In December 1974, as Fleetwood Mac were approaching the end an American tour in support of their latest album, Heroes Are Hard to Find, frontman and principal songwriter Bob Welch announced that he intended to leave the band. It was …
On 23 January, 1988, a young and inexperienced three-piece rock band entered a studio in Seattle, Washington to record a demo they hoped would arouse the interest of a local label. Running through ten songs that they had developed on …
During the first half of the 1980s the American music landscape changed significantly. The attention had moved away from the East Coast punk culture and its home at the legendary New York venue CBGB and was now focused on Los …
When Green Day took to the stage at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California on 28th May 1989 they would perform one of the most important shows of their career. Not that their musical abilities had advanced much since their …
1988 saw heavy metal at the peak of its popularity. The rise of hair metal through groups such as Europe, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe had launched rock anthems and power ballads into the mainstream charts, whilst there were still …
By the start of 1996 the Smashing Pumpkins seemed to have the world at their feet. While their second album, Siamese Dream, had suffered in the charts at the hands of Nirvana’s In Utero, the death of Kurt Cobain had …
In February 1975, Alice Cooper released his first solo album, appropriately-titled Welcome to My Nightmare. The record had followed the collapse of his eponymous group due to artistic differences, although his relationship with producer Bob Ezrin had remained intact. The …
1990 was something of a landmark in metal, with the final breaths of glam and thrash giving way for the incoming rise of grunge and alternative rock. It would be the last year that solos, spandex and men with perms …
On February 14th 1984, Aerosmith took to the stage at the Orpheum Theatre in their hometown of Boston to perform a set of sixteen songs, opening with their 1977 classic Back in the Saddle and concluding with a cover of …
For as long as there has been heavy metal there have been accusations of Satanism. Those who do not understand or appreciate the music often dismiss not only the artists but also the fans as being evil, awash with sin …
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