Remember when The Who's Pete Townsend would rock so hard his fingers would bleed? Now those were the days. With Keith Moon on drums, John Entwistle on bass and Roger Daltrey belting the vocals with blood-curdling abandon, catching The Who in concert increased your chances of early-onset tinnitus. In the early days, if you were lucky, you got pelted with pieces of Mr. Townsend's shattered guitars,...
The influence of the Kinks goes far and wide. "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) is a good example. Not only is the song widely saluted as a major achievement in songwriting by other songwriters and critics, it's also been covered by bands and artists as diverse as Def Leppard (hear below, from 2004), David Bowie and Billy Bragg; let's also not forget that Ray Davies' charms captivated Chrissie Hynde....
Now Into the Rolling Stones Before we get started. Ha Ha Ha. Keith Richards drinks a liter of Jack a day? I don’t think so. Pure marketing. Nobody drinks more than me. I hear you talking when I’m on the street, Your mouth don’t move but I can hear you speak. What’s the matter with the boy? He don’t come around [...]
The biggest bands in the world have a concept to promote their tour. U2 did Zoo TV and the 360 Tour, the Rolling Stones had A Bigger Bang; so when Americana singer-songwriter Israel Nash Gripka and indie garage rockers The Fieros began planning their U.S. jaunt, they decided to be candid and "Sing For Their Supper." In March, the artists will set sail from New York City to the southern United...
Although she has split from The Rolling Stones ' Ronnie Wood, Jo Wood admits that she still cares for him since she knows well about the seriousness of his drinking addiction.
Despite their break-up, Ronnie Woods ex-wife Jo is still concerned about the rocker and has revealed that she spent years fearing her partner would drop dead because of his drinking. The musician divorced his wife of 23 years in 2009 for young Russian waitress Ekaterina Ivanova. Jo, who has always been tormented by the Rolling Stones star's alcohol addiction, hopes his reported admission to rehab...
Organising of the very first Tonbridge Arts Festival is moving on at a pace. I'll declare my interest in this early on as having been involved in the drive to make it happen at the concept stage and, more recently, sitting on the literary sub committee of the festival, so there you go. I didn't read it but I heard that the Courier ran a piece about it in last Fridays issue of the paper. You can read...
When Kanye went up at the VMA's and gave the shout out for Beyonce's video, it was like reality was kicking back against the weird, shitty parallel universe that is the world of popular music. Kanye didn't even say it was bad, he just said that Beyonce's was really, really good...(hint hint, nudge nudge) I honestly could care less whether it was or it wasn't though... I feel like Kanye is like a strange...
I had a bit of a shock last Thursday when I arrived at my shop in the morning there was a circular scratch which, on closer inspection, had been done with a sharp knife or more likely a glass cutter, right next to the yale lock. This obviously had the effect of making me feel insecure and wondering if I'm due a break in; apart from anything else it looks a bit unsightly and I may have to replace the...
Last night’s performance at the super Bowl halftime show got me to thinking about recent halftime acts. Aside from Prince, who is not exactly a spring chicken himself, the halftime show has been nothing but safe, nostalgia rock by musical acts who were over the hill decades ago. The last contemporary halftime show was the infamous duet between Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson in which a ’wardrobe...
NASHVILLE/NEW YORK (Billboard) –The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that the band's Super Bowl halftime performance on February 7 will feature a "compact medley" of their rock anthems. "We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff," the guitarist tells Billboard. "A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a
NASHVILLE/NEW YORK (Billboard) –The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that the band's Super Bowl halftime performance on February 7 will feature a "compact medley" of their rock anthems. "We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff," the guitarist tells Billboard. "A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental hand/groin coordination consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to lovely In any event, further posting by moi will have to be sporadic for a day or two. In the meantime, then, here's a hopefully fun little project for us all: Best or Worst Post-Elvis First Pop/Rock Band Featuring an Artist Who Became Better Known in a Subsequent Band!!!...
Between the Saints and Mardi Gras time: Louisiana is in full celebration right now. Some of the "cultural" elements on view during the Super Bowl reminded me of parallels in the culture of science: 1. The Super Bowl champions are always called the "World Champions" - even though this is a solely US sporting event. Reminiscent of how some researchers who find something genuinely...
RONNIE WOOD's ex-wife JO has always been tormented by the ROLLING STONES star's alcohol addiction - she spent years fearing her partner would "drop dead because of his drinking."
NASHVILLE/NEW YORK (Billboard) –The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that the band's Super Bowl halftime performance on February 7 will feature a "compact medley" of their rock anthems. "We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff," the guitarist tells Billboard. "A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.'...
NASHVILLE/NEW YORK (Billboard) –The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that the band's Super Bowl halftime performance on February 7 will feature a "compact medley" of their rock anthems. "We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff," the guitarist tells Billboard. "A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.'...
NASHVILLE/NEW YORK (Billboard) –The Who's Pete Townshend has revealed that the band's Super Bowl halftime performance on February 7 will feature a "compact medley" of their rock anthems. "We're kinda doing a mashup of stuff," the guitarist tells Billboard. "A bit of 'Baba O'Riley,' a bit of 'Pinball Wizard,' a bit of the close of 'Tommy,' a bit of 'Who Are You,' and a bit of 'Won't Get Fooled Again.'...
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