paul stanley

Singing Drummers

by TW on October 7, 2011

Drumming in a rock and roll band – or any band – has its own challenges. They call it limb independence, but until you’ve tried to keep one time with the right side of your body and a different time with the left, it’s hard to appreciate the skill that the best rock drummers bring [...]

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KISS – Recollections, Part II Continuing on with our discussion of the KISS discography, Classicrockmusicblog.com publisher, Todd Whitesel, and I turn our attentions to the band’s bombastic, yet commercially disappointing second album, 1974’s Hotter Than Hell. KISS – Hotter Than Hell For many years, Hotter Than Hell was the gaping hole in my record collection.  [...]

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Somewhere in the distance, an inbred kid is playing a series of beckoning banjo chords… Anyone who knows me well understands that I have had a long-standing love/hate relationship with the band KISS.  After discussing this affliction with ClassicRockMusicBlog.com publisher, Todd Whitesel, we’ve decided to embark on a journey to define exactly what both of [...]

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Prymary – The Enemy Inside

by TW on March 9, 2010

Prymary, a progressive-metal combo based in Southern California, released their third full-length CD (their second for label, Progrock Records), The Enemy Inside in late 2009.  Largely the brainchild of drummer/lyricist Chris Quirarte, the band steers well within the same territory frequented by Dream Theater or the band you might hear Quirarte moonlighting in, Fates Warning.  [...]

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