The Collection: Ep. 81 – Bon Jovi: Forever & Forever (Legendary Edition)

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic6 Comments

This week we are going to talk about Bon Jovi’s latest album, Forever (Legendary Edition) as well as the original Forever album. The album came out on October 24, 2025 and I figured we would walk through each song, discuss the duet partners and how much we like or dislike each song. This is the band’s 16th and 17th Studio albums and honestly, I am so happy they are still putting out new music. I haven’t liked everything this band is done, but new music is better than no music. We have vinyl, CDs and even a cassette to show off this week. I hope you enjoy.

So go check it out as it is live right now on YouTube. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

My Sunday Song – “Do Her Wrong” by AtomSmash

Published on by 2loud2oldmusicLeave a comment

For My Sunday Song #468, we are talking “Do Her Wrong” by the band AtomSmash. The song is off their 2010 album, ‘Love Is In The Missile’ which was the label debut on Jive Records. “Do Her Wrong” was the lone single from the album and after only 4 months and 25,000 units sold of the album, Jive Records dropped them. Wow! Is the song and the album that bad? No, not in the least. Is it that good, No, not in the least. But is it fun! Hell to the yes!! The song did hit #30 on the Mainstream Rock Chart and actually #1 on Sirius XM’s channel Octane

The song was written by Serg Gabriel Sanchez and is basically about a guy that is no way looking for love. He’s out there sowing his wild oats and simply wanting sex and only sex. He says the woman can be the one, this perfect angel who makes love like a hooker (he says it worse than that), but she will never be able to tame him. He will always find a way to do her wrong…so why bother trying. Not a real deep song, but that is not why I like it.

The reason is the music and how it makes you feel. Sometimes you need a mindless song that has the right beat, the right hooks and all you want to do is crank it up and rock out. That is THIS SONG!! The lyrics are teenage humor fodder, but the music is hard rock at its most catchiness. The band is Serg on vocals, Alex “Z” Zilinski on guitar, Luke “Cowboy” Rice on guitar, Mark “Taco” Annino on drums and Arnold Nese on bass. The drum beat is explosive, the guitar riffs and bass are heavy and the song simply soars. Vocals by Serg are awesome as he has this slight grit, a great sounding Rock voice. He sings the song like he means it and that is what sells me on the song. He believes these corny lyrics and that is half the fun.

Continue reading “My Sunday Song – “Do Her Wrong” by AtomSmash” →

Friday New Releases – November 7, 2025

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic8 Comments

I can’t believe it is already November. The year is almost over, but the new releases aren’t yet. Stuff is still coming out just in time for Christmas. What on this list will be your Christmas wish list? Honestly, the only thing maybe I’d like to get is the Wings Deluxe set and quite possibly the Adam Ant compilation, but that is probably it. Let me know what you want or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

  • Finger Eleven – Last Night On Earth – (Better Noise Records)
  • Slash – Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival – (earMusic)
  • Paul McCartney & Wings – Wings (Deluxe) – (MPL Communications Inc/Ltd)
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Bold As Love – (Legacy Recordings)
  • The Cranberries – The Cranberries MTV Unplugged – (Island Records / UMG Recordings)
  • Adam Ant – Singles – (Sony UK)
  • Portugal. The Man – Shish – (KNIK / Thirty Tigers)
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – November 7, 2025” →

Kiss – ‘Boxx (Vol. 2) – Live in Europe 1984’ (1993) – Album Review (The Kiss Bootleg Series)

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic4 Comments

I have been doing a Kiss Bootleg Series for years. You get a review every time I add a new one to the collection. Well, after buying 38 Bootleg CDs from John Humphrey’s personal collection, I figured let’s jump right back in and do a whole lot of reviews on the Bootlegs. Oh, if you don’t know who John Humphrey is, you need to know he is a massive Kiss collector. And he is the drummer of the band Seether. John decided to sell off his entire collection…sort of…he kept all the vinyl (like 4,000 of them). He did it through an auction at Backstage Auctions and I had to have a piece of it…and I did wind up with some things.

This time around we have another Australian Bootleg which means it has a big “UNAUTHORIZED” across the cover. It is called Boxx (Vol. 2) – Live in Europe 1984 and was released in 1993 by a label called Banana and distributed by Apple House Music. What is with the fruit references?? It’s packaging is identical to the other two we’ve reviewed from this company All were made in Australia. This time we get a Gold Disc for the CD which is different.

