I pretty much hate myself right now. I hate myself because Hail the Villain is the type of group I’ve ripped a new asshole over the last decade or so….
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This week we begin the letter B, looking at songs that hit the Billboard Rock and Modern Rock charts in the 1980s but failed to cross over into the Hot 100….
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In this series we’re taking a look at songs that hit the Rock and Modern Rock charts in the 1980s that didn’t cross over to the Billboard Hot 100. Today…
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It wasn’t until about 2008 or so that I really started getting into doom metal. But once I get into something, I go full bore. So I bought and listened…
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The general public always thinks about Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth when talking about great thrash groups, and no one is arguing there. Some fans make it down to Exodus…
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If you had asked me back in 1987, when Future World, the second album from Danish band Pretty Maids was released, I definitely wouldn’t have thought they’d be around 20+…
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If there’s one way to get me to at least give your record a quick check, it’s to name your band something retarded like We Butter the Bread with Butter….
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He led you through the Top 40, and now Dave Steed begins a new journey — through the ass end of the ’80s rock charts.
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After two years and more than 100 posts, Dave Steed’s Bottom Feeders reaches its conclusion. Parting is such a son of a bitch — but Dave’s brought prizes to his farewell party!
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Two words come to mind when talking about Judas Priest’s landmark record British Steel; Hell yeah! Those two little words pretty much sum up the feeling I get every time…
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Let’s get this out of the way up front: Bison B.C. is sick. As a huge fan of 3 Inches of Blood, I first heard of Bison B.C. on their…
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Being an instrumental band, Karma to Burn is probably never going to get the recognition they deserve. After all, it’s the frontman that draws the crowd in and makes the…
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It’s the penultimate week of Bottom Feeders, with just one post for the 25th letter of the alphabet. Enjoy more tracks that failed to crack the Top 40 on the…
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Since I don’t like to combine letters in this series, today’s post covering the letter X is, well, tiny. Sorry, no X-Japan, Xavion, Xavier, Xyster, or Xymox here, but we…
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Bottom Feeders continues with the letter W — and reaches triple digits! — with more would-be hits from the ’80s.
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We’re almost in triple digits, but first we have to get through some more artists whose names begin with the letter W. Enjoy more tracks that failed to crack the…
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You know what I get off on? The letter W!! Here are more songs from the bottom 60 percent of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s. Wet Wet…
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This week in Bottom Feeders, Dave Steed brings Dionne Warwick and Warrant together at long last.
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This week Dave Steed gives us Wang Chung, Wall of Voodoo, and the Waitresses, but will Jason Hare get jealous when Dave flirts with Jeff Giles? Inquiring minds want to know!
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Dave Steed tackles the letter V this week, running down minor hits from Luther Vandross, Randy VanWarmer, and…Bobby Vinton?
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Bottom Feeders tackles the letter U this week, which means we’re in for lots and lots of Roxannes.
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We’re finishing up the letter T this week as we take a look at some more great — and shitty — songs from the ’80s that never cracked the Billboard…
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We’re smack dab in the middle of the letter T in this week’s Bottom Feeders, and you know what that means: You can New Jack Swing on Dave Steed’s nuts.
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All rise. The rules of this courtroom are simple. You will be presented with two songs, one by the plaintiff and one by the defendant. It is your task to…
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Looking at pictures of Tiffany for this week got me a little hot and bothered, shall we say. It’s always fun to dig up the Playboys in the attic, isn’t…
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Today, Dave Steed is a father, husband, and homeowner — but in 1990, he was wearing baggy pants and dancing like a fool, and MC Hammer was to blame.
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Bottom Feeders moves into the letter T in earnest this week — and kicks over a long-forgotten video whose horror will irreparably damage your soul.
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Bottom Feeders has reached the letter T, which means lots and lots of … the Temptations?
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Buckle up, baby, because we’ve reached the end of the letter S in this week’s Bottom Feeders — and that means it’s time for some Keith Sweat.
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Dave Steed’s jaw-droppingly comprehensive look at Prince’s discography reaches its bittersweet conclusion this week, with a trip back through the last decade of the Purple One’s career.