The same year, AC / DC released their first album, High tension, having recruited Bon Scott as a vocalist in October 74. Bon is said to have a catalytic influence on the group, his personality helping to define their direction. “They thought we would be a good pop-rock type band,Read More →
In its heyday, MTV was a boon for rock bands looking to bring their music to a wider audience. While artists have undoubtedly received increased attention once their videos were added to MTV, the network has also served as a launching pad for many aspiring actors and models. Music videosRead More →
Like it or not, rock music nearly died in the 2010s. Metal, punk and hard rock were pushed underground by the music industry, losing popularity faster than ever. The only bands that still play are those dating back to the 80s and 90s, but even they have lost a largeRead More →
Billboard – the media responsible for compiling the American charts – has just published a series of end of decade charts. The Hot 100 isn’t too surprising considering we’re all fairly aware of the decade’s most ubiquitous tunes, but BillboardThe 50 Best Rock Songs of the Decade paints a direRead More →
There was a time when the success of a single depended on its music video. With an innovative and imaginative music trailer, one song would almost guarantee a big spin on music television, and the rest, as they say, was history. What would become of Queen’s I want to beRead More →
My oldest is currently obsessed with Britney Spears. Britney walks (and spins) on water for my 7 year old, and while I’m unabashedly in love with bubble gum pop music, my 7 year old now thinks skinny schoolgirl outfits and red leather from head to toe is the very definitionRead More →
The Netflix sci-fi drama Strange things draws its inspiration from everything about the 80s, including fashion, jargon and music. In fact, songs from the era have played a big part in the series’ narrative over the years. The Emmy-winning series follows a group of four boys: Mike, Lucas, Dustin andRead More →
A good soundtrack can turn a decent video game into a classic. While most soundtracks are given to game sound designers, well-known artists have left their mark on game soundtracks over the years. Here are 11 of the best. Read more: My Chemical Romance Could Be Reunited, Jonas Brothers SaysRead More →
Rock music has worked its way through its varied and tumultuous history and has managed to survive. It is in the very nature of rock ‘n’ roll to mutate and transform – to die in order to be able to live again. This churning is what drives it all forward.Read More →
He is considered one of the last defenders of rock’n’roll: showman, icon, innovator. But musician Nick Cave has cast criticism on the future of the beleaguered genre as he faces a post-#MeToo reckoning with his legacy of bad behavior. A fan wrote on Cave’s website, red hand filesto ask whatRead More →
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For music fans 2019 could prove to be a classic rock gold mine and for record companies the year could end up being one of the biggest album re-release years in history, some of the greatest albums in music history turning 50 in 2019. By the end of the 1960s,Read More →
For a song without words, Rumble managed to say a lot about the sexiness, swagger, and appeal of teenage rebellion. Released in 1958 by Native American guitarist Link Wray, the track – all dirty chord progressions and blistering guitar – was a harbinger of the impending rock revolution of theRead More →
I would like to draw attention to Bob Seger’s early work, which is sadly very unknown outside of my hometown of Detroit (where we knew his music and owned the record albums in the late 1960s and early 1960s. 70s; it even topped the Beatles sales in the Detroit subway).Read More →
Rthe leakage of ock into gravity in the 1970s had many detrimental effects. There was progressive rock, jam, no singles – and the idea that the two decades since Elvis had produced enough music of sufficient value to produce canon. In 1974, as a college English department sending out aRead More →
Classic rock music cruises Music cruises have become a popular vacation option for classic rock fans with a wide variety of themes and performers to enjoy on the high seas each year. They offer a chance to see your favorite acts up close, get to know them and even meetRead More →
Anthony Bourdain – author, travel show host and former chef – was found dead in a hotel room in France of an apparent suicide by hanging. The man the Smithsonian Institution called “the original rock star” of the culinary world and “the Elvis of bad chefs” was 61. Bourdain’s tiesRead More →
As rock ‘n’ roll declines, Imagine Dragons continues to rise. Thanks to a freak 2017, in which the Las Vegas quartet won best-selling rock album of the year with their third release, To evolve, and the best rock singles No. 1 and No. 2 with their songs Believer and thunderImagineRead More →
The most viewed video on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s YouTube channel – with over 46 million views – is a reprise from While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles. The performance features an all-star cast and a famous guitar solo from Prince. Channeling the vocals andRead More →
It’s kind of amazing that classic rock artists escaped the 70s, 80s and 90s without being electrocuted. After all, one of the most common tropes in music videos of the era – besides the sheer scarves, quick editing and, shall we say, separate hairstyles – was the rain. Rain buckets,Read More →
During 2016 we also lost Eagles frontman Glenn Frey, Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner, fifth Beatle George Martin, Genius of Earth, Wind and Fire Maurice White, prog rock maniac / E in ELP Keith Emerson, Elvis Scotty Moore guitarist, Alan Vega nightmare machine, King Crimson lead singer / L inRead More →
As the World Trade Center towers fell on the morning of September 11, 2001, new albums of Bob Dylan, Nickelback and Slayer were put on the shelves by employees unaware of the unfolding tragedy in New York City. , and a warm concert was planned by Sting, who also hadRead More →
And finally the news of the artists By Chris Cooke | Posted on Monday May 23rd, 2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and boring old man Flea dispelled modern rock music while guesting on Sirius XM’s Pearl Jam Radio, hosted by Pearl Jam guitarist and boring old man Mike McCready.Read More →
By Mariette Le Roux, Laurent BanguetThousands of years after resonating in caves, two dozen stone chimes used by our prehistoric ancestors will return to music in a series of concerts unique to Paris.Known as lithophones, the instruments were dusted off from museum storage to be played in public for theRead More →