Where it started, where it went and how the hell did it end up there
Roxy Music was an art project, a heavily orchestrated piece meant to appear spontaneous and accidental. Once it established its art-rock credentials, it turned, briefly, into a pop-making machine. Want to talk about a fascinating band? Roxy Music is one of the most intriguing bands to ever have pranced on a stage
Electric Light Orchestra was formed at the tail-end of the 1960s and was, according to one John Lennon, the band that The Beatles would’ve become had they not split up. That’s mighty great praise. But it’s warranted. ELO is one of the greatest bands of all time.
Scorpions is a band that you’re guaranteed to have heard on the radio. But do you know them, really? The fact is that there’s much more to this Teutonic rock group than the couple of hit U.S. singles. Scorpions, when the facts have been properly assessed, will be judged as one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
The alternative music world is about to be blessed with some, potentially, fantastic new releases in march 2025. Here they are!
Faith No More is one of the most influential rock or heavy metal bands. That much…
Journey was always going to win the war. It was just that each battle with the critics and MTV veejays was bound to be a bloody affair. With newfound goodwill over recent years and the undeniable fact that Journey had some mighty memorable songs in its discography, the group is often judged as one of the best bands in rock history.
The Cramps were the sound of everything that the United States excelled at but needed to ignore. Blending punk and hillbilly country with lyrics about creeps, monsters, and sexual degeneracy, The Cramps were the rock equivalent of a B-movie.
KISS is a band that inspires remarkable devotion. The KISS ARMY may just contain some of the biggest collectors in the whole of music fandom. And it’s not all down to the band’s toys and merchandise, I am sure.
If punk rock promised a revolution, nothing better emphasized this than Television’s album “Marquee Moon.” Reimagining guitar playing and rock songwriting as a whole, little stayed the same for those who heard the album.
Elvis Presley didn’t just break down barriers for rock n’ roll. He wasn’t just the first superstar of the genre. I’m not talking about him just because he ushered in youth culture to the U.S.A. and the world. Play the right Elvis song at the right volume, and most of them still pack a serious punch.