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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This remains the only concert set to focus on Queen’s remarkable stadium runs in the '70s.
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That Time Black Sabbath Hit Rock Bottom With ‘Forbidden’
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How Stevie Ray Vaughan Got Clean and Released ‘In Step’
Stevie Ray Vaughan's final studio album released in his lifetime was released on June 6, 1989.
37 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin Begin Recording ‘In Through the Out Door’
'In Through the Out Door' ended a difficult period of inactivity for Led Zeppelin.
42 Years Ago: Jefferson Airplane Barred From Playing Free Hometown Concert
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Black Sabbath Albums, Ranked Worst to Best
A countdown of all of Black Sabbath's studio LPs.
41 Years Ago: Nazareth Work With Roger Glover for the Last Time on ‘Rampant’
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32 Years Ago: Iron Maiden Release ‘Piece of Mind’
Iron Maiden built upon their momentum on May 16. 1983 with 'Piece of Mind.'
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.
The History of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
On May 8, 1979, British journalist Geoff Barton attended a concert featuring Iron Maiden, Samson and Angel Witch at London’s Bandwagon Heavy Metal Soundhouse.
17 Years Ago: Steve Perry Leaves Journey … Again
On May 7, 1998, Journey lost singer Steve Perry for a second time.