While a lot of interesting stuff can come out of more left-field bands dabbling in pop, we also fetishize it, crowding out true experimentation. At least this reviewer did. Then a band comes along like Strawberry Hands that makes you think again about why you listen to music in the ...
The Stones pulled double duty during their first 'SNL' appearance, acting as both the host and musical guest. The band appeared in two sketches that evening, but unsurprisingly, it was during the musical numbers that it truly shined. Over the course of an emphatic, 13-minute performance, the...
The Stones pulled double duty during their first 'SNL' appearance, acting as both the host and musical guest. The band appeared in two sketches that evening, but unsurprisingly, it was during the musical numbers that it truly shined. Over the course of an emphatic, 13-minute performance, the...
The Stones pulled double duty during their first 'SNL' appearance, acting as both the host and musical guest. The band appeared in two sketches that evening, but unsurprisingly, it was during the musical numbers that it truly shined. Over the course of an emphatic, 13-minute performance, the...
and TowerOfPower. He later joinedLevon Helm’s RCO All-Stars group and was among the original members in Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi'sBlues Brothersband. Cropper resumed his solo career in the '80s, releasing several albums, while continuing to collaborate with leading lights...
We were first introduced to The Bad Batch — a squad of elite clone troopers comprising Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, and Crosshair — in Star Wars fan-favourite spin-off seriesThe Clone Wars. And the continued adventures of this genetically mutated band of Order 66 resistant misfits has only...
Songs such as “Walk This Way,”“Last Child,”“Back in the Saddle” and a cover of the Beatles’ “Come Together” closed out the ‘70s with the band on a hot streak, but things were starting to unravel internally. Joe Perry left the band in 1979, Brad Whitford exited in 1981. ...
The American journalist Ellen Sander describes how on the last night of Zep’s second America tour, band members, led by Bonham, ripped her clothes off, “shrieking and grabbing.” She goes on: “They were in a frenzy. I was absolutely terrified that I was going to be raped...” Led...
How Did Devo Get on 'Saturday Night Live'? Jagger’s seal of approval aside, there seemed to be very little reason that Devo would be handed a covetedSNLgig. But, as it turned out, the band’s manager had an ace up his sleeve. ...
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE —House Democratic leaderHAKEEM JEFFRIESis going head-to-head with a band of socialist activists in his home district — and he’s being pushed to the brink,Jeff Coltin reports. To Jeffries,NYC’s Democratic Socialists of America are “virtue signalers on Twitter.” ...