I have been a fan of Vayden’s music for over a year now and have seen them four times play live in the local Arizona market scene. Each time they are spectacular and have a great stage presence, their music is generational and appeals to many rock genre fans. Though some of their stuff is harder than traditional radio rock, their catchy tunes and superb music style swept Arizona and will soon start to sweep the nation I predict.

They have been signed by the same record label as Tantric and did a brief tour with them this year, next year they plan on doing a longer tour. Radio Station 98 KUPD plays them often here in Arizona as they can also be heard on Sirius Octane with their hit song “The One you Left Behind”.

To share one of their songs with my readers I found a youtube posting of their live video Anthem Of The Used, which is another of my favorite songs by the band:

Vayden - Anthem Of The Used - Live in Hollywood

Curtis the lead singer has very powerful vocals and softens his voice very well before releasing his powerful voice in the chorus of the song.  Vayden when they play live does a Beatles cover of “Come Together” that sounds in my opinion better than the original.

Armin is amazing teenage guitarist having just turned 19 recently and been playing with the band for years, he is able to do impressive solo riffs and has fun entertaining the audience with his blazing fast fingers and handwork.

Bruce is one of the most amazing drummers in the business able to wow the audience with being able to spin the drumsticks in his hands between hits of the snare drum which is a feat of amazing dexterity.

Jason the bass player plays some complicated arrangements on the bass guitar and does a great job doing backup vocals for Curtis.  The dynamic of the group is incredible overall and they have fun with their audience especially their home town in Arizona.

If you live in Arizona, or hear about Vayden coming to town in your area I highly encourage you to see them live, they are even better live than on their recorded album.  If you are interested in their music check we will be posting their album for purchase on Rock Along Productions soon.

-Justin Germino

So my wife who runs Rock Along Productions received two free tickets to see a show last night at Club Red where 9 bands were playing across two stages.  Bomber was the band we knew and had done a show with them in the past.  I saw Dagger, Impulse Aggression, Jack Ripper and several I can’t remember the name of.

By far the most impressive of all of the bands was Jack Ripper, I am going to write a post about it on Rock Along Productions website shortly.  This band is centered around a kid prodigal guitarist who is so amazing, the band plays some covers and some original material but this young kid can shred a guitar as any master electric guitarist I have ever seen.

We left before LA Guns came on to pay a visit to Hollywood Alley to check out the band Daughters of Fission who will be playing in our November 22nd show.  This band is also very good and mixes keyboard instrumentals with a metal sound.  The most unusual thing is the drummer is the lead singer and it is amazing how he can keep his voice steady while being so active and physical on the drums at the same time.  It takes real talent in my opinion to be able to do that.

-Justin Germino

One of my absolute favorite songs by Sting is from one of his most recent albums titled “Sacred Love”.  This song is so poetic and yet so true.

So I have posted the song for my readers to listen to, let me know what you think.
Sting - Book of My Life

Read the lyrics to the song below, and for some reason when I listen to this song I am entranced.

“The Book Of My Life”
Written and sung by “Sting”

Let me watch by the fire and remember my days
And it may be a trick of the firelight
But the flickering pages that trouble my sight
Is a book I’m afraid to write

It’s the book of my days, it’s the book of my life
And it’s cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife
And it’s all there to see as the section reveals
There’s some sorrow in every life

If it reads like a puzzle, a wandering maze
Then I won’t understand ’til the end of my days
I’m still forced to remember,
Remember the words of my life

There are promises broken and promises kept
Angry words that were spoken, when I should have wept
There’s a chapter of secrets, and words to confess
If I lose everything that I possess
There’s a chapter on loss and a ghost who won’t die
There’s a chapter on love where the ink’s never dry
There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies.

Though the pages are numbered
I can’t see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life

There’s a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons
There are pages of conflicts that nobody won
And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat,
There’s a page where we fail to meet

There are tales of good fortune that couldn’t be planned
There’s a chapter on god that I don’t understand
There’s a promise of Heaven and Hell but I’m damned if I see

Though the pages are numbered
I can’t see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life

Now the daylight’s returning
And if one sentence is true
All these pages are burning
And all that’s left is you

Though the pages are numbered
I can’t see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
In the book of my life

-Justin Germino