I was reading the other day that it had been 21 years since Rage Against The Machine released “Evil Empire” - I got to thinking about when I was 17 and how much fun it was playing the opening riff to Bulls on Parade over and over and over again (in truth that’s the only part I was good enough to play)
It’s still a killer riff… but anyway… after that I was hit by this realisation… Twenty One Years… that’s a long time, man I feel old…
It’s always good to remember where you came from I guess…
Even better though is finding a new favourite, just when you thought all the good songs had been written. I’ve always tried to seek out new music and I hope you do to, otherwise you might miss the next thing that’ll change your life.
I get it, sometimes it’s hard, sometimes you just wanna sing along to what you know but remember how it felt when you first heard those songs… that can happen again…
Not much to talk about when it comes to my music this week, so I thought I’d share some of my discoveries of the past year or so, maybe if you haven’t heard these artists your new favourite will be in this list?
Mastodon
Sean Rowe
The Smith Street Band
Rag’n’Bone Man
Kingswood
Frightened Rabbit
Circa Waves
Fractures
Glen Hansard
Pete Yorn
Charlie Simpson
Soen
Paper Arms
Caligula’s Horse
Opeth
By the way… while I’m recording on my new projects there’ll be some “behind the curtain” stuff being made available, keep an eye on clintonhoy.com for details