A band can be as loud or as quiet as they want to be and it can still be called rock. Lyrically, there can be an aspect of aggression that other genres cannot include. There are likely no polka songs ...

In a scathing interview in 71 John Lennon revealed a lot, taking swipes at both Mick Jagger and his former band but he also ...

If are looking to find its true essence, though, no one individual fits the description more than 75-year-old keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman. Wakeman has since been in and out of the official ...

In mid-July 1969 a new British band called King Crimson, just signed to Island Records, began recording their debut album, ...

As with a tape recorder, any sounds could be pre-recorded onto the Mellotron’s tapes and ‘played’, but it was the factory-loaded ‘orchestral’ sounds that the instrument became known for, and which ...

In 1968, Gram Parsons of The Byrds befriended Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones and introduced them to many country songs. Phil Kaufman, a road manager, recounted how Parsons and ...

Though its roots were doggedly anti-commercial, punk has birthed an impressive array of mainstream successes. From ...

This month, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame rectifies a wrong that many rock fans will celebrate with their lighters up in the ...

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Back-flipping off his piano in a red jumpsuit that read “Austin” across the back, buzz-worthy pop star Benson Boone was in ...