17 May The punk album Robert Plant called brilliant stuff bySerena Hernandez In the 1950s, Little Richard’s rhythmic fingers and Elvis Presley’s trembling knees gave rise to rock ‘n’ roll.…
17 May The Paul McCartney album his label didn’t want to release byMaddy Generally speaking, the most important pop music rule is to never question Paul McCartney. McCartney didn’t usually disappoint…
17 May John Lennon named The Beatles song that turned the middle classes onto the band bySerena Hernandez The Beatles were a phenomenon among the working class. The Beatles, who all went to regular public schools…
17 May Ian Anderson explains how Mick Jagger failed to imitate Lennon bySerena Hernandez The Beatles vs. Rolling Stones is one of the most divisive questions in cultural history. That is, when…
17 May The Who song that Roger Daltrey found “very, very difficult” to sing byMaddy The Who revolutionized the concept of what an album could be with their revolutionary flourish. They offered consumers…
17 May The drummer Dave Grohl called “unmistakeable and undefinable” bySerena Hernandez Soon after making their stage debut with Bleach in 1989, the nascent grunge group Nirvana encountered an issue.…
17 May Why Pete Townshend on why The Who did not make real rock and roll bySerena Hernandez The debate over what constitutes rock and roll should have ended a long time ago. Every time a…
17 May The album cover that almost killed David Lee Roth byMaddy By definition, rock & roll rebels against conformity. Its anti-establishment roots can be traced back to its essence…
17 May Bob Seger on the Eagles song Glenn Frey sang the crap out of byMaddy The Eagles complicated history includes numerous ups and downs as well as an ongoing power struggle between Don…
17 May The song Eagles made when drunk out of their minds byMaddy The Eagles would never set a record that they deemed to be just “good.” Nobody enters a band…
16 May The Queen classic Freddie Mercury wrote in five or ten minutes bySerena Hernandez Who knows where ideas originate? Since the beginning of time, people have attempted to solve this mystery. It’s…
16 May Which Led Zeppelin song inspired Black Sabbath’s ‘Paranoid’? byMaddy A new, darker, meaner, but all-around more hard-hitting era of rock and roll was ushered in by Black…
16 May How Tom Petty saved Don Henley’s solo career bySerena Hernandez The Eagles are the greatest anomaly in the annals of popular culture. The fact that they no longer…
16 May The best and worst of AC/DC, according to Angus Young byMaddy One of the most recognizable bands in the hard rock genre over time is AC/DC. Despite being led…
16 May The Beatles song Graham Nash calls “insane” bySerena Hernandez Graham Nash is a master of the song, no matter the period or place he finds himself in.…
16 May The album John Lennon once called the greatest of all time byMaddy Though it was waning, the 1960s saw a wistful contest for the ultimate musical crown that was more…
16 May Jim Morrison on favourite period of The Beatles byMaddy The Doors were the embodiment of everything dark about what rock music could offer at the beginning of…
16 May When David Gilmour slammed Roger Waters’ bass playing bySerena Hernandez Without a doubt, David Gilmour was a major factor in turning Pink Floyd from a quirky psychedelic band…
16 May The Small Faces song Led Zeppelin ripped off on ‘Whole Lotta Love’ byMaddy What would you tell an alien visitor asking who Led Zeppelin was if they arrived on Earth right…
16 May The album Sammy Hagar called his peak bySerena Hernandez When it comes to Sammy Hagar albums, most people can assume a standard baseline of quality. “The Red…
15 May The Fleetwood Mac album Christine McVie described as “nuts” byMaddy Few bands have amassed the amount of tales and backstabbing that Fleetwood Mac has. Their drug-fueled antics and…
15 May The Aerosmith song Steven Tyler thought resurrected the band bySerena Hernandez Every artist typically has to confront the thought of “selling out” from time to time. There is always…
15 May The stars Tom Petty didn’t want to be compared to byMaddy Tom Petty was never one to accept things as they are. Even though the Heartbreakers aimed for authentic…
15 May The artist Neil Young called my biggest guitar hero bySerena Hernandez Neil Young, one of Canada’s best singer-songwriters, has an incredibly impressive discography that includes songs from his early…
15 May The punk record Slash calls one of the best raw rock ‘n’ roll albums bySerena Hernandez Whatever stage of Slash’s career you choose to examine—his tenure with Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, Slash’s Snakepit,…
15 May The artist Freddie Mercury always wanted to sing like byMaddy It’s difficult to imagine someone like Freddie Mercury having to fight to sing each morning. Mercury seemed to…
15 May The Don Henley-inspired classic Stevie Nicks wrote at the request of Waylon Jennings bySerena Hernandez Stevie Nicks seems to be the most qualified person to compose poignant hymns to the difficulties of love…
15 May Two rock singers Robert Plant thought were much better than him bySerena Hernandez Vocal prowess is just one of many crucial components of fronting a rock band; the other three are…
15 May The Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash called better than him byMaddy Typically, when someone is thinking of a classic guitar player, Slash is the first person that comes to…
15 May The Rush album Alex Lifeson called weak byMaddy Typically, guitarists are the most critical of their work. When someone wants their instrument to be heard over…