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“Ladies and gentlemen, from Los Angeles California, The Doors! Roadhouse Blues From L.A. No hope. The Doors were the anti-60’s group. When people preached peace and love, the Doors responded with sex and violence. They were off kilter but terribly in tune with the times. The Doors’ first two albums (“The Doors” and “Strange Days”)…
If you had long hair in the late-60s you probably also had pencil arms. So having a gym teacher who hated longhairs was a particular horror. One Leonard Skinner was notorious for putting Jacksonville, FL, longhaired high school boys through the ringer. To Skinner, long hair meant you were a hippie, in cahoots with left…
College friends, vocalist Cy Curnin and drummer Adam Woods decided to have a crack at starting a group. They placed an ad and recruited guitarist Jamie West-Oram, keyboardist Rupert Greenall and bassist Charlie Barret. They originally called themselves The Fix but found that there was already band using that moniker so they quickly added another…
With a touch of AC/DC, a dose of The Ramones and a shot of classic Stones, Jet is closest to The Pretenders. But they are far more than the collective sum of their influences. Guitarist/vocalist Nic Cester and his younger brother, drummer Chris, ceaselessly listened to their parent’s Rock records. Reacting negatively to early ’90s…
Creed got slammed by critics but rather than ignore them, the reviews took root. Creed’s third full-length release “Weathered” hit the streets in ’01. The symbolic title, as in “weathered the criticism,” should have been a warning – even for a group with a pretty incredible track record. To add insult to injury, the critics…
The Church, though popular in their native Australia, had a tougher time in the States due in large part to their often diverse, free-form approach. They tended to favor thoughtful and meandering acoustic oriented songs. The Church could be moody and gloomy but also lush and textured. Steven Kilbey (bass, keyboards, vocals), Marty Wilson-Piper (guitar,…
Hailing from Port Arthur, Texas, Janis Joplin had a lot of hurt and resentment. She was, through her youth, seen as different or crazy by the locals. At age seventeen she fled. Joplin had taken an interest in poetry and Folk singing. Along the way she picked up an appreciation for Blues and was influenced…
It’s funny how a seemingly meaningless performance can change a career. Justin and Dan Hawkins were struggling guitarists from Suffolk who’d rolled through a number of bands, together and separately, with little measurable success. In ’97, Justin was a university student and Dan had moved to London. Various line-ups, including bassist Frankie Poullain and drummer…
Rock marriages rarely work. There’s traveling, concerts, promo junkets, photo shoots and recording sessions. Where’s the time? So when the union between The Distillers’ Brody Dalle and Rancid’s Tim Armstrong bit the dust it caused little stir. Fortunately, the relationship was not Dalle’s defining moment. In the end, it provided some inspiration. Born in Australia,…
When the name Deep Purple comes up most people immediately think “Smoke On The Water.” The thing is, Deep Purple had a long, accomplished career before and after that song. Early Deep Purple could be described as a covers band with Prog Rock tendencies. Hush The covers included “Hush,” a major hit, “River Deep, Mountain…