Welcome to my blog

Here you will find brief reviews of rock albums, new and old, that you may have missed. The radio scene in the United States is dismal, with very few stations playing music by a variety of new rock bands. Sure, they'll pick up the new Linkin Park or Kid Rock, and there's nothing wrong with that. But they will completely ignore Pink Cream 69, Airbourne, and Goodbye Thrill. Even worse, programmers are turning their backs on classic artists who helped radio succeed years ago, like Ted Nugent and Night Ranger.

This blog is a small attempt to correct that, but I want to encourage you to take it a step further. If you discover a band that you like via this blog, start bugging your local radio stations to play that band! E-mail them, call them, write them letters! With the advent of the internet, you don't even have to restrict your mission to local stations. Tell these program directors that you are fed up with the lack of variety on rock radio today, and you demand them to change!

You will not find links to MP3 downloads here. There are plenty of blogs out there that do that, but give you no info about the artist. I'm going to tell you about the artist, give you links to their official website, Myspace profile, and Amazon product page. With these tools you can go to their official site to get more information about them, sample their music at Myspace, and support them by purchasing the CD if you like it.

I have a list of artists that I want to feature on this blog, but I will of course accept suggestions. Feel free to leave a comment and I will add your favorite unheard CDs to my list to hear. If you are in a band and would like me to review your disc, you can e-mail me with your info, and I'll send you my address so you can ship out a press kit and promo CD for me to hear.

While you patiently await my first review, I would like to encourage you to listen to a great radio station from the Cincinnati area. It is called ClassX and is located on the dial at 88.9 FM. But you can also listen to it on the internet via Shoutcast. Click here to listen or click here to find out more about the station, including a list of recently played songs.