Everybody love’s a winner. But what about when the winner becomes the underdog? Like when a band sets the charts screaming for years on end and then slowly sinks into the kiddy pool of yesterdays’ has beens? As Andy Dufresne so aptly said in The Shawshank Redemption, “Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin.” And [...]
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How does a band carry on after losing its voice? How could AC/DC continue after the death of Bon Scott? How could Van Halen rock on without David Lee Roth? Journey without Steve Perry? Queen retain their crown without Freddie Mercury? Styx sans Dennis DeYoung? Like so many outfits before whose singer departed for reasons [...]
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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 [...]
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Iron Maiden, circa 1985 (from left: Dave Murray, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Nicko McBrain, and Adrian Smith) (photo courtesy of Hello Wendy PR/by Ross Halfin) Iron Maiden – Somewhere Back In Time: The Best Of 1980-89 The 1980s were a heady time for heavy metal, and through the decade Britain’s Iron Maiden ascended the ladder [...]
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