Lemmy of Motorhead may be the greatest rock 'n roll warrior ever. Dude is somewhere in his 60s yet still lives modestly, still drinks like a fish, and continues to play whenever and wherever he can.
Wow, a close relative of mine and I were just discussing these points about him over the Christmas holiday. He's pretty much the godfather of Thrash Metal, too. "Ace of Spades" is one of the best of this genre ever made.
It was nice to take a short break from the rat-race madness of contemporary life the past several days to explore new (and old) music and find some new (and older, some much older) bands as well as explore other albums by bands I already like and add them to my ever-growing collection.
One of my discoveries was a hard-to-peg (genre-wise) band called "Porcupine Tree". If you had to choose one genre to describe them, it'd probably be Prog Rock, but there are also elements of Alt Rock, Heavy Metal, and Pop Rock, too.
Unbeknownst to me, they've won a couple of Grammy Awards in the 2000's:
Here's a sample of some of their diverse work, including a live one (the last one listed here) that showcases their musicianship and the use of various genres in one (long) song:
LAZARUS
[video=youtube_share;mENmbZ5Ikto]http://youtu.be/mENmbZ5Ikto[/video]
SHALLOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_8UmXv5Xac
TRAINS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERQDxLsfrjw
ARRIVING SOMEWHERE, BUT NOT HERE (LIVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug8CWIasWi8