A favourite. Thank you D. Maximovitch for turning me on to this back in 2000. Joe Satriani’s Surfing With The Alien album featured Marvel’s Silver Surfer on its front cover. The legendary guitarist tells us how that came about. Source: How Marvel’s Silver Surfer Met a Rock Guitar God | Den of Geek
How Blondie’s music stood the test of time, according to Debbie Harry and Chris Stein
“Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982” is nominated for a Grammy for best historical album. Source: How Blondie’s music stood the test of time, according to Debbie Harry and Chris Stein | Here & Now
How Glenn Frey & Don Henley Became the Eagles, As Told by Linda Ronstadt | Billboard – Billboard
The Eagles are the best dated band in History. Glenn Frey and Don Henley knew each other before they joined Linda Ronstadt’s band in 1971. But it was that time together that led to the formation of the Eagles later that year. Upon the pub… Source: How Glenn Frey & Don Henley Became the Eagles,Continue Reading
Muscadine Bloodline On Turning Down Record Deals From Major Labels: “We Don’t Need The Money” | Whiskey Riff
I don’t think these guys have every heard the phrase “Hubris kills.” Such a classic case. A RIFF on what country is really about. I love it. I can just imagine these hotshots are used to calling the shots and getting whatever they want being turned away at the door by an artist who hasContinue Reading
The Beatles’ Revolver: How Giles Martin remixed and de-mixed a classic | Louder
Having literally dissected the Revolver album, what’s your takeaway about The Beatles at that point in their musical evolution? You can hear them like kids in the back of a car saying: “We’re bored! We want to do something different.” That’s what’s going on with Revolver. It’s like a prog record – kind of like: “LookContinue Reading
John Bonham’s final TV interview was a famous fiasco… but it’s not quite what it seems
The clip has since passed into broadcasting legend. In 2006 the archive service ITN Source selected it as one of the 10 most notorious rock interviews of all time, car crash television at its best. And, for the most part, Connolly has been blamed for the so-called fiasco, as if his line of questioning was responsibleContinue Reading
Unless you’re Adele, you have no business releasing album tracks all at once
This is a change I can live with. To be clear: The album isn’t dead. As Taylor Swift, Drake and other Billboard topping artists have proven, fans still look for albums of their favorite artists. In fact, overall album consumption across all platforms, including track equivalent digital albums and streaming equivalent albums, increased 14% during the firstContinue Reading
How Creedence Clearwater Revival fell to pieces
I always knew John Fogerty was a problem. He was so different from his brother Tom. This is a well done piece with many quotes and stories from the bass player. In 1995 Clifford and Cook set up Creedence Clearwater Revisited, initially with The Cars’ Elliot Easton on guitar. But Fogerty issued an injunction overContinue Reading
16-Bit vs. 24-Bit vs. 32-Bit Audio
As usual, I have been confused about this for years and until I made a mistake with exporting audio I didn’t really have to figure it out. Well, now I know. 24bit is used to edit with. 16bit is used to actually distribute the music on CD or otherwise. 16bit is still the standard forContinue Reading
The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was
I always loved both bands and II once did a cover of The Rocker, which is a great Thin Lizzy song. Deep Purple got me with Machine Head and Made in Japan was a well-done piece of rehash. I’m not sure this supergroup would have ever taken off. Too much attitude and ego for oneContinue Reading
