Best Songs – Artist

The Who’s Keith Moon, one of several musicians who had declined guitarist Jimmy Page’s invitation to join his next project said the band would “go over like a lead zeppelin.” Page liked the phrase but decided to drop the ‘a’ from ‘lead’. Despite predictions, Led Zeppelin became the biggest Hard Rock band in the world….

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 Petty’s casual, self-depreciating nature. #10. Here Comes My Girl  “(The song) was interesting because we had the chorus and Tom wasn’t…

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…

Cream consisted of established British musicians: Guitarist Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers), bassist Jack Bruce (Graham Bond Organization, John Mayall) and drummer Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organization). There was the debut album “Fresh Cream” followed by “Disraeli Gears” with the psychedelic cover (pictured), The double set “Wheels On Fire” with half recorded in the…

Gene Simmons hooked up with guitarist Paul Stanley for Wicked Lester. They even managed to get a record deal from Epic that went nowhere. But it did provide the two with some money to live on. During the waning hours of Wicked Lester there was an ad in Rolling Stone’s East Coast edition that read “experienced drummer…

” Three Days Grace: Adam Gontier – Lead Vocals (1992–1995, 1997–2013, 2024–present) Matt Walst – Lead Vocals (2013−present) Barry Stock – Lead Guitar (2003−present) Brad Walst – Bass Neil Sanderson – Drums/ Backing Vocals For most of their career, Three Days Grace was locked in a battle with Shinedown for the most #1s on the Billboard Mainstream Rock…

Often bands are missing a key element and go looking for it in another band. Drummer Butch Vig, multi-instrumentalist Duke Erikson and guitarist/bassist Steve Marker first saw the Scottish-born Angelfish singer Shirley Manson on MTV’s “120 Minutes.” They hooked up with her when Angelfish toured the States. Manson went through what was termed an “introductory…

The Pretty Reckless happened when producer Kato Khandwala paired singer/actress Taylor Momsen with guitarist Ben Phillips. There are some people who seem destined for a career in showbiz. Momsen, who had been singing and acting since childhood, was one of them. She played Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl before adding modeling to her resume. Still, it was…

After the contracts were signed, the record company exec must have walked away thinking Queen would either make millions or crash big time. Queen took a bit to develop. But by their third album, “Sheer Heart Attack,” they were on top in their native U.K. and getting noticed in the U.S. The next two albums…

The Clash began with guitarist Mick Jones and bassist Paul Simonon in the last days of a band with a truly great name – London S.S. They decided, after going nowhere, it was time to pull the plug and start over. Well, along comes the older Joe Strummer on guitar. There were numerous personnel changes…