A great concert from 1998 on Germany’s Rockpalast show by the legendary Tindersticks.
Blues-rock legend Johnny Winter makes his first national TV appearance in 30 years on Letterman, doing the classic “Dust My Broom.”
Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa doing a dirty version of “Willie The Pimp” (from Hot Rats) in Boston, 1975.
An entire gnostic sect could be founded based on the magnificence of Black Sabbath’s “Supertzar” (from their classic album Sabotage, itself a mystic text).
GutterCandy wishes its creator, the musical genius Tony Iommi, a speedy recovery from his illness.
Parker Griggs of neo blues-rock aces Radio Moscow gets hit with his own guitar. The band’s (now former) drummer grabbed frontman Parker Griggs’ guitar and hurled it as hard as he could at the guitarist, leaving a gaping wound in his forehead and blood everywhere. Griggs was then rushed to the local emergency room, where he received 14 stitches.
Classic clip of At The Drive In (who have just reformed and will play Coachella) destroying “One-Armed Scissor” live on Jools Holland’s show, followed by celebrity douchebag Robbie Williams looking like he crapped his pants and asking for his mate’s chair back….
Great set by prime-time Rolling Stones from London’s Marquee Club in 1971. Mick Jagger is on great form on “I Got The Blues” and “Dead Flowers,” and new guitar slinger Mick Taylor is great throughout….
GutterCandy’s Top 20 Albums of 2011
(in no particular order)
1. Electric Wizard – Black Masses
True Sons (and Daughter) of Sabbath for the 21st Century.
2. Chris Connelly – Artificial Madness
Ex Revco/Ministry screamer turned Bowie-esque crooner delivers his hardest rocking set in years.
3. Ghost – Opus Eponymous
Melodic metal good enough to create a (Blue Oyster) Cult.
4. Magazine – No Thyself
GutterCandy icon Howard Devoto and the boys rock like it’s 1978.
5. A Pale Horse Named Death – And Hell Will Follow Me
Ex-drummer for Type O Negative brings back the gloom and honors fallen comrade Peter Steele.
6. Blood Ceremony – Living With The Ancients
These doomy prog-metal Canadian occultniks remember that Tony Iommi actually started out with Jethro Tull.
7. Red Fang – Murder The Mountains
Portland grunge-metallers with a knack for catchy tunemaking.
8. Peter Murphy – Ninth
Ex-Bauhaus singer rises from the crypt for his strongest solo set in years.
9. Michael Monroe – Sensory Overdrive
Former Hanoi Rocks singer expertly evokes rock’s glory days circa 1978.
10. Pentagram – Last Rites
Bobby Liebling and Victor Griffin get together for a strong set of classic metal, with (gasp) strong melodies and a psychedelic bent.
11. The Horrors - Skying
Skinny Brit post-punkers go dreamy and it works a treat.
12. Skinny Puppy - hanDover
The original industrial rock act delivers a darkly cinematic soundtrack to the oncoming apocalypse.
13. Chelsea Wolfe – Apokalypsis
Ms. Wolfe is an alluring Nico for the cell phone generation.
14. Tearist – Live 2009-Present
This L.A. electronic duo knows that minimalism nevers goes out of style.
15. Edward Rogers – Porcelain
Excellent collection of postmodern glam rock by this New York based Brit singer-songwriter.
16. The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicentre
Groovy Dutch hard rockers are like the Jefferson Airplane on a Lucifer trip.
17. Bibilic Blood – Blood Butterfly
Is it grunge, doom, sludge, or psych? Dunno, Suzi Psycho, but we like it!
18. Van Der Graaf Generator – A Grounding In Numbers
These punk-prog masters just get better with age.
19. Rat Silo – The Great Northern Way
Two ex-members of Canadian rock greats Sons of Freedom get their groove back on.
20. Tombs – Path of Totality
Spacey black metal with a tinge of shoegaze and side order of goth.
—Johnny “Gutter” Walker
