It’s been a while. You know when you just forget to post? Life gets in the way, you have other things to do and you forget why you started a blog in the first place. The thing is, I forgot about the very why of why I started a blog. I thought I had to streamline what I talked about, what I thought my readers wanted. But that’s not why I started a blog. I wanted to talk about things that interested me, like a diary for 1+ people to read.
So, in that vein I’m going to start a new series called the Rock Blog. This won’t be an exclusively Rock music related channel (yes, it’s about Rock music and I’m not suddenly going to become a geology blog), but to get myself back in the swing of things I need a theme. And this is what comes to mind.
I love music, is all. Raised on rock by my dad and the 80s by my mum, my friends and family say I was born in the wrong era. I quite like that about myself. A couple of years ago at work a guy said, “you know a lot about Rock for a chick”. I’ve never been referred to as a ‘chick’ before, but then it hit me. This guy thought I knew about Rock music simply because I knew that the current lead singer of ACDC is Brian Johnson. Is it so unexpected for women to know about Rock music, I ask?
I’m not suddenly going to become a soap box for gender politics, but I still want to talk about what interests me. And apparently Rock music facts being sprouted out of the mouth of a woman is not all that conventional. Thankfully, I have a Rock history encyclopedia for a Dad.
So, in the next few weeks I want to start the Rock Blog. It will focus mainly on older bands, the likes of more known ones such as Iron Maiden, to the lesser known sounds of Dr Feelgood. Who knows, maybe on the way I might discover some new bands myself? Rock music is a bit like Six Degrees of Seperation, afterall. In these blogs I’ll talk about the history, band break ups and make ups, interesting facts and if I’ve seen them live, a low down on the experience (save for maybe one, no one has been a disappointment thankfully!)
So, until next time!
*Commence intense research*
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