Spawn : Godslayer - Brian Holguin 2006

Spawn: Godslayer, created by Brian Holguin, is a comic book series published by Image Comics. The series is a re-imagining of the popular Spawn franchise, taking place within a medieval fantasy setting rather than the main Spawn universe. Spawn: Godslayer is also the name of a special published in October 2006 set before the events of the series.

A dramatic re-imagining of Todd McFarlane's Spawn. Godslayer is a sweeping tale of fallen kingdoms, ancient curses and doomed love.

Spawn: Godslayer is sure to appeal to fans of epic fantasy. Here is a brief synopsis of this new and imaginative story brought to you by the talented Brian Holguin (Spawn) and Jay Anacleto (Aria, Marvels Two). 

THE STORY

In a far distant age of a world not our own, the Old Gods are dying, slaughtered one by one by the dark blade of a mysterious, unearthly marauder...

Under the protection of the Goddess Llyra, the island kingdom of Endra-La, oldest and most storied of the Shrouded Isles, has avoided the cruel fate suffered by lesser kingdoms. But on the eve of a royal wedding, black sails are spotted on the horizon.

Alarms are sounded and fire fills the skies. The Godslayer has come for them at last.

Spawn: Godslayer is set in a world of epic fantasy. A mysterious warrior with a dark blade is waging war against the gods, killing them one by one.

The protagonist is a warrior prince named Bairn from the island kingdom of Endra-La. During a naval battle, Bairn is wounded and thrown overboard.

Sinking to the bottom of the sea and dying, Bairn says he would give anything to see his love, Neva, again. A mysterious, Lovecraftian entity answers his dying plea.

In exchange for saving Bairn, the entity makes the prince his undead servant and orders him to kill the gods of Ur. Neva, thinking that Bairn is dead, devotes herself to the temple of the goddess Llyra and eventually becomes her vessel.

Many years after his ordeal, Bairn sails to Endra-La. Commanding a mighty ship, he breaks through the kingdom's defenses. He finds Neva, now an old woman, in the temple of Llyra. She pleads with him, but he kills her without saying a word. Neva forgives Bairn with her final breath. Enraged, Llyra appears, and Bairn kills her as well, completing his task.

Set immediately after the Godslayer special, Bairn returns to his stronghold, with the spirit of his beloved Neva haunting him. Neva is a phantom to Bairn at first, but becomes visible to him when he attempts to remove his memories with nepenthe. Bairn relates the tale of his death and rebirth to Neva, but before he can say more he is summoned by his dark master to slay the Winter God, Urshrek. 

In his absence, Neva seemingly makes a pact similar to Bairn's with the mysterious dark master.

Bairn slays Urshrek, and is rescued from the sea by Neva, who has been transformed into an undead warrior similar to the Godslayer. 

The two sail to Endra-La and recover Neva's bones, which transform her into her original self. She then bids Bairn farewell and disappears.

Bairn, inconsoleable after Neva's disappearance, returns to his mission to rid the world of the gods. He eventually makes his way back to his stronghold, once again escaping into dreamless sleep to forget his sins.

Spawn: Godslayer was canceled after its 8th issue due to low sales. A note from the author in the back of issue 8 mentions that the further adventures of the Godslayer cast and the fate of their universe are tales that will have to remain untold, for now.

BRIAN HOLGUIN
Brian Holguin is an American writer who works in the comics industry. He is known for his work on "Aria", "Todd McFarlane's Spawn" and "Kiss: Psycho Circus".

He also wrote Spawn: Godslayer, a dark fantasy re-imagining of Spawn.

Aφιερωμένο στον Μιλιόκα , τον μαύρο σκύλο

Gary Numan : Living Ornaments 1979

One of the founding fathers of synth pop, Gary Numan's influence extends far beyond his lone American hit, "Cars," which still stands as one of the defining new wave singles.

That seminal track helped usher in the synth pop era on both sides of the Atlantic, especially his native U.K., where he was a genuine pop star and consistent hitmaker during the early '80s.

Numan was born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958, in the west London section of Hammersmith.

Inspired by the amateurism of the punk movement, he joined a punk group called " the Lasers " in 1976. The following year , he and bassist Paul Gardiner split off to form a new group, dubbed " Tubeway Army ", with drummer Bob Simmonds .

When Beggars Banquet rolled out its reissue program for Numan in the late '90s, the limited edition Living Ornaments '79 album got a thorough clean-up and expansion for CD, but the tapes for Living Ornaments '80 couldn't be located for a similar job. The upshot was the appearance of this previously unavailable recording  which turned out to be a good thing, since Living Ornaments '81 easily ranks as Numan's best live album, as well as arguably being one of the best live rock albums ever.

