My Top 200 Songs

This is not meant to be an objective list. These are my 200 favorite songs to listen to. Hope you find a few new favorites for yourself!

1. Holiday - Green Day
2. Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
3. Devil's Queen - Black Stone Cherry
4. Peace of Mind - Boston
5. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
6. Gravemakers & Gunslingers - Coheed and Cambria
7. The Hands That Thieve - Streetlight Manifesto
8. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
10. Letterbomb - Green Day
11. The Mob Goes Wild - Clutch
12. Like I Roll - Black Stone Cherry
13. Basket Case - Green Day
14. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'N' Roses
15. The Hell Song - Sum 41
16. Bad Company - Five Finger Death Punch
17. Homecoming - Green Day
18. The Suffering - Coheed and Cambria
19. More Than A Feeling - Boston
20. Chop And Change - The Black Keys
21. Wild and Young - American Bang
22. Warriors of Time - Black Tide
23. ¡Viva la Gloria! - Green Day
24. Driftin' - The Dirty Heads
25. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
26. I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
27. Nuclear Family - Green Day
28. Song of Yesterday - Black Country Communion
29. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
30. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
31. My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down - The Ramones
32. Savior - Rise Against
33. Down, Down, Down To Mephisto's Cafe - Streetlight Manifesto
34. What I Got (Reprise) - Sublime
35. Beer - Reel Big Fish
36. The Ceiling - The Wild Feathers
37. Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
38. Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
39. Look What Happened - Less Than Jake
40. Blind Man - Black Stone Cherry
41. The Boys of Summer - The Ataris
42. Walk - Foo Fighters
43. Hipster - The Dirty Heads
44. American Slang - The Gaslight Anthem
45. Down In Flames - Egypt Central
46. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
47. Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
48. She - Green Day
49. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
50. Point / Counterpoint - Streetlight Manifesto
51. Broadway - The Goo Goo Dolls
52. High - James Blunt
53. Always Away - Danko Jones
54. Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
55. The Sentinel - Judas Priest
56. The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring
57. Toe To Toe - Streetlight Manifesto
58. One Day - Matisyahu
59. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
60. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
61. Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes
62. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
63. Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) - Led Zeppelin
64. With A Little Help From My Friends - Easy Star All-Stars
65. Simon Says - Joint Aktion
66. How Far We've Come - Matchbox Twenty
67. Gimme Sympathy - Metric
68. Core Of My Addiction - Fireflight
69. Superman - Goldfinger
70. Inside the Fire - Disturbed
71. Come Home - Back Door Slam
72. Crazy On You - Heart
73. The Regulator - Clutch
74. Hallowed By Thy Name - Iron Maiden
75. Hard To See - Five Finger Death Punch
76. Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols
77. Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
78. Plug In Baby - Muse
79. Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) - Dave Matthews Band
80. The Outsiders - NEEDTOBREATHE
81. School of Rock - School of Rock
82. Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
83. Hey Joe - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
84. The Ballad of John Henry - Joe Bonamassa
85. When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
86. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
87. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
88. The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
89. The Animal - Disturbed
90. Spread Too Thin - The Dirty Heads
91. Driving Towards the Daylight - Joe Bonamassa
92. Layla - Eric Clapton
93. Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
94. That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
95. Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
96. Into the Sun - The Parlor Mob
97. When You Were Young - The Killers
98. But Tonight We Dance - Rise Against
99. Around the World - Red Hot Chili Peppers
100. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring
101. Buddy Holly - Weezer
102. You Dress Up For Armageddon - The Hives
103. Workin' Them Angels - Rush
104. Dear Rosemary - Foo Fighters
105. Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden
106. Whole Lotta Love (BBC Sessions) - Led Zeppelin
107. Undisclosed Desires - Muse
108. Far Cry - Rush
109. Fade To Black - Metallica
110. Real World - Matchbox Twenty
111. Carry Me Through - Red Line Chemistry
112. Promenade (Guitar Fury Remix) - Street Sweeper Social Club
113. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
114. Audience of One - Rise Against
115. Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison
116. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
117. Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood - Volbeat
118. Stay The Night - James Blunt
119. Cabin By the Sea - The Dirty Heads
120. NJ Legion Iced Tea - A Day To Remember
121. Kicking My Heart Around - The Black Crowes
122. Deadbeat Holiday - Green Day
123. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers
124. Toys And Flavors - The Hellacopters
125. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
126. I Don't Wanna Stop - Ozzy Osbourne
127. Doctor Alibi - Slash
128. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
129. Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
130. Knights Of Cydonia - Muse
131. Rest of My Life - Less Than Jake
132. Keasbey Nights - Streetlight Manifesto
133. Skumf*k - Sum 41
134. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
135. Small Town - John Mellencamp
136. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
137. A Better Place, A Better Time - Streetlight Manifesto
138. Tom Sawyer - Rush
139. Reach for the Sky - Social Distortion
140. Try It Again - The Hives
141. Dislocated Boy - Joe Bonamassa
142. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
143. Can't Keep No Good Boy Down - The Parlor Mob
144. Second Chance - Shinedown
145. Up All Night - Suburban Legends
146. No More Heroes - Slash
147. The Cave - Mumford & Sons
148. Cubital Fossa - Joint Aktion
149. The Nameless One - Volbeat
150. Over The Hills And Far Away - Led Zeppelin
151. Wonderwall - Oasis
152. Sleep Now in the Fire - Rage Against the Machine
153. 2112 Overture - Rush
154. I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
155. Better Man - Pearl Jam
156. Dead - My Chemical Romance
157. Numb/Encore - Linkin Park & Jay-Z
158. Everything You're Breathing For - The Parlor Mob
159. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
160. Rusty James - Green Day
161. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
162. Please Don't Flush - The Rudeness
163. Land of Confusion - Disturbed
164. Sunburn - Royal Bliss
165. Unity - Shinedown
166. Roll Away - Back Door Slam
167. King Without a Crown (Live) - Matisyahu
168. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
169. California Dreaming - The Mamas & the Papas
170. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town - Pearl Jam
171. Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind
172. Hopeless Wanderer - Mumford & Sons
173. Make a Move - Icon For Hire
174. The Science of Selling Yourself Short - Less Than Jake
175. Mountain Man - Crash Kings
176. Orange Crush - R.E.M.
177. Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
178. Dope Nose - Weezer
179. Closer to the Heart - Rush
180. Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine
181. Roxanne - The Police
182. Sick, Sick, Sick - Bayside
183. Wiseman - James Blunt
184. Electric Worry - Clutch
185. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
186. Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
187. Stay the Night - Green Day
188. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
189. Everybody Lay Down - Pat Benatar
190. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
191. I Miss The Misery - Halestorm
192. I'm Alive - Disturbed
193. Loaded & Alone - Hinder
194. Get Out Alive - Three Days Grace
195. Been There Lately - Slash's Snakepit
196. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
197. Young & Free - Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
198. It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
199. Gold Dust Woman - Halestorm
200. Slow Motion - Third Eye Blind

