Tag "best classic bands"
Dave Edmunds’ ‘Get It’: Forward Into the Past
The 1977 album, consisting mainly of treasured cover songs with help from Nick Lowe, hinted at what Rockpile would soon deliver.
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Talking Heads’ ‘Fear of Music’: A Transitional Gem
“The first step in David Byrne’s assumption of power, moving Talking Heads from a band to his band… It was dance music that reflected the time.”
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Ozark Mountain Daredevils Celebrating With Final Tour
The seminal American rock band are known for their distinctive fusion of country, rock, and pop
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Aerosmith Retires From Touring, Cancels Farewell Run
The damage to Steven Tyler’s vocal cords, sustained during the tour’s 3rd concert, was worse than originally thought
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO Opens 2018 North American Tour
It marked their first U.S. concert after their long overdue Rock Hall induction. And the appreciative crowd enjoyed hit after hit.
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J.D. Souther: ‘You’re Only Lonely’ Joins Reissue Series
Guests on the expanded edition of the 1979 album include three members of the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and others
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10cc “I’m Not in Love”: Well, My High School Self Was, Actually
Best Classic Bands’ founder tells how the hit song always brings him back to the spring of his senior year, and how five decades later he got its co-writer, Graham Gouldman, to tell him how it came to be.
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What is the Greatest Record Ever Made? A New Book Offers 145 Answers
What is the greatest record ever made? Is that a question that can ever be answered definitively? We spoke to the author of a 2024 book on that subject
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Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ Concert Album: New Reissue
The four members have been doing interviews together to promote the restored edition of the acclaimed film
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The Police ‘Synchronicity’ Gets 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe
The trio’s fifth and final studio album has gotten a lavish makeover with previously unreleased alternate takes, out-takes, instrumentals and demos, and dozens of live concert recordings
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