Rediscovering Great Bands: The Quick
You all know about The Runaways. The Runaways were Kim Fowley’s gift to the world of rock. It was his jail-bait and rock exploit, and it worked well, quite well,…
Rediscovering Great Bands: StarCastle – Unheralded Classic Band
Since I’m headed to Illinois, I thought it appropriate that I revisit a progressive band that originated in the Champaign/Urbana area that went by the name of Starcastle. Starcastle began…
Rediscovering Great Bands – Focus
Back in 1971, a four-piece Dutch band by the name of Focus released a studio album by the name of Moving Waves (US. Moving Waves was released as Focus II…
Rediscovering Great Bands: Family (1967-1973)
I have to admit I came late to Family. It was 1972, and I was working in a record store and everyone started listening to “Bandstand” (my favourite of their…