Billy Joel holds the record for most performances and crowd sizes at Madison Square Gardens in NYC. Although this iconic singer and songwriter has been a star for over 40 years, he tells friends and family that it’s time to take it easy. Did you know that…. His hit song “Big Shot” is actually about […]
Australia has been the birthplace of many great bands and singers. Did you know that AC/DC, INXS, The Little River Band, Men at Work, and Crowded House came from the country down under? The Easybeats also came from Australia, and sadly its lead singer passed away at a very early age. We wanted to share […]
What do you think most rockers do when they’re off the road and not in the studio recording? We imagine them playing polo on a private island, bought years ago. In reality, many talented, right brain artists, are indeed ‘artists.’ Here are a few accomplished painters that double as rockers… Grace Slick is a ferocious […]
There is no sound like Motown. The Motor City (Detroit) was the place to be in the early 60s for an artist to be discovered. If Berry Gordy had not quit his boxing career and stated the Motown Label, who knows what we would be been listening to now? Here (in our humble opinion) are […]
Rick Springfield is widely known for his lengthy career which began in the early 70s in Australia, extending to his 1st big hit in the US with “Jessie’s Girl,” and great success for earning a Grammy Award for ‘Best Male Rock Vocal Performance that year’ in 1981. Here are three things you may not have […]
How many rock bands can you name that come from Topeka, Kansas? Other than ‘Katrina’ of ‘Katrina and the Waves,’ the only other band we can think of is Kansas! Kansas had this knack of knowing just how to write a hit song, while still staying true to its progressive rock attitude. “Carry On Wayward […]
How diverse was our popular music in 1971? We had to go back to check. The tunes we danced to in mid-1971 were pretty cool, even to this day… 1. “Joy To The World” – Three Dog Night 2. “Maggie May” – Rod Stewart 3. “It’s Too Late” – Carole King 4. “One Bad Apple” […]
The Babys hit the charts many years ago with great songs like “Isn’t It Time,” “Back On My Feet Again,” and “Every Time I Think of You,” but the interesting part of the band isn’t the Babys part, it’s the news after the Babys. Michael Corby, vocalist/bassist John Waite, drummer Tony Brock and guitarist Wally […]
So what’s in a name? Well often times the band we love was not really the band that began under the name we love them for. You know Richard Steven Valenzuela had his name changed to Ritchie Valens by his agent right? If I offered you front row tickets to see the Elgins in concert, […]
The 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2017 is an exciting group of stars including ELO, Joan Baez, Journey (finally!), Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur and Yes. The induction ceremony will be held at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, April 7th. Who will be eligible this year for the 2018 voting process? The […]