Another blog and another comment about contemporary music. These are some of my favorite records ever. I like most, if not every song on each of them and would be bored as all hell without them. All are fairly recent with none being older than about 10 years.

Thrice: Illusion of Safety
Highlights: "deadbolt" "a living dance upon dead minds" "the Beltsville
crucible"

Thrice: If We Could Only See Us Now
Highlights: "so strange I remember you" "hideous strength" "stare at the sun"

Bigwig: Invitation to Tragedy
Highlights: "alone in new jersey" "who am I to say" "Mr. Asshole" "moosh"

Silverstein: When Broken is Easily Fixed
Highlights: "the weak and the wounded" "November" "smashed into pieces"

Brand New: Deja Entendu
Highlights: "the quiet things that no one ever knows" "sick transit gloria, glory fades"

Senses Fail: Let it Enfold You
Highlights: "martini kiss" "let it enfold you" "choke on this" "bite to break the skin"

Yellowcard (I know): Ocean Avenue
Highlights: "way away" "only one" "believe"

Rise Against: Siren Songs of the Counter Culture
Highlights: "swing life away" "paper wings" "give it all"

From First to Last: Dear Diary, My Teen angst has a Body count
Highlights: "note to self" "ride the wings of pestilence"

No Use For A Name: Making Friends
Highlights: "invincible" "on the outside" "secret" "fields of athenry"

Blink 182: Dude Ranch
Highlights: "pathetic" "boring" "dammit" "dick lips" "Josie"

Avenged Sevenfold: City of Evil
Highlights: "burn it down" "beast and the harlot" "bat country"

Break the Silence: Near Life Experience
Highlights: "natoma" "at war with instinct" "slaughter of the soul" "loud and clear"

Staind: Dysfunction
Highlights: "mud shovel" "raw" "suffocate"

Ok, so right now I am sick and am unable to do anything but sit here at the computer. I saw this 'blog' thing and thought I could start one. And so it begins. This one will be about a few songs that I think are worth listening to and possibly worth others to listen to also. They are all great songs, at least in my opinion, and if anyone bothers to even read this, they should give them a try. But before I start, a pre-emptive apology: my musical tastes are skewed towards the 'punk' and 'metal' side of the musical spectrum. Some songs my not be for the faint of heart or the elderly. And there will be a significant lack of older songs, for the simple reason that I just cant remember them off the top of my head. But all these songs have spoken to me, and I think they provide a good sampling of a type of music that has so many names, 'punk' or 'emo' or 'emo-core' 'hardcore' 'metal' 'pop punk' 'rock' 'old-school punk' 'skate punk' etc. One thing they all have in common is that they all come from rock n roll. And that is all that matters. Now the songs (in no particular order):

1. Metallica ride the lightning classic metallica song
2. Social Distortion ball and chain one of the best punk songs ever written, ever
3. Minor Threat minor threat they showed everyone how to throw down
4. Suicidal Tendencies institutionalized I dare you not to like this song
5. Blink 182 carousel simple song, fun to play
6. Iron Maiden the wicker man cuz maiden is maiden
7. NoFX stickin in my eye my favorite of theirs
8. Good Riddance this is the light these guys don't get enough props
9. AFI the leaving song pretty song…
10. Thrice the abolition of man but I like all their songs so…
11. Avenged Sevenfold unholy confessions again, another fun to play song
12. Judas Priest breakin the law classic
13. Skid Row youth gone wild this song applies in every era
14. Rudiger meant to be local band that's now broken up, no one will be able to find this cd,
but its out there
15. Atreyu lip gloss and black cant beat that intro
16. From Autumn to Ashes every reason to fun to play too
17. Story of the Year athem of our dying day one of their best
18. Senses Fail one eight seven fun to sing
19. Billy Idol rebel yell I love this damn song
20. Brand New the quiet things that no one ever knows the entire cd this song is on blew me
away
21. Ramones I wanna be sedated another classic
22. Jimi Hendrix everything he ever did…just cuz
23. Off The Record the road less traveled
24. Bigiwig alone in new jersey one of my favorite bands ever
25. Kenny Loggins danger zone 80's did not rule! But this song did….
26. Staind raw before they got all touchy feely
27. Chuck Berry johnny b. goode oldie but goodie
28. Megadeath holy wars gotta have the death
29. Sublime same in the end love this song
30. Offspring gotta get away I really like half their stuff, and really hate the other half
31. Misfits die die my darling punk. Plain and simple
32. Motorhead overkill another classic
33. Bob Seger turn the page he wrote a damn good song
34. Bush glycerin I have a soft spot for these guys
35. Black Sabbath paranoid one of their best