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Head Bangin’ Car Blastin’ Hair Bands

May 29, 2015June 9, 2017 Laura Bock80's metal, 80's music, hair bands, mix tape, music, playlist1 Comment

In the mid 1980’s a rock music explosion happened almost over night. Their hair was big and their music was loud. Hair bands. Some people love them. Others hate them. Either way, along with helping to tear a hole in the ozone layer with all the hair spray they used, these bands carved out a place in 80’s music history. There are stations like Hair Nation on Sirius XM dedicated to that head banging era of music. Terrestrial radio stations dedicate afternoons, days and even weekends to the glorious metal…

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Alternative Music Dreams

May 21, 2015 Laura Bockalt rock, Alternative Press, alternative rock, classic alternative, dream job, dreams, music, pop punk, Rolling Stone0 comment

Isn’t it funny how hearing a song from days gone by can trigger emotions and transport you back in time? Even better, you can magically remember each and every lyric to a song you haven’t heard in a while – sometimes to songs you didn’t even care for. I can recall songs and lyrics to some of the most obscure music of the 1980’s, like Screaming Blue Messiah’s I Wanna be a Flintstone and Old Skull’s Hot Dog Hell. I’ve often wondered about the part of the brain that can…

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Car Blasting Tunes – 70’s & 80’s Rock

April 27, 2015June 9, 2017 Laura Bock70s rock, 80s rock, car blasting tunes, classic rock, mix tape, music, playlist, rock music0 comment

Springtime. It’s that glorious time of year once again where it is warm enough to roll your windows down in your car (does anyone actually roll windows down anymore?), turn the car stereo up loudly and sing to your hearts content. In my opinion, there is no activity better than this to de-stress and feel happy – even if for just a few hours. I started making this playlist and realized it was too long, so I decided to divide it up into categories. The first installment features rock songs of the 70’s and 80’s…