This show has Bruce Kulick on guitar and he was not yet an official member. All the songs are from a show at the Gaumont Theater in Ipswich, England on October 11, 1984 for the Animalize Tour. I have a full show from this European Tour and it was the October 26 show in Stockholm on the “They Only Come Out at Night” bootleg. This one here is only 10 tracks, it is not a full show, but with only 3 songs are classic 70’s Kiss and the rest are all from the 80’s, I am truly okay with that as I love the 80’s songs. Heck, the 80’s were the era I grew up in. The 70’s, I was a little kid and influenced heavily by my brother’s taste. The 80’s were all my doing.

Continue reading “Kiss – ‘Boxx (Vol. 2) – Live in Europe 1984’ (1993) – Album Review (The Kiss Bootleg Series)” →

The Collection: Ep. 80 – October 2025 Wrap-Up

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic12 Comments

October draws to a close, so it is time for the monthly wrap-up so lets see what 2 Loud 2 Old Music added to the collection this month. This is the October 2025 Wrap-Up and we have a little vinyl, a whole lot of CDs and even a book. Plus, I visited a record store…twice, ordered from Discogs, ordered from another record store online and went thrifting. So much to go through including a couple new Rock Candy CDs in the collection, Kiss and a Box Set rolled into one. Lots of great new and old stuff to go through and show for this month so I hope you enjoy the show!!

So go check it out as it is live right now on YouTube. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

Continue reading “The Collection: Ep. 80 – October 2025 Wrap-Up” →

My Sunday Song – “Defying Gravity” by The Veer Union

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic1 Comment

For My Sunday Song #457, we are talking “Defying Gravity” and no, this is not the Wicked song of the same name. This one is by the band The Veer Union and is off their 2016 album ‘Decade’ which celebrates the band’s 10 years of existence. The song was the first and maybe only single and was released on December 11, 2015 while the album was not released until January 29, 2016. For this album, the band wrote five new songs and pulled five songs from around 10 years back that were never used. But we are here to talk “Defying Gravity”.

The song was written by Crispin Earl and is about his battle with depression. The song details how the singer has been impacted by depression. How it weighs him down and he has no energy to do what needs to be done to fight it. He is looking for the strength as he knows he has to lift himself up to beat this horrible disease. If you have suffered from depression, you know how the weight of it holds you back. For him, defying the gravity that is holding him down is what it will take to fight his way out of it. It is such a hard battle fighting the demon inside. It is a daily struggle, a constant struggle. It can be fought and you don’t have to do it alone. There is help out there, but asking is the hardest part.

Musically, it is heavy like the subject matter. If you haven’t heard The Veer Union before, think a cross between Breaking Benjamin and Sevendust. Those are probably two good bands to compare them too. The guitar riffs are brutal by Dan Sittler, the drums are destructive from Tyler Reimer and I love how it goes from really heavy in the chorus while being melodic to a softer tone during the verses. Crispin Earl handles the clean vocals and you can hear the pain and emotion in his vocals. He is singing from his heart. I’m not one that usually likes unclean vocals, but bass player, Amal Wijayanayake, does a great job with the screaming vocal parts not to mention his bass playing along with rhythm guitarist Ryan Ramsdell keep the song moving forward. The unclean vocals aren’t overdone and only serve as an added texture to the song. I think it adds to the overall darkness of the heavy subject.

Continue reading “My Sunday Song – “Defying Gravity” by The Veer Union” →

Friday New Releases – October 31, 2025

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic12 Comments

Happy Halloween and no tricks for you, only treats. We have another batch of new releases coming your way. Let me know what you want to hear or what we may have missed. I’m interested in the Cars – Heartbeat City Deluxe Set but that is it. I’ll stream for now and maybe get down the road. Too much coming out lately to keep up. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

  • The Pretty Reckless – Taylor Momsen’s Pretty Reckless Christmas – (Goin’ Down Inc. / Fearless Records)
  • Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream – (Polydor Records / Republic Records / Universal)
  • Avatar – Don’t Go In The Forest – (Black Waltz AB / Thirty Tigers)
  • The Cars – Heartbeat City (Deluxe Edition) – (Elektra Catalog Group)
  • Bob Dylan – Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 1956-1963 – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
  • Duff McKagan – Lighthouse Live From London – (Blood Meridian / earMusic / Edel Entertainment)
  • Guided by Voices – Thick Rich And Delicious – (GBV Inc.)
  • Thompson Twins – Industry & Seduction: A Thompson Twins Collection Deluxe – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
  • ODC – Twisted Love – (Frontiers Records)
Continue reading “Friday New Releases – October 31, 2025” →

Kiss – Boxx (Vol. 1) (1993) – Album Review (The Kiss Bootleg Series)

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic10 Comments

I have been doing a Kiss Bootleg Series for years. You get a review every time I add a new one to the collection. Well, after buying 38 Bootleg CDs from John Humphrey’s personal collection, I figured let’s jump right back in and do a whole lot of reviews on the Bootlegs. Oh, if you don’t know who John Humphrey is, you need to know he is a massive Kiss collector. And he is the drummer of the band Seether. John decided to sell off his entire collection…sort of…he kept all the vinyl (like 4,000 of them). He did it through an auction at Backstage Auctions and I had to have a piece of it…and I did wind up with some things.

This time around we have another Australian Bootleg which means it has a big “UNAUTHORIZED” across the cover. It is called Boxx (Vol. 1) and was released in 1993 by a label called Banana and distributed by Apple House Music. What is with the fruit references?? It’s packaging is identical to the Live Vol. 1 we did a few weeks back. Both were made in Australia. This time instead of tracks from one show we get them from two. One is Cleveland 1975 and the other is actually Nashville 1984 despite the cover saying ’85. Oops. It looks like songs 1-6 are from June 21, 1975 at the Cleveland Music Hall and was actually part of the King Biscuit Flower Hour Broadcast…which explains why it sounds so good. Tracks 7-13 are from January 11, 1984 show at Nashville Municipal Auditorium.

It starts off with what is called “Intro” so I was expecting a big “You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best…” opening, however, it was simply the intro to the song “Hotter Than Hell” as are only taking songs from the setlist here and not a full show. “Hotter Than Hell” really cooks. The guitars are smoking, the bass is steaming and the drums are explosive. Paul’s vocals are killer and it is hard to believe this is a bootleg. The go right into “Firehouse” like they do in the original full show. And it is more of the same awesomeness. You know how the song goes so no need discussing that, simply know this sounds like a band in their prime and hungry as hell.

Continue reading “Kiss – Boxx (Vol. 1) (1993) – Album Review (The Kiss Bootleg Series)” →

The Collection: Ep. 79 – Kiss: ‘Dressed to Kill’ (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic12 Comments

This week we unbox the brand new Kiss ‘Dressed to Kill’ (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) box set. It is massive. There are 5 CDs and 1 Blu-Ray but it also has a bunch of goodies included. You get a 100-page Hard Back book, stickers, buttons, picks, posters photographs, newspaper, ticket stubs, backstage passes and everything and anything related with a Kiss logo on it. The album came out in 1975 and produced what would become one of the greatest rock anthems with “Rock And Roll All Nite”. The tour would spawn the greatest live album ever made, Alive!, and you get not one, but two full shows that album was taken from. The rest will hopefully be on the Alive! box set, we will get to that one after it comes out. Sit back and enjoy as you unbox with me as it just showed up on my doorstep.

So go check it out as it is live right now on YouTube. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

My Sunday Song – “Bounce” by Emphatic

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic5 Comments

For My Sunday Song #456, we are talking “Bounce” by the Nebraska band Emphatic. The song is on their big label debut, ‘Damage’, which was released on July 12, 2011 and went to #23 on the US Hard Rock Charts. The first single was “Bounce” which went to #23 on the US Mainstream Rock Chart. I don’t remember when I first heard it, but when I did, I was hooked. It was one of those songs I would put on repeat as it had so much energy.

The song was written by lead guitarist, Justin McCain and the song itself is pretty basic rock & roll stuff. It is all about S.E.X. It is about two people that are extremely passionate about each other and they are longing to get together to do…well…to do the deed. He wants to slap her back tattoo, give her a kiss and give her a ride…whatever that might mean (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). Bounce, of course, is the word he chose to use to describe the deed and it completely and utterly works. Who doesn’t love a good “bounce” with the woman (or person) they love?

Musically, the song does truly “bounce”. I heavy, high octane track with blistering guitars from Justin, pounding drums by Josh Freese and some heavy bass work by Paul Bushnell. Vocals were handled by Patrick Wilson and he has that rock & roll grit that fits a song like this. The chorus is one major hook with the repetitive “Bounce, Bounce” and sucks you in. Such great pop-sensibilities with this song as well. Very radio friendly. A song that is as musically fun as those lyrics. A good time was had by all with this one.

Continue reading “My Sunday Song – “Bounce” by Emphatic” →