So the stupid title that I gave this thing is both a terrible dad joke and a sad truth, in the sense of that, whenever I’m compelled to make these year-end lists (which seems to be about once a year), I am forever conflicted, like anyone should be. And that happens, of course, because I inevitably forget or overlook or underappreciate albums that truly matter. (Just assume your favorite was one of those. Or like, your top ten, and that’s why they aren’t listed below.)
I won’t make excuses for it, because after fifteen years of making these lists, it just seems like part of the plan or part of the problem or both, but here we are again, and now I’m sorry that I didn’t include the following Honorable Mentions:
Körgull The Exterminator – Built To Kill – a ripping post-apocalyptic thrash rager, with some sweet cover art that I wrote up elsewhere, and death and spikes and barren wastelands still sound great…
The Arson Project – God Bless – I’m a dummy and I just simply didn’t spend enough time with this one, but God Bless, it kicks some serious ass…
Sick Sinus Syndrome – Swarming Of Sickness – love this band, love what they do, and just… fell a little short somewhere. Probably my fault.
Lycanthrophy – On The Verge Of Apocalypse – love this band, also love this album, and just came under the Top 20. Again, probably my fault.
Trichomoniasis – Makeshift Crematoria – should’ve spent more time with this one, and then they went and released a second one in 2023 (though this one’s the one, I hear), so now I’m even further behind…
And there are probably ten dozen others, so apologies to you if your favorite (or if your actual band) isn’t listed somewhere around here.
I’m not going to wax too poetic about things for the rest of this. 2023 was a year, and we got through it (or at least, I hope, for your sake, that you did). So here we are, at the end of this particular road. I know my list doesn’t overlap a lot with my comrades’ lists, and that’s the beauty of it — I did my thing; they did theirs. Between us all, I hope you find some great metal to listen to, because I certainly did.
The important part is this: Words cannot express how much I appreciate each of you who reads this blithering goofiness, and how much I love all of us here who write this very same blithering goofiness — metal is a family. I know that for a fact because Last Rites is a huge part of mine, and I thank each and every person who is a part of the LR world, whomever and wherever you are. May the metal gods shine upon you forever, and whenever possible, may I suggest that you listen to awesome grindcore loud and proud because it’s just the best, right?
For serious, though: THANK YOU ALL.
(And a minor logistical note: Everything but the big list is unranked, as you can see by the absence of numbers.)
GOODSTUFF
20. Nashgul – Oprobio
For those amongst us who complain that grindcore is often monotonous blasting and light-speed cacophony, Nashgul proves that a grindcore band can rock, too. Adding a healthy dose of d-beat-y punk to their bloodspattered savagery, these Spaniards bring an irrepressible sense of fun to their grinding, and we’re all the better for it.
• Second Opinion (It’s still me.)
• Bandcamp
19. Chiens – 1.8.7. MYSELF
The French grindcore scene gets it done, with greatness in the likes of Whoresnation, Warfuck, Blockheads, and so many others. Chiens’ last full-length, 2019’s Trendy Junky, was a rager, a crusty grindcore blast in just under ten minutes. 1.8.7. MYSELF is a level up — still fast, still crusty, but just simply… better. Pure grinding mayhem.
• We didn’t review this one, regrettably. My bad.
• Bandcamp
18. Vomi Noir – L’Innommable Remugle et la Mélopée Cavernuleuse des Râles Agoniques
And speaking of France, these gurgly gorefreaks get in on the action with an absolutely great gross grinder, filled with all the ickiness you’d expect from a band whose name translates to “black vomit.” A perfectly putrid puddle of puke, and released on Valentine’s, no less, for that special someone in your life who loves the sound of sickness.
• Second Opinion (Still me, though.)
• Bandcamp
17. Sulfuric Cautery – Suffocating Feats Of Dehumanization
Hyperblasting grinders Sulfuric Cautery are not for the uninitiated, or the faint of ear, or really, probably most anyone, but those are all just some of the reasons why I’ve become low-key obsessed with them. This latest is just absolute grinding madness, and so damned fun that I can’t stop listening. A blur, and a blast.
• We also didn’t cover this one, sadly.
