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
Why Queen Reached a Turning Point With ‘The Game’
They were bona fide British rock royalty through the '70s. That began to change with this album.
36 Years Ago: Queen Release Their First Concert Album, ‘Live Killers’
This remains the only concert set to focus on Queen’s remarkable stadium runs in the '70s.
20 Years Ago: Black Sabbath Hit Rock Bottom With ‘Forbidden’
Black Sabbath’s storied career reached its creative and commercial nadir on June 8, 1995, with the release of the group’s universally panned 18th album, Forbidden.
How Stevie Ray Vaughan Addressed Addiction on ‘In Step’
A sense of not-quite-finished business made his tragic death a few years later even more difficult to accept.
41 Years Ago: Nazareth Work With Roger Glover for the Last Time on ‘Rampant’
Nazareth released ‘Rampant’ in May 1974.
31 Years Ago: Stevie Ray Vaughan Releases His Second Album, ‘Couldn’t Stand the Weather’
Like the tornado blasting across its cover, ‘Couldn’t Stand the Weather’ confirmed the arrival of a musical force of nature Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Six Years Ago: Black Sabbath Veterans Heaven and Hell Release ‘The Devil You Know’
When Black Sabbath veterans Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice — collectively known as Heaven & Hell — released The Devil You Know on April 28, 2009, no one could have guessed that they would soon be speaking in the past tense about their beloved singer, who died of cancer the following year.
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How Robin Trower Reinvented the Power Trio on ‘Bridge of Sighs’
Robin Trower's power trio masterpiece, 'Bridge of Sighs,' was released in April 1974.
When David Bowie Offered the Dark, Complex ‘Diamond Dogs’
David Bowie released 'Diamond Dogs' in May 1974.
35 Years Ago: Iron Maiden Overcome Difficult Recording Conditions on Debut Album
Music fans who visited record stores in April 1980 likely found themselves confronted with a horrifying creature of leathery skin and spiky hair staring wide-eyed and gape-mouthed at them.
How Happenstance Originally Brought Brian Johnson to AC/DC
The seeds for his arrival had been planted years earlier – and under most serendipitous circumstances.
31 Years Ago: Ratt Crawl Out of the Cellar, Hit the Big Time
When ’80s glam metal titans Ratt came crawling Out of the Cellar with their debut on March 27, 1984, that title may as well have spoken for an entire generation of brash, ambitious wannabe stars, whose desperate drive for fame and glory had been fomented by years of neglect from the music industry at large.