Category Archives: Song of the Week

Typically, our song of the week is something chosen completely at random; like the first song of the day, for example.  Sometimes when a new song is released, we tend to highlight that song or artist and present that to you as the song of the week since, you know, we are all about spreading the gospel of metal \m/

Since I forgot what the first song I listened to today was, I decided to use my music library at home to give me a bit more depth than I would have on my portable player at work.  Out of the 9,930 songs I have in the digital world, Skid Row’s Piece of Me was the first thing that played, hence your (our) song of the week.  Yup, I have Skid Row in my library.  There, I said it!

The song can be found on the band’s debut self-titled 1989 release.  At the time, I was knee-deep in my transition from the glory of 80s “hair” bands to what I know and love today…heavy f**king metal!  Anyway, I had other favorite 80s bands such as Dokken and Ratt, but I did “like” Skid Row mainly because they wrote sappy-ass ballads that were actually pretty good and also had some heaviness with a few of their other songs.

I heard Skid Row live once when I came home from my deplorable job washing dishes at a local restaurant.  They were opening for Bon Jovi at an outdoor venue I could hear from my second-floor apartment I shared with Mommie Dearest.  Actually, my Mom is pretty cool for those of you that caught that movie reference.  The second-floor is the floor above the ground-floor for those that count stories differently from America.  We call it the second floor.  I sat on the porch and heard a few songs and rather enjoyed the experience, but couldn’t really tell how well they played.  The wind does funny things with sound.  In 2012 I happened to catch Sebastian Back at Download Festival where he played mostly Skid Row songs.  So, it was like I got to experience what I missed well more than 20+ years earlier on that second-floor porch.  I think I was able to catch about six songs before moving to another stage…I want to say it was Lamb of God so I wasn’t going to miss that beast of a band.  Though it was cool to see Sebastian do his 80s thing, his voice wasn’t what it used to be in his prime.  Needless to say, I enjoy seeing old bands like that still at it up on stage.  Enjoy your song of the week; Piece of Me.