One thing the music industry needs to change as well is the qualifications for a gold and platinum album. Getting sales of 500,000 for gold and 1,000,000 for platinum while not impossible is very very very hard these days.

Based on the chart numbers in the countries that have already been released, it would appear "Road" is doing fairly well on the charts. In most countries, the numbers are slightly behind that of Detroit Stories. Chart positions are an interesting thing these days especially in the United States but ...

After a couple decades visiting this site at least weekly, it seems I finally caught some news before Si did, a feat I am proud of Alice is going to be featured on Shakin' Street on the MC5 tribute album by Joecephus and the George Jonestown Massacre (never heard of them). Cherish Currie, also feat...

I'm not sure what to say about the drumming, its a decent hot for teacher, but hardly earth shattering. Its perfectly fine and he has good control, and he could be good for a lesser band. But his drumming just doesn't seem to have any flair. Just very pedestrian - granted this may be what alice wan...

I originally posted this 9 years ago (man, does time fly), so I think I will do an update as well. Since my original post there have been three more studio albums and it is interesting to consider how one's taste change over the years. As someone who prefers a lot of the solo work to the original ba...

I don't know how I missed this question when it was originally posted. Let's see:
Crawlin'
Love's a Loaded Gun-I think this one is a bonafide classic
Fantasy Man
Caffeine
Grim Facts
$1000 High Heel Shoes
Is Anyone Home
Life and Death of the Party

One of the things about a tour like this one that I don't get is having such a static playlist. It isn't meant as a slam in any way, but consider you have bands like Filter and Ministry opening, and then an industrial metal performer like Rob Zombie, it would seem with that type of audience that add...

Pitkin, I hope this doesn't sound like a slam because it isn't my intention, but it comes down to some of these reviewers being professional. A professional review does have to take their own personal bias out and focus on the music. For example (and I know you aren't a professional reviewer) but ev...

I saw Neil McCormack's review this morning. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, that one was unfortunate because it was fairly obvious Alice's recent rant regarding the Transgender movement did him no favors on that review (what that had to do with the actual album itself I don't know). He...

I saw Neil McCormack's review this morning. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, that one was unfortunate because it was fairly obvious Alice's recent rant regarding the Transgender movement did him no favors on that review (what that had to do with the actual album itself I don't know). He ...

I saw that the company had immediately dropped Alice after his comments. Here are my thoughts on all of that. I will begin and I don't want to get into any kind of real political discussion about one's views, everyone is entitled to their own but there are a few basic things that need to be covered....

Okay initial thoughts on the new album after one listen. As a collective whole, I liked it better than just hearing the singles separately. It is better than Detroit Stories. Some of the guitar riffs are really solid on the songs but that being said I don't care for the production on a lot of it. It...

It is a terrific album. I really liked the first one and I like this one even better. As a fan of very hard rock and metal, I love the shredding guitar and the songs with vocals on them are all excellent. I had preordered the album and it did not disappoint! One of my favorite albums of 2023 so far.

Just being honest here. The only time I have ever not enjoyed part of an Alice concert was when he was doing the "Wake the Dead" stuff where he played four covers in a row. To me that is Hollywood Vampires territory and when you have solo Alice doing covers and you have the Hollywood Vampires doing ...

Several points here. You can't really compare releasing a single back in the day to the way the music business is in 2023. At one time, when people actually paid for music singles matter. An artist was hoping to get radio airplay which could push the sales of an album. Now, none of that matters that...

I enjoyed the show. There could be several reasons why it is ending but frankly it likely is a budget issue. Conventional radio is hurting like everything else. I will concede I don't listen to radio much at all anymore outside of Sirius XM in my car (satellite radio). It also could come down to the...

I thought about Goes to Hell as well, my initial reaction was similar to MoL (This isn't as good as B$B - with Hell, "This isn't as good as Nightmare") but over time, judging it as its own thing, I came to really enjoy it. Temptation? That brings back strong memories. The first listen was like gett...

As I read all the comments regarding the songs released on the new album including my own thoughts, it did made me think about albums that perhaps you or I may not have cared for upon the first few listens but in time we grew to really like the album. That does happen sometimes. What Alice albums di...

I will state what I have said multiple times. I love Alice's entire career and actually generally prefer his solo albums to the original band so I feel like I am somewhat objective when it comes to an album because I am not stuck on one era but it pains me to say this album is not working for me. Do...

I think it is highly likely there will be a summer Hollywood Vampires tour in the United States next year. The only thing that may be a stop to that is the Hollywood strike depending on when it is settled. If it gets resolved soon, Depp may have a ton of acting work to do next year to get caught up.