The short-lived edition of Faces that had successfully moved on from its previous Steve Marriott-led entity (Small Faces) gave rise to not only the evolution of the band that boasted…
The Black Keys have made quite a name for themselves since the turn of the century. Ther first album, The Big Come Up, issued in 2002 and garnered immediate attention…
Thorsten Quaeschning is a long-time member of Tangerine Dream, and the last member of TD to be in the group while Edgar Froese was still alive. Steve Rothery is a…
The Sisters of Mercy formed in 1980 just after the barrage of Post-Punk largely overtook the market for new music. The UK-based band issued their short run of albums, three…
In the late ’80s, Mary Chapin Carpenter released her first album on Columbia Records. It was her follow-up that broke her into Gold territory and introduced us to four strong…
Lycia, the popular and revered darkwave band, has redefined the landscape of their creative style of music. Setting the high bar with the release of Cold in 1996, it was…
Christopher Cross arrived in 1979 with a multi-million selling debut album that spawned four singles in a year’s time. He bolstered that success with a non-album single, “Arthur’s Theme (Best…
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…
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…
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…