• Bandcamp
16. KEN Mode – VOID
When the mood strikes, there’s something incredibly satisfying in the bleak tones of noise rock, and these Canadian kick ass at it. Their second record in two years, VOID is harsh and sad, but it doesn’t forget to rock — “The Shrike” is a damned near perfect example of the power this band brings, and the moody “Not Today, Old Friend” is another example, approached from an almost diametrically opposed direction. A beautiful and rewarding ugliness, this one.
15. Atomçk – Towering Failures
These UK grinding weirdos released a stellar album in Every Room In Britain six years ago, but Towering Failures tops it, for sure, even with the lessened emphasis on their “signature” over-caffeinated tree-frog vocals, building on the ripping grindcore base of Every Room and improving it, sonically, creatively, and in just about every way. Now with the addition of The Afternoon Gentlemen’s Barthur on bass, Atomçk keeps getting better and better, and Towering Failures is anything but one.
• Another one I should’ve covered. Sorry, fellas. I won’t miss the next one.
• Bandcamp
14. Speech Odd – Odd World
This Thai band was formed in 2021, released a demo last year. Now they’re here with their first official release, and it’s a ripper. Politically charged punk rock, fast hardcore bits mixed with some beatdown mosh moments, and all topped off with Pam’s rabid chattering — I don’t speak Thai, but I get the spirit, 100%. Hardcore kickassery, and a band to keep an ear on.
• Second Opinion (Sort of, catching up from where I missed it the first time.)
• Bandcamp
13. Fabricant – Drudge To The Thicket
Technical / progressive death metal that evokes Atheist, Gorguts, and even Voivod, without sounding too much like any of them, Drudge To The Thicket is an absolute gem of truly interesting metal in a style too often focused on creating something impressive at the expense of creating something expressive. One of hell of a debut from a band that isn’t exactly new, but in the beginning of a new beginning…
• We didn’t cover this one either. Le sigh.
• Bandcamp
12. Jag Panzer – The Hallowed
I have a soft spot for this USPM outfit, but that’s mostly because they’re capable of cranking out such powerful power metal. This one’s one of their best in ages, foregoing some of the more progressive tendencies of others in favor of pure power, all riff and soaring melodies. Plus, a cool concept and a comic book!
• Second Opinion (Me again, though. Just like before.)
• Bandcamp (but it’s just merch)
11. Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific
I spent a lot of time listening to Cannibal Corpse this year. Old friends, we are, me and them. New CC is always cause for joy, and Chaos Horrific delivers the goods, the sound of one of the greats still doing it, and still killing it. Not reinventing any wheels — just breaking necks and bashing skulls, like they’ve always done.
BESTSTUFF
10. ROTTEN SOUND – APOCALYPSE
Rotten Sound is a known quantity, at this point, but here’s the catch: They’re known to kick ass. And on Apocalypse… well, they kick ass, yet again. Their eighth full-length in thirty years now, Apocalypse comes literally blasting out of the gate, and while that aggression is its primary calling card, there’s a depth here that’s belied by that simplified analysis. Seasoned grindcore veterans that they are by now, Rotten Sound knows enough at this point to keep these proceedings just varied enough to hook the listener before decking them, so groovy parts and even the occasional almost-slow moments fall in key places between the relentless blasting and Keijo Niinimaa’s raw-throated screams, adding bits of release to the nonstop tension and anger. Another victory lap for everyone’s favorite furious Finns, this one, and an absolute adrenaline rush.
• Second Opinion (But guess what? Yep. Me.)
• Bandcamp
9. CHEPANG – SWATTA
Simply put, Swatta is one of the most ambitious and interesting albums in grindcore, certainly this year and probably ever, made by one of the most ambitious and interesting bands in grindcore, definitely also ever. Nearly fifty minutes long — an eternity, by grinding standards — Swatta is a journey, an exercise in several parts, from the opening salvo of ten savage angular grindcore tracks that all start with the letter A, blistering blastbeats and dissonant chords and a brief foray into dreamy post-rock chiming, the whole of it a flurry of left hooks and right hooks and musical hooks, screams and snarls and manic intensity.
And that’s certainly fun enough — if Chepang had seen fit to only make that first part of Swatta, the album would still be on this list — but wait, there’s more… Synthesizers! Saxophones! Noisegrind freakouts! And that’s all certainly even more fun, and if Swatta had just been the two of those, the more traditional grinding and then the off-kilter sideways turn into a more adventurous territory, then it would definitely still be on this list…
But WAIT… Then comes an entire side of collaborations with friends and fellow grinders, members of Cognizant and Discordance Axis and Aborted and Gridlink and Triac and many others, more noisy weird skittering grindcore played by some of the best in the game. And then if that was all Swatta was or is, it would absolutely still be on this list… BUT WAIT… then there are still five songs left, each titled with a single letter, more Chepang grinding filtered through a robotic, almost industrialized stutter, adding a certain edge that the previous three sides don’t have.
