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Drake Joins the Cast of Gears of War 3

By Nathanial Rumphol-Janc on June 11, 2010 8:30 AM | Permalink | 179 Comments

Drake is one of the fastest rising hip-hop singers in the music industry, and he has officially teamed up with Microsoft and Epic Games to do some voice work in Gears of War 3. He will be voicing a....... (Read More)

Introducing: The 90's Rock Blog

By Dennis Wyman on April 15, 2010 5:16 PM | Permalink | 571 Comments

As some of you may have noticed by now, I've been working on a side-project of sorts, and that is 90srock.net, a.k.a. "The 90's Rock Blog." We've been doing the "90's Music Flashback" feature here at VGRC for quite some....... (Read More)

90's Music Flashback - Mötley Crüe with John Corabi

By Dennis Wyman on April 5, 2010 5:03 AM | Permalink | 554 Comments

Wait, what, Mötley Crüe? I know what some of you are thinking. Some are wondering "wasn't Mötley Crüe an untalented 80's glam rock band?" Some of you who know me a bit better are wondering "Since when does an aging....... (Read More)

90's Music Spotlight - "Amorica" by The Black Crowes

By Dennis Wyman on March 20, 2010 9:01 AM | Permalink | 932 Comments

When most people think of The Black Crowes, the first thing that tends to come to mind is the band's string of radio-rock hits off their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker. What most people fail to realize, is that....... (Read More)

90's Music Spotlight: Timeghoul, The American Zeitgeist

By on March 5, 2010 3:02 PM | Permalink | 973 Comments

Timeghoul is the direct English translation of the word Zeitgeist. Zeitgeist means spirit of the age in German. This band was not a spirit of its age, yet it still captures a lot of what made death metal great back....... (Read More)

Our Culture is Shit: Brokencyde

By Dennis Wyman on February 19, 2010 2:21 AM | Permalink | 1027 Comments

Earlier today, I had the displeasure of listening to a band called "Brokencyde." A band who bills themselves as "The Originatorz of Crunkcore," (more on that atrocity later) they are, picture if you will, a combination of Linkin Park, Soulja....... (Read More)

90's Music Spotlight: "Exile on Coldharbour Lane" by Alabama 3

By Dennis Wyman on January 31, 2010 11:13 PM | Permalink | 357 Comments

Every once in awhile, a band shows up that eschews genre lines, playfully slapping dozens of styles together and producing some truly creative music. Alabama 3, who mix blues, gospel and old-school country with acid houseTheir debut album, Exile on....... (Read More)

Postmortem: "Watershed" by Opeth

By on January 11, 2010 8:19 PM | Permalink | 521 Comments

Opeth is one of the most famous metal bands of the current generation. As common with popular metal bands this band gets over praised frequently. Personally I used to be a huge fan but over the years my excitement has....... (Read More)

90's Music Spotlight: Deconstruction

By Dennis Wyman on December 8, 2009 4:28 PM | Permalink | 1081 Comments

Recently, I was lucky enough to stumble upon the first, last and only album released by L.A. outfit, Deconstruction. Formed from the ashes of the Jane's Addiction breakup, Deconstruction was the result of a one-off collaboration by guitarist Dave Navarro....... (Read More)

ZeldaInformer Gives Their Favorite Zelda Songs, We Give Our Favorite Soundtracks

By Dennis Wyman on November 22, 2009 12:05 AM | Permalink | 740 Comments

Our sister community, ZeldaInformer, recently put up a list of their favorite musical numbers from the Legend of Zelda series. However, coming up with the list, narrowed down to a measly ten choices, was no easy task. A discussion that....... (Read More)

Postmortem: "Demon Days" by Gorillaz

By Dennis Wyman on November 17, 2009 4:23 AM | Permalink | 1211 Comments

At first glance, Damon Albarn's Gorillaz side project comes off as a novel gimmick: A virtual band composed of fictional animated characters with their own crazy and intricate backstories. Their self-titled debut effort, while a fun outing, did nothing to....... (Read More)

VGM Flashback - Afterlife

By Dennis Wyman on October 2, 2009 8:55 PM | Permalink | 680 Comments

Much like any child of the 90's, I grew up with a Windows 95-based PC. In my case, it was a junky old Packard Bell donated to my family by our uncle, which included a ton of old DOS and....... (Read More)

90's Music Spotlight: The Presidents of the United States of America

By Dennis Wyman on September 22, 2009 12:50 PM | Permalink | 723 Comments

One of the last great bands from Seattle's alternative music scene, The Presidents of the United States of America are also one of the quirkiest. I stumbled across them almost by accident, seeing a CD in the local thrift store....... (Read More)

Album Review: Before the Frost/Until the Freeze by The Black Crowes

By Dennis Wyman on September 5, 2009 1:54 AM | Permalink | 794 Comments

Released just at the end of August, Before the Frost/Until the Freeze is the latest effort from The Black Crowes. Hot on the heels of 2008's largely unnoticed gem Warpaint, Before the Frost continues the Crowes' ever expanding explorations into....... (Read More)

Album Review: Halo 2 OST, Volume Two

By Dennis Wyman on August 28, 2009 2:31 AM | Permalink | 937 Comments

Earlier last night I wrote about Volume One of the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack. Last I left you, I was slaving away during a long night of work, re-acquainting myself with a handful of long-neglected video game soundtracks. Being that....... (Read More)

Album Review: Halo 2 OST, Volume One

By Dennis Wyman on August 27, 2009 9:30 PM | Permalink | 627 Comments

While working tirelessly tonight on other projects, by chance I happened to switch audio players back from Foobar2000 to iTunes. Why do I use both? Simple; I use Foobar for my main "traditional" music library, while iTunes manages my meager....... (Read More)