80smetalman's Blog

This time, I don’t feel so guilty about cheating and using a live version of a recorded song. The next ten minute plus offering from Rainbow comes in the form of a live performance of “Difficult to Cure.” Originally, it was the title...

You could say that I’m cheating again. “Mistreated” was originally a Deep Purple song, which appeared on their 1974 “Burn” album and was written by Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale. However, the recorded version is a little less ...

I bet you were thinking of the band, Eagles, well it wasn’t. This past Sunday, I saw the Philadelphia Eagles (American football team) play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottemham Hotsupr Stadium in North London. That was an irony in my life. See, I was born in Philadelphia and then grew up less that an hour’s drive from the city, but I never went to an Eagles game. I’ve been to...

It might be a stereotype, but it is widely believed that most metalheads are into horror movies. After all, often times, metal songs appear on the soundtracks of these films. “Shocker” is such. I did finally watch the film and while it wasn’t great, it still boasts a mighty cool soundtrack. I would expect the same if they were to use my suggestion, “Megan vs. Chucky.”