Absolutely one of the strangest, strongest, most interesting records of recent years, Swatta‘s overall concept is finding happiness in a world too often negative, and it achieves that lofty goal several times over.
• Another one we didn’t cover. What the hell were we doing all year?
• Bandcamp
8. COGNIZANT – INEXORABLE NATURE OF ADVERSITY
I wasn’t expecting a new Cognizant album this year, but damned if I wasn’t happy to see it pop up. It’s been seven years since the last (and before now, the only) Cognizant full-length, and though they’ve filled the gap with some splits, it’s still nice to get another, longer effort. And of course, it helps that Inexorable Nature Of Adversity is an absolute wonder of razor-sharp techy grinding, filled to overload with skronking dissonant riffs, more Bryan Fajardo blastbeats than you could possibly count, and Kevin Ortega’s lungs-of-hell bellowing, each track a one-minute-ish spin through the sounds of aggression, never letting up, never slowing down. Sixteen minutes of Texas technical total destruction.
• Second Opinion (And… still me.)
• Bandcamp
7. RIVERSIDE – ID.ENTITY
For some stupid reason (or more likely, for no reason at all, besides being stupid), I’ve slept on this band up ’til now. Thankfully, curiosity and the promptings of Last Rites’ local Prog Wizard Lone Watie prevailed, and ID.Entity kickstarted a serious early year Riverside binge, going through the entire catalog of this long-tenured Polish prog metal outfit, and ending on this, which while not my favorite of their albums (Anno Domini probably in that spot), ID.Entity is 100% a great effort from a great band — brooding at times, bombastic at others, blending some heavier guitar-oriented moments with tons of epic keyboards and even a nod to 80’s synth-pop (literally the entire first track). Even as I spend most of my time around here extolling the virtues of records that sound like vomit and violence, I do have a softer side, you know, and ID.Entity feeds my unabashed (if often unvocalized) love for the progressive side. I may still be a stupidhead and missing out on good bands — time will tell on that, I guess — but at least I’m now a stupidhead that’s caught up on Riverside. Completely on board now… although that public service announcement bit is kinda… silly.
6. GRIDLINK – CORONET JUNIPER
After 2014’s brilliant Longhena, Gridlink split up, a victim of guitarist Takafumi Matsubara’s physical ailments. And now they’re back, almost a decade later, Matsubara having beaten the hand paralysis that plagued him back then, and in all of that, it seems that they haven’t lost a step. Longhena was one of the best grind albums in ages, if not ever, taking the technical-grind prowess of Discordance Axis into farther realms, built on Matsubara’s head-spinning riffs and Bryan Fajardo’s snap-tight drumming, all beneath Jon Chang’s higher register, nails-on-a-blackboard shriek. Coronet Juniper is all of that, the middle ground of an expansive, at times even melodic, technicality and pure grinding aggression, the product of each member’s unique skillsets in the way a band is supposed to be. It’s a record that is equally punishing and pretty, and it’s an unexpected surprise, and I guess it’s a new “final moment” for Gridlink, as a recent social media post from Chang indicates that his 30-year-career of throat-shredding screams is coming to an end. (Hopefully Matsubara will continue in other grind projects — his playing is so inventive, and something that grindcore needs. Fajardo will undoubtedly blast on in about 35 bands, one of which also finds themselves on this list.)
If we’re gonna lose Gridlink twice, Longhena and Coronet Juniper are two hell of a good ways to go out.
• Guess what? Yeah, didn’t cover this one, either.
• Bandcamp
5. AUTOPSY – ASHES, ORGANS, BLOOD AND CRYPTS
You shouldn’t need me to tell you that a new Autopsy effort is worth your attention, but it does help to know that, even as these first-wave death metallers have been on a bit of resurgence in the past decade or so, Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts is still one of the best Autopsy albums since the golden days, just as Morbidity Triumphant was before it, not all that long ago. New kid Greg Wilkinson joins Reifert, Cutler, and Coralles, and the whole of Ashes, Organs, Nash And Young exhibits a loose, almost giddy spirit, even as it’s very much an Autopsy record, which is to say icky, oozing, doomy, dark, and gnarly. “Everything’s fucking dead!” Reifert proclaims loudly, and it’s every bit as catchy as it is killer, and here we are, three decades (and a bit) after their first classics, with more Autopsy classics. Sometimes dead is better.
