Few men will ever define rock and roll in the way that Malcolm Young has.  The engine behind AC/DC is responsible for some of the most iconic riffs ever written and the news that has come out in the last few weeks about his retirement from the band, through illness, is one of the most devastating things I have heard as a rock fan.  The further confirmation that that illness was dementia and his apparent lose of memory, makes the story all the sadder, as rock will lose one of it’s surest guardians.
Marmozets
Marmozets seem to be the latest buzz word on everyone’s lips and with their debut album, The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets, dropping this week, it looks likely that they are here to stay.  Formed of two sets of siblings, Becca, Sam and Josh MacIntyre and Will and Jack Bottomley, Marmozets have been on the live scene for a while.  I saw them supporting Feed the Rhino a while back and they impressed me then with their energetic show.  Back then their sound was also a lot more mathcore, something that they have by no means lost on this release, but which they have honed and in many ways perfected into some cracking tunes.
Gerard Way
I have little shame in admitting that I, like a lot of other people that grew up in the years I did, first got fully immersed in music through listening to so called, emo.  Therefore, it is maybe no surprise that I spent quite a lot of time listening to My Chemical Romance, in fact my first ever gig was to see that very band.  Of course to actually call My Chemical Romance emo was always a bit of a stretch, they popularised the visual style that became common with that movement, but their early work had more roots in punk, while later on they moved onto a style that was more reminiscent of Queen than EMBRACE.  I can’t say much about the work they did post  Black Parade, which is when my own interest faded, but it seemed to mainly be a bit shit.
King 810 w/ Hang the Bastard and Astroid Boys at The Classic Grand, Glasgow, 24/9/2014
King 810 are hitting up the UK for the first time and last night they rolled into Glasgow.  With their debut album currently proving polarizing among the metal community, there is an air of expectancy mingled with a sense of interest.  A lot of people here are looking to be impressed by King 810 and it feels very much like one of those nights that will make or break the band to that particular audience.
The Binding Of Isaac
Released in 2011, The Binding of Isaac is positively modern by the standards of this blog and with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth due out in November, a remake of the game, it is actually relevant to talk about as well!  Created by Edmund McMillen (one half of Team Meat, the creators of the excellent Super Meat Boy) and Florian Himsel, it’s a blend of dungeon adventure and roguelike.
Sounding like your heroes
It is common in music to have a band ape the sound of those that came before.  A lot of debut albums can become a game of spot the influences, as elements of a bands heroes sap into their music.  However, there is always a difference between being influenced by and copying and you can spot the bands that are going to be special by the ones that take parts of these legendary bands and make them their own.  However, there is another problem with this method.  That being, when you take influence from those around you, you often end up with an album that is disjointed and sounds like the work of several bands rather than one.  Avenged Sevenfolds’ number one album Hail to the King, is the prime example of this.  There are some great tracks on that album, but when you take it as an actual album, it doesn’t hang together.
Night of Champions Review
Night of Champions was last night and as I previewed it I figured I should go all the way and also give my opinion on the PPV itself! Â If you haven’t figured it out, this will contain spoilers, so don’t read on unless you’ve seen it or don’t care and if you don’t care I presume you don’t like wrestling so probably shouldn’t read it anyway.
The Guest
Adam Wingard is gaining a bit of a reputation for directing fantastically nasty films that revel in violence and absurdity.  Last years You’re Next, was a comedy horror which flipped your exceptions on their head and gave us a constant stream of gore. His follow up movie The Guest, is less of a traditional horror but embraces home invasion elements, while continuing to be a nasty film that is comfortable in it’s B movie elements.
Scaring Children
Everyone knows that traditional fairy tales have always been a bit scarier than their modern incarnations.  The years have seen the attitude adapted that children need to be protected from the grotesque, that they don’t like things that scare them and that anything that might do so should be avoided.  Now obviously if you are going to sit a child down in front of Saw, you should probably get your head checked, but the truth is that most kids like being scared, if it is done in the right way.
Night of Champions
We are approaching Night of Champions and despite a lackluster build up, it’s a PPV that has the potential to show it’s strength within the ring. Â Ramblings About will now take you through every match and give you our predictions for what we expect to happen.
