BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
Pink Floyd Shine on ‘Wish You Were Here’
Despite tense recording sessions, the band’s 1975 followup to The Dark Side of the Moon became a landmark of art-rock on its own right.
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Collection of Classic 1976-1986 Rock Songs on 3-CDs Coming
No Static at All: A Journey Into AOR includes 59 tracks from such stars of the era as Toto, Pat Benatar, Boston, and Robert Palmer.
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Original ‘Star Wars’ Film Coming to IMAX for 50th Anniversary
The movie, made for an estimated $11 million, had its theatrical debut on May 25, 1977. With several previous re-releases, it has earned an estimated $775.4 million at the worldwide box-office.
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Nashville International Airport to be Renamed After Dolly Parton
The news arrived 17 days after the beloved singer-songwriter-actress-philanthropist died at age 80.
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Mwah: 15 Essential KISS Songs
The band created a catalog of hooks sturdy enough to survive the spectacle.
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Best Weekly Singles Charts of All-Time: September 1973 Edition
Five all-time classic rock hits were in the Top 10 this week in 1973 on Boston’s Top 40 station WRKO. Could it get any better than this?
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Pink Floyd Shine on ‘Wish You Were Here’
Despite tense recording sessions, the band’s 1975 followup to The Dark Side of the Moon became a landmark of art-rock on its own right.
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Squeeze’s Busy Year Continues With New Album, Tour
Trixies was written by the teenage Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook at the start of their songwriting partnership.
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Alice Cooper to Publish New Memoir: ‘Devil on My Shoulder’ Charts His ‘Evilution’
“The story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it’s time to sort reality from myth,” he said.
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Remember Crazy Eddie, the “Insaaane” Music Retailer?
The chain’s TV ads with the crazy pitch man were so ubiquitous in the New York metropolitan area, Dan Aykroyd spoofed them on Saturday Night Live.
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‘I Really Should Be Back at School’: 15 September Songs
September as metaphor can symbolize change, separation, reunion, a lost love, a new beginning, the passage of time, the process of aging.
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When Bruce Springsteen Broke His Own Record: 4-Hour Concert
Over the course of 16 days in 2016, he and the E Street Band set a new record for his longest U.S. gig ever, on four different occasions.
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Buddy Holly: Well All Right!
He was a trendsetter who wrote and produced his own music and led his own band. We hear his influence on everyone from the Beatles and Rolling Stones, to more contemporary artists and we mourn what might have been.
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Genesis’ Debut Album, ‘From Genesis to Revelation,’ Gets Expanded, Deluxe Editions
Originally released in 1969, the LP marked the beginning of an extraordinary journey, the first chapter in the story of a band that would go on to achieve immense success and lasting acclaim.
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