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Tom Petty once said of “Refugee,” “If I’d known it was going to be such a big hit I think I would have spent a lot more time working on it.” The quote reveals a casual, self-depreciating nature. Of course, recoding that song wasn’t that easy. Read on… #10. Here Comes My Girl “(The song)…
Throwing Old School Hip-Hop, Classic Rock and electronic elements into the mix, Linkin Park burst out of the So. Cal music scene. Their debut, “Hybrid Theory” was released in late ’00. Interestingly, the set’s title was the group’s original name. The aggressive Rap/Rocker “One Step Closer” led the way with turntablist Joe Hahn’s scratching and…
Shinedown has scored the most #1s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (19). But there is more to the band than the chart toppers. The following is a list of their Top 10 songs. #10. Save Me – Us And Them (2005) “‘Save Me’ is a song about how people will take on everyone else’s…
Having released their self-titled debut (with “Stop Your Sobbing,” “Brass In Pocket” and the jangling “Mystery Achievement) and “Pretenders II” (containing “Message Of Love,” “I Go To Sleep” and “Talk Of The Town”) The Pretenders’ story took a tragic turn. Bassist Peter Farndon was rolling out of control due to drugs and alcohol. The decision…
“As a kid, when a lot of my friends were into Backstreet Boys, I attached myself to Alice Cooper, Cinderella, and Van Halen,” Lzzy Hale, Halestorm frontwoman, said in an interview. Halestorm, essentially a melodic Metal outfit, regularly displays those influences. #10. Amen According to Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale “the song is about personal freedom…
Always feeling an outsider, Kurt Cobain deliberately tried to separate himself, or at the very least insulate himself, from the rest of the world. He took up drums but his first musical contribution was hauling gear for the Melvins. That gig led to meeting Krist Novoselic. Their initial effort had Cobain on drums and Novoselic…
With an “Appetite For Destruction,” Guns N’ Roses always managed to find controversy. There were those pesky arrests for disorderly conduct or public disturbance. During various performances or awards shows, a band member or two would show up intoxicated and say something that got everybody riled. Angered by something, usually insignificant, band members routinely announced…
Vocalist Scott Weiland met bassist Robert DeLeo at Black Flag concert in Long Beach, CA. The meeting led to the formation of Mighty Joe Young and Shirley Temple’s Pussy (that was a lawsuit waiting to happen) before becoming Stone Temple Pilots (STP), with Robert’s brother Dean on guitar and drummer Eric Kretz. Also See…Stone…
The Offspring originally signed with Epitaph Records. “Ignition” rolled out in ’92 and went gold – shipping 500,000 units. Their next recording “Ixnay On The Hombre”” sold over a million copies but “Americana” chalked up three million in sales. “Conspiracy Of One,” the band’s sixth full-length effort arrived in ’00. The album was the last…
Given their fractured beginning, who would have suspected that Pearl Jam would be the last Grunge band standing? Just as Seattle’s Mother Love Bone looked like it was going to be big news, lead singer Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin. Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass) pulled themselves from the ruins. They added Mike…