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Which is better? Release a great debut album then spend the rest of your career trying to match it or consistently improve with each set until you hit the mark? While groups rarely get to choose Orange County’s Lit had it both ways. Debut album “Tripping The Light Fantastic” was an impressive start but hardly…
Was Robert Smith ever happy? At age fourteen, The Cure frontman, stated his ambition was to “sit on a mountain and die.” Don’t set the bar too high there, Robert. Just a scant seven years later (after failing to locate a suitable mountain) he was quoted saying he “didn’t see that there was much point…
Countless bands are remembered for one thing: a song, an album or even involvement in a notorious event. It’s unfair since bands are often more accomplished than they are given credit for and find that their catalog goes unrecognized. What’s really crazy is what they are remembered for is something that is not indicative of…
Following the demise of Blind Faith, after one album and a single tour, guitarist Eric Clapton, trying to escape the hype that surrounded Cream and Blind Faith, landed a “low-key” gig with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. It was here Clapton met the future Dominos. Delaney & Bonnie and Friends backed Clapton on his self-title…
Having Metallica praise your band is priceless. That’s what happened to the Copenhagen based Volbeat who promoted their third album, “Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood,” by opening for Metallica on their fall ’09 North American trek. That was likely the first time Americans became aware of the group. The story goes back to ’01. And…
Shinedown’s first hit “Fly From The Inside” was the result of one of those fortunate “demanding” situations. While recording ’03 release “Leave A Whisper,” the Jacksonville, Floridia group was getting pressured to write a hit single. So “Fly From The Inside” was composed in a few hours. It was time well spent since the song…
In every pre-fab Rock outfit there is usually some glimmer of talent. The Runaways, created by producer Kim Foley, to be the female version of the Ramones, featured both Lita Ford and Joan Jett. Despite being big in Japan and recording a Rock version of Martha and the Vandella’s “Nowhere To Run,” the Runaways didn’t…
What would the blending of My Chemical Romance and Motionless In White be like? An emotional Hardcore, Punk Rock band with a dash of musical theater… or Funeral Portrait. Hailing from Atlanta, the band, once known as “Cosmoscope,” formed in ’14. Later in the year, Funeral Portrait issued debut EP “For The Dearly Departed” and…
Though the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ nucleus formed at L.A.’s Fairfax High School in the late ’70s, only drummer Jack Irons was a local native. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis hailed from Grand Rapids, MI. Michael Balzary, who became Flea, was born in Melbourne, Australia, while guitarist Hillel Slovak came from Haifa, Israel (same hometown as KISS’…
Remembered in the U.S. for the song “Epic,” and a couple other tracks, Faith No More managed to build a large following internationally. In ’81, a group of Bay Area musicians came together as Faith No Man. Two years later the group had only two original members, drummer Mike “Puffy” Bordin and bassist Billy Gould….