Pop Evil are my favorite band, so writing this review is a labor of love! They’ve been around for over 10 years and I’ve been a fan since the beginning. Admittedly, I'm a "groupie". The new self-titled album is their fifth studio effort; recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles beh ...
Los Angeles was ripe for the onslaught of punk rock. Hollywood’s rife gave rise to stories that only could be told effectively by its music… Sure there was The Beach Boys… The Doors.. . Van Halen.. Guns N’ Roses… ( I know I missed about a million great bands) but nothing ever matched t ...
It was at the dawn of the '70s when guitar “assassin”Mick Ronson was introduced to folksinger DavidBowie (via a mutual friend, producer Tony Visconti). Although Bowie had already enjoyed some chart success as a solo artist (na ...
The hooky yet hard-edged, guitar-driven musical style known as power pop didn’t generate spontaneously. There were threads and uprisings—disconnected sounds that later combined into something like a movement—as early as the late ’60s, when some young rock-‘n’-roll fans were already start ...
Since the early beginnings of rock music 3-piece bands have floored audiences with their powerful sound. It started with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream who amazed fans with their synchronicity... There is something “super” associated with power trio rock bands. The aesthetics and sound ...
Erupting from the gutters and alleys of Hollywood in 1981, Gun Club became the seminal swamp ramshackle psychotic country blues-post punk band. Led by Jeffrey Lee Pierce who became an American underground cult music hero in his own right. Along with Pierce there was ...
Singer/songwriter Erica Blinn’s greatest asset is her ability to write the most engaging pop songs. Her music is somewhere in between Liz Phair, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Bramlett, Chrissie Hynde and John Mellencamp.. I know… I know...Blinn covers a lot of musical territory, but that’s ...
One of L.A.’s great psyche bands were Clear Light. Their sole eponymous album released in 1967 was produced by Paul Rothchild… known for his work with The Doors and Love. The band had a “breakthrough” sound with twin guitars and drummers… unfortunately it never translated on the record. Cl ...
Actor Jack Cassidy, by his own design, defied mere definition from the day he was born in Richmond Hills, New York in 1927 until his tragic death in 1976. An actor, singer, writer, designer - the consummate showman with a irrefutable creative entity - his life never followed a simpl ...
The reason most people prefer a musical style is their generational association with the music. The music you experience between the ages of 10 and 25 ends up creating a personal gold standard for what is enjoyable, what's is "cool," etc. Within those 15 years, each individual will be drawn towa ...
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