Behind the scenes (and in front of them) at 5min
Posted in Music on Nov 11th, 2009
I discovered music relatively late in my life: I was in my early twenties, doing things I didn’t really want to do, far away from home. A friend gave me his MiniDisc for safekeeping (those were the dark-ages, MiniDisk was worth his weight in gold). Most of the music on it was Heavy Metal, Black [...]
From naughty leather pants to hauntingly bad hair, for some of us, metal happens to be one of those endearing musical genres reminiscent of rebellious youth, which makes it all that much harder to outgrow and – like a bad mullet – leave behind in the dustbin of history.
However, in recent months I have been [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 3rd, 2008
I always wanted to be a rock star. Well, who hasn’t? But I took it too seriously, and at the age of 15, I got an electric guitar and became the nightmare of the neighborhood. The main problem with that is that my teacher, a progressive rock local hero, spent more hours telling me about [...]
