Gentle Giant, an early era progressive band, still commands rapt attention to their library of eleven studio albums, all issued within a short but commanding ten years. Their first was…
There are many, many fans of Meatloaf and his classic Bat Out Of Hell album collection and their follow-ups. And everyone knows about Jim Steinman and his essential contributions to…
After recording Number The Brave with Wishbone Ash, John Wetton elected to move on and help form the supergroup, Asia. He brought to the fold Steve Howe (Yes), Carl Palmer…
Since 1989, Lycia has been an ambient force whose sound has never been duplicated. That kind of originality speaks to the quality of music that Lycia creates – a moody,…
The depth of the lyric is a difficult arrangement even for many lyricists. To be able to dive right into the psyche of human behavior, and much more than mere…
Madness, a seven-member Ska/Pop band from the UK with a string of successful album and single releases was one of the best representative ska bands from the late ’70s and…
There are few artists with a supernatural draw for fans. Frank Zappa is one of them. Despite his passing more than 25 years ago, the interest in anything the estate…
While listening to The Garden Party, the 2CD Martin Turner set of live songs from the Wishbone Ash catalog, I was – once again – struck to notice that the…
The heavy metal juggernaut that was Motörhead rolled along on a burning trail for decades. They entered with their self-titled album in 1977, and left with their final album, Bad…
Dr. Feelgood, an R&B Rock band from the ’70s achieved a sense of stardom in their UK location. But to say they did not have an impact in the US…
Peter Hammill, once guitarist extraordinaire in Van der Graaf Generator (progressive German band from the late ’60s), and then a prolific solo artist with more than 35 albums (not including…
The Coral is a UK band that has been with us for a long while. Unlike many of their UK counterparts that were birthed around the same time, The Coral…