John Lennon may have thought the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, but there’s an argument that Paul McCartney, both via his solo material and his work with Wings, turned out to be bigger than even the Beatles. It’s not convincing, but it’s an argument all the same. The Beatles inspired millions of artists, changed the…
The Velvet Underground might be considered one of the most influential bands of all time now, but back in the 1960s, they could barely shift a record. When Velvet Underground disbanded in 1970, frontman Lou Reed moved back into his parent’s house in Long Island and took a job as a typist at his dad’s…
John 5 is a guitarist of note. He picked up his stage name when he joined up with Marilyn Manson. However, John 5 has worked with a wide range of other artists, which isn’t even mentioning his career as a solo artist. As such, it is no exaggeration to say that he has contributed to…
The biggest disappointment in the musical career of Mott the Hoople was that they disintegrated right at the moment when they found success. Overall, the English rock band created a legacy that would influence many bands that followed for decades. From the onset, Mott Hoople’s prospects never seemed to be bright at all. In fact,…
What do you know about American rapper Rod Wave? Born as Rodarius Marcell Green in 1998, he has made a name for himself in a business that tends to gobble people up and then spit them out like yesterday’s trash. How has he done it? Much of it comes down to his ability to make…
Kiko Loureiro is a Brazilian musician. Over the course of his career, he has played the guitar for more than one well-known act. One example would be Angra while another example would be Megadeth. As such, Loureiro is a figure of some note. 1. Born in Rio de Janeiro Loureiro was born in Rio de…
He came to fame as a member of post-hardcore band Million Dead, but since breaking away from the band in 2005, Frank Turner has carved out a hugely successful solo career as a kind of modern-day Billy Brag (albeit much posher and with politics that veer more to the right than the left). Having spent…
Elvis Presley was a singer and actor who began his career in 1946, and he is usually associated with music genres including rock and roll, pop, country, rockabilly, gospel, blues, and R&B. He had established himself in the music industry by the mid-1950s but was then conscripted to the US Army in 1958. After serving…
Country music’s roots are in rural areas of the Southern and Western United States. Traditional Celtic and Scottish folk songs and ballads started evolving in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1923, Fiddlin’ John Carson recorded the first country music song. Also, during this time, radio stations in Midwestern and Southern cities started broadcasting country music songs….