they did record some really good original hard rock/thrash metal tunes before the grunge era. (Search my blog for previous posts about them if you're curious).


I think I'll go find some more songs with the same title but are totally different and I'll share them here.

Extreme Metal Meltdown Live

So I just recently got my copy of Extreme Metal Meltdown Live! and it was amazing! This is perhaps one of the best live albums ever produced. I got to see and hear Extreme perform all their songs from their multi-platinum album "Pornograffitti" - bringing back memories from when I watched them perform these same songs live at the Blaisdell Arena in Hawaii back in 1991. Get your copy of this awesome album here - https://goo.gl/jqeWSw

By the way, here's me back in 1991 - yes, that night I went to see Extreme play live at the Blaisdell Arena. Man, I sure was skinny then!

The Heroin Diaries Graphic Novel

Yes, you heard it right. Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star novel which was originally published in September 2007 is going to be published as a graphic novel.  Nikki Sixx made this announcement today. The book was already a New York Times best-seller.

The graphic novel has become an increasingly popular reading format, combining a lot of visual imagery much like comic books (but not always printed in color) with reading text. Nikki Sixx has partnered with the iconic HEAVY METAL magazine to create this graphic novel adaptation of Nikki's very personal autobiography.

There's already a soundtrack for the book - remember the popular album The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack released by his band, Sixx:AM? (That was an awesome soundtrack, by the way! I think everyone who has ever listened to that album can agree that the single hit "Life is Beautiful" is just one of the most inspirational rock songs ever recorded.)

Anyway, we will get to see a preview of the graphic novel at this year's San Diego Comic Con, booth #1529. Here are a few images that Nikki Sixx shared on Facebook:

This version will take on Nikki's life and death (and back to life) story from a different perspective.  I may not be a huge fan of the graphic novel format, but I appreciate all forms of art and this looks like it's going to be quite interesting. We'll have to wait and see...

Have you heard of Fozzy?

Is anyone here a fan of wrestling?  Do you watch WWE shows like RAW or SmackDown?  I've been to a few live events with my family in the past couple years and we've been enjoying them quite a bit.

If you're a big wrestling fan, you probably already know that a lot of wrestlers do things outside of sports when they're not doing promotions for the WWE company. But did you know that world-known champion (with over 32 titles) Chris Jericho is currently on tour with a rock band named "Fozzy"?  Believe it or not, Chris Jericho (whose real name is Christopher Keith Irvine) is the lead vocalist for the band! I don't know why I never knew that after all this time seeing him on SmackDown.

After hearing Fozzy on SiriusXM this morning on my way to work, I decided to check them out on YouTube. This song really kicks serious butt! And look at the video - it has over 5 million views after being published a month ago. Here it is - see for yourself!