The Greatest Feud That Never Was When Neil Young’s scathing criticism of the South and its ugly, painful history with racism came out to play in “Southern Man” and “Alabama,” it prompted a direct and measured response from Southern rock’s favorite son – Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant. The result was “Sweet Home Alabama” […] More
Music has always hit people. Either you’re a blues fan, prog rock, heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock, etc… Some people would prefer slower blues tunes and find the playing on the slower songs more emotive. But for whom do we credit these amazing tunes? Yeah, the guitarist. Without these awesome guitarists, we would never […] More
Can’t Deny 1 Thing If you don’t know who Greta Van Fleet is by now, you’re probably living under a rock. These dudes have been crushing it lately, and quite frankly, we believe they’re one of the bands to really revive that classic rock culture. But they have had no shortage of critics. One of […] More
It’s no secret Steven Tyler is an absolute legend in the world of rock n’ roll. The Aerosmith frontman has been at it for 40+ years and even today he is still active and can still sing. That’s actually a pretty impressive feat when you think about all the other bands that have retired from […] More
Queen Look Back On Freddie Mercury’s Biggest Mystery On November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury went to his death having lived one of the most remarkable lives anyone can recall. He also left his Queen bandmates in the dark regarding the hotly debated subject of his sexuality. Mercury, who died at the height of the AIDS […] More
Who Needs A College Degree When You Have Drumsticks? Is there really any other member of the band that’s as teased or shunned as the drummer? You’ve heard the age-old names drummers have been given over the years. “D.R.U.M. = Doesn’t Really Understand Music” or “The only non-musician of the band”. If you’re a drummer, […] More
Sky High Military fighter jets are rock and roll as hell. Just look at them, they are massively powerful machine birds protecting the sky- protecting you. You gotta see it to believe it… to feel it. 1. Scorpions- “Rock You Like A Hurricane” The German rock band, Scorpions, released “Rock You Like A Hurricane” […] More
Upcoming Super Bowl Half-Time Looks ‘Eh’ Well, it turns out any hope of rock music making it to the Super Bowl this year is out of the question. Seems like they’ve booked pop band Maroon 5 alongside with rappers Travis Scott and Big Boi to headline. Whoopie. Don’t get it twisted, Maroon 5 is a […] More
A New Species of Producer Brian Wilson’s reverence amongst his contemporaries is indescribably impactful, but I’ll try my best to allegorically explain it with the theory of evolution. Brian Wilson was the Island of Galapagos, rock artists were the finches, his records were genius conclusions (i.e. Charles Darwin), and the shift in musical production was […] More
1. “Fortunate Son”- Creedence Clearwater Revival That riff. That beat. That voice. There’s just something about this song, just the sound, that reminds of you of riding in a Huey over the jungle, getting ready to enter the hot zone. 2. “Gimme Shelter”- Rolling Stones This song was released in 1969 at the peak of […] More
Simple, Yet Brilliant… As a musician, I always find myself asking just how The Beatles were able to crank out hit, after hit, after hit with such ease. The majority of their songs are simple, yet timeless, but then again you don’t need me to tell you that. So what is it? How were these […] More
No Wonder He Became a Wildlife Superstar John Denver was the son of an Air Force pilot who spent most of his time in the New Mexico wildlife. Denver was inspired by flight and nature and spent much of his time singing and writing about the great wild. Of course spending so much time in […] More
