Classic rock
Track: Black Stone Cherry Announce New Album And Share Video For New Track ‘Again’
Black Stone Cherry are set to release their seventh studio album, ‘The Human Condition’ on 30th October via Mascot Label Group. The collection will be available in digital, deluxe CD and vinyl formats, with an array of music & merch bundle options and a UK exclusive purple vinyl. With sharing this news the band have also shared the video …
See: Ace Frehley Shares Video For Cover Of Deep Purple Track ‘Space Truckin’
Founding member of Kiss Ace Frehley announces the release of Origins Vol. 2, his highly-anticipated second collection of eleven rock ‘n’ roll covers, due out on September 18 via eOne. Frehley has also blessed us by sharing the first single, a flawless cover of Deep Purple’s 1972 hit, “Space Truckin’” Ace offers,”‘Space Truckin’ was recorded years ago, and …
News: The Pretty Things announce The Final Bow screenings / Q & A
British music icons The Pretty Things have announced a screening of their new concert film ‘The Final Bow’ to take place at London’s Regent Street Cinema on Saturday 28th March as part of the Sound Screen festival. The film screening will be followed by a rare Q&A and acoustic blues set from Phil May and Dick Taylor. Released on Madfish …
Classic Album: Pink Floyd – The Wall
Has there ever been another album quite as unrelentingly miserable as The Wall? It first entered my life back in 1998, when I was suffering from a bout of not inconsiderable self-doubt and struggling to connect with anything or anyone. Knowing that I was a Pink Floyd fan, my Uncle loaned me his old vinyl …
Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Live Rust
One of the things that strikes you when you look at Neil Young’s extensive discography is just how many live albums he has put out over the years. No matter how much his muse has waxed and waned over the last thirty years, Young has always remained a brilliant live performer and his live albums …
Not Forgotten: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willie and The Poor Boys
For years I unfairly dismissed Willie and the Poor Boys as one of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s weakest albums. I can’t explain why this was the case, as it came smack bang in the middle of the band’s red-hot streak through 1969 to 1971. Perhaps it was the slightly rootsier rocking which I reacted against, as if CCR decided …
Classic Album: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin’s debut album was proof of concept for Jimmy Page, taking what Cream did with super-charged blues-rock, and just making it more slick and dynamic and marketing it directly at the North American market. With a Golden God frontman, a powerhouse drummer and a fourth band mate who could pretty much play whatever the …
Classic Album: The Beatles – Abbey Road
Chronologically the final album that The Beatles recorded together, the general public’s appreciation for Abbey Road seems to increase each year, despite it being very much an album of two halves. Side one of Abbey Road is patchy and is unique in the fact that George Harrison’s contributions make for the two strongest tracks here, finally allowing the quiet one …
Classic Album: Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy
As the 80s drew to a close it was difficult to escape the conclusion that Bob Dylan‘s muse had been largely AWOL since 1976’s Desire. Since that album’s release there had certainly been allusions to greatness but it was usually by way of songs that Dylan chose to omit from shoddy albums. As a result, despite …
Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Under Wraps
The mid 80s were a fascinating and fractious time for what would become known as classic rock. The two giant super bands of the 70s were no longer with us, with Pink Floyd having imploded in acrimony around Roger Waters’ ever more despotic tendencies, and Led Zeppelin coming to an end following the sad death …