fleshing out the pretty-boy pop-metal of the band's debut,Night Songs, with bluesy slide guitars and Stonesy swagger. The album distinguishes itself immediately with acoustic opener “Bad Seamstress Blues,” followed by the one-two punch of arena-ready anthems “Fallin’ Apart at the Seams...
Soundgarden (1994):Nirvana and Pearl Jam may get more attention, but no album defined grunge more than Soundgarden's breakthrough LP. From the sludgy guitars to the doom lyrics, 'Superunknown,' at times, sounds like a product of its era. But it's also timeless enough to still matter aft...
Gentle Giant's seventh LP didn't light the world on fire commercially, but it did land at No. 48 — their highestBillboardplacement ever. It's not like the British quintet sold out: "Mobile," after all, is a carnivalesque swirl of organ and wah-wahed violin, while "On Reflection" i...
Well, in Britain, from the ages of five to about eleven you start off at a primary school, and then from eleven to sixteen you go on to a secondary school or a comprehensive school and at sixteen you take GCSE examinations. After this, some children take vocational courses or even start...
So that is exactly what I did. Then through the relative efficiency of my sent mail folder I am now able to track my initial order and request to the band which said this; My name is Tony and you can pretty much put what you like and thank you. You cannot insult me. I dig you ...
(the No. 1 "Heart of Glass") and about a half-dozen other styles here, too. Through it all Blondie spin the music to their core sound - part jagged guitars, part bouncy keys. They'd get even more musically expansive in a couple years, bringing reggae and rap to the Top 10. But ...
He did still have a young Mick Taylor in tow but within the year he would be off to join The Rolling Stones. The Mayall line-ups were phenomenal. So it’s wonderful to see him keeping on, keeping on and with such energy and focus. Playing keyboards, harmonica and guitars, Mayall has...
Stevie Ray Vaughan's nexus-point style of playing – part Jimi Hendrix, part jazz, part Albert King – would have made him a star in any era. Coming of age as he did in the '80s, however, put him in a unique position. He was able to revive interest in the blues as he reacquaint...
(completed by bassist and co-songwriter Tony James, guitarist Bob Andrews and drummer Mark Laff) did themselves proud with this spunky 1978 debut. The energy never flags from start to finish, and songs like “One Hundred Punks,”“Ready Steady Go” and the more deliberate “Kiss Me Deadly”...
I’ll do that!’ Even if I never do anything else,” he recalled. “I had a stupid confidence. I thought I was the best drummer in the world. I really did. A lot of people said I was great all the time. And those who didn’t, I thought they were just stupid. That was just...