Game Release: Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3 is a brutal, consumer of time that offers outstanding gameplay and terrific voice acting that truly make it one of the best games of 2012.

Genre: Action, First-Person Shooter
For Fans Of: Crysis, Assassin's Creed, and obviously the Far Cry series
Platform: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Rating: 9/10

The Positives: A huge world with plenty of room for activities, great mix of stealth and action, great difficulty curve, seamless transitions, wonderful environment and ferocious creatures

The Negatives: The storyline falls short towards the end, the multiplayer is disappointing, some design flaws can break the game

Overall, Far Cry 3 may have had a shot at many game of the year awards had it been released earlier. Luckily for us, however, it was released after being designed into an amazing game.

Click Here for a Review by Kevin VanOrd, courtesy of GameSpot.

Album Review: Burning On The Wings Of Desire - Blood Of The Sun

For Fans Of: Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Black Crowes
Genre: '70s Rock, Southern Rock
Blood Of The Sun's Top Tracks: Hell On Its Knees, Past The Dawn, Beyond The Cold, Death Ride, The Witchin' Hour, Rise From The Underground

Yup, I get it: the album’s cover artwork may remind you of something from the glorious MONSTER MAGNET era, but the new Blood of the Sun album has nothing to do with stoner rock. Enough is enough and I can’t bear witnessing every 70s influenced hard rock band being called stoner rock. Get it guys, stoner rock is a bad joke… this is great, melodic and groovy, heavy rock with touches of boogie and blues, lots of freaked out, almost psychedelic guitar work, and crazy good old school Hammond organ.


While other bands try to replicate the sound of the 1970's (with varying degrees of success), Blood of the Sun distills out the essence of the heaviest 1970's rock and transfers it to the present day. This is complemented by great enthusiasm, great muscianship and, best of all, a lot of great songs. This album is chock full of hard-driving guitar riffs, powerful vocals, excellent bass and drums and phenomenal keyboard wizardry. Moreover, here we have 8 catchy tunes that are guaranteed to stay with the listener for a long time.

