5 Albums I Can’t Live Without
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Les Claypool of Primus
Name Les Claypool Best known for Well-known for the ability to mentally levitate midcentury furniture while doing one arm pushups in piles of packing foam. Current city Somewhere between Albuquerque and Tucumcari, New Mexico on Highway 40. I’m hearing tales of vintage motels and non-exotic American cuisine. Really want to be in I’d like to be in the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz. Excited about Just ended up in Amarillo at Yellow City Street Food and ate some of the best tacos I’ve ever had in my life. I’ve escaped home to tour the U.S. and Canada in my shiny box for the next two months; playing old Rush tunes and inflicting some brand-spanking new Primus songs upon the masses. I have a three-song Primus EP coming out called Conspiranoid.Just finished a song ...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Zac Farro of Paramore/HalfNoise
Name Zac Farro/HalfNoise Best known for Being a musician. Current city Los Angeles. Really want to be in Somewhere in Mexico. Excited about I have a bunch of new music and photography projects in the works I am very excited about. My current music collection has a lot of Been tuned into KJazz 88.1 in LA exclusively. And a little bit of In LA in general, I feel like I have my Shazam app open at all times because there is always great music being played. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Greenlightsnarrated by Matthew McConaughey Preferred format I prefer to listen to music on vinyl. The experience of listening to an album as it was intended (front to back) is inspiring for me. Also, the quality of vinyl is unlike...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers
Name Jake Burns Best known for Shouting and pointing with a bunch of other old geezers. Current city Chicago Really want to be in A small town in West Virginia. The pace of life and the people are wonderful. The scenery is second to none and we finally get to own a dog again! Excited about Finally getting back on the road properly in March of this year. My current music collection has a lot of A lot of things. My musical taste is pretty much all over the board. And a little bit of Classical music, even opera. But no jazz! I simply can’t come to terms with it. Don’t judge me for Nothing really. Anything I own, I bought because I liked it. Although there are some records there from my brief time working at a radio station that I never play, I can...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan
Name Pierre Bouvier, singer of Simple Plan Best known for “I’m Just a Kid” TikTok challenge and “What’s New Scooby-Doo?” theme song. Current city Ojai, California Really want to be in Ojai California. I love this place and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I feel lucky to live here. Excited about I’m definitely excited about going back on tour. I miss traveling and playing shows. I’m also really anxious to find out what our fans think about the new album! I feel like they are going to absolutely love it, but until it’s actually out, we never really know…. So, I can’t wait to find out. I’ve also been co-writing and producing a lot during the pandemic so I’m excited for people to check out these projects. I’ve done a few songs with Chad Te...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Rick Allen of Def Leppard
Name Rick Allen Best known for One-armed drumming. Current city Los Angeles Really want to be in Big Sur I’m really excited about My wife, Lauren Monroe, released a new single today (March 18), and I’m so excited for people to hear it. It’s a “California Country” song called “Kiss Me Now.” I’m also extremely excited to be playing music in front of a live audience again. I’ll be playing a few intimate shows with Lauren in NYC (March 21), Philly (March 22) and DC (March 24), and a summer Def Leppard U.S. stadium tour with Motley Crew, Poison and Joan Jett. I’m also really excited about the upcoming album by Lauren Monroe, due out later this year. This album is lyrically transforming and deeply reflective of love in all of its forms…light and dark. I was happy to jo...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Bryan Adams
Name Bryan Adams Best known for Singing and vegan activism. Current city Paris Really want to be in The Caribbean, please. Being Canadian, I yearn for the sun. Excited about Three albums of music coming out in March/April. So Happy It Hurts, Pretty Woman: The Musicaland Classic. My current music collection has a lot of Rock music. And a little bit of Acoustic. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Flamenco, but I absolutely love it. Camarón de la Isla, in particular, it’s my Sunday morning music. Preferred format Car radio mostly, or sitting in the studio recording. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without 1Rubber Soul, Beatles I love every song on this album for the sound, the lyrics and ...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Tim McIlrath of Rise Against
