#ChrisCornell . “Black Hole Sun.” 2017. Here he is, only 3 weeks before he left us. One piano. One guitar. One voice.

#Soundgarden

#RollingStones . “Gimme Shelter.” 2016. Havana, Cuba. No one can surpass Merry Clayton’s original vox — I’ve seen Lady Gaga try, not too shabby; Fergie? Pretty, pretty good. But right here — Sasha Allen? I owe you an apology, I wasn’t really familiar with your game. Pitch perfect

#ACDC . “Whole Lotta Rosie”. 1977. If I’m ‘Frankensteining’ a classic rock lead guitarist, give me the riffs of Iommi, the improv of Hendrix, the psychedelia of Uli Jon Roth, the mysticism of Blackmore, and the vibrato of Angus Young…

#Megadeth . “High Speed Dirt.” 1992. “Energy of the gods, adrenaline surge, won’t stop till I hit the ground, I’m on my way for sure…. JUMP OR DIE” 🪂

#Metallica . “Breadfan.” 1994. Woodstock, NY. So this is what they looked like before the Load hair cuts

#TheProdigy . “Smack My Bitch Up.” 1997. Fat of the Land! Complete filth - no wonder this video is banned - trigger warnings, nsfw, do not watch this 🧐

#FuManchu . “Squash That Fly.” 2001. It’s 1984. Girl makes birthday wish for raddest band to play at her party — so Fu Manchu show up in their DeLorean time machine hittin’ the gas at 88mph

#FuManchu . “Asphalt Risin’.” 1996. I hope you all enjoy Fu Manchu as much as me because I could listen to them all day long 🛸

#TheCult . “Sun King”. 1992. PinkPop Fest. Great performance — crowd was in the moment. In hindsight, Sonic Temple was practically a greatest hits album and had a couple of years under its belt already. Ok here we go … crank it

#Death . “Pull The Plug.” 1988. Combat Tour II. Trocadero Theater, Philly. Roster included Dark Angel, Raven & Forbidden — Chuck would have been 21 here around the #Leprosy era. This guy just came from another planet… absolute prodigy

#Metallica . “Until It Sleeps.” 1996. Five years earlier: black album. 10 years earlier, Puppets. Cliff was still alive. It’s probably because I lived through that era that the pop culture shift from 80s into 90s felt gargantuan — whereas, say, 2014-2024 feels like a blip in time.

#Slayer . “South of Heaven.” 1989. Interviewer: “do you go to church…?”
Tom: 😏

#MercyfulFate . “Evil.” 1983.

🜏

#KillingJoke . “The Wait.” 1985. Rockaplast Fest, Germany. You know when we say the best music is timeless, this song is 45 years old now wtf

#Metallica . “No Leaf Clover.” 1999. For me? — this is the best Metallica song post anything after their first 4 albums. Ok maybe it’s Outlaw Torn or The God That Failed, so those are my top 3

#FaithNoMore . “From Out Of Nowhere.” 1990. Brixton, London. I don’t know who decided this should be the album opener but what a stroke of genius — this is how you start a show