Mapping Influences Over Time
I could really sense the end of The Metal Years. I was still occasionally buying metal albums but they just weren’t connecting with me the way that they used too. I still would break out the Metallica or Iron Maiden when the mood struck me but the truth was that the mood was striking less …
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I met Scott in September of 1984 in Calculus. Arica and Scott had gone to high school together. It wasn’t untilThe Roach Days that we really started to hang out together. 30 years later and we still hang out together. We have weekly coffee sessions. I’ve been to the boundaries with him. He’s been on …
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I liked Black Sabbath but I was hardly what you would consider a true fan. To me a fan, a true fan , will seek out more. I knew a lot more about Mötley Crüe than I cared to find out about Black Sabbath. I had Master Of Reality and now, Paranoid but I couldn’t …
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Brian was the one to introduce me to Black Sabbath. We were cruising around in his big old car one afternoon listening to our favorite metal music when all of a sudden the speaker on the floor at my feet began to ooze this black syrupy molasses type of music all over my shoes. It …
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