Tag "best classic bands"
The #1 Albums of 1975: Look Back
Only one artist had an album that spent more than five weeks at the top. That same superstar had three chart toppers that year, totaling 15 weeks in all
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Farewell From the Road: Contest
The band’s Last of the Street Survivors farewell tour continues this summer. Enter to win a chance for VIP Access to meet them and see them perform
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Mark Lindsay, Hal Blaine and the Raiders’ #1 Hit, ‘Indian Reservation’
Our interview with the star about the legendary drummer who made magic happen at the recording session and the single’s unusual path to success
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Black Sabbath’s Debut LP: Where Metal Began
Every defining characteristic of the British band’s self-titled debut would become a hallmark of the oft-maligned heavy metal genre.
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7 Class Axes & the Guitarists Who Wielded Them
It’s magic when guitarists find an instrument that suits their style, sound and preferences. Guitar World’s Founding Editor looks at the class axes
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Chatting with Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds: 5 Decades of the Blues
Says the British blues legend, “Blues music appealed to me early on because of its honesty. The showbiz element was secondary.”
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AC/DC Reunion News Appears Imminent
Rumors have been rampant, and on July 16 the band posted on their Facebook page for the first time in 20 months, with a Highway to Hell teaser
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‘The Band’s With Me’: A Former Groupie Lays It All Down
The memoir is a vivid, raucous, hilarious snapshot of a side of of the rock world once ubiquitous. Romano makes no excuses for any of it, nor should she.
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Beatles Reissues: What Will Be Next?
2019 marks Abbey Road’s 50th anniversary. All signs are there for the 1969 album to be the next title in their catalog to get the deluxe treatment
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11 ‘Weird’ Songs Heard on the Dark Side of the Moon
The Apollo 10 astronauts say they heard strange music on their mission. Our likely candidates include cuts from The Beatles, The Stones and of course Floyd
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