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Glenn Hughes Chosen Album Review
“The Voice Of Rock” Glenn Hughes released his latest solo album, Chosen, on September 5 of 2025.
Glenn continues to sing and play sooooo well and writes great songs.
His band is solid as a rock.
If you are a Glenn fan, you should love this album.
I know I do.
Thank you Glenn for another amazing album and for signing a picture that came with it too!!
And please don’t let it be your last album either.
Rock on!!!!
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Two Wolf Album Review
The band Two Wolf (featuring Blackfoot/early Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Greg T. Walker) released their first album in June of 2025.
Titled Two Wolf, what can I say other than it rocks!!
The band features Greg on bass and vocals, Lance Lopez on guitar and vocals, Chris Bell on guitar and vocals, and Rusty Valentine on drums and backing vocals.
The album features many originals and several re-recorded Blackfoot songs.
This whole album is really good and I cannot recommend it enough for any rock/hard rock/southern rock music fan.
And please go see the band live (review here).
They are just as good live as they are on album.
Keep on rocking guys and thanks Greg for signing it for me when I met you at the show!!
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Ozzy Osbourne (December 3, 1948-July 22, 2025)
When I was in high school, I got into a lot of music that I’m still a fan of and forever will be.
Thanks to an old friend Robbie Frasher, I got into the music of Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne.
He let me borrow his copy of Ozzy’s albums Blizzard Of Ozz and The Ozzman Cometh compilation, which also featured some Sabbath songs.
Those were the first true Heavy Metal songs I heard and boy what a way to start.
Because Sabbath invented the whole genre and ultimately all of it’s subgenres!!
Thank you Robbie for getting me into their music.
I sadly only saw Ozzy once, but it was with Sabbath on Ozzfest in 2004.
They were soooooo great (review here).
I love all of Sabbath’s and Ozzy’s albums.
I will forever be a fan.
I just never thought of Ozzy passing away.
Yes, we’re all going to die someday, but you just try not to think about it.
I knew Ozzy’s health had not been well for about six years, but I just thought he would carry on.
He literally just did his final show with Sabbath and as a solo artist on July 5 and even though he had to sit, he sang great and seemed very happy.
I know he wanted that last show and now that he’s gone, I know he willed that show to happen and hung on for that show.
No I did not know him and he’s not a family member, but it doesn’t mean this is not a big loss for me. Because it is.
I’ve really been feeling this and will continue to for some time.
All my best to his family, friends, band mates, and fans all over the world.
He truly was an original.
His music is phenomenal.
He was a great singer and performer.
He was a huge personality that beamed sooooooo bright.
He made a lot of people happy and will continue to forever with his body of work.
I love you Ozzy soooooooo much!!!!
I’m glad you were here as long as you were and I’m glad I was alive the same time you were to enjoy the music and got to see you once.
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jimmy Page And The Black Crowes Live At The Greek Album Review
Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes released a live album called Live At The Greek in 2000, and re-released it in 2025 with many bonus tracks.
This was recorded in 1999 when Jimmy played with The Black Crowes for a little bit.
They played a bunch of Led Zeppelin (Jimmy’s band) songs, covers, and songs by The Black Crowes.
However, for some reason, The Black Crowes songs they performed were never released.
This 2025 reissue corrects that.
It also includes a soundcheck too, which is really cool.
The original I played a bunch when it was released so I was excited to know it was being re-released with so many more songs too.
It’s a great set of tunes played by phenomenal musicians.
You’ve got to check this out.
It ROCKS!!
I just wish they would’ve done more together and I’ll always wish Jimmy especially would do more.
But either way, thank goodness they did this much and gave this an even more proper release.
Rock on everyone.
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The Doobie Brothers Walk This Road Album Review
The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorite bands ever.
I’ve seen them in concert three times and have their albums.
They released their latest album, Walk This Road, on June 6 of this year.
It features original members Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons, as well as long time members Michael McDonald and John McFee.
If you are a fan of The Doobie Brothers, you will enjoy this album.
