Category: Rock Ramblings

Top 5 On Friday – My 5 favorite bands that only released 2 albums

Welcome back to another Top 5 On Friday! This week, I will cover my top five favorite riff rock bands that only released two full length albums. In most of these cases, tragedy struck and a band member passed away, which ultimately led the band to break up. After researching the band list for this post, it was quite difficult...

Sasquatch – Riff Rocking at its finest!

Sasquatch is an American riff rock band born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the year 2000. The original lineup consisted of Keith Gibbs on guitar and vocals, Rick Ferrante on drums and Clayton Charles on bass. Ferrante and Charles are both originally from Detroit, Michigan. In 2001, the band relocated to Los Angeles, California and recorded their debut Self Titled album...

Top 5 on Friday – My Top 5 Favorite Albums of 2023

Welcome to the new Top 5 on Friday post! Every Friday I will feature a top five of my favorite music related topics. I am starting things off with my top five favorite rock albums of 2023. It’s very difficult at times for me to choose my favorite albums because the list can change periodically. For instance, my number three...

Karma To Burn – The Instrumental Riff Rock Legends

I first discovered Karma To Burn from the long defunct stoner rock dot com website. The site had a mp3 jukebox for all the bands they were selling for their All That’s Heavy distribution store. Every record they sold had a sample song you could listen to, to check out new bands and records. I discovered so many bands from...

Throttlerod – Anytime & Revival: 2002 Recovered Demos 

Exactly one year ago, Greenville, South Carolina/ Richmond, Virginia heavy rockers, Throttlerod unearthed these two songs from the Hell And High Water demos. These songs were recorded in 2002 at Glass Hand Studios before the official recording of Hell And High Water. The tracks sat forgotten for over twenty years until they were recovered in late 2022. The band found...