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
How Ratt’s ‘Out of the Cellar’ Helped Define the Hair Metal Aesthetic
They were anything but an overnight sensation, having started out as Mickey Ratt all the way back in 1976.
How Scorpions Become an Overnight Success After Nine LPs
Not too many bands enjoy the greatest success of their career with their ninth studio album.
The History of Metallica’s ‘No Life ‘Til Leather’
Metallica will celebrate Record Store Day 2015 by releasing their widely circulated and legendary 1982 demo tape No Life ‘Til Leather on cassette.
How Journey Finally Broke Through With ‘Infinity’
Ever wake up one morning and realize you somehow missed something that was sitting right under your nose?
55 Years Ago: Led Zeppelin’s Debut Becomes a Hard Rock Paradigm
This eponymous debut was full of firsts, beyond the ‘I’ frequently tacked onto its title nowadays.
42 Years Ago: Aerosmith Release Their First Album
When Aerosmith’s eponymous debut slipped unassumingly onto record stores in January 1973, most critics could barely tell them apart from fellow longhaired upstarts the New York Dolls.
Top 10 Stevie Ray Vaughan Songs
Let's celebrate one of the most dearly missed guitarists of all time.
Rock’s Scariest Songs
Whether by their spooky subject matter, haunting music or overwhelming sense of dread, these tracks are sure to give you chills.
How Sammy Hagar Finally Broke Through With ‘VOA’
The Red Rocker stood on a career precipice that neither he – nor anyone else paying attention – could possibly have understood.
Judas Priest Release Clip of New ‘Halls of Valhalla’ Song
Judas Priest have given us a tease of a third song from 'Redeemer of Souls,' 'Halls of Valhalla.'