Whether we’re talking a haunting refrain or a jaunty intro, whistling can turn a good song into a great one, a throwaway pop ditty into a memorable classic. Hundreds of artists have discovered the power of putting their lips together and blowing over the years, from Guns N Roses to Otis Redding. It might not…
Drive is recognized as one of the best films of 2011. This masterpiece was nominated for Best Sound Editing at the 84th Academy Awards. Drive was written by Hossein Amini and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. This action-drama film was inspired by James Sallis’s novel of the same name, published in 2005. The soundtrack of…
Smash Mouth is an American band that started up in the mid 1990s and has continued into the present time without a single pause. Generally speaking, they are known for their rock music. However, they has shown a fair amount of willingness to experiment within that limitation. Over the course of Smash Mouth’s career, they…
Boogie Nights hit theaters in 1997. Even though the movie is fiction, it’s loosely based on the life of John Holmes. In the film, an adult film director, played by Burt Reynolds, meets a working-class guy, played by Mark Wahlberg, and gives him a shot to act in his productions. The movie was nominated for…
After guitarist Jake E. Lee was fired from Ozzy Osbourne’s band by Ozzy’s wife/manager Sharon, he got to work looking for a frontman to form a band with. The vocalist he eventually settled on was Ray Gillen, who’d recently come off a stint with Ozzy’s old bandmates, Black Sabbath. Together with bassist Greg Chaisson and…
Best known for his reverb-laden rockabilly and crooning vocals, singer-songwriter Chris Issak swept to stardom in the early 1990s as a kind of modern-day Roy Orbison. With a repertoire that includes the likes of Wicked Game, Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing, and Somebody’s Crying, his melancholic, 1950’s style of rock and roll has earned…
Countless rock goddesses have and will continue to enchant audiences throughout time. Girls leaven amps, guitars, and drum kits into the most magical soundscapes. Lita Ford has taken rock music to an extra level, with a remarkable grasp on the guitar and the bass racket. Ford’s volcanic vocals also added a feminine touch to a…
The 2006 movie “Cars” served as one of the most notable animated films of its time. As a matter of fact, it was often hailed as one of the most important films for animation lovers because it featured a lot of new techniques that simply hadn’t been tried before. In addition, the movie also featured…
Jackie Wilson managed to sell over 100 million records in a career that spanned more than three decades. As the lead singer of the group The Dominoes, he was one of the first artists inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. However, his solo works have been most memorable for music lovers. In…