High praise, perhaps, but the two-hour document ( DVD ) of what at the time was billed as Numan's final

show (like what happened with his hero David Bowie, it was a bit of a premature claim) in front of a packed, obsessive London crowd at Wembley Arena starts off great and doesn't stop. Numan's core band of the time had both the ability and the power to readily translate and often cleverly reinterpret the music, whether exquisitely delicate to brutally thrashing, to stadium-scale heights, while Numan himself, in his own uniquely quiveringly-voiced way, matched them just right.

Label : Beggars Banquet Bega 24 (K 58295)
Format : Vinyl Album
Country : UK
Released : 1979
Genre : Electronic, Rock
Style : Electro, New Wave, Pop Rock, Synth-pop

Tracklist

Side one

   1. Airlane – 3:12
   2. Cars – 3:20
   3. We Are So Fragile – 2:33
   4. Films – 3:45
   5. Something's in the House – 4:08

Side two

   6. My Shadow in Vain – 2:50
   7. Conversation – 7:45
   8. The Dream Police – 4:12
   9. Metal – 3:25

FLAC  Size  :  234  MB

MP3  Size  :  88,5  MB 

Zippyshare : MP3  @  320

Echo Tattoo : Mind Your Step 2007

Evi Hasapidou Watson and guitarist Panos K. formed the band at the beginning of the 90s after the sparks flew between them during an audition. "I heard Evi sing" , "I was pretty much blown" away says Panos. Pretty much blown away by Panos guitar and poetry herself, Evi left the band she was in and started singing and composing with Panos.

The duo were soon joined by friends musicians and started playing live and recording their first album for Studio2 an independent Athenian label.
The album was adored by Greek and International psychedelia fans.

The band won first price in the 1996 Scype (song competition of Youth Programs in Europe) competition, hosted in Copenhagen, where bands from all European Union countries participated including the UK and Ireland. Voted by live audiences all around Europe as their favourite band and 'Over' as their favourite song, Echo Tattoo eventually landed a contract with another Athenian label, FM Records.

Their second album "Room of Toys" was recorded in Bath and London UK, produced by Bryan New and released in 1997 in Greece, Belgium, Spain and Holland with AFM FM Records European sub-label and Viva Records (subsidiary of Snuff Garrett Records).

Echo Tattoo have warmed up the audience for great bands like the U2, the Fall, Giant Sand, Ian Mc Culloch and more, in their Live performances in Greece.

Their latest songs have been in the studio since 2003 and have recently been finalised to their current form. This time production/post production editing and mixing were Evi Hassapidou Watson's responsibility. Assisted, tortured and blessed by the presence of one irreplaceable Aris Christou of S.C.A. Studios and the ever jolly S.C.A.'s Theodore Zefkilis.

In 2007 they came back with the alboum : " Step Your Mind " with a great cast of alternative Rock Musicians as "Angry" of the stoner band "Nightstalker" , "Tanya" of "Liquidust" , "Bliss" , and "Alex K" from the great Greek Bands "Earthbound" and "The Last Drive"



Οι Echo Tattoo είναι ελληνικό συγκρότημα ροκ μουσικής που ξεκίνησε την πορεία του στην Αθηναϊκή Σκηνή στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του '90 και θεωρείται ένα από τα σημαντικότερα και επιδραστικότερα σχήματα της Ελληνικής Ανεξάρτητης Σκηνής.

Alternative Rock μπάντα από την Αθήνα, Ελλάδα.
Κέρδισαν το πρώτο βραβείο στο 2ο Ευρωπαϊκό Διαγωνισμό Μουσικής Ροκ στην Κοπεγχάγη, το 1996.

Rοκ/Ψυχεδελική μουσική της δεκαετίας 90. Η πρώτη σύνθεσή τους περιλάμβανε τους Εύη Χασαπίδου Watson (πρώην τραγουδίστρια των No Man's Land), Πάνο Κουτσούνη, Γιούλα Καβούρη και Σπύρο Βέλικα. Ο πρώτος τους δίσκος ηχογραφήθηκε κατά το ήμισυ το 1990 λόγω έλλειψης πόρων και ολοκληρώθηκε το 1992 μετά την πρώτη αλλαγή μελών.


Η μουσική και τα φωνητικά τους δηλώνουν επιρροές από τη soul έως την ψυχεδέλεια και από την hard rock έως την ποπ και δύσκολα κατατάσσονται σε κάποια κατηγορία.


Το Δεκέμβριο του 2007 οι Echo Tattoo επέστρεψαν δισκογραφικά με το Mind Your Step. Στο δίσκο συμμετέχουν ο Αrgy των Nightstalker, η Tanya των Liquidust και το πλήρες καστ των Bliss τραγουδούν στο Caveman, ενω ο Alex K. των Earthbound και The Last Drive στο Apocalypse.