4. OVERKILL – SCORCHED
As Last Rites’ Official Unabashed Overkill Fanboy, it’s my duty to shout loudly about any and all new Overkill albums, and Scorched made that easy enough by being yet another strong entry in these Jersey devils’ post-Ironbound rejuvenation era. Is it different than previous Overkill albums? Well, technically, yes, but fundamentally, no, and that’s more than fine with me: I don’t necessarily turn to Overkill for expanding any horizons — I turn to Overkill for the adrenaline rush, the mile-wide grin, the feel-good feels that come from the inimitable combination of electric thrashing, rock-solid riffs, the world’s trebliest (and still good) bass tone, and Blitz’s manic charisma. 2023 was a pretty good year for me and mine, on most all fronts, but it wasn’t without some hurdles to overcome. Throughout, Scorched was a touchstone album for me, one I could throw on anytime (or all the time) and instantly feel better, feel like I did when I was a teenager and I pushed play on The Years Of Decay, or later on when I cranked up The Electric Age… and that is exactly what I want from Overkill after all these years. Long live Chaly. Green & Black 4 lyfe.
• Second Opinion (But c’mon… you knew that one was gonna be me. It’s always me.)
• Bandcamp
3. SUFFOCATION – HYMNS OF THE APOCRYPHA
Of course, the big storyline with Hymns To The Apocrypha is “what does a post-Frank Mullen Suffocation really sound like?” And the answer is: It sounds like Suffocation. Which is, of course, a Great Thing. “New Guy” Ricky Myers has proven himself onstage, and now he’s proven himself on record, capably filling Frank’s spot in either location, and the Suffocation train rolls on without a hitch. It helps, of course, that Terrance Hobbs and the rest of the fellas have conjured up yet another batch of killer crushing brutality, all twisting riff and bone-snapping beatdown, and an even better one than the last record. Hymns is yet another example of why this band will forever be in contention for the title of All-Time Greatest Death Metal Band. Some things never change even when they change.
• Second Opinion (And guess what? It’s me.)
• Bandcamp
2. SHITSTORM – ONLY IN DADE
At the end of the day, for all the subtlety I try to ascribe to it, grindcore is about aggression, and that’s… almost all of it. Only In Dade is the exploding sound of aggression, just absolute rage spilling out in every direction — short, fast, unrelenting charges of utter fury, devoid of any of that subtlety, content only to level mountains and scorch earths, breaking every bone and wall and obstacle in its path.
That all sounds more than a bit melodramatic and embellished (and perhaps it is), but then, when you listen to Only In Dade, as I have, many many many times since it was released this summer, well… then you understand it. It’s been a long time since the last Shitstorm before this one, but they’re back, and storming on. These Miami miscreants have constructed a monster, utterly and completely crushing.
• Yeppppp… Didn’t cover it.
• Bandcamp
1. AFTERBIRTH – IN BUT NOT OF
Ultimately, the greatness of an album can be distilled down to two basic major categories, more or less defined by the head and the heart: The immediate, “hell yeah” (but certainly not Hellyeah) type, where the record in question clicks instantly and there’s no thought required. Think of that as the heart, exemplified by… oh, let’s say, the Overkill album a few spots above this one. The headier type is the one wherein an album’s greatness is in its layers, where each repeated listen reveals new nuances, new paths to follow, new colors, emotions, ideas. There are plenty of prog records that fall into that category, of course, and we all have our favorites. Every now and again, an album captures both sides of that, and Afterbirth’s In But Not Of was that one for me this year. On the immediate side, it’s brutal tech-death, filled with crunching riff and Will Smith’s inhuman toilet gurgle, all of that combining to make such a heavy heaviness that it’s instant and undeniable even if you don’t want to think too much about it.
