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Posted by Emmo on October 14, 2009

Well it’s a Rock-tastic week this week at Emmo Towers.

Why?

Well last week I sold some dire albums I’d bought over the years on eBay.

The 10 albums raked in about £60 so I went on a mission to get 11 of the 12 Iron Maiden studio albums I needed.
Amazingly I got them all for roughly £40 on eBay which was amazing as they were all the re-mastered versions.

I am now the proud owner of every Iron Maiden studio album except the two with Blaze Bailey on vocals. Maiden are an awesome band and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to really get into them even though I’ve had Number Of The Beast for nearly 10 years.

With the Pay-Pal pot still a little in credit I purchased the new KISS album Sonic Boom and the new WASP album Babylon. Both have turned up today so I’ll review these as soon as I can but I have some serious music to get through.

I have never been a fan of KISS but I have read some good reviews about Sonic Boom. Most reviewers have said that this is their best album for nearly 30 years. It’s a gamble for me as I have never really got what all the fuss was about with KISS.

I have only been into WASP for about 18 months but they are amazing. The Crimson Idol is one of the best metal albums of all time and if Babylon is half as good then I’ll be happy.

So that’s 13 albums to get through and they should keep me going until at least Nov 2nd when Bon Jovi release The Circle.

Last month also saw the release of Alice In Chains excellent new album Black Gives Way To Blue. A fine return to form for arguably the finest band to come out of Seattle and the grunge scene. Its hard to change vocalist not that they had much choice after the death of the original front man Layne Staley. The new guy fits in well and the fact that he sounds exactly like Staley will help the fans take to the new album quicker.

Pearl Jam have also released a new album recently titled Backspacer. I haven’t yet bought this album and doubt that I will. The reviews for the latest offering haven’t made me want to go buy it so I doubt that I will. Pearl Jam will never top their first two albums Ten and Vs so in my opinion everything since those releases have been average at best.

Finally, The Wildhearts are rumoured to be releasing download only track on Friday 16th October. It will be available from their website www.thewildhearts.com  No news on what the song is but I reckon it’s a song that didn’t make the latest album the excellent “Chutzpah!” I hope that it’s the song “Some Days Just F*cking Suck”  but who knows what these guys have in store!

On December 17th Wildhearts front man Ginger is playing a Birthday Bash gig at Highbury Garage. Tickets are £12.50 and are well worth a purchase. Expect some special guests to help Ginger celebrate his birthday. I will be there so make sure that you are!

Away from music and next week sees the release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. After the disappointment of Evo 2009 Konami have been working hard to please the army of loyal fans. The have been working hard and trying their best to reclaim the crown back from Fifa.

If you read this site last year I was gutted with Pro Evo 09 and bought Fifa09 but after while I went back to Pro after I found Fifa too scripted. I have played Fifa10 this year and again I dislike it. I have also played the Evo10 demo and am liking it….a lot.

 A full review of Evo10 will be on the site sometime in the next 10 days.

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