Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis had indeed died down to a low rumble.“Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen was not enough to revitalize the rock and roll fever that seemed to have died.The phrase “Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay” appeared to have been a false claim....
part percussion. “Many people have told me through the years that the fact I was tapping the backbeat on the strings gave it a unique feel and made the song a bit more difficult to play,” he says. “I
100. ‘Little Drummer Boy.’ My hatred for this song iswell-documented. I think it is because the song takes approximately 18 years to sing and does not rhyme. The concept of the song is bad. The execution of the song is bad. There is not even an actual drum in the dang song, th...
Belle was coming down for a quick/overnight visit, via Amtrak from Washington, to join MH and I and friends in celebrating my birthday at the above-mentioned art museum. She didn’t have much time in her weekend schedule, but went to the trouble to get train tickets, which I greatly a...
— so we started playing around at rehearsal with it. I had the whole song. We didn’t have the lyrics, of course, but the song was there. But my guitar tone is important to me. I didn’t want it to sound like a transistor radio. It needed to be big. Big and mean and in yo...
The two pop masterminds behind Stepdad go by Ultramark (vocals/synths/programming) and Cobrazebra (synths/programming/guitar), and unabashedly claim Tears for Fears, Abba, and Duran Duran as their primary influences. Aware that this might raise eyebrows, they add, “And it doesn’t suck, I ...
What the original doesn’t have is a Brit Award winning video set in the world of competitive figure skating, with Robbie playing a has-been skater given one last chance at glory. Plus, it means Barry Davies, the greatest football commentator of my lifetime, can claim a number one single...
Two years later, Lamar circles back to celebrate the west on 2024'sGNX,a 12-track release that revels in the root of his love for hip-hop and California culture, from the lowriders to the rappers that laid claim to the golden state. ...
These days, what happens in Vegas, slays in Vegas when it comes to the harder side of music. It might have seemed unthinkable a decade ago, but as Fat Mike of NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords has been putting out there for a while now, Sin City is basically"the most punk c...
AndExclaimgave the album an impressive 8 out of 10 (here), saying, “Everybody’s Coming Down feels both focused and purposeful, something not all albums can lay claim to after a band’s nearly decade-long absence.” My take: It rocks. Check it out for yourself. ...