Thought you might appreciate this since we share similar views on Shamalyan (or however the fuck you spell his stupid name). Also, check out Gary Moore. I have the "Ballads and Blues" album, which is exactly what it claims to be. He's the result of a night of drunken random hookup action between 80s butt-rock power ballads and the blues. I also just got "Welcome to My Nightmare" and it's pretty good, as long as you don't mind ridiculous Alice Cooper antics and songs about such topics as insanity and necrophilia. Also, here's Alice Cooper performing the title track on The Muppet Show. I can't get enough of his muppet band....