Asia (1982):It wasn't the prog-redux moment many might have expected with a new supergroup featuring members of Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson. Instead, it was a huge pop hit. So huge, in fact, that Asia almost immediately started splitting apart. Number of the Beast EMI...
We were all bummed when the Aerosmith tour was postponed last year after only a few shows, but it was a cool full circle moment for you guys, just getting to do that. What did it mean to you and Chris? You know, when you say “full circle moment,” it literally was. When we put...
Professionally, Springsteen had never been bigger –Born in the U.S.A.would sell 30 million albums worldwide and yield seven U.S. Top 10 singles. As the tour moved through North America, it became apparent that demand for tickets far outstripped the supply, and that subsequent legs would ...
There are many ways to look at 1994: lists of great albums (here’sa top 50 to get you started); a look back at whatfansandtastemakerswereactuallylistening to at the time; thebest overlooked obscurities. But the best way to really understand why a single 365 three decades ago had such ...
The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time “Un-Break My Heart,” Toni Braxton (1996) “I came up with that title. And I started playing the chorus with those chords.It’s a weird title. It crea...
Although Harmonix did not take the Guitar Hero publishing rights with it in its move to MTV, it still had some tricks up its sleeve. Harmonix patented many conceptual elements of the Guitar Hero format, paving the way for its 2007 video game Rock Band. Rock Band has the same type of rhy...
Rush (1991):Though it's one of Rush's darkest albums lyrically, 'Roll the Bones' doesn't play like that. Not with a title track that takes a playful swipe at rapping. There's also a return to instrumental fare, on the Grammy-nominated "Where's My Thing." Then there's "Dreamline,...
They all have their own individual character -- and I could have leaned towards Starting Over too, but I would say that Side 3 really captured, I think, what they wanted to be from the start and maybe how they sounded live. I would put up so many of these songs, 'Tonight,' '...
In many ways, Jackson Browne’s ‘Running on Empty’ is unique, even when placed among other live albums. For starters, all of the material was original, having never appeared on his previous releases. Then, there was the recording itself. While some performances took place at concerts – ...
I don’t have it around. And also it’s natural, and it has so many healing properties. I did drink red wine once, about four years ago—a one-night thing for Halloween, for my best friend’s birthday, and it was awful. I got allergic to it—I couldn’t even open my eyes for...