Music Monday 5-24-10
Music Mondays
It’s inevitable working in a guitar shop that we end up having heated conversations about music.So we decided to take it to the web with Music Mondays. Every Monday someone from our staff is going to write a blog about music – specifically one particular album, artist or song. We’ll be covering anything, from the first albums that inspired us to become musicians to great hidden gems that we feel never got the recognition they deserved. Anyways, enjoy, and be sure to leave your comments and continue the discussion.
So, I was sitting here thinking what band should I pick for Music Monday? Then it hits me that it is my first Music Monday. Why not the first music that really took hold of my heart? Sick of it All was honestly one of the first bands that I had heard who really spoke volumes to me. The music was hard hitting and the lyrics were typically about something positive. They were a straight forward band and you didn’t need the special decoder tool to figure out what they were all about. “Drink your ovaltine! Son of a…”
They are living legends amongst the hardcore punk crowd. I think they have earned it by staying together for 2 and a half decades. Not to mention they have stuck to their sound which to me is an important thing. If I am buying a Sick of it All album then I want Sick of it All not some transformed band that sounds nothing like the original. Anyway, I could go on for a wall of text about this band but I’ll let you check them out for yourself if you haven’t encountered them yet.
Oh yeah, here’s that song that grabbed hold of my heart and guided me down my musical path about 14 years ago.
They just had a new album come out in April 2010 so check that out too and they still rock as hard or even harder than that first album I encountered so long ago.
Carey aka the Organizer
