Westworld is currently one of HBO’s most popular and interesting shows. The show is interesting in a million different ways from its insane futuristic technology to its quality. Themes to the absolutely beautiful renditions of modern songs were clearly present as well. From The Rolling Stones, Soundgarden, Kanye West and many more, these artists’ hit…
Marty Balin was a singer, songwriter, and musician. He is known as the founder, lead singer, and main songwriter of Jefferson Airplane, a rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. Balin is also known as being the founder, songwriter, and lead singer of Jefferson Starship, another rock band formed in San Francisco in 1974…
Black Sabbath is a rock band that gave birth to heavy metal music thanks to Tony Iommi’s persistence in playing the guitar despite losing his fingers in a factory accident. The band achieved massive success, but most people don’t know that the band was not initially called Black Sabbath; it kept changing its name until…
Neil Diamond was born on January 24, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. He didn’t start as a vocalist. Instead, he wrote songs for other musicians. He received his first guitar at 16, piquing his interest in music. Originally, Diamond wanted to be a doctor even entering New York University. Instead of finishing his final college…
Every song is an emotion and memory encapsulated in three minutes and paired with music. Lyrics are poetry, and some songs are so powerful they need memorization and playlist overplay. Many words evoke a feeling, but some are used to pull more emotions from the right music. For example, fire is a word used in…
Willow Smith inherited Jada Pinkett Smith’s love for rock music but always restricted herself to R&B. However, there was an itch to stretch her limits and explore rock music, but she kept withholding until the COVID-19 pandemic forced her to make use of the idle time recording rock music demos. Now we not only know…
In 1970, a ragtag quartet from Birmingham created a new genre of music. The band was Black Sabbath. The genre was heavy metal. It didn’t emerge from the blue: over the previous few years, bands like Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin had been getting progressively heavier. But Black Sabbath was the first band to master…
Chances are, you have a favorite cover song or two. If you listen to pop-punk, metalcore or related genre from the scene, you’ve probably heard of Punk Goes. Punk Goes is a series of compilations featuring mostly covers except for a few tracks on the occasional release. Below, we’ve ranked the Punk Goes series of…
Tech N9ne christened Aaron Dontez Yates in Kansas City, Missouri, learned to read and do math by rapping. A fascination with horror and ghosts offered an alluringly dark form of escapism. He launched his journey in the underworld of horrorcore, seemingly bound for obscurity. He went on to become an indie rap icon. He turned…