KSE: My Curse

Love this video! This is one of my "Get Up" songs for monday mornings.

Artist: Kill Switch Engage

Album: As Daylight Dies

Track: My Curse

I call it: "Sex Metal"

I can't really put my finger on why this song is so intriguing to me. But the first time I heard it on the radio, I was hooked. Deftones+Maynard?! Yeah, sign me up! So, dirty/sexy/nasty. So good!

Artist: deftones featuring Maynard James Keenan (Tool)

Album: White Pony

Track: Passenger

Cavo: Pleasant Surprise!!!

Cavo is an American post-grunge/hard rock band from St. Louis, Missouri, created 2000-2001.

Members:

Chris Hobbs- Lead Guitar

Chad La Roy- Drums

Brian Smith- Bass

Casey Walker- Lead Vocals

So, just driving around in my car with my iPhone music recognition app, I stumble upon a song or two from time to time that I really like. Well, over the course of about a month, I had stumbled upon about 3 songs I really liked and to my surprise, they were all by this band called Cavo that I had never heard of! Well, I dig 'em.

Lighten Up

Just a video of me playing my drums to one of my favorite songs for cruising around with my girls and eating chocolate in the VW Cabrio on our way to rent Sex in the City. NOT! Haha

You just Can't Win them all

Decent Video... Ok song... Makeup Fail.

Better and Better! I'm hooked

Perhaps my Favorite dredg Song/Video so far:

Here's a little more dredg...

It's like Indie Prog or something... I love it!

Dark, Creepy, Spacey, Love it

Great Vocals, Killer Drums. I'm impressed.

dredg: American Progressive/Alternative Rock Band from Los Gatos, California.

Formed in 1993.

Band Members:

Gavin Hayes- Vocals, Guitar

Drew Roulette- Bass Guitar, Synthesizer

Mark Engles- Guitar

Dino Campanella- Drums, Piano, Organ

Some of my favorite Porcupine Tree Songs!

Porcupine Tree has a million and a half different sounds. These are some of the more mellow.

Their Hard stuff is just as awesome.

Pink Floyd-Porcupine Tree

My friend Sam who is one of the only people I know that likes Porcupine Tree more than me, once told me that Steven Wilson of PT gets feisty when people compare them to Pink Floyd. Well sorry Steven. Maybe you shouldn't sound so much like them. Haha. In a good way. When I heard the song: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun by PF... I was blown away how similar the two bands can be. But I love it. And it helps me appreciate how pioneering PF was and how awesome PT is. Here is just one of PT's Floydness.

Australian Pink Floyd Experience

I love Pink Floyd. But for some reason I always forget HOW MUCH I love them. I forget how many albums they have and how Rad they ALL are. It is crazy to think of some of the things they were able to accomplish musically. There are so many different sounds that I forget that so many of my favorite songs cam from one band.

My dad, being the man he is, took me to see the Australian Pink Floyd show @ the Usana Amphitheater here in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was amazing. I loved it. In fact, like most rock shows, it made me tear up a bit. If you have the chance to check 'em out in your area, I highly recommend it.

For one reason or another, I had never heard this song before the show. But, it was one of the highlights of the performance.

A little Guilty Pleasure New Metal

For the longest time, I have maintained as the Metal Brat that I am, that all new Metal sucks. Obviously this is not the case and there is quite a bit of great music being released. Well, here are a few songs that I really dig from a few bands that I've spent my fair share of time resisting.

I was Really Surprised

By how much this video/ song has grown on me. I'm not exactly sure if I understand why I'm into this lil guy. Stick with it... maybe you'll get it.

These Are the Drums I am Selling

This is a video of the Actual Set that is for Sale. I just moved to an apartment and I want to get an Electric Kit.

Email Me if you're interested:

daveboydjr@gmail.com

Selling my Drums!!!! $1699 OBO. Make me an Offer

This is a Mapex Pro M Maple Shell Kit Including:
14" Snare
10" Tom
12" Tom
14" Tom
26"X 18" Bass
Includes All Hardware:
Mapex & 3 Pearl Cymbal Boom Stands
DW 4000 Double Bass Pedal
All Cymbals Included.
New Remo Black Suede Heads
New Evans E Mad Bass Drum Head.

