Tag: Masters of Reality
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Listen Now: Nevermind The Grunge, It’s The Nineties! An Alternative Nineties Rock Mix
Damon Albarn: “If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I’m about getting rid of grunge. It’s the same sort of feeling: people should smarten up, be a little bit more energetic. They’re walking around like hippies again – they’re stooped, they’ve got greasy hair, there’s no difference. Whether they like it or not,…
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Blues For The Red Sun: The Story of Josh Homme and Kyuss
Chris Goss was driving through the Palm Desert in 1988, a couple of hours drive from LA, on his way to launching the career of one of rock’s most important figures of the next century. He just didn’t know it yet… Goss was the producer and band leader of Masters of Reality. He was on…
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Which is Best? The Cover or Original? Going Down by Freddie King…
Ever hear a great tune by one of your favourite musicians without realising they are covering someone else’s song? It happens to me all the time. And rather than feeling disappointed, as I imagine a One Direction fan might feel upon realising that, somewhat inexplicably, “One Way Or Another” wasn’t, in fact, written by Harry…
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Masters of Reality – Live at O2 Islington Academy – Review
Masters of Reality played the O2 Islington Academy last night and gave the performance I had been waiting twenty five years to see, with a powerful, career spanning set. I have seen Masters of Reality twice before. The first time was in 2001. Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri were in the band, but the only…
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Rock’s Greatest “Lost” Records of the Eighties: #1 – Masters of Reality – Blue Garden
Masters of Reality – Blue Garden There’s only one thing better than discovering new music and new bands: and that’s discovering old music and old bands that you have not heard before. (NB. There are of course many things that are more fun than both, but this is a family website, and I will…
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