Good evening Mizfits and Mizstakes!

I'm in San Salvador for our Central America tour and it's going great.  There's a thunderstorm outside which is awesome. Normally people hate rain but I cherish it, because it doesn't rain in Los Angeles, and coming from Cleveland, I miss those loud, thunderous sounds. 

For my next "Miz on Music" I've decided to go with music in my iPod.  I just downloaded a bunch of new songs and I can't tell you how refreshing it is to have new music.  I feel like after a week of listening to the same songs over and over it gets old and I need a fresh crop of songs to jam to. 

However, just because they are new to my iPod doesn't mean they just came out on the radio.  Some are songs I haven't heard in ages.  Those are my favorite like when you hear a song or band you haven't heard in awhile then you download their songs and you forgot how great they were.

TRUSTcompany is one of those bands.  I remember when their first hit "Downfall" came out, around the time when Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" was on their No. 3 single and I wanted something new. I heard this and had to get the CD.  I was hoping for a CD as good as "Hybrid Theory" or at least had a couple good songs. 

I hate when you buy a CD and the only good song is the one you hear on the radio all the time. Luckily, TRUSTcompany was the real deal.  Every song was good and had a different flavor to it.  What confused me was after this amazing CD, I never heard from them again. 

How does that happen?  You'd think they'd have this huge follow up CD that people anticipated. However I just heard about their second CD -- it came out like 3 years ago and I had no idea. I heard they broke up for a bit but now have come back together.  Hopfully they will be able to make another great CD that I can put in iPod and listen to continuously.

Another band who recently made my iPod I've brought up before but really didn't go in to deep with is Skillet.  Like I said on Miz on Music no. 2, my seamstress played "Comatose" and got me hooked.  It reminded me of a metal symphony like the Trans Siberian Orchestra, only with incredible lyrics. 

I've never seen a band with two girls rock so hard.  Usually the girl is the lead singer or they play country music, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a drummer and keyboardist changing things up.  I'm not the only one that likes it either because their new album "Awake" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts.

"Monster" from that album is the Hell in a Cell theme song which is perfectly suited because the Monster of The Miz is going to pin either Kofi or Swagger to win the United States Title. 

After winning the title I will celebrate by seeing them live for the first time in Los Angeles on Oct. 23, that is if I'm off.  I always say you can tell a lot about a band by how they are in concert on whether they are really good or just studio bands.  Time will tell.

My favorite band, Bullet For My Valentine, is amazing in studio as well as in concert.  I just put a bunch of songs back on my iPod from The Poison and I'm glad I did. 

Funny story how I got turned on to them.  I was in Europe for a tour and I went to the HMV and asked for a good European metal band.  They gave me 2 CDs, "Emigrate" and "Bullet."  Both were good, but "Bullet" became my favorite they reminded me of a new Maiden and Metallica. 

Since then every time I go back to Europe I always find an HMV and do the same.  The last time I got Oomph whom I really enjoy they are like Rammstein lite.  I've also have gotten about 5 CDs that are just terrible.

Any ways, I've seen Bullet for My Valentine twice in concert.  Once with Avenged Sevenfold, and once when they headlined in LA.  The Headlining in LA was so much better.  To be honest, I was disappointed with the first time I saw them.  They only went on for like 20 minutes and didn't play all of my favorite songs.  The second time they went on for over an hour and it was killer.  They still never played "The End" in concert, which is one of my favorite songs, but what can you do. 

I'm pysched for their 3rd album which I heard they are in the studio and should come out next year.  If it's as good as the first two. then I imagine I will want them to play for 2 hours just so I can hear all the goods. 

Other new songs I just added to my iPod are "Southtown" by POD, "Blind" by Korn, "Waking the Demons" by Bullet for my Valentine, The entire CD of Steel Panther, "Audience of One" by Rise Against, "Built for Sin" by Framing Hanley, "The Devil's Own" by Five Finger Death Punch (that has to be the greatest name ever for a band). 

Just to name a few.  Who do you have on your iPod? 

Until next time, I'm The Miz and I'm Awesome!!!!