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
40 Years Ago: AC/DC Release Their First Masterpiece, ‘Let There Be Rock’
It might be difficult to wrap your head around this concept, but AC/DC's rise to global stardom was both deliberate and challenging.
UFO Albums Ranked Worst to Best
The irony of attempting to rank UFO’s studio discography from worst to best isn’t lost on us.
Aerosmith Albums Ranked
See how we ranked Aerosmith's albums from weakest to strongest.
45 Years Ago: Scorpions Release Their Debut Album, ‘Lonesome Crow’
Germany's Scorpions have been rocking like a hurricane for so long now, there are actually legions of fans who know them only by their hit '80s albums.
10 Heaviest Albums of the 1970s (Not Recorded by Black Sabbath)
So you think that ‘70s heavy metal starts and ends with Black Sabbath? Think again!
Why Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide’ Wasn’t Really Live
Even back then, there were clues that these early songs weren't recorded in concert.
The Allman Brothers Band Launched Southern Rock With Their First Album
Marking definitive dates in music history is always tricky business, but if you forced fans to reach a consensus on the birthdate of Southern rock, most would agree it came in November 1969 with the release of the Allman Brothers Band’s self-titled debut album.
30 Years Ago: Tesla Debut With ‘Mechanical Resonance’
In the mid-'80s, hair metal was king.
35 Years Ago: Henry Rollins Joins Black Flag on Hardcore Landmark ‘Damaged’
Henry Rollins began his time with Black Flag with 1981's 'Damaged.'
25 Years Ago: Monster Magnet Yank on the ‘Spine of God’
Monster Magnet began their career with 1991's 'Spine of God.'