10 Songs That Should Be On Everybody's I-Pod

I think since its summertime right now I'll put up some of my favorite summer feeling songs.

10. I'm A Believer by The Monkees
09. No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand
08. Walk In The Country by The Ranch
07. Forever In Blue Jeans by Neil Diamond
06. And We Danced by Deana Carter
05. All In by Better Than Ezra
04. Twistin' The Night Away by Rod Stewart
03. The Good Life by Three Days Grace
02. Three Strange Days by School Of Fish
01. How Your Love Makes Me Feel by Diamond Rio

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King Kobra - King Kobra

King Kobra has risen from the grave attempting a comeback. Well it's not a comeback considering they never really made it back in 1985. The band this time seems to have a lot right in their sound with the albums opening cut "Rock The House" that does do exactly that. As the album progresses the songs stay pretty solid for the most part and one of the worlds best drummers does his best on the AOR styled album. This is a far better record than any of their previous stuff and I recommend it to the AOR/Hair Metal fans.

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Mickey Thomas - Marauder

The once king of AOR pop who fronted Jefferson Starship and the shortened Starship hasn't been around much in the rock n' roll world over the last decade of so. He returns with a cover song album that is about typical for older artists living in the past. Mickey does his version utilizing a lot of newer songs as well as rehashing some classics. At first glance you can tell that no money was spent on the cover art. It's terrible and that is being nice.

To the music we go and it all begins with a fourth rate cover of "Gimme Shelter" that sucks major donkey dick. This song has been done many times before better just about everytime as well. The cover version of "Sledgehammer" takes a great song and turns it into a fiery turd bomb. The record really doesn't do Mickey justice and his versions of these songs are pretty lame. His hip-hop tinged "Life Is A Highway" isn't the worst possible idea I've heard but it misses the mark as well. This one is a pass and it's a shame too because Mickey is better than this album. He really needs to re-think his career path and what his next step will be because another mistake of this magnitude. will be his end.

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Retro Rewind Track: Jetboy - Feel The Shake

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George Lynch - Kill All Control

The once credible and mighty axe man from Dokken drops another album post Dokken glory days. So far he's really been a misfiring maniac. Outside of the first two Lynch Mob albums from '90 and '92 he's really dropped a ton of crap music. This isn't the case with Kill All Control as I play this album with no expectation of it being remotely listenable. The album isn't a total wash and does have some good songs now and again.

The album has multiple vocalists one of being Marq Torien of the Bullet Boys and he's another of the hair metal alumni that hasn't done much worth listening to himself. Here he does a fairly good impression of Don Dokken and Jeff Pilson on two of his three tracks. The last of his songs "Here Comes The Sun" sounds more like his Bullet Boys wail but its really produced well and kept in control. A pretty slick hard rocker with his other two being a little more modern sounding but his vocal on the title track is awesome and one of the best he's ever recorded.

London LeGrand plays a part on this album as well, his stint working with Nikki Sixx's Brides Of Destruction didn't make me go ooh that guy cool it was more like oh that guy sorta sucked. His first track on the album is a modern rock snoozer ballad type song and then I listened to another of his efforts where he sang better but again another mid-paced melodic modern rock tune. Nothing great just bland which brings us to his final vocal "Go It Alone" which is a snotty sleaze rock tune that has a bit of a punk feel mixed in for good measure.

Will Martin of Earshot and Keith St. John of Montrose both make appearances. Neither are stellar nor are they terrible. It's a pretty average affair and if you've got money to spend it could find a better investment for sure.

Song Highlights: Kill All Control, Son Of Scary, Resurrect & Sun

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