The opening track "Let It Roll" gets things started quickly as great song reminiscent of Blue Oyster Cult. The album-titled track continues the groove with a catchy hard rock, bluesy guitar riff with wailing vocals that only strengthen as the album continues. Truly nothing disappoints throughout Burning On The Wings of Desire.

Rating: 8/10 Great

(References dangerdog and Cosmiclava)

Hurricane Sandy's Impact

Hurricane Sandy did tremendous damage to both New York and New Jersey, causing quite an impact on Activision's servers, breaking the systems for Call of Duty: World at War and Guitar Hero.

Here is the full story from digital spy.

Game Release: Mark of the Ninja

A collection of all of the ingredients that have led to great stealth games in the past coalesce as Klei Entertainment's "Mark of the Ninja".

Genre: Stealth Platformer
For Fans Of: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Splinter Cell Conviction
Platform: PC, Xbox 360
Rating: 8.5/10

The Positives: Great level design, intelligently increasing difficulty, excellent controls, huge variety of choices and abilities, and worthy of replay

The Negatives: Far sight ability disrupts momentum (since I couldn't think of any, this one's from Gamespot)

Click Here for a Review by Leif Johnson, courtesy of Gamespot

21 Best Rock Albums of the 21st Century (#12-16)

#16 Pardon Me (2010) – Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

These Dallas rock stars have opened for AC/DC, The Black Crowes, and Deep Purple, and while they are clearly inspired by all three, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights are a unique rock 'n roll identity in of themselves. This major label debut is a hard rock attack, glazed with southern blues and soul and cushioned with a few slow numbers for breathing room.

#15 Black Country Communion (2010) – Black Country Communion

Throwing some of the best musicians together does not always result in the creation of great music, but Black Country Communion could be the best super group since Cream. “The Voice of Rock”, the best blues guitarist in the world, a powerhouse drummer, and a prog-metal keyboardist coexist beautifully, responding to the media hype with the best blues-imbued rock of the decade.

#14 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) – Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold prove that their stand-out skill is far more apparent when allowing their music to break genre barriers. Their self-titled album strays from the path of pure heavy metal, a disaster in the chorus of “Lost”, but “Gunslinger” and “Unbound (The Wild Ride)” would not be as great without their exploration into other musical realms.

#13 Permission To Land (2003) – The Darkness

The Darkness have no business climbing the charts in the 21^st century. And yet, here they are, creating some of the catchiest rock around with sexy guitar solos and wailing vocals that belong in the 80s, and yet are thriving in the 2000s. Their commercial success with this (above anything else) entertaining album, is all the evidence required to prove its extravagance.

#12 Folklore and Superstition (2008) – Black Stone Cherry

Black Stone Cherry's sophomore effort takes a huge step from their self-titled album, expanding the variety in their songwriting and the overall message in their music. Infusing southern rock with heavy metal, they relate to The Black Crowes and Myles Kennedy while trademarking their own sound.

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21 Best Rock Albums of the 21st Century (#7-11)

#11 Blast Tyrant (2004) – Clutch

How long can a band hardly evolve their sound and yet still keep things fresh and enthralling? Well Clutch have mastered this better than anyone, all while sticking it to the man, refusing to abide by the inhibiting rules of the music business. Prepare to be confounded and yet oddly satisfied by the bad asses of modern rock in their 2004 effort, Blast Tyrant.

#10 White Blood Cells (2001) – The White Stripes

As Jack and Meg White's commercial breakthrough, White Blood Cells captures the reason The White Stripes attracted so much attention right from the get-go. They perfectly construct powerful, rough rock with a sweetness bound to keep old fans hooked and captivate new ones.

#9 Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005) – Coheed and Cambria

Fans of Coheed and Cambria may have despaired when the group signed to a major label, but far from selling out, the band adopted more prog rock and heavy metal influences into their music. Their 2005 release is a poetic, sci-fi story and a heavy metal, headbanging journey reminiscent of Rush and Queensrÿche.

#8 Brothers (2010) – The Black Keys

Returning to the studio after their 2008 release with Danger Mouse, it seemed to many that The Black Keys had run out of inspiration for new material and were content to continue creating music of the same style. Luckily, Brothers reveals new life and is one of the few albums to bring rough blues music to a mainstream audience.

#7 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006) – Arctic Monkeys

The Arctic Monkeys were given high expectations with their debut album, often referred to as the best new band since Oasis. Their 2006 release, however, met and exceeded all standards for the underground rockers, following in the footsteps of recent British superstars, The Strokes.

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