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Where would rock ‘n’ roll music be without the harmonica? An incredibly versatile instrument, the harmonica has appeared across the history of rock music, from folk to R&B to blues. You’ve got Bob Dylan, for example, who arrived on the folk scene in the ’60s with a harp strapped around his neck like a collar. A few years later came Stevie Wonder using it in soul form on albums like Fulfillingness’ First Finale andSongs in the Key of Life. There’s also blues-based bands like Led Zeppelin, the Doors and the Rolling Stones using the harmonica in ways that harken back to veteran blues musicians li...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Here are 10 times big rock and metal bands broke up without doing a farewell tour! …And not because of the death of a member. It’s always sad when a great band decides to call it quits, but most of the time, fans can at least find solace in knowing that they’ll be able to honor the group one last time via their farewell tour. This year (2024) alone has already seen – or will see – major acts such as The Eagles, Aerosmith, Sepultura, Foreigner, Mr. Big and Candlebox bringing career-spanning final concerts to stages across the U.S., if not the world. Even if some of them are merely retiring from...
Loudwire
How many times has this happened to you? You’ve paid for a ticket to see a sequel to one of your favorite movies. You settle into your seat in the theater. The lights go down and the movie begins. Within a few minutes, you realize something feels … off. Maybe the violence has been toned down significantly. Maybe there’s less profanity or adult content than you were expecting. Perhaps your beloved hero has been saddled with an annoying kid sidekick. If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then let me extend my personal apologies: You have been hoodwinked by a PG-13 (or PG!) rated sequel to an...
ScreenCrush
Live albums tend to arrive at significant moments for the Eagles. They released Eagles Live mere months after their first era ended. They released Hell Freezes Over to herald the beginning of their second. Joe Walsh issued a live project that capped the period just before he joined the group and another just after their initial split. The Eagles also confirmed their modern-era lineup with Live from the Forum MMXVIII after Glenn Frey‘s sudden death. Frey and fellow co-founding members Randy Meisner and Don Henley have produced concert recordings that likewise included key songs from their time ...
Taste of Country
Live albums tend to arrive at significant moments for the Eagles. They released Eagles Live mere months after their first era ended. They released Hell Freezes Over to herald the beginning of their second. Joe Walsh issued a live project that capped the period just before he joined the group and another just after their initial split. The Eagles also confirmed their modern-era lineup with Live from the Forum MMXVIII after Glenn Frey‘s sudden death. Frey and fellow co-founding members Randy Meisner and Don Henley have produced concert recordings that likewise included key songs from their time ...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Which is the better Shinedown album – Leave a Whisper or Planet Zero? That’s the debate at the center of this week’s Chuck’s Fight Club on the Loudwire Nights radio show, as we pit Shinedown’s debut against their most recent album. This also goes to the bigger debate of which bands have gotten creatively better over time, maintained a level of consistency or have seen a drop-off in their work. But regardless of the outcome, it’s safe to say audiences found and embraced both albums. Shinedown arrived on the scene in 2003 with Leave a Whisper, a solid debut album featuring drummer Barry Kerch, g...
Loudwire
In 1980, Don Henley was practically certain that Eagles would never reunite, famously telling a reporter that they would get back together “when hell freezes over.” In July of that year, the band came to a dramatic end at a show in Long Beach, California, where Don Felder and Glenn Frey butted heads so severely there was nearly a physical altercation. As Henley would succinctly put it to People in 1982: “1980 was a terrible year.” But over a decade later, the mood started to shift. In 1993, an Eagles tribute album, Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, was released, featuring covers performe...
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The summer of 1984 delivered something for everybody, as an array of timeless tracks filled the airwaves. Glam metal’s invasion was in full swing at the time, helping acts like Ratt, Night Ranger and Twister Sister score their breakthrough hits. Of course, the biggest band on the planet at the time was Van Halen, and the group continued its dominance by releasing one of their most popular singles in the summer of ‘84. Also ruling over pop-culture at the time was Prince. The Purple One was everywhere thanks to his masterpiece album (and accompanying film) Purple Rain. Prince’s impact was even f...
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Hey!! Kids Comics This questionably punctuated phrase, found on top the old “spinner racks” located in old drug stores and magazine stands, sums up the appeal — and the limitations — of the first few decades of comic books. Comics were for kids, plain and simple. While the 1960s and ’70s produced some bold comics, it wasn’t until the 1980s that the public’s understanding of comic books began to expand as something more than those colorful little pamphlets for kids. Even that shift occurred, it was still many years before the media inspired by those comics began to encompass more mature themes ...
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Building a wall full of gold and platinum albums used to be a requisite part of the rock star experience. But for a variety of reasons, it’s getting a lot harder for classic rock artists to add to their collections nowadays. The shift from physical to digital distribution is the biggest reason for this change. According to the World Economic Forum, in the ten years following the 2001 arrival of Apple’s iPod, physical music sales declined by more than 60 percent. This eliminated an estimated $14 million in annual revenue, and replaced it with just $4 million in digital music sales. Streaming se...
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