brizz record bin

Thin Lizzy is a band that I have only dug into recently. Frontman Phil Lynott is universally revered as a great songwriter and soulful singer. Lynott lost his battle with drugs and died in 1986 as Thin Lizzy struggled to stay relevant and inner turmoil with the band and record companies threatened it's future...

Did you see that picture? Man, my hair was beautiful. Look at it. I'm like a Greek god with that mane. Back then, I knew how Samson felt. I was a tower of power. Indestructible.

Is it just me, or does anyone else think Ron Wood could've easily been an original member of the Rolling Stones? Mick and Keith may produce under the pseudonym The Glimmer Twins, but Keith and Ronnie strike me as two-of-a-kind. Boozy, slurry, unkempt and incredibly fluid on the fretboard...

We're living in bear country. Yes, we have the Monsters of the Midway who call Soldier Field home. Now it looks like our friends to the north are kicking out anything to do with bears. Including real bears! The big local news over the weekend was the black bear spotted just south of Roscoe...

There is very little that hasn't been said about the bitter break-up of the Beatles. The short version of the story is that it was Paul vs the other three. After their influential manager Brian Epstein died in 1967, the group didn't have that figurehead to take care of the business side of things...

Iron Maiden was the Metallica of rock before there was a Metallica. I mean that they were scary for the casual fan to approach. Maiden was some of the heaviest stuff around in the early 80's. They also had a lunatic skeleton mascot named Eddie on their album covers...

When it comes to that hard rock guitar sound that defined so much of the 70s rock scene, I think it was Michael Schenker's style and sound that paved the way to the metal of the 80s the most.

U2 became the band that mattered in the 1980s with the release of 'The Joshua Tree' in 1987. Inspired by America's myths and realities, it's a tough record by a band from a tough place. Hailing from Dublin, Ireland and coming up during a particularly difficult time in that country...

When I prepare the Brizz Record Bin, I sometimes link it with an event in history or an artist's birthday. Every once in a while, I really need to do some mental gymnastics. Here is my reasoning for getting this great midwestern classic on the Record Bin today: Today is actor Ted McGinley's fifty-sixth birthday...

I like to joke about Wisconsin being the largest county in Illinois. They call folks from Illinois F.I.B.s. Trust me when I tell you it does not stand for Fine Illinois Brothers.  The Badger State has always been a vacation spot for me or where we went to visit my grandparents...