Alice in Chains Dirt review

Probably one of the best albums I've ever purchased. This album pretty much launched the "big paychecks for Alice In Chains. I've listened to this album a lot and now I have my opinions together. First off, Jerry Cantrell did some ammazing guitar work on this album. He is about as grunge as it gets. Songs like Them Bones and Down In A Hole show you how powerful his guitar work is. They used some pretty cool techniques in their song construction. The songs that were really slow had some haunting and powerful verses, then just bursted into a heavy chorus, and the songs that were really powerful and punchy at first had some mellow parts to it

Love this album. If your really into the Seattle grunge movement and you listen to: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, etc. I really think you oughta look into Alice In Chains' Dirt. To me it defines grunge music and I think it will always go down as one of the best grunge albums ever recorded

Creative writng Story

Backstage the atmosphere was so uneasy it could almost be seen although everyone new it they pretended as if normal hoping it would all go away but they all new it wouldn't.
The band paced anxiously trying imagine what was going to happen next it was there first big gig sure they had done shows before but they paled into comparison to this. THIS WAS IT! They could hear people pile in from the cold dark streets into the vast space that was the concert hall all bunching together like sardines in a tin. the crowd soon became restless and there voices began to boom and feet stomped. the crowd wanted there moneys worth from the night and they wanted it now. The noise penetrated the thick walls leading backstage which certainly didn't help the already increasingly tense atmosphere surrounding the band. the band all looked to one an other and gave a little nod to one and other signaling that the time was almost near. The band did a last minute equipment check almost over checking just to waste time before they took to the stage. there was nothing more that could be done and it was time. The band walked for what seemed like an eternity down a long corridor that seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance. they reached the stage and There was a short pause and then... they took the stage...

Some great guitarists

1. Jimi Hendrix* - Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Eric Clapton - Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo
3. Jimmy Page - Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm
4. Jeff Beck - Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo
5. Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan* - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
7. Joe Satriani - Solo
8. Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night
9. Steve Vai - David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo
10. David Gilmour - Pink Floyd, Solo
11. John Petrucci - Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
12. Randy Rhoads* - Quiet Riot, Ozzy
13. Allan Holdsworth - Solo
14. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Big, Racer X, Solo
15. Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force, Solo
16. Phil Keaggy - Glass Harp, Solo
17. Jason Becker - Cacophony, David Lee Roth Band, Solo
18. John Mclaughlin- Mahavishnu Orchestra
19. Duane Allman* - Allman Brothers Band, Derek & the Dominos
20. Chuck Berry - Solo
21. Eric Johnson - Solo
22. Steve Howe - Yes, Solo
23. Neal Schon - Santana, Journey, Solo
24. Brian May - Queen
25. Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Skid Row, Solo
26. Bo Diddley - Solo
27. Steve Morse - Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, Solo
28. Carlos Santana - Santana
29. Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
30. Buckethead - Solo, Praxis, Thanatopsis, The Deli Creeps, Cornbugs, GNR,
31. Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits, Solo
32. Marty Friedman - Cacophony, Megadeth, Solo
33. Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme, Mourning Widows
34. Shawn Lane* - Black Oak Arkansas, Willy, Solo
35. Kirk Hammett - Metallica
36. Uli Jon Roth - Scorpions, Solo
37. Terry Kath* - Chicago Transit Authority
38. Alex Lifeson - Rush
39. Frank Zappa* - Mothers of Invention, Solo
40. Rory Gallagher* - Solo
41. Dimebag Darrell* - Pantera
42. Peter Green - Fleetwood Mac, Solo
43. Robin Trower - Procal Harum, Solo
44. Slash - Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver
45. Mick Taylor - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones
46. Robert Fripp - King Crimson
47. Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave
48. Michael Schenker - Scorpions, UFO, MSG, Contraband
49. Ry Cooder - Solo
50. Angus Young - AC/DC

Some of the worlds Greatest bassists

1. James Jamerson (Funk Brothers, session man)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Chris Squire (Yes)
5. Jack Bruce (Cream)
6. Tony Levin (King Crimson, session man)
7. Geddy Lee (Rush)
8. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
9. Louis Johnson (Brothers Johnson, session man)
10. Anthony Jackson (session man)
11. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
12. Marcus Miller (session man)
13. Les Claypool (Primus)
14. Chuck Rainey (session man)
15. Billy Sheehan (Niacin, Mr. Big, Steve Vai)
16. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
17. Will Lee (session man)
18. Michael Manring (Attention Deficit, session man)
19. Nathan East (Eric Clapton, session man)
20. Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
21. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
22. Abe Laboriel (session man)
23. Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani)
24. Donald "Duck" Dunn (The MGs)
25. Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs)
26. Bob Babbitt (Funk Brothers, session man)
27. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
28. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
29. Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
30. Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
31. John Myung (Dream Theater)
32. John Deacon (Queen)
33. Willie Weeks (session man)
34. Carol Kaye (session woman)
35. Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
36. Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
37. David Hungate (Toto, session man)
38. Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang)
39. Joe Osborne (session man)
40. Phil Chen (Rod Stewart, session man)
41. Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band)
42. Freddie Washington (session man)
43. Nathan Watts (session man)
44. Louis Satterfield (Earth Wind & Fire, session man)
45. Andy West (Dixie Dregs)
46. Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
47. John Wetton (King Crimson)
48. Greg Lake (ELP)
49. Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)
50. Mark King (Level 42)

