Posts From Cary Baker
The Bangles: With ‘All Over the Place,’ the Heroines Take the Plunge
With hits like “Hero Takes a Fall” and “Going Down to Liverpool,” the band displayed its own distinct sound and persona on its debut LP.
Read MoreWhen The Smithereens Turned It Up to ’11’
When recording their third album, the band “all felt that this would be a special record right from the start,” says guitarist Jim Babjak.
Read MoreCheap Trick ‘In Color’: The LP That Put Them on the Map
Cheap Trick broke musical and lyrical boundaries, even defying the look of a rock band with a couple of rock stars and a couple of nerds.
Read MoreR.E.M.’s ‘Document’: Not the End of the World, But the End of an Era
The Georgia band’s fifth studio album was the mark of a group spreading its wings, but also leaving something behind.
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