Given the pioneering nature of their work, the fandom and hysteria that came with ‘Beatlemania’ and the resounding commercial and financial success that propelled their fame, The Beatles continue to dominate music headlines even to this day. It seems increasingly likely that they always will. If you couple the whirlwind that they whipped up in […]
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Kurt Cobain was never coy about his influences. In fact, the Nirvana frontman would often ascribe his finest moments to the inspirational heroes of music’s underground and pop heights. Their ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ breakthrough was downplayed as merely “ripping off” Pixies’ quiet-loud verse-chorus songcraft, ‘About a Girl’ was said to have been penned after […]
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The 20th century was when classic rock was invented, when it evolved, and when it was perfected. As a result, there are a lot of great albums within the genre from this time period. Five seems like a silly number, reading it now, for the amount that the genre evolved throughout the 20th century is […]
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In not much more than a decade, The Beatles managed to write around 230 songs, depending on who you ask. That’s roughly 21 a year. Considering that they now have 21 number-one singles to their name, you wouldn’t be far wrong if you said a tenth of their work was chart-topping. Needless to say, that’s […]
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During his momentous rise to musical stardom, Elvis Presley had the kind of Midas touch befitting of a man dubbed ‘The King’, amassing a then-unprecedented plethora of chart-topping hits and transforming countless otherwise obscure songs into essential parts of the rock and roll canon. There was a time, however, during which that power started to […]
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When a band ceases activity prematurely, regardless of the reason why, if there’s enough of a fanbase around them, they’ll begin to create their own mythologies of what could have been had they been able to continue. One of the greatest examples of this is Nirvana, who were forced to separate after the loss of […]
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During his momentous rise to musical stardom, Elvis Presley had the kind of Midas touch befitting of a man dubbed ‘The King’, amassing a then-unprecedented plethora of chart-topping hits and transforming countless otherwise obscure songs into essential parts of the rock and roll canon. There was a time, however, during which that power started to […]
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What’s the wildest rock and roll injury story you can remember? Bob Dylan crashing his motorbike, Patti Smith breaking her neck onstage in 1977, Pete Townshend impaling his hand on his whammy bar during The Who’s reunion tour in 1989 (which they obviously should have called their re-Whonion tour) or the time that Keith Richards […]
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Elvis‘ cultural reach was broad and far, and The King influenced just about every rock band during the 1960s. While many of them might have turned against him in due course, it would be wrong to forget how much he moved them in the first place. With his swinging hips, greased hair, and sultry sound, […]
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Having spent numerous years performing alongside John Bonham, one of the greatest rock and roll drummers to ever grace the airwaves with his presence, it is fair to say that former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant knows a gifted percussionist when he hears one, even if his own output has always been further towards the […]
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