THIS IS now the third draft of my "parting shot." These words, after all, are the final ones I will ever have printed in The Cavalier Daily, and thus cannot be taken lightly.
You must have heard about it by now. "Hey, did you see the posters, man? Wyclef Jean is coming!" "Who's that?" "He was one of the Fugees." "Oh yeah, that 'Killing Me Softly' group!
Heavy metal has very few gods, but that select group of long-haired deities is held in such great admiration that its members can do no wrong.
In the early 1980s a new rock scene began in Maryland when Scott "Wino" Weinrich founded The Obsessed.
Aggression was their middle name. When the Deftones' third album, "White Pony", hit stores earlier this month, many fans were disappointed to find a new, gentler band on the 50-minute disc.
Aggression was their middle name. When the Deftones' third album, "White Pony", hit stores earlier this month, many fans were disappointed to find a new, gentler band on the 50-minute disc.
When one looks over the bill for Ozzfest, consistently the biggest hard rock tour in America, one band sticks out like a sore thumb.
Since Chumbawamba first broke on to the American music scene in 1997, their ubiquitous one hit wonder, "Tubthumping," earned the band recognition while blurring the line between ska, punk and pop. But while everyone remembers the "I get knocked down, but I get up again" song, most would be hard pressed to identify its creators. It has been three years since Chumbawamba last released a song for public consumption in the U.
Readers of The Cavalier Daily, I have suffered for you. Having never been much of a Violent Femmes fan, I did not know what to expect when I volunteered to review "Freak Magnet," their newest release. Well, that's 45 minutes of my life that I will never get back. The best thing I can say about "Freak Magnet" is that it isn't as bad as Hanson.
While Charlottesville has developed a reputation for its thriving music scene, thus far that scene has been confined largely to one kind of music.
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