Eduardo Rivadavia (aka Ed Rivadavia) was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and by his late teens had already toured the world (and elsewhere), learning four languages on three continents. Having also accepted the holy gospel of rock & roll as his lord and savior, Eduardo became infatuated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and all things heavy, crude, and obnoxious while living in Milan, Italy, during the mid-1980s. At this time, he also made his journalistic debut as sole writer, editor, publisher, and, some would claim, reader of his high school's heavy metal fanzine, earning the scorn of jocks and nerds alike, but uniting the small hardcore music-loving contingent into a frenzied mob that spent countless hours exchanging tapes, talking shop, and getting beat up at concerts. Upon returning home to Brazil, Eduardo resumed a semi-normal existence, sporadically contributing music articles to local papers and magazines while earning his business degree. Finally, after years of obsessive musical fandom and at peace with his distinct lack of musical talent, Eduardo decided the time had come to infiltrate the music industry by the fire escape. He quit his boring corporate job, relocated to America, earned his master's degree while suffering the iniquities of interning for free (anything for rock & roll!), and eventually began working for various record labels, accumulating mountains of records and (seemingly) useless rock trivia in the process. This eventually led him back to writing, and he has regularly contributed articles to multiple websites since 1999, working with many different rock genres but specializing, as always, in his personal hobby: hard rock and heavy metal. To quote from the insightful 'This Is Spinal Tap': "People should be jealous of me...I'm jealous of me...." Eduardo currently resides in Austin, TX, with his wife, two daughters, and far more records, CDs and MP3s than he'll ever have time to listen to.
Eduardo Rivadavia
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Worst Solo Albums by Superstar Band Members
They really should have stayed in their famous bands instead of making these awful LPs.
Rock’s Most Dysfunctional Bands
Rock bands are a lot like families and, just like any family, they can be very dysfunctional.
How AC/DC Scored Their First No. 1 With ‘For Those About to Rock’
After 'Back in Black,' this long-germinating LP was more victory lap than breakthrough.
When Billy Idol Updated His Sound on ‘Whiplash Smile’
When this third album arrived, he ranked among the world's most successful and recognizable rock stars.
40 Years Ago: Triumph Release Their Debut Album
If you were to ask most Triumph fans living in the pre-internet era to name the Canadian power trio's debut album, they'd probably tell you it was 1978's Rock & Roll Machine. They'd be wrong ...
Why Completists Flocked to Jimi Hendrix’s Second Posthumous LP, ‘Rainbow Bridge’
He'd been dead a year when an album and movie titled 'Rainbow Bridge' arrived.
Revisiting Megadeth’s Classic ‘Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying?’
They established themselves as contenders for Metallica's thrash metal throne with this second album.
How Pearl Jam Overcame Every Obstacle to Complete ‘Ten’
Their debut was an unqualified triumph, but it was spawned under modest expectations – and out of deep tragedy.
Bands That Led Zeppelin Should Consider Suing
Spirit's unsuccessful attempt to sue for plagiarism followed other charges of appropriation by Led Zeppelin, but what about when it's the other way around?
Stevie Ray Vaughan Albums Ranked Worst to Best
When considering the studio discography of Stevie Ray Vaughan, one is first struck by how tragically brief it is.
How Jeff Beck Changed Everything With Top 5 Smash ‘Blow by Blow’
At this point, the former Yardbirds legend was no stranger to career crossroads.