King Crimson is a well-known name in progressive rock. This is because it started up in 1968, meaning that its successes have influenced a wide range of artists in a wide range of genres. However, it is important to note that King Crimson has had more than one incarnation, as shown by how Robert Fripp…
Consisting of brothers Isaac Donald “Don” Everly and Phillip “Phil” Everly, the Everly Brothers first began singing with their mother and father as part of The Everly Family in the 1940s. In the mid-50s, they began writing and recording independently of their family, earning their first hit song in 1957 with Bye Bye Love. After…
Dire Straits may not have stuck around for long, but no one can say they didn’t make the most of the time they had. Over the course of just six albums, they established themselves as the biggest band of the 1980s, spending over 1100 weeks in the UK album charts (the fifth-longest of any group,…
Ever since they emerged as part of the New Romantic scene of the early 1980s, Duran Duran have divided opinion. They inspire intense loyalty in their fans (of which there are many) but tend to draw blank looks or flat-out derision from others. Regardless of whether you’re a lover or a hater, there’s no arguing…
Last year marked 50 years since the death of Jim Croce. It was September of 1973 and the Philadelphia born singer/songwriter’s career had just begun to take off. It was then tragically grounded when Croce, along with five others, perished in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Jim was 30 years old. The ominous anniversary…
Britpop was a British music movement of the mid 1990s that produced lighter, catchier rock music. Something that stood out because American-based grunge was going darker at around the same time. Oasis was one of the most notable names to emerge from Britpop. For proof, look no further than the fact that the band has…
Before Detroit, Michigan’s Diana Ross became a member of the iconic all-lady group, The Supremes, she grew up in a large family of seven siblings, who all happened to be a neighbor to the legendary Smokey Robinson. When Ross was a teenager, her schooling interests involved clothing design as this was her original passion before…
Over the course of three decades, Nine Inch Nails (or perhaps more specifically, Trent Reznor, who until 2016 was the only official member of the group) have delivered some of the most poignant, deeply personal albums in modern rock history. The uncompromising nature of some of those albums isn’t for everyone, but even their harshest…
At the age of 15, Nat King Cole dropped out of school to pursue a music career. A risky move perhaps, but one that more than paid off. By the time he passed away in 1965 at the tragically young age of 45, he’d established himself as one of the most gifted singers and pianists…