Albums

    Echo Tattoo (1992, LP, Studio II)
    Room of toys (1997, CD, FM Records, FM 855)
    Room of toys (1999 PIAS-VIVA Belgique)
    Mind Your Step (2007, Recycled Recordings)

Singles & EPs

    Toys (1997, FM Records)
    Room of Toys (1997 VIVA Records 655000324)

Label:Recycled Recordings – R101
Format:CD, Album
Country:Greece
Released:Dec 2007
Genre:Rock
Style:Alternative Rock

 Tracklist

01. Pensicola
02. No 1's Inside (Sad)
03. Refugee
04. Apocalypse
05. Zoo
06. Love Is Free
07. Who Stole The Light?
08. Stormy Weather
09. Oddo
10. Sol
11. Caveman (Bonus Track)

FLAC   Size  :  353 MB

MP3  Size  :  121 MB

Martha And The Muffins ; Trance And Dance 1980

Martha and the Muffins emerged from the early punk/new wave/art pop scene in 1977 which was centered around various clubs along Toronto's Queen Street West and the Ontario College of Art, where several members of the band were students.

Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian New Wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single (1980's "Echo Beach") under their original band name

The group's initial line-up came together in Toronto in 1977, when David Millar asked his fellow Ontario College of Art student Mark Gane to help him start a band.
Millar recruited Martha Johnson to play keyboards; Johnson brought in a friend from high school, Carl Finkle, to play bass; and Gane's brother Tim signed on as the drummer. With Millar and Mark Gane as guitarists, and Johnson as lead vocalist, this is the line up that debuted at an Ontario College of Art Hallowe'en party in October 1977.

They chose the name "Martha and the Muffins" to distance themselves from the aggressive names adopted by many punk bands of the era. 

The group formed in 1977 and, on the strength of their debut independent single, "Insect Love"/"Suburban Dream," were signed by Virgin U.K. The band's debut album, Metro Music, appeared in 1980, led by "Echo Beach," which would become a new wave classic. After 1981's This Is the Ice Age, and Danseparc two years later, Johnson and Gane moved the outfit to England and recorded Mystery Walk (1984) and The World Is a Ball (1986) as M+M. From then on, Martha and the Muffins recorded sporadically, releasing Modern Lullaby in 1992 and Delicate in 2010.

TRACKS

     01. Luna Park     3:11
    02. Suburban Dream     3:27
    03. Was Ezo     4:00
    04. Teddy The Dink     3:27
    05. Symptomatic Love     4:08
    06. Primal Weekend     5:10
    07. Halfway Through The Week     3:40
    08. Am I On?     3:24
    09. Motorbikin'     2:55
    10. About Insomnia     3:10
    11. Be Blase     2:39
    12. Trance And Dance     7:14

Format : Vinyl LP
Label : Virgin - 1980 Dindisc
Made in : Great Britain
S.N : OVED 78
Produced by : Mike Howlett

MP3 : Size : 108  @ 320 MB

FLAC : Size :  287 MB

The Jeff Healey Band : See The Light 1988

See the Light is the debut album by The Jeff Healey Band. It was released on September 13, 1988. It was #50 of the top 100 albums in Canada in 1989. In 1990 it was nominated for an "Album of the Year" Juno Award.

What made Jeff Healey different from other blues-rockers was also what kept some listeners from accepting him as anything other than a novelty -- the fact that the blind guitarist played his Fender Stratocaster on his lap, not standing up. With the guitar in his lap, Healey could make unique bends and hammer-ons, making his licks different and more elastic than most of the competition. Unfortunately, his material leaned toward standard AOR blues-rock, which rarely let him cut loose, but when he did, his instrumental prowess could be shocking.

Healey lost his sight at the age of one, after developing eye cancer. He began playing guitar when he was three years old and began performing with his band Blues Direction at the age of 17. Healey formed the Jeff Healey Band in 1985, featuring bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen.

In 2008, a month before the release of his last studio-recorded blues album, Mess of Blues, Healey died from cancer.

