In many respects, heavy metal is not all that dissimilar from grunge. The instruments used are the same, the guitars are heavily distorted, and the vocals are energetic. The songs “Smells like Teen Spirit” and “Crystal Mountain” share a similar amount of aggression and they both have dis...
He changed his mind. So I went back and wrote the song. And never in a million years thought Aerosmith would do it. I kind of thought a female vocalist would end up doing it, but it’s so much more powerful with Steven Tyler – him being that vulnerable in the song really wo...
As one of the highlights of the night, hip-hop pioneersDJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Princewill reunite for a highly anticipated performance featuring their greatest hits, which have since become some of the most celebrated songs in hip-hop history, including, "Brand New Funk," "Gettin' Jiggy...
Aerosmith (1989):After spending the first half of the '80s barely visible, Aerosmith staged a comeback with 1987's 'Permanent Vacation.' But it's 1989's 'Pump' that sealed it. The slickly produced but hook-stuffed album kicked off the band's most commercially successful era, culminating i...
Aerosmith (1989):After spending the first half of the '80s barely visible, Aerosmith staged a comeback with 1987's 'Permanent Vacation.' But it's 1989's 'Pump' that sealed it. The slickly produced but hook-stuffed album kicked off the band's most commercially successful era, culminating ...
* * * Various artists, “The Beavis and Butt-head Experience,” Geffen. The minimalist approach of the TV show, fleshed out with songs by such bands as Aerosmith, Run-DMC, Primus, et al. Uneven, but as Butt-head points out, you need stuff that sucks to have stuff that’s cool. (...
Cinderella (1990):Cinderella moved toward grittier, guttier, Aerosmith- and Stones-influenced fare with their third album, turning an assumption about the band as just another contemporary hard rock act on its ear. 'Heartbreak Station' fell well behind the sales marks of its immediate predecessors...
many forms some rock bands have even done a Hip-Hop album bands like the most memorable. Hip-Hop has evolved into different forms some rock bands have even done a Hip-Hop album bands like Limp Bizkit. The genre created in very poor districts, like the Bronx, in New York by African-...
A really excellent live shot has value. A mediocre image is probably worthless these days. We used to syndicate our images through picture agencies. Many still do but have discovered that the return is literally peanuts (or maybe enough to buy some peanuts!). So does that mean there is no...
“These songs have saved people’s lives. They have been played at weddings, funerals, parties. So, it was fascinating to talk with some of the greatest artists ever — U2, My Chemical Romance, The Temptations, Carly Simon, Aerosmith and more — about how these songs have changed and the...