Dream Theater Albums Ranked: Is This Where Progressive-Metal Peaked?
November 14, 2023
Dream Theater treats progressive metal in the same way that an Olympic athlete treats a race. One doesn’t just prepare for a trade but rather trains diligently and goes for gold. This is the reason why, in the prog-metal arena, the band’s albums are always ranked…
AC/DC Albums Ranked: Is This the Best Hard-Rock Album Ever?
October 3, 2023
AC/DC believes in the redeeming power of rock n’ roll. But it has to be pure rock n’ roll, not soapy power ballads or some synth-driven tunes. No, when it comes to the essence of rock music, few bands have made greater, better-ranked albums than AC/DC.
No…
World War III Unveiled: The Intense Mick Jagger vs. Keith Richards Feud
September 23, 2023
In the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history, few rivalries have left as indelible a mark as the intense conflict between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the formidable pillars behind The Rolling Stones. This tumultuous feud, infamously referred to as “World War…
Lol Tolhurst co-founded the legendary goth/alternative-rock band The Cure with his friend, future frontman Robert Smith. By 1989, however, relationships between Tolhurst and the rest of the band had soured, and the musician was fired from the band.
Coming undone…
Deep Purple Albums Ranked: This is the Hard-Rock Group's Greatest Album
September 19, 2023
Deep Purple has, in the book on rock history, an important, very long chapter dedicated to them. At their best, they’ve albums ranked as some of the most important releases in the world.
But Purple is as much a political organization as they are a band. Group…
What is the Mysterious Meaning Behind The Cure's The Hanging Garden?
September 12, 2023
The Cure dug deep into themes of alienation and depression for their 1982 album “Pornography,” and “The Hanging Garden” is one of the album’s best-known songs. Today I’m looking at the making of the song and the assumed meaning behind it.
The Rolling Stones are rock n’ roll royalty. The band is responsible for advancing the rock album format, popularizing blues-rock, and turning stadium tours into a corporate-sponsored art form. Yes, the band and its albums are ranked very highly indeed.
But, having…
The Cure Albums Ranked: What Are the Band’s Undeniable Masterpiece and Their Weakest Album?
August 27, 2023
The Cure is more than just a doom & gloom, famous goth-rock band. Led by Robert Smith, The Cure is responsible for some of the best, most highly ranked, and praised albums since the late 1970s. That, and a million questionable sugar-propped hair-dos.
Stranger still…
Genesis Albums Ranked
August 22, 2023
Genesis is one of the most fascinating bands in rock history, one that’s gone from extravagant prog-rock to sweet pop and back again. Some of their albums are ranked as proper works of art, while others are ranked highly in the charts despite criticism of their…