Rock N' Roll Gypsy Publishing

Alas, the last day in 2018. It was a shit year for politics and alot of the mainstream, but in the underground, and the old school, the state of the rock n roll union is decent. Here is ROCK N ROLL GYPSY PUBLISHING’S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE YEAR. Thanks for the love and support in 2018, we will see you soon in 2019. Love, Andy Thunders 10.Ghost-Prequelle 9.Ennui-End Of The Circle 8. Damn Dice-Thriller Killer 7. Al Atkins-Demon Deceiver 6.Ace Frehley-Spaceman 5. Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats-Wasteland 4.Mournful Congregation-The Incubus Of Karma 3. Sleep-The Sciences 2. Pitch Black Sunrise-Tales Of A Broken Jester EP 1.Judas Priest-Firepower

Pitch Black Sunrise is a Stoner rock band from Hudson Valley, NY. A new band on the horizon, a tight 3 piece with incredible songs, and beautiful trippy vibes. Their debut EP Tales Of A Broken Jester is phenomenal. In a genre littered with great stuff, and really bad, these dudes are in the former category rather than the latter. Demons Now My Angels Be starts off with a killer grungey Sabbath riff. This recording is raw, but not too much. It sounds like three dudes just recorded themselves jamming. Great vocals, great riffs, and a dirty groove. There are hints of Black Sabbath, Sound garden, and Led Zeppelin littered through it. Nothing not to love here. The Rites Of Spring starts with another killer bluesy riff, and gallups with a groove like old school zeppelin, with a grunge like verse from the Melvins or Mudhoney, and goes anthemic on the bridge, and the chorus is quite sublime if I may so. It's heavy and rocks, but it also uplifts with some sonic  euphoria. Incredibl

On this day in 1980, we lost a music icon. John Winston Ono Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman four times in the back, on his way back home from the studio to see his son Sean. John Lennon was a beacon of hope in a hopeless world. His death, as well as George Harrisons in 2001, was a blow to the world as a whole. Even in the Beatles, their opinions and thoughts on things were beyond anyone else. The rest of the world started looking to the Beatles themselves for the way they would look and think. John was a human, imperfect. We all know he grew up in a macho world, and was abusive towards his first wife. When he married Yoko, he also started to grow alot as a man and a human being, and was imperfect and admitted it, but he always was a champion for peace. Trying each day to be better. His music was beautiful and touched many lives over generations. I could tell and retell the stories of John and his music with The Beatles and his solo career, his politics, but i