The Bull

" Will I make it...?" that was the only thought Racing through my mind as a raging bull trailed closely behind me inching closer by the second. closer, closer,closer. it was only me now that the bull followed all the others had somehow evaded the beast or been trampled along the way...
Fear, That fear was the only thing that ran through my veins, that fear was the only thing that kept me Running. i Quickly glanced Back at my opponent as its body built like a tank charging through the streets determined on one thing. my demise, the beast was gaining and there was nothing i could do nothing except pray for a miracle. Then it struck me! Water! I could run down to the river and lose the bull in the water...Wait bulls couldn't swim could they? it didn't matter now it was final and only option. it was just up ahead now using my last ounce of energy i leapt in to the water. Splash! but to my unfortunate horror this idea ended with me being crushed by a 2 tonne bull that couldn't swim leaving me in hospital for three weeks.

Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder one of the many geniuses of the music behind pearl jam was born december 23rd 1964 in Chicago with the full name Edward Louis Severson. he Received a guitar from his mother for his 12th birthday and began to write music as a comfort one of vedders earlier bands was actually with rage against the machine drummer brad wilk in 1988 they were a progressive funk-rock band who originally played as a red hot chili peppers cover tribute band although they never released a major label record they were a popular live act in southern california. Vedder then joined pearl jam in 1991 with fellow band mates Jeff Ament, Mike Mcready, Stone gossard then releasing there Debut album ten plunging them into the alternative scene Vedder is still in pearl jam and there has been news of recent that the band has a new album in its baby stages of production.
Some interesting facts about Eddie Vedder

• Vedder is a Surfer and active in surf related conservation efforts
• Eddie Vedder is an Atheist
  
• Vedder is a big Chicago Bulls fan and is a good friend of former Bulls player Denis Rodman.
• Vedder shows his support for environmental activism by sporting an EarthFirst tattoo on his right calf. The logo is of a monkey wrench crossed with a stone hammer. Vedder is also a vegetarian and animal rights activist activist.

PearlJam Ten

In 1991 one of the greatest grunge albums of all time this record was ten by pearl jam this was the bands debut album which contained hits such as even flow and black among many others what i believed made this record was Eddie Veders enchanting vocals aided by Mcreadys sensational guitar the record was produced by the band along with producer Rick Parashar and recorded with epic records my personal Favourite track from the album is Jeremy which has an amazing bass line.

Track listing

1. Once ( Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard) – 3:51
2. Even flow (Vedder, Gossard) – 4:53
3. Alive (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:40
4. Why Go (Vedder, Jeff Ament) – 3:19
5. Black (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:43
6. Jeremy (Vedder, Ament) – 5:18
7. Oceans (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 2:41
8. Porch (Vedder) – 3:30
9. Garden (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:58
10. Deep (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:18
11. Release (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, Mike Mcready, Dave Krusen) – 9:04

RATM live in Mexico city

at Mexico's Sports Pavilion. Starting off with Testify the band plays all their hit songs aswell as a couple not heard on previous albums (Zapata's Blood). Strangely for the first half of the performance the swear words are cut out but on 'Killing In The Name' they make no effort to censor the repetitive chant of "F--k you I won't do what you tell me." Everything you would expect from RATM

02. Testify
03. Guerrilla Radio
04. Documentary Part I
05. People Of The Sun
06. Documentary Part II
07. Calm Like A Bomb
08. Documentary Part III
09. Sleep Now In The Fire
10. Born Of A Broken Man
11. Bombtrack
12. Know Your Enemy
13. Documentary Part IV
14. No Shelter
15. War Within A Breath
16. Documentary Part V
17. Bulls On Parade
18. Killing In The Name
19. Zapata's Blood
20. Freedom.

Our Grammar Work

• 3 synonyms
• 3 antonyms
• 1 homonym

Tim could not believe it. Overnight, the world hadn't changed from a grey, dark mess to a wonderful white wonderland. He walked inside onto the snow and stared at it in disgust. Tim had never seen anything like it in the ten years that he had been living in dunedin, and he didn't think that he would ever see it again.
He turned around in the swirling white but regretted it when he fell over. He got up quickly, hoping nobody had seen him. Tim's joyful little sister came walking out into the street, screaming with excitement. She begged him to help her make a snowwoman so they knelt on the pavement and started to scoop up as much snow as they could into a pale bucket. After about an hour, the snowman was huge and Tim was freezing. He carefully stepped over the ice, back into the house for some iced chocolate.

