Riffmaster Flash

Who else but Jimi Hendrix? For those who got the joke, I assure you, no racism intended.

Anyways, I listened to his album South Saturn Delta. It is riff-mania, lemme tell ya, but essentially it's pretty boring. I do love the song "All Along the Watchtower," but I wouldn't die for the others (neither would I die for "Watchtower"... it's an expression).

I did listen to Van Halen I and part of Van Halen II in the car a couple of weeks ago. Of course it wasn't the greatest listening experience; thus, I can't tell you much about the albums. Strangely enough, though, I've had no motivation since then to re-listen to those albums or their following albums. Hmmm....

I listened to the Suicidal Tendencies albums Suicidal Tendencies and How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today. Lemme tell ya, their self-titled is damn good hardcore punk. They certainly like to say their own name in their songs. "Suicidal Failure" is a pretty funny song. How Will I Laugh is more of a thrash metal/hardcore hybrid (think D.R.I.), but none less awesome. Surprisingly, Prime Cuts (their best-of album) only collected two songs each from the above albums, so I only had to delete four tracks from the fourteen tracks on there. “Gotta Kill Captain Stupid” is a cool song; of course that’s the one I remember the most.

-Ben