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I discovered Green Day an entire decade ago. I was 14 years old, and "American Idiot" had just come out. The music video was addictive, and the song had so much energy and aggression. As a young teenager just getting into music, this was the song I needed. It took 2 more singles and an…
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Green Day - "Monster Mash" (+ "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" and "Basket Case") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9gXKAMsV0c Ghost - "Secular Haze" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyQZ13jobIY Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5yR5XhCIeg Metallica - "Enter Sandman" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384 Evanescence - "Going Under" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdhqVtpR2ts Paramore - "Monster" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTEnaAI9Fo Avril Lavigne - "Alice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI4m-l2yRZA Ghost - "Stand By Him" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQdvYeguKA Talking Heads -…
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Green Day is one of those rare bands that can change the face of music and the way a generation thinks. And they’ve done so not just once, but twice. When they introduced themselves to the world with Dookie back in 1994, they changed the whole music industry almost overnight. Dookie ended up being massively…
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Discoteca Céntrico, Lima Thursday, August 28, 2014 Last night I saw Ghost for the first time. I've been obsessed with them for the last year, and was thrilled to discover they'd be here in Lima, Peru while I'm here. For the last week I've had their music on repeat, and finally the big day arrived.…
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Hearing new music has always been a special kind of excitement for me. When I was a kid, I was happy listening to whatever my parents liked. Sometimes it was country, sometimes it was hard rock classics from the 70s and 80s. But when I started getting older, I was curious about other styles…
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Who here still listens to Avril Lavigne? You know what they say: Everyone went through an “Avril phase,” at least at some point in their life. (This probably only applies if you’re of a certain age group, to be fair. But anyone between the ages of 15 and 35 can probably admit to this.) She…
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Hello everyone out there! I want start by thanking everyone who has taken the time to read the pieces I've written, shared them with anyone else, or helped inspire me to do this. I hope you like the content I've been putting up here at Hidden Jams - there will be plenty more to come!…
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