DANCE TO THE MUSIC 10/24/2011 runs a brisk half-hour

runs a brisk half-hour

It is the impact of those ballads that sets Staind apart from their new-metal brethren

West Indies (12/1980)

The songs jump from pumping breakbeat pop ("Skin Shed") that sounds like Cathy Dennis on her saddest day to epic movie montage ballads ("Smoke Rings")

DANCE TO THE MUSIC 10/24/2011 runs a brisk half-hourNo group epitomized the turbulent social upheaval of the late '60s more than Sly & The Family Stone. This gender integrated, multi ethnic band was led by 23 year old Sly Stone (aka Sylvester Stewart), a former DJ producer. On DANCE TO THE MUSIC, whose title track became a Top Ten hit, the group utilized heaping amounts of horns, fuzz guitar, and bottom heavy bass for a form of modern soul rock that influenced contemporaries from Miles Davis and George