The Beginning of My Journey

An Introduction

Good afternoon dear readers. I am aware that the blog at this moment looks ugly, and there will be improvements made to it in the coming weeks once my classes are concluded. A little bit about myself; I am a fan of entertainment, not really something that is all that unique or mind blowing about a person. However, I feel I have a lot to say about certain types of entertainment, whether it'd be music or comic books or films or a whole plethora of other topics. I will describe myself as passionate, someone who knows a great deal about what he is talking but is always willing to open himself to new pieces of information or new types of genres or styles that he has not heard of or experienced.

Some of you who will read this may know me as Professional Elite Overlord on Twitter; my real name is Ian. A lot of you know that one of my biggest passions is music, especially metal, and that I have been doing retrospectives of bands on my profile (almost done with a second one). This is where I will put new retrospectives from now on, so as not to bury my writings with daily Twitter posts. Nothing further to say, but expect album reviews, band and solo artist retrospective, comic book discussions, and movie reviews whenever I feel inspired to do them. I hope that many of you will stick around with me on this project as I have a lot of great ideas that I think many readers will enjoy.

Until then, take care and I'll see you around.

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Rush Retrospective Part 15: Counterparts (1993)

Approaching the Alien Shore The year is 1993. If the eighties were a big shake up in the music landscape for Rush, it was nothing compared to this section of the nineties. To give clarity, only two and a half weeks after the release of “Roll the Bones”, on September 24th, 1991, a little band in Seattle released their sophomore album: “Nevermind”. To say that this record was a shake up for the rock world would be a gross understatement, almost single handedly pushing the rock genre into a new era. With this shakeup, how would Rush be able to compete in this landscape of grunge and alternative rock? Would they fail to rise up to the challenge as many legacy acts succumb to at this time? The answer: ...a resounding hell to the no. To assist them in the project, the band entrusted the help of producer Peter Collins, the man who worked with them in the past on “Power Windows” and “Hold Your Fire”. With this change, “Counter...

Rush Retrospective Part 14: Roll the Bones (1991)

Immortal for A Limited Time A new decade, and a new chance for Rush to prove themselves in the music landscape. The year is 1991, a massive year for hard rock and metal bands, both new and old. Given the massive flux of successful and influences releases that were released in 1991, Rush were put in the unenviable position of having to at least match up to the new titans of the music industry. Would Rush be able to deliver their signature high quality of songwriting and musicianship into this new alt rock scene? After two consecutive weak releases at the end of the eighties, one might not be blamed for going into “Roll The Bones” with skepticism. F urthermore, Reading forums and Youtube videos about the album only compound matters for new listeners, with some saying this is one of the worst albums the trio unleashed in their lengthy career. In reality, a lot of that vitriolic attitude is both earned and unearned on "Roll The Bones." Opening off with “Dreamlin...

Rush Retrospective Part Seven: Permanent Waves (1980)

Streamlined success The dawn of a new decade, and in turn the dawn of a new direction for the Canadian power trio. By the time 1980 rolled around Rush had almost spent their creative juices on their previous record. While "Hemispheres" was another huge success for the band, Rush knew that if they were to continue down this trajectory that it would only spell doom for their careers. To rectify this potential problem, Rush went into a direction that might seem blasphemous to the hardcore progressive rock fans they had acquired: they streamlined their sound. Rush were taking notice of the new bands that were appearing around the late seventies to early eighties. Artists such as The Police, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello and many more showed the band that they could still apply their complex gifted talents, but in turn could produce music that was catchy. With this methodology, the band released their seventh album two weeks into the new decade, “Permane...

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