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Falling In Reverse scored a #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart with “All My Life,” a Country-Rock collaboration between the band and Jelly Roll (Jason Bradley DeFord). Later in 24, the band’s fifth album, “Popular Monster” dropped followed by a U.S. tour. Next was a U.K. run of dates. But the band was denied entry…
Blink-182 is the story of a cancer survivor, UFO enthusiast and a publicity maven. Blink formed in Poway, CA. After releasing an EP and a couple of indie CDs, “Buddha” and “Cheshire Cat,” Blink found there was an Irish band with the same name. On top of that, the Irishmen had lawyers and were ready…
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…
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…
The Church, though popular in their native land, 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,…
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. The covers included “Hush,” a major hit, “River Deep, Mountain High”…
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…
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…
Phil Walden, head of Capricorn Records, suggested Duane Allman, a renowned session guitarist, start his own group. First, Duane installed his brother as the lead singer. Nobody liked that idea even though Gregg also handled keyboards. Dickey Betts was the second guitarist – you can never have too many guitars. Berry Oakley played bass. Also,…
“House Of The Rising Sun” is a traditional Folk song that was first recorded in the ‘30’s and later covered by Pete Seger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, among others, in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. That was before The Animals, a British Blues band, took it to #1 in the U.S., U.K. and…