Check out this Drum Kit *In Action* Here on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/dboyd5150

These are videos of the Actual set I am selling.

*No Microphones Included*

Email Me if you're interested: daveboydjr@gmail.com

I'm in a Mood again...

So I got a new place to live, new sheets on the bed, new

haircut and four new shirts from Nordstrom Rack.

Bascially, I am ready to spread the love. Hit me up if

you are runnin' on empty.

Pretty sure that's Matt Sorum from Guns 'n Roses on

the drums.

Excellent Drumstick Twirl at 2:18.

The Cult- Edie (Ciao Baby) English Rock Band

formed in 1983... I was 2 years old.

I REALLY like this song...

There may or may not be a touch of "Hootie," "Sister Hazel" or "Blues Traveler" on this guys voice... All I know is that I dig this song!

Queensrÿche: Probably still My Favorite Band ever

Queensrÿche: American Progressive Metal Band. Formed 1981 in Bellevue, Washington.

I can distinctly remember hearing a song played for the first time on my local radio station while I was pumping gas at the local Maverick. The song was called, "Sign of the Times," and I remember thinking to myself that it was kinda catchy. Afterwards, the DJ mentioned that it was the latest single from Queensrÿche. I was sure I had heard that name before.

Weeks later, at my friend Scott Earl's house, we were watching rock DVDs and he asked if we wanted to watch a Queensrÿche DVD. I was shocked at how many of the songs I already knew and really enjoyed. The rest is history. One of the best shows I have ever seen was a Queensrÿche/Dream Theater show in Seattle. The day before I sold my last drum set, I played all the way through 4 of their albums.
Queensrÿche is most famous for their albums, "Operation Mindcrime" and "Empire." They are also responsible for creating one of my Favorite rock/metal logos... the "Trirÿche." The Trirÿche is the bat-man looking symbol you see above on the cover of their Empire album. I have painted this symbol on more than a few denim jackets and drum heads, as well as on the wall in my drum room.

If you ask me, Queensrÿche is one of the best bands around. Great writing, outstanding vocals and some of my favorite drums to play along to. Not to mention some of my favorite Guitar Harmonies. One of my fondest memories is the summer of '98 while working at Pizza Hut as a delivery driver. I remember making the most perfect Queensrÿche mix tapes ever with a couple live tracks added in. It was blue... and it was awesome.

Members:

Geoff Tate: Vocals

Scott Rockenfield: Drums

Eddie Jackson: Bass

Michael Wilton: Guitar

Chris DeGarmo: Guitar (not currently)

Albums:

Queensrÿche (1983) I was only 2 years old!

The Warning (1984) Same year as Van Halen's "Jump."

Rage For Order (1986)

Operation: Mindcrime (1988)

Empire (1990)

Promised Land (1994)

Hear in the Now Frontier (1997)

Q2K (1999) That album really grew on me

Tribe (2003)

Operation: Mindcrime 2 (2006)

Take Cover (2007)

American Soldier (2009)

Check out their website here

Here is a song you probably know... and one you maybe don't. Check 'em out. I love these guys!

Demons & Wizards

Demons & Wizards: Power Metal Band Hybrid of the members of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian. Formed around 1998. The Band is named for the "Demon-Like" themes and sounds of Iced earth melded together with the "Wizard-Like" themes and sounds of Blind Guardian.

Albums:

Demons & Wizards (2000)

Touched by the Crimson King (2005)

Members:

Hansi Kürsch: Vocals (Blind Guardian)

Jon Schaffer: Guitars (Iced Earth)

Bobby Jarzombek: Drums

Rubin Drake: Bass

Jim Morris: Guitar Solos

Check Out Their Website Here

My Drum Cover #2 -NIN: Discipline

People keep asking to see my drums! Which is awesome. Here is a video of me playing NIN in my Parent's Basement. Doesn't get much more Rock n Roll than that! Right?