The Ripple Effect: The Music Commentary Radio Show  

In returning to the sounds of my youth, the memories of my initial reaction to this disc flooded my psyche. The first time I put the needle to groove, I immediately took about three steps back from the turntable, gazed questioningly at the sound emitted by the speakers, and then gingerly approached the sound system to inspect what might be askew. It turned out that everything was in proper working order and that someone had mucked with the sound of my band rather than the operating system upon which it rotated. This was a slowed down form of thrash metal, complete with extended musical compositions and guitar solos. Hell, there was even piano work opening the first track and an instrumental piece closing side one! What the hell? I remember asking. Quite disappointed, I sat on my bed, arm strategically placed on my knee to support the weight of my head, and I listened to the band that sorta’ sounded like Crumbsuckers, but wasn’t the quasi-hardcore sounding stuff from Life of Dreams. I listened. And, then I listened some more. And, then I got up from my Thinker pose and flipped the album over once again. Before too long, the sun went down and I had listened to Beast On My Back.

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