Terminator Tunes

Went out on Wednesday afternoon to see Terminator Salvation. Great movie, even though the ending was dragged out way beyond reason. Two great classic rock songs were featured in scenes of the movie, Alice in Chains' Rooster and Guns n' Roses' You Could Be Mine.

Rooster was first featured on the 1992 album Dirt and was written by guitarist Jerry Cantrell baout his father who had served in the Vietnam War.

Watch Rooster by Alice in Chains

You Could Be Mine was released on the Guns n' Roses album Use Your Illusion II and was featured on the end credits for Terminator 2: Judgement Day at the height of their popularity in 1991.

Watch You Could Be Mine by Guns n' Roses

16 Sweet 80s Metal Videos

I spent a part of a lazy Saturday morning watching Decline of Western Civilization 2 - The Metal Years. Seeing the heroes, has-beens and never-wases of 80s metal had me pining for some 80s rock, so I spent the next hour (or so) on YouTube. Here are 16 videos that rocked my socks, leather pants and gravity-defying poufy mullet back in the day.

Cum On Feel the Noize - Quiet Riot watch
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake watch
Nuthin' But a Good Time - Poison watch
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n' Roses watch
Up All Night - Slaughter watch
Round and Round - Ratt watch
Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche watch
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford watch
Nobody's Fool - Cinderella watch
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White watch
Seventeen - Winger watch
Looks That Kill - Motley Crue watch
Armageddon It - Def Leppard watch
Runaway - Bon Jovi watch
Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions watch
Uncle Tom's Cabin - Warrant watch

What rocked your big-hair world in the 80s?

Music Y'all Should Hear - Antlers

Antlers began as a solo outlet for New York's Peter Silberman's musical explorations released as the debut album In the Attic of the Universe. After its release Silberman withdrew to a self-imposed exile emerging to record a second album, entitled Hospice (2009, Frenchkiss). Antlers now include permanent members, Michael Lerner (drums) and Darby Cicci (banjo, trumpet & keyboards) and several other musicians. Hospice has seen positive reviews by NPR's All Songs Considered and Pitchfork.

Check out more of their music on MySpace or follow them on Twitter.

The Antlers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg from Patrick Duffy on Vimeo.

Music Y'all Should Hear - White Rabbits

Originally from the midwest and now based out of New York City, White Rabbits have released two albums; 2007's Fort Nightly (Say Yeah Records) and their latest 2009 It's Frightening (TBD). Led by the Greg Roberts (guitar & vocals) and Steve Patterson (piano & vocals) and rounded out by Alex Even (guitar), Adam Russell (bass), Matt “The Duck” Clark (drums) and Jamie Levinson (drums).

Hear their unique double drum sound in Percussion Gun video embedded below and check out more of their music on their MySpace page.