This is a recurring feature where we throw light on bands and albums that have been lost and forgotten to the ravages of time.

For many music fans, nineties dance band Deee-Lite was a one-hit wonder with a goofy, eye-catching sense of style and whimsy. Although technically correct, critics of this seminal and visionary outfit are missing out on some of the best and most engaging pop music created in the last twenty years. (more…)

Stone Temple Pilots are back out on tour and Scott Weiland is supposed to be clean. I say supposed, because I don’t think Scott Weiland has been clean for years. In fact, if I was playing in a death pool, he’d be the one I would want.

The tour itself is expected to be successful. STP have a very dedicated fan base and they want to see the guys get their shit together and succeed. There are also the people who like the music, but are only going to see what sort of trainwreck it will be.

The people at the band Cincinnati show this week, got a glimpse of the train beginning to jump the tracks. As the band performed “Crackerman”, Weiland fell off the stage. He just walked right off the stage, like he didn’t know the edge was there. The interesting thing here is that he didn’t miss a beat vocally, despite the fact that he appeared to hit his face on something on the way down. That leads to the question, is Scott Weiland singing at all? Is he lip synching to a vocal track, because he’s to fucked up to sing and remember the words.

The band sounds great there and I hope they cash in on this tour, because Scott’s not going to be able to do many more.

Trade Martin was a respected American musician, songwriter, and producer, until now.

Martin was part of the group Johnny & the Jokers in the late 50′s until launching the label Rome Records in 1960 and in the 70′s wrote several film scores. He’s most noted for the thirty years of production and arrangement work he did for acts like Lesley Gore, Rick Nelson, and Solomon Burke.  He also wrote a number of songs covered by noted acts, including Dusty Springfield, B. B. King and Dave Edmunds.

Now however, all respect is gone. He has recorded and released a video mostly to Christian Conservative radio. The song, “We’ve Got To Stop The Mosque At Ground Zero” is terrible and clearly just a blatant opportunity to cash in on the displeasure of the large majority of people out spoken by the building of the mosque. This will undoubtedly become some sort of ridiculous rally song, instead of being disregarded for being the pile of shit that it is.

No matter what you think about the building of the mosque, you have to agree that this song sucks.

Aerosmith have been on the verge of breaking up for a couple of years now. It appears that the end may be sooner than later. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry seen to be more interested in harming each other than playing shows.

The latest battle between the two started on August 12 in New York. During the band’s performance of “Sweet Emotion”, Tyler walked down the steps from the front of the drum kit and hit Perry in the head with the mic stand. It’s hard to see in the video, but you can definitely hear it and see Perry double over in pain, before walking angrily off the stage.

Then on August 17 during the bands Toronto concert, Perry got some payback by knocking Tyler off of the stage. During a performance of “Love In An Elevator” Perry finished his guitar lick and hip checked Tyler off of the edge of the stage.

That looked intentional to me. It will be interesting to see if they make it through the rest of the tour without having a fist fight on stage.

Do you remember the song One Toke Over The Line by Brewer and Shipley? The song was a big pot smoking anthem and Brewer and Shipley were placed on the President Nixon’s enemy’s list by VP Spiro T. Agnew.

At the same time VP Agnew was coming down on the duo, Lawrence Welk allowed the song to be performed on his show, because he thought it was a gospel song about God. Can you image a bunch of pot heads sitting around a bong watching this on TV?