Archive for September, 2011

Sep 1
Check Your Head with Jesse Leach

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: Perspective, In The Eyes Of The Beholder

Posted by Jesse Leach on September 1, 2011 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach of Times of Grace and The Empire Shall Fall, and the voice behind Killswitch Engage’s landmark release Alive or Just Breathing is back from a summer of touring with his latest installment of “Check Your Head.” I must say, it really is good to have his prose back on the site. Click this Read More

May 24
Check Your Head with Jesse Leach

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: Changin’ Times

Posted by Jesse Leach on May 24, 2011 in Featured, Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Ever wake up in the middle of the night wondering how you were going to pay your bills, make ends meet or pay your rent or mortgage? Ever wake up and wonder how you got where you are in life? How about waking up and thinking you would be taken up to heaven, then realizing Read More

Apr 4
Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: These Are The Signs Of The Times  

Posted by Jesse Leach on April 4, 2011 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach is back and we couldn’t be happier. We love Jesse’s column and have missed it quite a bit. We know you have too. But Jesse was on tour and he’s been working on new music…I’m not sure how he found the time to write for us, but he did and we thank him Read More

Jan 20
Check Your Head

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: Roots Rhode Island Roots

Posted by Jesse Leach on January 20, 2011 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach is back, people. This time, he reflects on what has been a very busy week — after all, the debut album from his band Times of Grace hit stores on Tuesday. Get it. But first, read on. The past week has been unreal for me. The release of the most important record of Read More

Jan 3
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Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: “One Of The Wonders Of The World”

Posted by Jesse Leach on January 3, 2011 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach of Times of Grace and The Empire Shall Fall is back with his first column of 2011, and wouldn’t you know it — Jesse likes Porcupine Tree! I think they’re one of the best bands to emerge in the last 20 years. I truly do. But enough about me: Heeere’s Jesse! I spent Read More

Dec 23
Check Your Head With Jesse Leach

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: Start Today

Posted by Jesse Leach on December 23, 2010 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

This week, Times of Grace frontman Jesse Leach is back again with an inspiring message just before Christmas, for people who feel stuck in their lives. Don’t forget to check out Jesse and Times of Grace on tour next year. I was going to write a column about it being that “time of the year Read More

Dec 7
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Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: The Power Of The Riff Compels You!

Posted by Jesse Leach on December 7, 2010 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach is back again people, and this time, he is giving props to the one, the only…Black Sabbath. I was sitting in my living room last week having a few beers with my wife, just hanging out and playing a mix of music as we often do. Black Sabbath came up on the mix Read More

Nov 29
Check Your Head

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: In The “Reality” Of My Surroundings…

Posted by Jesse Leach on November 29, 2010 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach is back this week with another installment of his Gun Shy Assassin column ‘Check Your Head.’ This week, the Times of Grace and The Empire Shall Fall frontman examines the notion of celebrity and analyzes our apparent obsession with celebs. Here is a song you can play while reading this; it seems appropriate, Read More

Nov 23
Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: “Its Always Darkest Before The Dawn”

Posted by Jesse Leach on November 23, 2010 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Times of Grace and The Empire Shall Fall frontman Jesse Leach is back again with his second “Check Your Head” column. This week, he offers a moving tribute to a dear friend. This past week has been very intense. A close friend of mine took herself out of this world. Without a word to anyone Read More

Nov 11
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Jesse Leach’s Check Your Head: If You Don’t Have Something Nice To Say…

Posted by Jesse Leach on November 11, 2010 in Jesse Leach's Check Your Head

Gun Shy Assassin is thrilled to reveal that Jesse Leach has joined the team as a regular columnist. Of course, Jesse is the singer for Times of Grace and The Empire Shall Fall and more than that, he’s a salt-of-the-Earth soul and a talented musician. Jesse will be checking in from time to time to Read More