For a band synonymous with the "record quickly and get back out on the road" aesthetic of the early '70s, Grand Funk Railroad took a bit longer than usual - six weeks - making their fourth album. The result, 'Survival,' was a bit more polished than the previous three, but the strain...
Weeks on top:1 If you’re a child of the 1980s, there’s a pretty good chance you think you like “Eternal Flame.” But how is it possible to enjoy a lead vocal this bad made worse by over-the-top backing harmonies that make you want to rip your ears off? ...
It took the Stooges eight nominations before they were finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Will Iggy Pop have to wait even longer to get in as a solo performer? He told Rolling Stone he was “very surprised” his band ever got the Hall call. “I didn’t think I’d...
Our betters are no longer strapping adolescents but are they strong and powerful adults or are they rotting from within, already weakened codgers with big guns? Or maybe it is not an either/or but a kind of both/and. Let’s say it is inevitable that the world has changed, that the ...
“In requiem, we try,”he muses with an open heart, a sentiment that feels so star-crossed yet so alive. Even clocking in at over six minutes, I feel like the track could've gone longer and I wouldn't have minded. It may end slightly abruptly, but the band allows the needed space...
Shin of beef takes a good three hours to become tender, and several hours longer to fall apart. (I’ve no idea how long I ended up simmering it, but the chunks of meat stayed happily intact.) The flesh of a chicken is more delicate; but by using thigh meat instead of breast, and...