Disturbed Shouting?

I have written a lot about remakes and as I think about it there are more and more songs that I find are remade that are good.  Here is a case in point.  Here is one "metal" band that does a lot of shouting with a killer song. The band has released 5 albums of which 4 albums have debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts.  The band was originally called Brawl it wasnt till they were "stupify"-ed on their second album that go us down with "The Sickness" were they called Disturbed.

One of the band members actually did the opposite in the file sharing controversy.  He fought against the RIAA  to stop them from going after kids and to adopt a better policy with internet usage.

Well after their 5th album they announced this year that they wont be touring in 2012 and will be on an indifinate hiatus.  Sorry Disturbed fans but no you will have to "Shout" thanks to the Tears for Fears original!

Disturbed - "Shout 2000"

What Do They Have in Common

Here is a trick question for you.  What do California, platinum, gold, green, and purple all have in common?   The answer is one album 8x platinum, 40 million records sold, two Grammy awards and the title of an album "Purple".  The other is the daily view of one Scott Weiland who cant ever seem to lay off the drugs.  He is like Charlie Sheen of the music world.

Stone Temple Pilots album Core was 8x platinum and they scored big with songs like "Plush" which won them a Grammy award for best Hard Rock Performance.  They are ranked #40 on VH1s greatest 100 rock bands.  Yes they are a California band (San Diego).  Their second album was called "Purple" and had a few hits.  All in all they were a commercial success.

Believe it or not though that success was met with critics tough reviews who called them "imitators" and "second rate" in comparison to Nirvana and Pearl Jam.  Well fortunately I will let you be the judge and let you know that I dont think they are second rate or imitators.  They are great.

Here is one of my favorite songs from them from Purple it is:

Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"

iTunes Radio Station

I might be a little behind the times but I havent really been interested in some of the "radio stations" that you can play off iTunes.  I was out of musical options one day and I decided to try it out.  Under Alternative Rock the second one down the list was Ace Radio - 90s Alternative.  I tried it out and I love it!

This station is a combination of all the rock songs that I love from the 90s it is like listening to my old cds again! It is awesome!  I definately recommend it.

It does have a website as well www.aceradio.net I havent been to it yet so I cant speak to content but listening on iTunes is great!