One of the most influential rock acts during the 60s era, The Kinks were a London-based band formed by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. We can easily say that the Kinks got their breakthrough immediately with their formation, because although the band already existed under different names for 2 years, “The Kinks” was ...…
Revolving around ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters managed to build a steady name on the American rock music scene and to produce numerous hit singles. One of them is “Long Road To Ruin” that was featured on their sixth studio album entitled “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace”. “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace” was ...…
The 80s were a great period for rock music and I do remember the good old 1984 (or was it 1985) when I first heard “The Summer of 69” on the radio. I really liked the guitar sound in this one and especially the opening guitar riff, which was really catchy. Bryan’s voice sounded awesome ...…
Written in 1970 and featured on the Morrison Hotel album, Roadhouse Blues is one of the Doors songs that best showcases their blues roots. In fact the whole Morrison Hotel album carries a bluesy flavor and that’s not an accidental thing. After the wavering reception of their previous album – The Soft Parade – which ...…
My favorite 80s were over and it was getting harder and harder for me to find quality music to listen to. I didn’t like grunge at all, with some small exceptions like the Crash Test Dummies and a couple of Nirvana’s songs, but in general I didn’t like the direction music was going into, so ...…
Even during the 80s, the Rolling Stones stood true to their distinctive style, although hard rock influences can be heard on their material dating from this period. However, that’s not a surprising thing – just like their 90s material was adapted to the overall sound of the 90s music and like their recent stuff sounds ...…
Purple Haze is by no doubt one of the signature Jimi Hendrix songs that guitarists from all over the world try to learn in order to incorporate part of the distinctive Hendrix guitar style into their own playing. Although it sounds nice and simple, Purple Haze is definitely not one of those easy guitar songs, ...…
The opening track for U2’s eleventh studio album “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb”, Vertigo quickly earned positive feedback from fans and critics, received extensive radio and TV airplay and became a smashing international hit single winning the “Best Rock Song”, “Best Short Form Music Video” and “Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Group with ...…
Used in numerous film productions and covered by a multitude of modern bands like Children Of Bodom and Plan 4 to name a few, Somebody Put Something In My Drink is one of the funniest Ramones songs, though it never reached the fame of songs like I Wanna Be Sedated, Blitzkrieg Bop or Rock n ...…
Most people keep saying that it’s impossible to get heard if you’re not supported by a major record label. Well, I disagree with that, because in 2006 Razorlight showed us that all indie bands can really get heard, thanks to their hit song America. And here are just a few facts to prove that: after ...…
