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“Gram had this idea of ‘Cosmic American Music’. Music had no rules back then. There was so much freedom”: The trailblazing ’60s country-rock band who pioneered a whole new sound – only for the Eagles to steal their thunder
13+ hour, 33+ min ago (921+ words) Splintering off from The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers burnt brightly on two iconic albums Are you ready for the country? So asked The Byrds in August 1968, with their album Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. On that, their sixth album, partly…...
Happy The Man had to wait 50 years to hear their music done properly
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (687+ words) Tripped up by record company machinations, the American pioneers " who nearly became Peter Gabriel's backing band " didn't think their first two records would ever sound like they had in the studio Happy The Man's career might have gone differently if…...
“Spielberg requested a meeting. They’d written a movie and decided their hero’s favourite band would have been Huey Lewis & The News”: How a Hollywood legend and a time-travelling teenager turned a veteran rocker into an unlikely 80s superstar
9+ hour, 20+ min ago (734+ words) Huey Lewis & The News scored a massive hit with The Power Of Love thanks to Back To The Future Across the table, a 30-something rock star shifted uncomfortably in his seat. Huey Lewis had already proved himself with a series…...
“David Coverdale believed those things were alright to say. Jon Lord and I would see something he’d said and wrinkle our noses”: How a controversial album cover and cheeky T-shirts helped turn two ex-Deep Purple members into stars all over again
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1448+ words) Whitesnake slithered to success with 1979s Lovehunter The provocatively titled Lovehunter was the second full-length album from Whitesnake, the bluesy hard rockers formed in 1978 by David Coverdale following the dissolution of Deep Purple. The singer had laid the groups foundation with…...
5 insanely obscure 1980s rock albums that are a perfect 10/10
17+ hour, 33+ min ago (652+ words) From cult pomp rock to Metallica-approved hair metal, these are five connoisseur-approved albums everybody should know about Rock had dominated the 70s and its stranglehold continued into the next decade, thanks in a large part to the MTV revolution, which ensured…...
"We don't write songs which shy away from witnessing a world in its trauma, its rage and pain." U2 surprise-release new six-song EP Easter Lily
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (430+ words) A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth…...
Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (442+ words) Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will tour as Voyage 35, performing early Porcupine Tree material, in September Voyage 35 have shared their first new (old) music, with a new version of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory, the video…...
Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova added to Russian federal wanted list
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (475+ words) The judgement comes days after Pussy Riot occupied the New York offices of communications company Ubiquiti Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of punk agitators Pussy Riot, has been formally indicted by Russia's Investigative Committee, accused of violating the state's 'foreign agent law…...
"I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend
1+ day, 30+ min ago (1126+ words) Chuck Billy has been at the centre of the thrash metal cyclone for an incredible 40 years, beckoning untold thousands into the pit as the singer for Testament. He was there when heavy metal blew up the Bay Area in the…...
If you think Bruce Springsteen should shut up about politics and just play his songs, you obviously have no idea what Bruce Springsteen has been singing about for the past 50 years
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (331+ words) "We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times. But do not despair, the cavalry is coming" My job is very simple: I do what I want to do, I say what I want to say Which begs one simple…...