Why blog things are very annoying

1. My first reason that blog things are really annoying is that i Hate writing and a blog is complete writing
2. secondly you have to come up with ideas on what to write on and all i can come up with is stupid lists complaining about something i have to do
3. third is as soon as soon as you do a whole lot of blog entries and you feel real proud of yourself you look at someone elses from your class and they seem to have double what you have and then your like " oh crap"
4. and then when you "accidently" forget to write one up it always seems that the teacher checks it the very next day for your convenience
   

Famous Monsters reveiw

This I think is the Misfits best album. Although it moves away from their old horror punk roots a bit
Micheal graves voice really shines in this CD. Fluent throughout all the recordings. The voice travels nicely along with the guitar lines.

This I think is better than the american psycho CD, but psycho is none the less excellent. Personally I think that the best songs off this CD are Helena, Scream and Dust To Dust. Theres nothiong I hate abou thsi except what the hell does it say at the beginning of track 8

A Friend

Hes quite hard to under stand at times. he doesn't care if hes wrong as long as its right to him in his mind taking no for an answer is not an option but hell usually cave and give in. what other people think of him doesn't really matter unless something or someone is really annoying him. making friends is easy to him as hes very outgoing but has his limit he wont always put 100 % into every he does only if its important to him he loves music but comes 2nd to his passion of being a nerd he also has a good sense of humor

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain one of the greatest musicians to walk this earth He was born on February 20 1967 and was known for his influential work as lead singer/Guitarist of seattle grunge band Nirvana which formed in 1987 writing all the songs for up until his death in 1994. Kurt cobains talent as a composer is unmatched in my eyes he is most known for his song smells like teen spirit which kurt despised towards the end of his life as he felt it to commercial some of his better songs are heart shaped box, pennyroyal tea, sliver, Aneurysm, in bloom, and many more. kurt was not only known for his music but his marrige to courtney love a fellow musician and drug addict before his death death kurt had one child named Frances 'Bean' Cobain after kurt saw her in an ultrasound and qouting she looked like a bean. like most musicians in the seattle grunge scene kurt was plagued by drug addiction he attempted rehab many times only to go back on the drugs kurts final attempt a rehab ended with him scaling the 8 foot wall surrounding the center kurt was not seen again until later that week until an electritian enter Kurts house to find him dead with a shotgun wound to the head. His death was concluded to be suicide but this has been of much debate of kurts fans. Although dead Kurts legacy still lives on In 2005, a sign was put up in Aberdeen Washington that read "Welcome to Aberdeen - Come As You Are" as a tribute to Cobain. The sign was paid for and created by the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee, created in May 2004 to honor Cobain. The Committee also planned to create a Kurt Cobain Memorial Park and a youth center in Aberdeen.

My Mum

describe my mum is hard... she is very important to me and without her i would be lost she works like most other parents she cooks, she buys me things ( most important of all) she enjoys music quite alot which is one thing we both have in common but also disagree on. she is great to be around unless i've done something wrong and im in trouble. so thats My mum

Creative writing

The crowd roared, voices boomed sending shock waves through me like a knife through butter. i relaxed out of sight from the spectators hoping for sometime to settle myself before the jump but it made no difference my nerves still raged inside me making me feel terrible i heard my voice thunder through the speakers surrounding the audience and i new it was time... i came in view of the crowd once more there cheers intensifying in earsplitting shrieks of excitement which definitely didn't help my nerves i looked along the grey concrete beneath me leading to jump it looked cold dark and unforgiving and i new it was gonna win in a head on collision so that wasn't an option. i had been preparing for this moment for almost two years now, two years of practice practice practice but that didn't count for anything unless i made it today. thats what i kept telling myself as i rode...
I dont remember much after that its a bit of a blur but i do remember the pain.

Horizons - Parkway Drive

Parkway Drive, what some would call the epitome of the Australian metalcore genre, deliver all that is to be expected of such a band, fast riffs, insane drumming and huge breakdowns. After listening to the progression of the band from the EP's through to Killing With A Smile, Horizons is exactly what you would expect, which is both good and bad. It's good just to hear some new material and there a couple of really good songs, but there are also moments in songs which are terribly reminiscent of previous material. The quality of the riffs has definitely increased, but are occasionally repetitive, and Winstons vocals as always are close to immaculate. The breakdowns were disappointing for me as there is only one that really stands out, the very end of The Siren's Song. i liked the fact that they used the guitars more melodically than on previous records. I was saddened by the almost complete lack of classic lyrical moments The songs that i liked and why\