TRACKS

1. Confidence Man      John Hiatt     3:12
2. My Little Girl       Jeff Healey     3:10
3. River of No Return       Keith Reid, Jon Tiven, Sally Tiven     3:31
4. Don't Let Your Chance Go By       Healey     3:20
5. Angel Eyes       Hiatt, Fred Koller     5:19
6. Nice Problem to Have       Robbie Blunt, Jeff Healey Band     4:50
7. Someday, Someway       Martin Briley, Danny Tate     3:28
8. I Need to Be Loved       Healey     3:43
9. Blue Jean Blues       Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill     5:39
10.That's What They Say       Healey     4:27
11.Hide Away       Freddie King, Sonny Thompson     4:26
12.See the Light       Healey     4:26

FLAC  Size   316 MB

MP3   Size :  119 MB

Nazareth : The Singles Collection - The Collector Series

Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band, founded in 1968,
They took their name from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, which is cited in the first line of The Band's classic song "The Weight"
The band moved to London, England in 1970, and released their eponymous debut album in 1971
Nazareth supported Deep Purple on tour, and issued the Roger Glover-produced Razamanaz, in early 1973

The Scottish hard rock quartet Nazareth had a handful of hard rock hits in the late '70s, including the proto-power ballad "Love Hurts."

Both Nazareth and 1972's Exercises received favorable attention by British hard rockers, but it was 1973's Razamanaz that moved them into the U.K. Top Ten (both "Broken Down Angel" and "Bad Bad Boy" were hit singles). Loud 'n' Proud and Rampant (both 1974) followed the same formula, yet were slightly less successful.

By this time, their commercial appeal had dwindled across both the U.K. and the U.S. By the mid-'80s, Nazareth was left without a record contract, so the band was put on hiatus for a few years.

Nazareth announced McCafferty's retirement from the band due to ill health on 28 August 2013, leaving Pete Agnew as the sole remaining founding member of the band.


   
TRAXS

Vinyl  ONE

        01.Broken Down Angel     3:42    
    02.Bad Bad Boy     3:57    
    03.This Flight Tonight     3:23    
    04.Shanghai'd In Shanghai     3:44    
    05.Love Hurts     3:53    
    06.Hair Of The Dog     3:19    
    07.My White Bicycle     3:28    
    08.Holy Roller     3:25    
    09.Carry Out Feelings     3:19    
    10.You're The Violin     4:42    
    11.Somebody To Roll     3:54

Vinyl TWO

    01.I Don't Want To Go On Without You     3:46    
    02.Gone Dead Train     3:44    
    03.A Place In Your Heart     3:02    
    04.May The Sunshine     4:56    
    05.Star     4:56    
    06.Dressed To Kill     3:33    
    07.Morning Dew     3:59    
    08.Games     4:36    
    09.Love Will Lead To Madness     4:04

Γιά τον Κωστάκη - Αλίκη και γιά όλους τους ΠαλιοΡοκάδες του κερατά !!!

Vinyl Rip
Format : Double LP

Vinyl One : MP3  Size : 93 Mb
Vinyl Two : MP3  Size : 84 Mb

Vinyl One : FLAC Size : 247 Mb
Vinyl Two : Flac Sixe : 229 Mb

I - Roy and Dillinger : At King Tubby's Studio 2006

I-Roy 

For several years from 1975, I-Roy engaged in an on-record slanging match with fellow DJ Prince Jazzbo, the two trading insults on successive singles, although in reality they were good friends. In 1976, I-Roy signed to Virgin Records with whom he would go on to release five albums. On occasion he would utilise The Revolutionaries as his backing band.

One of I-Roy's earliest hits was in 1972 with "Sidewalk Killer," a take on Tommy McCook's original "Sidewalk Doctor." This 45 was produced by Ruddy Redwood.

Reggae's move to the dancehall era in the 1980s saw I-Roy's popularity decline. This decline in popularity and recurring health problems led to periods of homelessness during the later period of his life.

He died in 1999 of heart failure, at the age of fifty-five.

Dillinger

As a young man growing up in Kingston, Dillinger would hang around Dennis Alcapone's El Paso sound system. This exposure would eventually lead to work in 1971, as a deejay on the Prince Jackie and El Paso sound systems,
initially influenced by Big Youth, U Roy, and Dennis Alcapone,[1] and performing as "Dennis Alcapone Jr.". The first record producer he worked with was Lee "Scratch" Perry, who decided that Bullock should change his name to Dillinger, after gangster John Dillinger.

Dillinger was known for his quick wit, humorous lyrics and vulgar content
"Cocaine In My Brain" was featured on the K-Jah reggae radio station K-Jah West in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

In 1978, along with Leroy Smart and Delroy Wilson, Dillinger was referenced by lyricist Joe Strummer in The Clash's track, "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais."

(Wiki)

Tracks :

01. Love Is My Game
02. Forward Down Ya
03. Lick Up Your Chales
04. Set Up Yourself
05. Dreadful and Terrible
06. Too Much Sorrow
07. Samson Was the Stranger
08. Set the Captive Free
09. Be Still and Know Jah
10. Black Is My Colour
11. It a Go Dread
12. O Joh Jah   

 

CD Rip
Label : Culture Press
Mp3 @ 320 : Size : 95,6 MB
Flac  :  Size : 207 MB