It can be argued effectively that he was the first “punk” — the brash guitarist and chief songwriter of The Who. In 1965, the up-and-coming 20-year-old...
It’s kinda wacky if you think about it. Back in 1980, if you were to revisit the popular music from 1940, you’d likely discover dated-sounding, archaic...
Long-haired, hard-core, denim and leather-clad combos with eye-catching logos were revving up throughout Europe. For rock-crazed American kids like me, the late ‘70s and early ‘80s...
It’s not rocket science. What separated Collective Soul from the sea of other ‘90s-era contenders that have since vanished into obscurity is that the Georgia-based brigade...
There we were, me and my buddies, Joe Deskin, Kerry Middleton and Brad Pitt (Yes, that Brad Pitt) — sitting cross-legged on our sleeping bags in...
Released on February 24, 1975, via Swan Song Records, Physical Graffiti, the sixth studio set from Led Zeppelin, marked the apex of the band’s impressive eight-album...
Released via Epic Records forty years ago this week (February 14, 1980), Heart’s fifth album, Bébé le Strange, was an instant Top Ten smash. It remains...
It was “do or die” when Casablanca Records released Angel’s Live Without a Net in February 1980. Forty years later, the double-live set remains a celebrated...
Released 40 years ago this week (Feb. 4, 1980) via Sire Records, End of the Century, the fifth studio album from the Ramones barely grazed the...
One of the last great records of the arena rock era, Stick It to Ya, the debut album from Slaughter, was an instant smash when it...
Released officially via Real (UK) and Sire Records (US) 40 years ago this month, Pretenders, the debut record from The Pretenders was a brutal slab. 40...
Permanent Waves (Mercury), was an important, transitional Rush record when it was released 40 years ago this week (January 14, 1980) — a platinum-selling monster that,...
Released 40 years ago this week (November 30, 1979), via Columbia Records, Pink Floyd’s The Wall is recognized widely as one of rock’s all-time bestselling, and...
Released 25 years ago this week (November 22, 1994), via Epic Records, Pearl Jam’s third set, Vitalogy, burned hotter than its two hit-filled predecessors. Decades later,...
In 1969, few American rock acts were exploding like Creedence Clearwater Revival. To commemorate this momentous 50th anniversary, Craft Recordings has just reissued two of the...
