Oh, to have been in the 1960s – the decade where pop music truly came into its own and everyone was feeling wildly inspired by all of the activity. For a young Jimmy Page, who was primarily working as a session musician in the early part of the decade before going on to join The […]
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In the shadow of their enormous, unprecedented success story, it is easy to forget that The Beatles were, at their core, four young lads in their mid-20s, largely figuring things out as they went along. Once that fact is realised, the mounting internal tensions within the group certainly make a lot more sense, particularly as […]
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For anyone who considers themselves to be a fan of the band, choosing a favourite album by The Beatles is a near-impossible task, given how virtually all of their albums reach a similar standard of excellence and are almost inseparable from one another in this regard. Admittedly, very few people are going to look at […]
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When talking about the rise of The Beatles, it’s easy to forget about the kind of impact Ringo Starr has had. No, he might not have been gifted with the greatest songwriting chops in the world, but his internal sense of rhythm when playing all of their songs always put him one notch above every […]
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There’s not a day that goes by that Jimmy Page hasn’t been a student of the guitar. There are many aspects of the instrument that he has mastered both onstage and in the studio, but he was always willing to learn something new from whatever guitar hero was setting the world on fire at any […]
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The fact that Elvis Presley was one of the best-selling artists to have ever lived is something often taken for granted. He’s a caricature, an iconoclast, a mirage; a figure that increasingly few people actually remember from the time when he was alive. But to put him into context, Presley could have quite feasibly still […]
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If we presume that the average age of the most devoted, swooning, semi-crazed Beatlemaniac was about 13 in 1964, then they would be walking our streets today as 75-year-olds; stable-seeming pensioners, kindly grannies. Some of them will surely be shaking their heads at the foul language in modern music, or wondering why there have to […]
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Paul McCartney has announced details of the soundtrack album to coincide with the upcoming Man on the Run documentary. The film, directed by Morgan Neville, will be shown in select cinemas across the globe on February 19th before arriving on Prime Video on February 25th. Man on the Run explores McCartney’s life and career as […]
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In 1968, Led Zeppelin emerged like a resurgent phoenix, arising from the embers of the Yardbirds. The fusion of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham brought forth a virtuosic synergy that captivated the musical realm. With the close of the decade, Led Zeppelin unleashed a pair of seismic albums that firmly […]
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If there is a single night when Led Zeppelin stopped being merely successful and became unstoppable, it was January 9, 1970, inside the sacred walls of Royal Albert Hall in London. This was not just another concert. This was a declaration of dominance, delivered with volume, confidence, and an almost frightening sense of certainty. In […]
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