When Journey began working on what was to be their break-through album, Infinity, there wasn’t much riding on the record’s success. Just the future of the band. Since forming in 1973, the Bay Area quartet—former […]
Capitol’s John Lennon Anthology Box Set sheds some fascinating light on rock’s first intellectual. The set’s four disc contain nearly 100 tracks, nearly all of which have never been officially released; many hadn’t even appeared […]
On their first two albums, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) and White Light / White Heat (1968), The Velvet Underground plumbed the depths of chaos, cacophony, hard drug addiction, alternative sexuality, decadence, death and […]
Back on June 17th 2008 a leak of nine allegedly “mastered, finished” tracks from Guns N’ Roses’ long- delayed “Chinese Democracy” spiked a renewed circle of talk about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally […]
What do Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and submarine warfare have in common? A stomp box maker by the name of Roger Mayer. A hometown buddy of both Beck and Page—not to mention, a fell guitar […]
“He knew how to bring out the best in people,” says Gregg Allman of his late brother Duane, legendary guitarist and founder of the band which bears their surname. ”He knew which buttons to push.” […]
By the final months of 1968, civil disorder in the United States was in full and bloody bloom. Against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the country played out its own violent scenarios between the […]
By the beginning of 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival had already attained a small measure of fame with “Suzie Q” the hit song from the band’s self-titled 1968 debut. But the hit-making machine the group would […]
When just two-years of its inception, Cream—thanks to such signature songs as “Sunshine of Your Love” and the landmark double album “Wheels of Fire”—was able to boast a dedicated international following.In the U.S., Eric Clapton, […]
It’s been said before, but it’s always worth repeating: Cliff Burton was a true original. His life cut short at the age of 24, the Metallica bassist with the long, lank, stoner hair, defiantly unfashionable […]
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