Lots of rocking and soulful songs, great singing and playing, everything you want in an album by The Doobie Brothers.
I’m really glad Michael McDonald is back in the band, having rejoined them for their 50th Anniversary tour a few years ago.
What can I say? The Doobie Brothers rule!!!!! And thanks guys for signing the album booklet too!!!
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Giuffria Discography
Giuffria was a rock band formed in the 1980s by keyboardist Greg Giuffria after leaving the band Angel (another favorite of mine).
Giuffria released two studio albums (Giuffria and Silk + Steel) and a live album/video called Live In Japan 1985.
They also appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Gotcha!
They were working on a third album but only got to the demo stage.
That album of demos, surprisingly, was released this year as The Unreleased Remastered Demos (Greg signed the CDs and Vinyl).
I still need to buy the live album and hopefully I’ll get that soundtrack someday, but I have everything else.
Like Greg’s previous band, Angel, Giuffria are another band I think should have been so much bigger.
Giuffria did have a couple of minor hit singles with the songs “Call To The Heart” and “Lonely In Love”, both from their first album.
Giuffria opened for some big bands, including Deep Purple and Foreigner, but unfortunately, they just never quite got to the top level of success.
They had all the tools. Great musicianship and songwriting, their singer David Glen Eisley was incredible as well as their guitarist on their first album Craig Goldy (later in the band Dio) and all the musicians really. And I really think the albums are really good, especially the first one.
Giuffria kind of sound of like Journey, but with a bit more edge.
So, if you are into catchy hard rock with great singing and playing, Giuffria is the band for you.
Greg later went on to form the band House Of Lords and ultimately became a multimillionaire because he invented a chip that’s in many of the slot machines you see and maybe play. I’m serious.
Anyway, check out Giuffria. They are awesome and should be more well known.
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L.A. Guns Leopard Skin Album Review
L.A. Guns have been on a roll in the last eight years.
They have released five great albums: The Missing Peace, The Devil You Know, Checkered Past, Black Diamonds, and now Leopard Skin.
Singer Phil Lewis, guitarist Tracii Guns, and the rest of the band (guitarist Ace Von Johnson, bassist Johnny Martin and Adam Hamilton plays drums on the albums and Shawn Duncan plays drums in concert) continue to put out stellar albums and I so wish that all my other favorite bands/artists were as prolific as L.A. Guns are.
Every song is really good and if you are an L.A. Guns fan, you should not be disappointed.
Get their new album Leopard Skin, as well as the last four albums they released.
Rock on everyone.
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Guns N Roses Discography Rankings
I didn’t think I would rank this band’s discography because quite frankly, there’s not much there.
But Guns N Roses has been one of my favorite bands since I was a kid so I have to.
They may not have released much music, but it is important music to me and to a lot of people.
They are as big today as they’ve ever been and that is a wonderful thing.
It’s been a wild ride over the years, but they’re in a great place now with 3/5 the classic lineup of singer Axl Rose, guitarist Slash, and bassist Duff McKagan.
Their debut full length album, Appetite For Destruction, is one of the biggest selling albums of all time and deservedly so.
GNR came out during the so called “Hair Metal” period and really turned the music world upside down and became the biggest rock band in the world for a little while.
But as with many bands, there were problems and breakups along the way.
Some of the members pursued solo careers and/or started other bands or in the case of Axl went into seclusion for many years.
But as I said, they’re in a mostly great place now and are still a stadium/arena act, which is phenomenal.
I wish they would put out a new album (they’ve put a few songs out in the last few years) but either way, GNR are forever etched in rock music history and that’s not a bad thing.
- Use Your Illusion II
- Use Your Illusion I
- Appetite For Destruction
- GNR Lies
- The Spaghetti Incident
- Chinese Democracy
- Live Era 87-93
- Hard Skool (Single)
- Oh My God (Single)
- Perhaps (Single)
- The General (Single)
- Absurd (Single)
Not the biggest discography, but some classic stuff though.
Also, check out Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators, Duff McKagan’s Loaded band and Duff’s solo albums. Great stuff. Also check out their books too.
