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
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
The Songwriting Laureate The Swedish Academy awarded Bob Dylan the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature in 2016, on the grounds of, “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Makes sense right? No? Ok, let’s break it down into three parts- all reasons why it makes sense that Bob Dylan is now a […] More
We’d Steal From Anybody! Listen carefully to the intro beat of “Break On Through,” and you’ll know exactly what The Doors had included in their mega hit. That’s not it though! The song has a menagerie of songs that it was built on. Ray Manzarek, many times called “the hinges to the Doors,” had also […] More
Here’s The Story… The date was January 8, 1956 when legendary singer/songwriter Elvis Presley turned 21 and came to the profound realization that his life could change forever. It was then that he became eligible for the draft, and he was drafted not long after. Presley’s manager “Colonel” Tom Parker was well aware of how […] More
Did You Forget About JPJ? For as long as we could remember, the members of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin have often been seen as the gold standard of their respective instrument. Take for example lead singer Robert Plant. He’s without a doubt the personification of a true rockstar. Bleach-blonde hair, razor sharp voice, he […] More
Here’s What It Really Means… If you’re a classic rock fan or a heavy metal fan, you’ve seen and/or used the iconic devil horns hand gesture at some point, probably multiple times. Like an army salutes its general, we use it to salute our favorite rock and metal icons. But where did it actually come […] More
