Mar 22Member-onlyPearl Jam’s Ten Is Grunge’s Version Of a Classic Rock AlbumLumped in with the rest of alternative rock, it’s maybe the least “alternative” album of its era. — If you had introduced me to Ten instead of Nevermind, I’m not sure I would have jumped into 90s alternative as fervently as I did. That’s not to say I don’t like Ten, or the music of Pearl Jam, music I’ve heard my entire life. …Music3 min read
Mar 7Member-onlyIs Def Leppard’s Album Hysteria the Most 1980s Thing Ever?Let’s state the obvious first: Hysteria is a monster of an album. We’re talking thundering drums, loud-ass guitars, screeching solos, to-the-rafters vocals from Joe Elliott, in-the-pocket background vocals from everyone else, unforgiving hooks. It’s an hour-plus of Mutt Lange-produced maximalism. Even when the tempo slows (as on hit “Love Bites”)…Music3 min read
