Monster, Monster – Zombies, March!

Ok, I am going to lose all my Richmond and VCU cred, but, um, I’ve always pretty much thought GWAR’s music sucked. I get the joke, I admire the testicular fortitude and creativity, and it’s a hell of a show. I just hate the songs. Sorry. Oh, and their GWAR Blood red ale sucks too. […]

Monster, Monster – Love Kills

Once again we see eveidence that Freddy Krueger’s greatest weakness wasn’t teenaged girls but cheesy hair metal. Vinnie Vincent’s enormous ego meant that we wouldn’t see a lot from this lineup, but hey, it did lead to Mark and Dana launching Slaughter a few years later, so I can’t complain too much. Then again if […]

Monster, Monster – Monster

So Skillet is not the sort of Christian rock that you’re likely to hear at your next praise and worship service (well, maybe Awake and Alive, I don’t actually have any idea, being terminally Anglican and having not attended a modern praise and worship service since roughly 1998). But something I think they do better […]

Monster, Monster – Would You Love a Monsterman?

Today we learn that half a set of obstetrical forceps is an ineffective weapon when wielded against a half-troll, half-demon from Lapland. So is this the morgue of the hospital from Dark Floors? Because that would actually make a lot of sense. More than the end of that movie did, anyway. Introduction to the Monster, […]

Monster, Monster – Army of the Night

OK, I will admit that these guys are new to me. One of my friends just recently introduced me to Powerwolf and I’m not sure how I’ve missed them for so long. I think they rate their own Nerd Metal Fridays post, what do y’all think? These guys are great excuse to go back to […]

Monster, Monster – Bark at the Moon

It’s really hard to go wrong with Ozzy’s very first music video where he channels not only The Wolfman, but Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde as well. The very 1980s-via-Hammer-Horror Victorian setting is a fun touch too. Introduction to the Monster, Monster series here.

Monster, Monster – Hard Rock Hallelujah

As I may have mentioned before, this video is what got me firmly and permanently hooked on Lordi (c’mon, zombie cheerleaders, what’s not to love!). An obsession that I am totally unashamed to have instilled in the nerdlings as well. The fact that this is the song with which they won Eurovision makes it even […]

Monster, Monster – A Halloween Celebration!

In honor of the coming of my second favorite secular celebration of a religious holiday, (sorry, Santa Claus will always beat out the Great Pumpkin in my book) the next 31 days will be a celebration of all things cheesy and monster-related in the music universe. Because there is some great stuff out there. Between […]

Nerd Metal Fridays: Manowar

So this week we are throwing things back to what is pretty much the ur power metal band. With a string of bombastic tunes supporting high fantasy and Norse mythology derived lyrics, Manowar inspired an entire generation of socially-awkward young men to paint their conversion vans with bad fake Frank Frazetta murals. They certainly worked […]

Random Thoughts: So This is a Thing Now

Or at least it will be on July 21st. I am so totally getting a copy and then abusing it for your reading pleasure. I took my PANRE (Physician Assistant Re-certification Exam) today. I’ve been told that everyone walks out of the door convinced they failed, so I am taking my utter conviction that I […]

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