Single of the Day

It’s been a wild ride in the past couple of weeks. I was out on a business trip to LA and then off to visit family as well. I can say that myself and my better half had an amazing trip and if you ever get a chance to drive up the 1 on the California coast, I highly recommend it. Now that has hit the end and I’m back, I’ve been sifting thru submissions. And here’s a song by the offspring of a musical legend. Specifically a rock guitar legend – Mammoth.

One thing I will write before I get completely into the song… DO NOT do a software update when you’re away from a server. It’s the worst idea ever.

Now…

This song came across my ears a few months back. It immediately went into my heavy rotation of things to listen to. Right at the get go there’s a rippin’ guitar riff that would make Wolfgang Van Halen’s pop, Eddie, proud. So tight and precise it’s almost scary. Then it jumps into a high speed chase of massive arena style chords and rhythm.

What makes this even more fun is that Wolfgang is playing every part that you’re hearing. All the guitar parts, all the bass, all the drums, and all the vocals. This guy has channelled a lineage that most of us would kill, make a deal with the devil, or die for. Channelled it in a way that gives me hope for rock guitar oriented music facing a very strange reality in an AI future.

This is the type of song that you can blast while driving at a fast speed with the windows down and the sun roof open – all while singing at the top of your lungs and if you’re an air guitarist (playing air guitar as well). It definitely gives off vibes of Hot For Teacher, but it’s more modern, with an intensity that really speaks volumes about Wolfgang’s heritage. How innate it appears to be. Mind you, I’ve seen video of him talking about how he came up with the riff and the subsequent recording of it. He’s pretty self aware of what he’s doing and it puts a smile on my face.

Now, what is hyper strange is that his website https://mammoth.band is probably going to look strange as there aren’t a lot of bands, musicians that are using the .band TLD. Hell, my PiHole setup actually blocked it at first which caused me to think he’d already gone the way of the dodo despite being on tour. Glad I was wrong about that. It actually had me look into my own .band name and I just registered mine as well. I’m weird like that.