Lived, learned, crashed and burned

Sometimes you have to stand alone to prove that you can still stand

“I was a veteran, before I was a teenager”

Yes, Michael Jackson was indeed called The King of Pop but he did release several rock songs as well. I for one was amazed by his raw voice in "Dirty Diana". That song is hot, sexy, mysterious and all about the electric guitar. But one of my all time favourite MJ songs is "Give in to me". It's not as famous as many of his other songs, but I think it's an awesome ballad. And it doesn't hurt that Slash was involved in it!

I'm a total sucker for that wind - smoke - thing that Michael always had on stage ;)

Too cool...

Smau grodorna äer lostiga år see

Just saw Sebastian Bach, one of the greatest rock legends there is, singing "Små grodorna"... (a Swedish children's song). I'll never be able to look at this guy in the same way as before :P

5:50!

The rock n´ roll safe zone

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Joan Jett hadn't become famous. Or to be specific, if The Runaways hadn't become famous. Who would have been the first influences for girls to be rebellious and embrace the rock n´ roll lifestyle? Many had probably done it already when The Runaways got famous. But many was probably also scared to show it. Just like today. But now we have so many role models to give us the courage to step out of that safe zone. Imagine not having that.

Tears never dry

Okay so... what I will write about now has got absolutely nothing to do with rock. I just got so excited to find this old song on YouTube! I haven't heard it in years and I have even forgotten it exists. And now it just showed up because I searched for Stephen Simmonds, I had no idea this Swedish guy was the creative genius behind this song! Stephen is a well known soul musician and DJ who often makes songs that can make you dream away to the beach, the waves and the cool breeze on a hot summers day. Pretty nice huh....
But as I said, I had no this song even was produced by Swedes. But apparently it's Stephen and another famous singer called Lisa Nilsson who recorded this together. I remember hearing it almost every single day on the radio as a kid. And to this day I still remember the lyrics, word by word. How could I not? It's beautiful and so easy to love.

My only one, what have I done?

He has also created the music behind some of Leila Lindholm's TV shows. She's my favourite TV chef and Stephen has really captured the essence of everything I like about this lady!

Alice Cooper ballads

I have to be in school really early tomorrow morning. In other words, I should be in bed. But I should do lots of things in life that I don't feel like doing. So I'll just listen to "Killed by love" over and over instead ;)
Most people only relates monster hits like "Poison" and "School's out for summer" to Alice Cooper. Although, what some people don't know is that he's actually quite the genius when it comes to ballads. His two most famous ones are "Take it like a woman" and "Only women bleed" which he always has to perform during his concerts, or he's going to have one pissed off audience. These two ballads are about abuse and bad relationships in general where the woman is being looked down upon by the man she loves.
But even Alice Cooper has made songs that are simply about unrequited love. He just does it in his own little way.

Roxie 77 gig on Sunday

Roxie 77 performs at Robert Well's 'Close Up Sundays' club!

Engelen - Kornhamnstorg 59

The band starts playing around 20:30-21:00

The age limit is 23 but you will be let in as long as you're over 18 years old