Also Velvet Revolver, featuring Slash, Duff and former GNR drummer Matt Sorum, put out two solid albums.
GNR guitarist Izzy Stradlin has released several solo albums too.
And GNR drummer Steven Adler released an album called Back From The Dead under the moniker Adler and released a good book.
Rock on everyone.
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David Crosby Discography Rankings
First off, I miss David Crosby.
Definitely my favorite member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash (and Young and The Byrds.
I love both of those groups and his later bands CPR (Crosby, Pevar, and Raymond), and his Lighthouse and Sky Trails groups.
He made a lot of great music with all of these people, worked with a lot of other people on their work, and did his own work too.
I know I’m not including everything here, but I’m ranking of David Crosby’s work with some of these people, as well as his own work.
- American Dream (CSNY)
- Croz
- Lighthouse
- Sky Trails
- Here If You Listen
- For Free
- Crosby, Stills, and Nash
- Deja Vu (CSNY)
- Wind On The Water (Crosby/Nash)
- Byrds (The Byrds)
- If I Could Only Remember My Name
- CSN (CSN)
- Looking Forward (CSNY)
- CPR (CPR)
- Daylight Again (CSN)
- Thousand Roads
- It’s All Coming Back To Me Now
- David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band Live At The Capitol Theatre
- After The Storm (CSN)
- Live It Up (CSN)
- Oh Yes I Can
- The Notorious Byrd Brothers (The Byrds)
- Fifth Dimension (The Byrds)
- Younger Than Yesterday (The Byrds)
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds)
- Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds)
- Crosby & Nash (Crobsy/Nash)
- Graham Nash/David Crosby (Crosby/Nash)
- Whistling Down The Wire (Crosby/Nash)
- Just Like Gravity (CPR)
- Live At The Wiltern (CPR)
- Live At Cuesta College (CPR)
- 4 Way Street (CSN)
- CSN 2012 (CSN)
- Deja Vu Live (CSNY)
- Allies (CSN)
This is really tough because I think all of these are great.
I can always change my mind about where I rank them, but the whole point of me doing this is to document it.
It’s all great and I will always love David Crosby and I wish he was still here.
I know he made another album and he said it was done, but it’s yet to be released and I’m not sure if it ever will be.
If it is, I will definitely get it and post it here too.
I miss you sir and thank you for all the music and for following me on Twitter and replying to me sometimes.
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Slayer Discography Rankings
SLAYYYYYYYYYYEEEEERRRR!!
If you’re a fan, you get it.
Slayer are definitely the heaviest and darkest of “The Big 4” of Thrash Metal bands.
If you are a Slayer fan, you mostly know what you are going to get.
They’re like AC/DC in that sense.
They’ve mostly maintained their sound over the years.
Some have called them evil or satanic, but as vocalist/bassist Tom Araya once said in a Slayer documentary “I consider what we do art. And art can be a reflection of society”.
It took me a little while longer to become a fan of theirs. I liked a couple of the albums (Diabolus In Musica and God Hates Us All), but when I heard two of their classic albums (Reign In Blood and Seasons In The Abyss) I was hooked.
I’ve seen them in concert several times and there is no such thing as a bad Slayer show.
They always deliver and if anyone says otherwise, they are wrong.
Here is my ranking of their heavy discography.
- Reign In Blood
- Seasons In The Abyss
- God Hates Us All
- Christ Illusion
- Repentless
- Diabolus In Musica
- World Painted Blood
- Divine Invervention
- Show No Mercy
- South Of Heaven
- Hell Awaits
- Live: Decade of Aggression
- The Big Four: Live From Sulfia, Bulgaria (Live album/DVD set with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax)
- Haunting The Chapel EP
- Live Undead EP
- The Repentless Killogy
- Soundtrack To The Apocalypse (Box Set)
What a collection. Slayer is definitely not for everyone.
They are not mainstream at all, but if you are into them, you’re into them for life. And that’s not a bad thing.
