The Time for Rocktober is Nigh!

Tomorrow is October 1, and that means Rocktober is upon us, fair readers!  Continuing on my six-year plan instituted two years ago, the Rocktober Decade Countdown moves on to the Decade of Decadence this year.  

The '80s were an amazing time for many types of music.  At the beginning of the decade, disco was gasping its last breaths, while new wave and post-punk were beginning their reign.  In August 1981, MTV launched, and created a whole new way for the masses to digest music, feeding into the materiality and superficiality that have come to define the '80s.  On top of that, hard rock and metal began to rise in popularity, as hair bands, thrash metal, and, in the early part of the decade, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal took hold.  And then there was also heartland rock, pop, and the beginnings of the wave of alternative rock that blew up in the '90s.  Having gone from a toddler to nearly a teenager during the decade, I can say that it was an awesome time to grow up and digest music.

As I do every October, I am going to pour some sugar on you with a daily dose of rock, at least on the weekdays.  There will be no repeated artists during the course of the month.  I'm going to try my best not to repeat songs that I have featured in prior Rocktobers, but I make no promises.  As always, the week of Halloween will feature songs with dark, evil, or macabre themes.  CoronaVinyl and Retro Video of the Week will be suspended during Rocktober, but Hair Band Friday will continue because, of course, hair bands helped define music in the decade.  

As always, remember that this is Rocktober, so these will all be bands, artists, and songs that rock, even though they may not always be from genres or artists that you would consider "rocking" or "rockers."  There will be popular songs, songs that you may never had heard before, and maybe even some bands and artists you've never heard of.  Rest assured, though, everything will rock.  Like, for sure.