Somewhere along the line–say about 1987 or so–my interest in popular music took a permanent vacation and I found myself locked in a musical time warp, which isn’t all bad, given what is being churned out these days. Now, having three teenagers in my house, I try to expand their musical horizons from time to ...
Hey fellow aspiring vinyl collectors! Over the course of your life, you may have heard that the vinyl record is a superior music format, compared to CD’s and MP3’s. However, some may say that with our technological advances with sound editing, CD’s and digital formatted music sounds superior, but not necessarily the case. To briefly ...
The bass player–usually the hardest piece of the puzzle to find to make a successful band. And when the band does find a fantastic bass player, 6 months later he’s running off with the lead singer’s girlfriend, because that’s just what bass players do. Seriously, your favorite bands would not be the same with some ...
1. Van Halen – Van Halen was without a doubt the best rock band of the 1980’s. With songs like Eruption, Jump, and more, Van Halen became a band that we will all remember for years to come. Eddie Van Halen wasn’t too bad on the guitar either! 2. Metallica – Metallica is still going ...
Rush is a rock and roll pioneer, and their influence on other bands has led indirectly to many Top Ten chart-busting songs coming about. Compiling the top ten songs by Rush was yet another challenging feat for me to sort out, yet enjoyable. So here’s my personal top ten songs by the great progressive Canuck ...
Nowadays, when someone brings up the subject of Rush, we think of a hot-headed republican blow-hard. But, I am thinking of the Canadian band formed in the late 1960s (although, in my opinion, it didn’t really gel until Neil Peart took over for John Rutsey in the 1970s. Many of my contemporaries do not know ...
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