But then, there’s so much more to In But Not Of than just that. There’s spaced-out rock bits, technical flair, a depth of songwriting often missing from the works of so many crushing brutes. Outside of the tragic circumstances that afforded Smith his place behind the mic, Afterbirth has been on an upward trajectory after their rebirth in the new millennium, and it’s all been leading to this, to an(other) album that pushes beyond mere heaviness and into a space both inside and outside of that. It’s an album that deserves and demands repeat listens, but satisfies every base urge to smash things, all at once. It’s fun to feel the fury, and fun to follow each of its forays into new fields, and it’ll be really fun to see where Afterbirth flies off to next.
SHORTSTUFF
(note the lack of numbers — this list is unranked)
Sequestrum – Pickled Preservation
Again, a second shout-out to the song “Giblet Excreter” for having a rad title, and another to “Guts” for being 3 seconds of gore-spattered goodness, and really, all around to Sequestrum for making good on last year’s promising demo with this first EP. Gurgley ‘n’ grimy.
• Second Opinion (and yes… me)
• Bandcamp
Slund – Enter The Slund
“Press play,” the opening sample demands, and it’s got a point — that’s the correct plan of action. Slovenia’s Slund takes a sludgy approach to grindcore, one that’s fun as hell, a one-man take on fuzzed-out riffs and blasting, often tinged with a sense of humor, even as its pissed off as all hell. Press play. Listen. Press play again.
• Didn’t cover this one, either.
• Bandcamp
Moiscus – Idiomorphic Practices
“‘Moiscus’ is a disgusting word,” my erstwhile compatriot Sir Bill Of Ur-Sag informs me, and if he thinks that’s icky, he should try the record, because it’s a cavernous, oozing, gooey bright green glob of mucous-mush death/grind, and that’s a damned good thing. Easily one of the Spring’s most played records around here, this one. And still going strong.
• Second Opinion (but … again, me)
• Bandcamp
Deliriant Nerve – Contaminated Conscience
Ten minutes of tightly wound pummeling from these DC blasters, Contaminated Conscience is a riff-heavy death/grind rager, picking up what last year’s Uncontrollable Ascension started and sharpening it to a finer edge. Some seriously crushing stuff here… Grinders, get on it, and stick with them.
Scalp – Black Tar
It’s loud; it’s fast; it’s heavy as hell. That’s what you want, right? That’s definitely what I wanted, and Scalp definitely delivered with Black Tar. Just a massive middle-finger of raw-throated aggression, a primal scream from the depths of hatred, a pummeling blast of hardcore rage and grindcore fury and everything angry all at once…
• Second Opinion And Swear Words
• Bandcamp
SPLITSTUFF
(note the lack of numbers — this list is also unranked)
Pulmonary Fibrosis / Archagathus – Grinders Of Darkness
Come for the Bruce Campbell-inspired art, stay for the crazy grindcore. This one’s been in the works for awhile, but two of my favorite raw and nasty grind outfits on one release was destined to see many spins, and it did. France’s finest “nasal nauseous vomit liquid” goregrinders bring just that; Archagathus provides the mincing madness. Fun, loud, fun, gross, fun.
• Bandcamp
Axis Of Despair / Brain Washer
I dunno why but I wasn’t sold on Axis Of Despair initially. And now I’m here to say that… that’s an incorrect opinion. Axis Of Despair kicks all kinds of ass, and here they are, doing just that, with punchy death/grind propelled by former Nasum fellow Anders Jakobsen. Pair that up with some seriously rawboned thrashy grind from Brainwasher, and it’s big win, kids.
• Axis Of Despair Bandcamp / Brainwasher Bandcamp
Jetsam / Gummo – Assimilation Is Death
I’ll admit this one kinda came out of nowhere for me — I was familiar with Gummo, but Montreal’s Jetsam had somehow eluded me ’til now. But that’s taken care of, I guess, and I’m sold. Jetsam’s half is noisy powerviolence-y hardcore, raw and emotive; France’s Gummo brings the grinding, punishing and pummeling.
• Bandcamp
Deterioration / Traffic Death
Minnesota grindcore meets Iowa crossover, this one pairs two bands I dig in one nice package. (Literally, if you bought the vinyl that comes in a fun little canvas sleeve.) Deterioration brings the blastbeats, fun and crushing as ever and with a Warsore cover to boot; Traffic Death backs it up with some Accüsed-esque trashy thrashing between electronic interludes that sound like they were ripped from the direct-to-VHS 80s horror movies the band loves.
