Music

Ever wondered where Slipknot took their samples from? Well, the "here comes the pain" in the song "(sic)" from their second self-titled album is from Carlito's way, a movie with Al Pacino.

While I am not really a huge fun of all that metal music, I admire Slipknot for their well-crafted samples, distorted electronic sounds and the DJ's interest for hardcore jungle.

Punk has lost one of its greatest musicians: Johnny Ramone died at 55. With him, the world of music lost another part of the prototypical punk band.

To me, the Ramones represent not only simply catchy and straightforward tunes, melodies and lyrics, they also represent an attitude of their own, since they really were the very first ones who made music like them, dressed like them and behaved like them. Of course, you can compare the Ramones only with themselves. They are unique. What I also like some much about them is that they represent some kind of bridge between 60s/70s rock'n'roll, rockabilly and beat music and the punk music of the 80s. Even today, many people more or less associated with punk and alternative rock music, are regularly referring to the Ramones, like Die Ärzte or Pearl Jam, who even once played the song "The KKK took my baby away" live together with Johnny Ramone, and Eddie Vedder introduced Johnny with the words "Ladies and gentleman, a legend: Johnny Ramone". Oh, yes, he really is a legend.