Perhaps one of the most legendary rock bands of all time had its best lineup at their incarnation in 1964 as Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon formed ‘The Who.’ Let’s take a deep
Patricia Mae Giraldo sounds like a pretty cool name for a performer. You know her as Pat Benatar. Let’s take a deep dive in to the career of one of the best female rockers of our time:
Folk music owes its mainstream success to a few people, with one of the trailblazers being a singer-songwriter that has changed his name a few times. Let’s take a deep dive into the musical world of Cat
Boston is pretty famous for producing some epic rock bands, but in 1970, a loud, rambunctious and flamboyant lead singer named Steven Tyler set out with his friends Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford
Arena rock got its name from the rock bands of the 70s that toured to arena-sized crowds. Though this band never enjoyed critical acclaim, they had no problem filling arenas around the world to very happy crowds.
Though he wasn’t known for a long list of hits like his 70s rock counterparts, singer/songwriter Boz Scaggs had a great deal of influence on more than just the success of his own solo career. Let’s take
1976 in Dublin, Ireland, a superstar rock and pop group came together, featuring several “one named” members like Bono and The Edge. They are U2. Now, let’s take a Deep Dive into their success: The band’s original
Brothers Duane and Gregg Allman loved country music, blues, and jazz. Together with their friends Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, and Jaimoe Johanson, they formed The Allman Brothers Band in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969. Now, let’s
Athens, Georgia. A location you wouldn’t expect to likely find a few college students banging out some of the best 80s new wave sounds to ever be called rock n’ roll. This is the story of Drummer
Drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer founded one of the greatest rock bands in the entire world in London in 1967. Their roots were primarily as a British blues band. But the lineup
Just looking at the band on stage, you could very clearly tell that Blondie was named for founding member and lead singer extraordinaire, Debbie Harry. Heart of Glass, Rapture, Call Me, The Tide is High, and more
The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion of bands that took the United States listening audience by storm in 1964. They formed in 1962 in London, and have been together writing, recording and
Though the Police formed in 1977, a large majority of their influence on rock n’ roll and music in general was capitalized in the 80s with their progressive rock and new wave sound, punctuated by lead singer
In 1968, the members of Free came together featuring a young Paul Rodgers at the helm. The band wasn’t necessarily known for their studio albums, but instead, their non-stop touring and live shows drove their success, save
In 1969, Gerry Rafferty took his influence of Scottish and Irish folk songs from his childhood, his love of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, and joined the folk-pop group, the Humblebums. It was a short-lived band that
In 1967, the countries of Canada and America got together in New York City to form a bluesy, rocky, poppy, horn-filled wall of sound known as Blood, Sweat and Tears. Let’s take a deep dive into their
Pasadena, California. Hard rock music was reborn with the release of the self-titled debut album from Van Halen. Guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen, along with his brother drummer Alex, Bassist Michael Anthony and flamboyant lead singer David
The city of Boston in 1976 was a busy musical town, as the debut album from the band Boston hit the airwaves and music store shelves. It was in this very same year that Ric Ocasek and
In 1967, the original members of Genesis met at Charterhouse School in the UK, beginning first as a folk act, moving forward in the 70s as one of the pioneering prog rock bands before turning further toward
One of my personal favorite groups of all time, Heart, was formed in 1970, featuring sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The Wilson sisters have plenty of success with the band that they formed out of the ashes
