Winslow Leech
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Winslow LeechParticipantA new song that you’ve been listening to- Dexter sings! Michael C Hall the actor who played America’s favorite TV serial killer, Dexter, has a new band that just released their first album… The band has the unlikely name “Princess goes to the Butterfly Museum”… Here’s their song Cruel World, cool tune with mellow verses and heavy chorus…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song with a word that rhymes with June in the title – Goon Squad by Elvis Costello and the Attractions from the 1979 album Armed Forces…
Winslow LeechParticipantBand starts with the letter S, song starts with the
letter S – Steppenwolf is a great (but underrated) band, it is unfortunate that they are remembered only for 2 singles, Born to Be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride… Granted they are phenomenal anthems, but Steppenwolf also has tons of other great songs in their catalog, check out The Pusher, Monster, Sookie Sookie, Jupiter’s Child and more… Here’s another- (& it starts with an S) Screaming Night Hog…Winslow LeechParticipantA fast song- Hyperactive Child by the Dead Kennedys… Fast, great, loud and brief…
Winslow LeechParticipantA slow song- Janitor of Lunacy by Nico… slow and dark…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song by an artist who has been in multiple bands – Marc Bell began his drumming career with the excellent heavy metal band Dust, two lps later they broke up. He was next in the seminal punk band Richard Hell & the Voidoids. After Tommy Ramone’s departure from The Ramones, Marc changed his name to Marky Ramone and took over drumming for the Ramones. He did have a brief break from The Ramones, and was replaced by Richie Ramone, but eventually returned. After the Ramones, he has drummed for Osaka Popstar, The Misfits, Speed Kings, The Intruders, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg… he also wrote an excellent autobiography… Here he is with the Ramones…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song by a band with three members – The Jam, playing Down in the Tube Station at Midnight…
Winslow LeechParticipantA Melancholy song – Hurt by Johnny Cash… Johnny Cash has had an amazing career, from his first record in 1955 to his death in 2003 he has recorded and performed an incredible body of work… This song, Hurt, a Nine Inch Nails cover, was recorded in 2002… He gave it more authentic feeling, melancholy, sadness and pain than ever before…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song from a favorite bands third album- the Stooges first album was self-titled, their second was the incredible Fun House, their third was the classic Raw Power (& they lengthened their name to Iggy and the Stooges)… Here’s the title track, Raw Power! Turn it up!!!
Winslow LeechParticipantA song that mentions a real person by name- Gary Gilmore was a murderer who was executed by firing squad in Utah in 1977. He chose the method of his own execution, he also donated some body parts to science for transplant, including his eyes. The song Gary Gilmore’s Eyes is by The Adverts…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song from a band’s LP with a dog on the cover –
A Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse was the second album by the Bonzo Dog Band (sometimes the Bonzo dog doo-dah band) it features dogs on the cover with the band in various costumes, Humanoid Boogie is a great song from that LP… Bonzo Dog Band was an offbeat British group that was combination of rock band/comedy troupe/ avant-garde artists… Friends of both The Beatles and Monty Python, and of course, The RutlesWinslow LeechParticipantA song by a band using someone else’s first name in their name- the band Adam West is named as a tribute to the actor Adam West… it is said that the actor Adam West first became aware of them when someone asked him to autograph one of their records, LOL! Here they are doing their song Juggernaut…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song with fire in the title- Alice Cooper has lots of songs with fire in the title, House of Fire, Fireball, Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover), Cleanse by Fire… But the most classic “fire” song is by the God of Hellfire himself, Arthur Brown… Here is Arthur Brown singing Fire with Alice Cooper live in Rio…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song about leaving or staying – Leaving on a Jet Plane as covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes…
Winslow LeechParticipantA song that mentions military – Camouflage by Stan Ridgway… Stan Ridgway was the former lead singer of Wall of Voodoo, He also has an extensive solo discography… Here’s a military ghost story…
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