On January 13, 1997, the lights flickered on at a little music review website called The Daily Vault, with Christopher Thelen as editor, webmaster and principal writer all rolled into one. At the beginning it was just Chris and his dream, with an encouraging nudge from his cousin Bill Ziemer, an early site contributor along with long-distance correspondent JB, from Korea. Twenty years, 87 contributors, and 9200-plus reviews later, we pause to celebrate the pocket universe that Chris gave life to exactly two decades ago today.
20TH ANNIVERSARY COLUMNS
Five current and former writers offer a few thoughts on the occasion of the Vault’s 20th birthday:
Which albums shaped the musical worlds of the Daily Vault writers whose work you enjoy every week? Join us for this very special feature as eight Daily Vault writers past and present share their thoughts on 20 key albums that influenced them:
In honor of the site’s 20th anniversary, ever-prolific Daily Vault Founder Christopher Thelen returns with 20 brand-new reviews of classic albums, one a day starting on the site’s 20th birthday, January 13. Join Chris as we get things rolling with his take on Tori Amos’ Under The Pink
FIRST 20 REVIEWS EVER
In honor of the Vault’s 20th anniversary, here are the first 20 reviews we ever published, back in January-February 1997. Note that all but two were penned by ever-prolific DV Founder Christopher Thelen, and what an eclectic bunch they are, from classic rock to jam-rock to punk to pop to metal to Zappa. So it was; so it shall ever be.
