Hard Year Blues - Tim O'Brien

Advantages: If you take it as being jocular, it's quite amusing in places.
Disadvantages: Creepy to the upmost!

...Richard O'Brien; 'Absolute O'Brien' (1999) My fondness of Richard O'Brien stemmed from when I use to watch the Crystal Maze as a girl during the summer holidays. I always found his presenting style interesting, bringing in his own unique charisma and personality to each episode of the Channel 4 game show. Fast forward by ten years and I'm sat watching the Crystal Maze once again. Except for this time, I found Mr. O'Brien to be even more humorous than I remembered. Call me crazy but I never remembered him as being that witty or jocular. Perhaps it was just my age? So, when I found out that the man himself had had the guts to release a solo album, I was shocked but almost intrigued. One of my good friends joked that she would get it for me as a late birthday present. At least, I thought she was joking. A little over a month... Read review

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Advantages: A wide scoping double CD album
Disadvantages: Misses his more experimental work

...As many of you may know I'm a big admirer of Jeff Buckley, Tim's son. Though they shared little of their life time together, they shared some remarkable traits (they looked almost identical, and both were blessed with musical ability that was almost inhuman), as well as a tragic end, Jeff Drowned, Tim Od'd on Heroin both with many years ahead of them. Despite this both have legacy's that still hold strong today, and here is evidence of Tim's, this 2 disk 33 anthology of his work, dating from his 1966 debut album "Tim Buckley" through to his 1972 album "Greetings from L.A.". (Missing 2 of Tim's studio albums out altogether, in Sefronia (1973) and Look at the Fool (1974)). So a track by track review of 33 songs would get boring (trust me, after around 15 songs they become boring to write, so doubtless boring to read), so instead I... Read review

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Advantages: Extremely loyal fanbase / awesome riffs / heavy as hell / talented musicians / pioneers of death metal
Disadvantages: Departure of Jack Owen / I missed their last tour :( / media controversy

...-fame in 1994 when they appeared alongside Jim Carrey in the movie "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective". If you've seen the film you should know exactly which scene I'm talking about. Apparently Jim Carrey is a huge fan of Cannibal Corpse and it was he who recommended them for the film. In it they performed the song "Hammer Smashed Face" which is their most popular song to date (no doubt due to the films success). MEMBERS Current Line-up: -------------------- George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher - Vocals (1996 - present) Paul Mazurkiewicz - Drums (1988 - present) Pat O'Brien - Guitar (1997 - present) Alex Webster - Bass (1988 - present) Rob Barrett - Guitar (1993 - 1996 / 2005 - present) Past Members: ----------------- Bob Rusay - Guitar (1988-1993) Jack Owen - Guitar (1988 - 2004) (Now playing for US death metal legends Deicide) Chris... Read review

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