Top 10 Songs by Uriah Heep: Very Heavy, Plenty of Rumble
March 28, 2025
Uriah Heep was one of the many 1970s hard-rock bands that entertained dreams of becoming “The New Led Zeppelin” while playing their brand of heavy guitar music on stages across the world. But Uriah Heep was one of the few who made those dreams a reality. These…
The Top 10 Songs by Dinosaur Jr.: Fury Things Unleashed
March 27, 2025
Dinosaur Jr. is one of the most important bands in alternative-rock and indeed, one of the greatest bands of all-time. Why aren’t they household names though? Because of a reluctance to realign itself with mainstream expectations and a general stubbornness to remain…
The Top 10 Songs by Heart: These Dreams
March 26, 2025
Heart was a band inspired by mystical, larger-than-life rock n’ roll and determined to show how girls with guitars could fill out arenas on the strength of their original material. It was quite a mission that the Wilson sisters set up for themselves. What was the…
The Top 10 Songs by The Byrds: The Daring Innovators
March 25, 2025
The Byrds must’ve made every band of the 1960s, regardless of fame, feel inadequate. Nobody could produce folk-rock melodies and harmonies that were quite as beautiful. And no other band looked quite as cool. But this was merely the starting point of a short but…
10 Best Songs by Grateful Dead: American Beauty
March 24, 2025
Grateful Dead is, for a good chunk of American music listeners, the finest group ever produced by the country. Indeed, on its long and strange trip, these hippie-rockers touched on a variety of vital musical styles, from old country to zany psychedelic rock. Grateful Dead is…
10 Best Songs by Boston: More Than a Feeling
March 23, 2025
Boston was, in an age where the quality of the recording studios and ability of band members was vital, the culmination of a DIY vision. Initially the one-man project of the highly inventive guitarist Tom Scholz, Boston’s songs, eventually, became radio staples. Boston…
The 10 Best Songs by Nazareth
March 22, 2025
Nazareth’s own brand of hard-rock was the bedrock on which many other bands built successful careers. They had the songs, the swagger, and the vocal pyrotechnics of a singer that can stand toe-to-toe with any of the most famous frontmen. Still, Nazareth is horribly…
“Hotel California” was the culmination of a lifetime ambition by the glory-seeking Eagles. With the album and the song, the group successfully pivoted to an arena rock sound and, in the process, found very few arenas they could not fill and very few U.S. radio…
The 10 Best Songs by Free: Walk In Their Shadow
March 20, 2025
Free was one of the first truly great blues-rock bands capable of taking a minimalist, but muscular guitar-based sound and making it a success with giant live crowds, as well as radio listeners. But the group members were also young and plagued by personal demons. Where does…