Another decisive victory which adds another track to our History of Metal mix:

01 Sweet Wine by Cream
02 Into the Void by Black Sabbath
03 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll by Blue Oyster Cult
04 I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper

This week's nominees come from the Early punk (1976 - 1979) category and are represented by:

Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
Ain't Nothin to Do by The Dead Boys
Clampdown by The Clash and
Neat, Neat, Neat by The Damned

I am sorry, I don't abide by the Sex Pistols.

Download a mix of tracks from each…

Man, this guy was extreme…two dramatically different takes on a great song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_zQ4xKf_dQ

I wish the quality on this was a little better but absolutely incredible…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7CcVPG1zdU

I'm Eighteen from Love it to Death

Back in the early and mid-80s I was not afraid to get my metal on. Man, I went to so many concerts at the New Haven Coliseum and saw all of those bands: KISS , Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Twisted Sister, Metallica, Anthrax, etc etc…Even though I moved on to and through a lot of music in the subsequent twenty-odd years I never really outgrew metal. I can't say I go to many metal shows anymore or keep up with any of those bands but I do still listen to the old stuff from time to time.…

Man, we have a rout going in this week's voting…Here's maybe a reason to vote for one of the other songs in the poll…I'll post some support for the other tracks as the week rolls on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwCQ9adGXzA

Don't forget to vote!

kiss
Hotter THan Hell
The Melvins
Houdini

This week we have a decisive winner and now know that tracks one, two and three of our History of Metal mix will be:

01 Sweet Wine by Cream
02 Into the Void by Black Sabbath
03 Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll by Blue Oyster Cult

This week's nominees come from the Shock Rock (1968 - 1983) category and are represented by Alice Cooper, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, and W.A.S.P.

Download a mix of tracks from each nominee and cast your vote in the upper left hand corner of burningdervish.com now!

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Freddy Hubbard's "Thermo". That's all I have to say about this record…

Oh yeah, and the line-up…Art Blakey: drums; Curtis Fuller: trombone; Freddie Hubbard: trumpet; Wayne Shorter: tenor saxophone; Cedar Walton: piano; Reggie Workman: bass. All stars, man…damn.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Thermo from Caravan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea32R_2jSxg

Have you seen this flick? It was on VH1 last night. Good god. Watch the trailer.

I have a 3-year old and a 4-month old. I seldom get to watch TV. But the pop culture gods were smiling upon me last night…the kids went to bed early, the wife was organizing the junk drawer or something and I was able to sit on the couch and watch TV…normally there isn't shit on, and last night would have been no exception had it not been for Air Guitar Nation…

From the movie's MySpace page:

"…AIR GUITAR NATION is the…

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So I have just gotten around to using iLike over the last month or so…I have it plugged into my iTunes and Facebook and have been watching it work. If you use iLike, please add me as a friend. If you do we can check out each other's music libraries, playlists, favorite artists, etc.

My profile on iLike

Holy cow a tie…Of the five nomimees in the Early Metal category we have a tie between Cream and Black Sabbath! With no tie-breaker round in place both move forward as the first two entries for the work-in-progress History of Metal mixtape which will be released later this year…Tracks one and two will be:

01 Sweet Wine by Cream
02 Into the Void by Black Sabbath

This week's nominees come from the Original Hard Rock (1974 - 1979) category and are represented by Blue Oyster Cult, Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and AC/DC.

Download a mix of tracks from each nominee and…

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This a latter-era collection of material recorded mainly at Studio One throughout the 90s… The tracks are a little lighter than you might expect from the band but don't be put off, there are some gems.

My pick:

Johnny Too Bad - Mighty Diamonds, from
Heads of Government