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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?: The Autobiography

Steven Tyler and David Dalton

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The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Aerosmith frontman....

Decibel 10 PRO dBA Noise Meter

Utilities and Education

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"Decibel 10" is one of very few noise/sound meter apps on the market that has highly reliable,...

Duff McKagan recommended A Shape of Punk to Come by Refused in Music (curated)

"I didn’t come into that record until about two years after it was made - I think I was about 34 and my wife and I were having kids and I was going back to school. In the late nineties rock music was kind of awful and you really had to search, there were a few bands out there doing different stuff but it was kind of an awful time for rock music, so I think I chose the right time to go back to school and have kids. Anyway, it took me two years but someone finally switched me onto the record and it blew my mind. Then I found out the band had split up - I went to see The (International) Noise conspiracy but it wasn’t Refused, so I thought really I missed my chance to see that band ever. But I finally got to see the band a few weeks ago in Seattle. There are gigs you go to on your own, ‘cos it’s not a social event, you don’t want to talk to anybody you just want to go and do your thing and it was really one of those moments where the gig was better than the record. That gig fortified everything I love about that record, that’s probably a top five record for me. Actually that record influenced a lot of the first Velvet Revolver record, we would listen to that band a ton"

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Real Drum - Drums Pads

Music and Games

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Become a new ROCK STAR! Know the REAL DRUM: The best and most complete App Store free app. Super...

Before the Heat Death by CP Unit

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With only 26 years of age, alto saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos is the face of the new generation of...

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Music Made New in New York City in the ’70s

Will Hermes

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Crime was everywhere, the government was broke and the city's infrastructure was collapsing, but...

Ian Anderson recommended Pocket Full of Kryptonite by Spin Doctors in Music (curated)

"It was 1991/2 when the Spin Doctors had their relatively brief moment of huge fame, and their first album went triple platinum. I actually first saw them on The David Letterman Show in the early days of that, and was intrigued by the bouncy, very New York, educated and musicianly sound of the band, who were clearly great players. They were very much a product of that era when very good, very musically aware, very elegant musicians got together to make very direct rock music in a way that sounded so fresh and unlike the other stuff that was going on. They were musos, not a bunch of kids in a garage. They were guys who really knew about time signatures, rhythms and arrangements and had great ability with their instruments. And the singer, Chris Barron, brought a freshness in delivery that worked extremely well on The David Letterman Show and in the few videos they did at the time. I actually went to see them live in the UK and I met them, at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall or somewhere. The guitar player was a very charming guy, a bit of a fan and very pleased I came to the gig and went backstage to say hi, whereas the bass player and drummer gave me the cold shoulder, as if I was from a previous generation, like an earlier episode of Star Trek. For basically a three-piece with a singer they made a very cohesive noise."

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