• Deterioration Bandcamp / Traffic Death Bandcamp
Meth Leppard / Axis Of Despair
The other Axis Of Despair entry here is their second of the year, arguably the stronger of the two, and especially so when paired with the earth-scorching riff-heavy grind of Australian duo Meth Leppard. Just a neck-snapping crusher, this split, from tip to toe. And a cool cover, to boot. Both of these bands kill, so it’s twice the bang for the buck… You simply cannot go wrong with Meth Leppard. Armageddon it? Yeah, I’m really geddon it.
• Axis Of Despair Bandcamp / Meth Leppard Bandcamp
SOFT(ER)STUFF
(note the lack of numbers — this list is also unranked, too)
Avskum – En Annan Värld Är Möjlig
These Swedish crusties formed in the early 80s, split up for a bit, and now they’re back with their first album since 2008. The good news: Nothing’s really changed all that much in the interim. En Annan is still the same type of crusty UK82-leaning punk rock Avskum is known for, and a hell of a good time. Maybe don’t want 15 years for the next one, fellas…
Colter Wall – Little Songs
Like the album art that adorns it, Little Songs is a throwback to a long-gone time for most country music, when the word “Western” often followed that descriptor. Wall’s brand of country is traditional, sparse, augmented with pedal steel and fiddles and heartbreak, with a voice that harks back to classic, Cash. More than anything, it feels authentic, and it’s great.
• Website
The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
They’re 80 years old now. Charlie Watts is gone. They haven’t released an album of new material in 18 years. At this point, the Stones have no business being this energetic, this vital, this… great. And yet, here they are, back again, with some very special guests and 45 minutes of Stones-y rock ‘n’ roll, and I like it.
Rattus – Rikki
These Finnish punks have been around for most of my lifetime, but they took a long nap, too, and now, ten years after their last one, they’re back with an absolute barnstormer, purely hypercharged crusty punk that’s melodic, crushing, and rocking in equal form. Plus, there’s a bonus disc with Rattus classics and special guests. Rattus rules.
• YouTube
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Weathervanes
Jason Isbell may well be Americana’s greatest singer/songwriter these days, and even if Weathervanes may not be his personal pinnacle, it’s still one hell of a record. “King Of Oklahoma” flips the script on Nashville’s usual small-town overpraise, and the whole of it, like all Isbell before, rings truer and deeper and simply better than so much of the manufactured hooey that pervades modern country. The real deal, kids — here it is.
• Website
FOR ABSENT FRIENDS
RIP and eternal hails to:
Shane MacGowan
Kevin “Geordie” Walker
Jeff Beck
Tina Turner
Sakevi Yokoyama (G.I.S.M.)
Jim Durkin (Dark Angel)
Algy Ward (Tank / The Damned)
Kirk Arrington (Metal Church)
Steve Riley (WASP / LA Guns)
Paul Reubens
Randy Meisner (Eagles)
Seymour Stein
Tim Aymar (Pharaoh / Control Denied)
Bernie Marsden (Whitesnake)
Sebastian Marino (Anvil / Overkill)
Mark Adams (St. Vitus)
Hiroshi “Heath” Morie (X-Japan)
Harry Belafonte
David Crosby
Myles Goodwyn (April Wine)
Al Jaffee (Mad Magazine)
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Justin Abare (No Comply)
Lance Reddick
Burt Bacharach
Iron Sheik
Sinead O’Connor
Teresa Taylor (Butthole Surfers)
Tony Bennett
Alan Arkin
Cormac McCarthy
Gordon Lightfoot
Keith Gattis (Dwight Yoakam)
Tim & Robbie Bachman (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
Gary Wright (Spooky Tooth)
Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
Guy Bailey (Quireboys)
Steve Mackey (Pulp)
Spot (SST)
Michael Rhodes
David Lindley
Trugoy The Dove (De la Soul)
Tom Verlaine (Television)
Van Conner (Screaming Trees)
Robbie Robertson
Johnny Hardwick (King Of The Hill)
Mike Henderson
Frank Kozik
Cynthia Weil
Matt Vinci (Liege Lord)
Erik Ferro (TT Quick)
Akihito Kikuchi (Transgressor)
Matthew Perry
Bob Barker
Richard Belzer
Andre Braugher
…and, as always, anyone I forgot or overlooked, intentional or otherwise.
And so we go onward to 2024…
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This is the list I most eagerly awaited. You on my wavelength bro.