The distortion is actually a part of the desired sound, and many amps are designed so that guitarists can control the level of distortion. Musicians may also take advantage of feedback loops between the amp and the guitar. If the sound coming out of the amp and speaker is loud enough, ...
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 ...
“The stories inIndiscreetwere so sharp-witted, a bit cruel at times, but always witty,” Visconti toldRock ‘n’ Roll Globe. “So many words were crammed in such short space, this group certainly needed the lyrics printed. I don’t know who Ron’s inspiration was, but I’m sure he...
Nirvana’s “Bleach” is another good example: We didn’t do our “Bleach” in ‘83. Many great bands created albums in real time, and sometimes those albums would do incredibly well, and sometimes those albums would be just enough to get enough interest to kind of keep the band going ...
"Whereas the classic model of the rock band in previous generations was that of a self-sustaining unit that wrote and performed its own music (think Led Zeppelin, Nirvana or countless others), Coldplay has adopted the collaborative approach of EDM and hip-hop, where producers and singers ...
the song entered theBillboardchart and on February 1, 1964, it made No. 1 where it stayed for seven weeks, only to be replaced by Swan Records’ “She Loves You,” which held on to the top spot for two weeks and, it’s said, kept the company going a lot longer than many of it...
On April 8, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, who along with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder led the Seattle music surge, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot blast. “Kurt died right at the point when Pearl Jam was encountering all these complications with putting together the tour,” Curtis says...
Gardendidn’t have much of an impact. “We’d come out of the end of the Tourists battered and bruised,” Lennox toldThe Guardianin 2017. “We were massively in debt, and I’d come across some real monsters in the music business. I’d lived in so many bedsits and was desperately ...
albums in 2009 and 2011. But in a 2014 interview Hagar said not to expect anymore. "I love making music," he toldRolling Stone. "But doing it on Chickenfoot's level means spending a half million on a record. It's a lot of work, and then to not sell many records, it's ...
I would put up so many of these songs, 'Tonight,' 'Ecstasy,' [with] the most incredible pop songs [by other artists]. I don't want anyone to get angry with me, but I put [those songs] on the level of 'Go All the Way,' with being so incredible. I would want people to ...