Have A Nice Daywas written and recorded in record time in the fall of 2004, then handed into the label for a 2005 release. Over a Christmas break, Jon Bon Jovi went back to the studio and began tweaking songs, then re-grouped and recorded a handful of new songs with producer Rick Par...
geologist & the mechanics will top the charts with an inspirational ballad and panda bear will record a slick blue-eyed soul album for yuppies, write some songs for a disney cartoon, and play a butler in a movie. then your kids will make animal collective...
One of the better songs fromWhat About Nowis weighed down by Spotify commentary by Jon Bon Jovi. “I initially sat down to write it as a letter to my kids," he said, "so that if anybody were to ever wonder what it is I tell my kids about who I am and what I have done … it...
If you want good and REAL metal, listen to Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Exodus, Anthrax, Slayer, Metallica, Lamb of God, Pantera, Megadeth, Dio, and Nightwish. Not this crap! They're a disgrace to music, metal, and even humanity! I don't know what they're like in ...
One of two bonus cuts for Japan, this 1996 demo is from London, where Bon Jovi began to write and record songs during the downtime on his first film as a leading man – appropriately titledThe Leading Man. Often forgotten for its downbeat nature, it’s a treasure of ambiguity and solem...
Judas Priest They provided a bridge between 1960s blues rock and the commercial and creative heights of 1980s heavy metal. With twin guitar leads, soaring vocals, sophisticated compositions and trend-setting studded denim and leather attire (which, alongside singer Rob Halford himself, rebuked the ...
A lot of her work isn’t that interesting, but when Ertegun and Atlantic super-producer Jerry Wexler put her together with the right musicians and songs, magic resulted. 21. David Bowie (1996) Rock’s high priest of archness and the polymophously perverse, our first great art-rock star...
If the band released an album in the '70s, they're not eligible. Apologies to Judas Priest'sPainkiller.And all of death metal — they weren'tbigbands quite yet at the end of the '80s! Slayer, 'Seasons In The Abyss' (1990)
Pink Floyd's final Gilmour-led projects,The Division BellandThe Endless River, were far more collaborative. But Gilmour never really picked up the solo pace, evenafter the deathof co-founding memberRichard Wrightsummarily ended Pink Floyd.