Name Tim McIlrath Best known for Rise Against Current city Chicago Really want to be in Chicago Excited about Our new album Nowhere Generation and the Nowhere Generation tour rolling on for an upcoming spring tour with Pennywise and a Canadian tour with Billy Talent. My current music collection has a lot of I’m listening to a lot of female fronted bands like Wolf Alice, War on Women, Sincere Engineer and Dead Sara. And a little bit of Shoegaze like Jesus & Mary Chain or newer stuff like Teenage Wrist. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Growing up in Chicago, I was in close proximity to the ‘90s industrial scene, so I have a love for things like Ministry, Pailhead, or KMFDM. Preferred format I usually put a record on every morning when I walk i...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Jeremy & Ajay Popoff of Lit
Names Jeremy & Ajay Popoff Best known for The “Car Is In The Front Yard” guy with the goatee who was on MTV Crib sand got eaten by Pamela Anderson. — Jeremy Being “My Own Worst Enemy” or walking on Pamela Anderson’s ass! — Ajay Current city Franklin, TN — Jeremy Nashville TN — Ajay Really want to be in Cabo. It’s one of my favorite places to be. I’d be waste deep in a pool with a one of several margaritas in my hand. — Jeremy As much as I absolutely love being in Nashville, I could really see myself spending the cold months on a tropical Island–any place warm and boozy, soaking up some sunshine. — Ajay Excited about I’m super pumped about our new album coming out this year and Lit getting back on the road! — Jeremy Most excited I’ve been in decades about a new re...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Avril Lavigne
Name Avril Lavigne Best known for Being in love with a Sk8er Boi. Current city Los Angeles, CA Really want to be in Italy, in a villa on Lake Como. Drinking wine and cooking Italian cuisine. Excited about Very excited about my upcoming album Love Sux coming out February 25th. I’m happy to be back and be making this music right now. I think this is really what my fans want from me and I’m so stoked to go out on tour. My current music collection has a lot of Sam Hunt, Florida Georgia Line, and Jazz. And a little bit of ‘70s Rock. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to The Beach Boys. Preferred format I prefer streaming music because it gives me easy access to my favorites and lets me hear what other artists are doing, too! I miss CDs the most. I love...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Rickie Lee Jones
Name Rickie Lee Jones Best known for Wearing a hat very, very well. Current city New Orleans, the floating city. Really want to be In a very warm blanket with hot chocolate and my sweetheart, watching the Northern Lights. Excited about I am working on an episodic TV show, based on characters in my book, situations, and family stories that were not in the memoir. Also, a theater production. By myself or someone else, either one will be thrilling. Hopefully both. And I quite love a song I am working on. These things are enough to keep on writing. My current music collection has a lot of Old stuff. Lots of old rock (which meant pop, acoustic, electric, etc.). From when I was a teenager. And a little bit of Jazz. Great jazz instrumentalists. Don’t judge...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Dana Colley of Morphine/Vapors of Morphine
Name Dana Colley Best known for Sax in Morphine and Vapors of Morphine Current city Somerville, MA Really want to be in Barcelona eating ham. Excited about Vapors of Morphine’s newest album Fear & Fantasy (released in September 2021). My current music collection has a lot of Jazz/African/Turkish/Dub. And a little bit of Classical. You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Captain & Tennille. Preferred format Vinyl, for the physical connection and the sound of different rooms’ studios’ ambiance. I also enjoy the immediacy and wealth of instantaneous streaming. [embedded content][embedded content] 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without 1Siftorde, Tidiane Thiam Recorded remotely with a lot of ambiance crickets in the background makes it feel very intimate an...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Dustin Kensrue of Thrice
Name Dustin Kensrue Best known for Singer/Guitarist of Thrice Current city On tour and playing Dallas the night while I write this. Really want to be Anywhere with my wife, maybe somewhere tropical, relaxing and adventuring with some good food and drinks. Excited about When this piece comes out I will hopefully be finishing up the companion record to the record we released last September, Horizons/East. (The new one will be, you guessed it, Horizons/West.) My current music collection has a lot of I’m not sure if were are talking about digitally or physically here. Physically I end up purchasing vinyl for records that I really love and like to have on around the house or with company over. So, there’s a lot of Arcade Fire, The National, David Bazan/Pedro The Li...
