15 Songs About Opening A Can of Whoop-A$$

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:54:58 -0400

If you hear any of these fifteen songs, you know that the singer-in-question is out to make shoes out of another person’s booty! The songs, btw, are random-ordered.

Metallica: "Seek And Destroy"

The target of James Hetfield's killer rage must have done something really wrong to cheese him off so badly! And woe betide that schmoe when Hetfield and crew catch up to them!
2. Halford: "Wrath Of God"

Armegeddon done like only the lead Priest Beast can do...only it's with his side project! Real powerful imagery is possible if you listen long enough!
3. Sick Puppies: "You're Going Down!"

Aussie aggro, set to a beat that reminds me of the opening of "TAPOUT" or an MMA main event.
4. Judas Priest (w/"Ripper" Owens on vox): "Burn In Hell."

Title of the song sums up what the singer feels about the subject...if he's talking from the point-of-view of Satan!
5. Drowning Pool: "Step Up"

Prelude to a bar fight...can be avoided if you don't follow the singer out that door!
6. Accept: "This One's For You"

Calling out a wanna-be tough-guy, then flipping him the bird...my, aren't we ready to bring the pain!
7. Krokus: "Eat The Rich"

Unlike the version from Areosmith, the Swiss metallers talk about dishing out some heavy duty payback--Swiss style. BTW, the Swiss are not pansies, not by any stretch of the imagination. They were the most feared warriors in the Rennisance era, matched only by the German Landsknect! Even today, Swiss troops form the core of the Pope's bodyguard detail
8. Michael Jackson: "Bad"

The most aggro of any song in the musical library of the late "King Of Pop." Just goes to show you that MJ wasn't always a "Peter Pan Syndrome" case.
9. Dokken: "Dream Warriors"

When this song comes on, we know who'se butt is about to get sent right back through the Gates of Hell--don't we, Freddy Krueger?
10. Fight: "Into The Pit"

Because if RH catches you...that will be your eternal destination!
11. Lita Ford: "Out for Blood"

And by that, she means YOUR blood, chump!
12. Anthrax: "I Am the Law"

A tribute to Judge Dredd, it's also a warning to his potential victims that Mega City is no longer safe for criminals to even breathe in!
13. J Geils Band: "Rage In The Cage"

And God Help You if you let him out!
14. Iron Maiden: "The Assassin"

From contract issuance to execution of contract, this story-song is whup-ass up close and personal (albeit from behind a rifle scope).
15. Slayer: "Hollowpoint"

Your end cometh, courtesy of a close-range fired hollowpoint slug!
16. A Final Word...

I only picked 15...but perhaps you can figure out a few more? If so, well-and-good! Enjoy your list--and enjoy the night! --RKJ

10 Anti-Drug Use Songs

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:23:33 -0400

A maxim in rock ‘n roll is, of course: “Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘N Roll.” However, there are bands who have produced songs that are, well, anti-drug use. And some of the songs (and the bands) might just surprise you!

10) Aldo Nova--"Monkey On Your Back"

From "Subject: Aldo Nova" comes a cautionary tale regarding heroin abuse...and where it can lead to. Kind of preachy at the end, but still as good as in 1983 as it is now!
09) Motorhead: "Dead Men Tell No Tales"

The ultimate band when it come to the whole "SD&RR" routine, this song is about a friend breaking off a friendship...over that friend's herion use. In this case, "Dead Men Tell No Tales" means EXACTLY that!
08) Ministry: "Just One Fix"

From the 90's comes this disturbing little ditty about going cold-turkey from drug use. And if you think the song is heavy-duty, check out the video if you get a chance (make sure you've had nothing to eat before watching it, btw).
07) Pantera: "Suicide Note Parts 1&2"

These Texas hellions created a real anti-type with this pair of songs (from "The Great Southern Trendkill") about a man who used one too many times, and now is about to check himself out. If you do a bit of guided imagery to the first song? At the end, you feel like you are beeing wheeled to the morgue. Spooky!
Black Sabbath: "Snowblind"

One of Ozzy-voxed Sabbath songs, this actually talks about dying from a cocaine overdose ("Lying snowblind in the sun--feel that my ice age has come.")
05) Queensryche--"The Needle Lies"

From "Operation:MINDCRIME" comes a truism about herion addiction, one that the main character in the album (Nikiki) is mearning much too late as he attempts to get away from Doctor X.
04) Lynrd Skynyrd--"That Smell"

From the classic rock era comes one of LS' greatest hits--a obsrvation piece about a friend who is killing themself via drug/alcohol abuse. "The smell of death's around you!" sums it up rather well.
03) Motorhead--"Iron Horse (Born To Lose)"

This song was written by Lemmy about the time he roomed with the Hell's Angels president (at the time). "When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose," is still as true as today as it was back in the late 70's
02) Steppenwolf--"The Pusher"

Though in the song, John Kay tries to see the listener on the difference between a "dealer" and a "pusher." ("Dealer" is now used to mean the same thing as "pusher"). In the end, he does both of them no favors, for in his "total war" against the "pusher man," he reveals that being a pusher is no better.
01) Accept--"Bulletproof"

From the album OBJECTION OVERRULED comes a "case study" song about a friend who rejects all to feed his addiction...then kills himself in a PCP-induced psychosis by doing a Superman imitation off of a tall building. My favorite one of them all.
Needed Caveats:

Ok, a few things before I go: A) These ten songs are only the ones I know about as of right now. Perhaps you folks know of a few more. In that case--let's hear from you!

BuzzFeed - Robert Johnston

15 Songs About Opening A Can of Whoop-A$$

Metallica: "Seek And Destroy"

2. Halford: "Wrath Of God"

3. Sick Puppies: "You're Going Down!"

4. Judas Priest (w/"Ripper" Owens on vox): "Burn In Hell."

5. Drowning Pool: "Step Up"

6. Accept: "This One's For You"

7. Krokus: "Eat The Rich"

8. Michael Jackson: "Bad"

9. Dokken: "Dream Warriors"

10. Fight: "Into The Pit"

11. Lita Ford: "Out for Blood"

12. Anthrax: "I Am the Law"

13. J Geils Band: "Rage In The Cage"

14. Iron Maiden: "The Assassin"

15. Slayer: "Hollowpoint"

16. A Final Word...

10 Anti-Drug Use Songs

10) Aldo Nova--"Monkey On Your Back"

09) Motorhead: "Dead Men Tell No Tales"

08) Ministry: "Just One Fix"

07) Pantera: "Suicide Note Parts 1&2"

Black Sabbath: "Snowblind"

05) Queensryche--"The Needle Lies"

04) Lynrd Skynyrd--"That Smell"

03) Motorhead--"Iron Horse (Born To Lose)"

02) Steppenwolf--"The Pusher"

01) Accept--"Bulletproof"

Needed Caveats: