I’m Already There written and performed by Lonestar. Released in March 2001, this became a a very popular song on the radio after the September 11th attacks in the USA. As far as the chart goes, there are no surprises and a slow tempo! Plenty of flams to fatten out the fills, and slow syncopated …
Released in 1987, just two years after the smash hits Kayleigh and Lavender, Sugar Mice reached number 22 in the UK music charts. The album this was taken from – Clutching at Straws – charted higher than the single at number 2 on the album chart, missing out on the top spot to Whitney Houston’s …
A Change of Season was recorded at the same time as the Awake album but then shelved as it was decided to not include it on that album. Fast forward a couple of years and the song was rerecorded and released as an EP with an additional four live tracks of covers.. Being the only original …
The first two tracks from the massive album, Screaming for Vengeance released in June 1982. The Hellion (the first track on the album) is a slow, heavy Introduction to the album. The drum part is simple and locks in powerfully with the twin guitar assault of KK Downing and Glenn Tipton. Finishing with a Crash …
How about a great song that has not one, but TWO drum tracks on it? Yep, thats what this song has here! Thankfully the drum parts are well split. In order to play the first drum kit part, you’ll need to be able to play sixteenth notes on the kick at 77bpm. Thats the most …
Most people seem to know that this was covered by Metallica as a B-side to the single Creeping Death released in 1984, but people quickly forget that this was a track taken form the very first Diamond Head album! Am I Evil was originally written and performed by the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy …
With a drum part recorded in an elevator shaft at 3am, God of Thunder is certainly an original! Taken from the massive album Destroyer which spawned four singles, God of Thunder was written by Paul Stanley (The Star Child) and sung by Gene Simmons (The Demon). Live, this song contains a lot of the theatrics …
Written and recorded in 1994, I’ll Stand by You was taken from The Pretenders sixth album, Last of the Independents. It’s without a doubt their most well known song globally, especially since its use in the pilot episode of Dawson’s Creek. However, it also has been covered by Girls Aloud, Carrie Underwood and Shakira. The chart …
Although not the song they are most famous for in the UK, America’s third single Ventura Highway is still a staple of many easy listening radio stations. As far as the chart goes, things are not as straight forward as you might first think! There are some lovely, if slightly awkward, fills as well as …