King Crimson has blended the talents of many musicians. Additionally, it’s been an incubator for extraordinary talents, talents like Greg Lake (who went on to ELP), John Wetton (who has…
Tangerine Dream has a long history of ambient excellence, Their popularity periods are measured in label productions. For their most popular era, they were known as “The Virgin Years. The…
This is so good – and welcome. As if it wasn’t enough to have the first two (magnificent) dB’s albums re-released and then to have Peter Holsapple’s newest solo offering…
Grateful Dead helped to greatly solidify the Rock world with its psychedelic jam blend that went to great lengths in validation of the young Rock & Roll upstart. After 60…
My Chemical Romance (MCR) flourished at the turn of the new century as a musical force. Their most successful set was The Black Parade (2006). that set sold more than…
By 1978, during the arrival of New Wave sounds, The B-52s entered amid the frenzy and delivered their quite popular “Rock Lobster” to an adoring public. The same debut offering…
Mike Oldfield gained critical success with his Tubular Bells set, an offering to the world that has aged as well as any fine wine. Following that effort up would be…
Alice Cooper (the band, the ORIGINAL band) began their ShockRock journey way back in the late ’60s as a signing to Zappa’s WB imprint, Straight Records. They released two album…
War extended from the Eric Burdon assembly, post involvement. After the success of “Spill The Wine”, the band stayed with it and produced a string of successful LPs and accompanying…
Robin Trower began his solo outing not long after his departure from Procol Harum. His debut set was Twice Removed From Yesterday, which issued in 1973. But it was his…
In 1969, Norman Greenbaum created a memorable single with a single track from his 1969 debut Reprise album. That song, “Spirit In The Sky” would sell over 2 million copies…
Rod Stewart has enjoyed an enviable shelf life as an artist. Beginning in 1964 with his involvement with Long John Baldry before moving on to the Jeff Beck Group in…