Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 27, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/2dllo85ZSUk[/youtube] What do you get when you mix a backdrop of spinning drummers, wrestling outfits, a banjo player, a lute player, masks and levitation? You get Winny Puhh, an Estonian band whose entry into the televised finals for that country to compete in the Eurovision contest sadly didn’t win. The band, who look like the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 7, 2013
[youtube]http://youtu.be/bektj-KsEK8[/youtube] Take a listen to “Lonely Planet,” as performed by band Dorians and their frontman Gor Sujyan. It’s pretty bad, right? Kinda generic? Well, it’s been selected as Armenia’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest – and it was co-written by Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi. The guitarist wrote the music to the rock ballad, with […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on August 2, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTtOVa1DZJ8[/youtube] As promised, late last week, Linkin Park has premiered a new song called “The Catalyst” in a trailer for the video game Medal Of Honor. While at first the song’s European techno influence sounded interesting and unique, something just didn’t sit right with me. Where have I heard those synth lines that come in […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on July 22, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nodac68nznU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] In his defense, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo didn’t even know about the enormous European song contest known as Eurovision (the same contest Lordi won back in 2006) until his interview with German magazine Intro. However, video of the drummer giving his opinions on a few pop stars the magazine had him listen to has been […]