The Soundtrack Of My Life
“Phil Lynott can go from sounding really tough to really soft and vulnerable.”
Snarling, self-flagellating and seemingly at risk of a burst blood vessel every time he takes the stage, Danko Jones is the standard by which other intense modern frontmen are measured. After nine crunching hard-rock albums since 2002 with his self-titled power-trio, it’s a revelation that shaking out the Canadian’s record collection turns up everything from pop princesses to cartoon bears.
THE FIRST MUSIC I REMEMBER HEARING
It was probably Walt Disney forty-fives. Y’know, the songs from and , . I still think is an amazing song. Should people be surprised that a future rock god was listening to Baloo the bear? No, I don’t think so. None of us are born with the antenna to find ‘cool’ music. I was an only child, so it was whatever I could find.
