Over the next 25 days I’ll showcase a great moment in rock drumming from 25 different drummers. These are often songs that typify a drummer’s style and in some cases might be considered a “signature” song. They represent a broad range of techniques, musical styles and skill. Some are obvious, some less so and, others, [...]
{ 3 comments }
The greatest musical discoveries are always unplanned, and when I come across a great band or artist I have never heard before, I want to share my find. Here are 10 great bands and musicians you’ve probably never heard of, but you should! And there’s another band I’d like to include, but need more info. [...]
{ 0 comments }
Drums and drummers are the backbone of rock music, heavy metal, jazz, blues, big band and many other music genres. A rock show wouldn’t be a rock show without a drum solo, although it may be 10 minutes shorter! Rock singers and guitarists will always get the lion’s share of the fame, but take away [...]
{ 4 comments }
The Internet has opened up a new world market for record and CD collectors, where one can search for any LP by U2, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, or import CDs by Bruce Springsteen, the Eagles or Grateful Dead. If you want it, chances are you can find it. Websites such as eBay, Amazon.com and [...]
{ 3 comments }
If you want to start a friendly fight, ask your friends and otherwise who their favorite rock singers are. You’re sure to hear the usual suspects – Elvis Presley, Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Rod Stewart and others tossed into the ring. What about Brian Wilson or Carl Wilson? Otis Redding? Wilson Pickett? What [...]
{ 3 comments }
I remember as a teen, reading in the Guinness Book Of World Records, that Deep Purple set a new record, registering themselves as the loudest band on Earth – Purple’s live show in 1970 reportedly throwing out 110 decibels (thank you Marshall stacks!) of blistering sound at those brave enough to saunter front and center [...]
{ 2 comments }
It is my assertion that Rush hit their stride with 1980′s Permanent Waves, and rode that heady curl through the two following flawless albums Moving Pictures and Signals. After waiting and listening for more than 25 years for something akin to these classic albums, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart emerged from the murky [...]
{ 3 comments }
The Rolling Stones were once heralded, and rightly so, as the greatest rock and roll band in the world. At their peak during the late ’60s and early ’70s, nobody did real rock better than the Stones. Even the most ardent Stones’ fan, though, would be hard pressed to argue that the band has made [...]
{ 2 comments }
Roger Dean is one of rock music’s most original and respected cover artists. He’s best known for the artwork that graced the covers of so many great Yes albums in the 1970s. But if you know his work only from Fragile or Tales From Topographic Oceans, read on. Here are 10 of my favorite Dean [...]
{ 0 comments }
With more than 30 albums to his credit, not including greatest-hits collections, Van Morrison has an ample and incredibly varied catalog. Here are 13 of Van The Man’s best in chronological order spanning 30 years, from the well-known to the worth investigating. 1. Astral Weeks (1969) – His unclassifiable solo debut with songs that hang [...]
{ 1 comment }
