“Blue Moves” was released by Elton John in 1976 as his eleventh studio album. It was also the first album that he released under his own record company “Rocket Records Ltd.” In general, the album performed well and peaked at number 3 in the US charts for the best 200 albums released in 1976 and…
Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk music collective that was founded in the late 1960s and headed by George Clinton. Unlike a band that has set band members, this collective has rotating musicians. This collective predominantly consists of the original band members of the sister bands Parliament and Funkadelic, which were both formed in the 1960s. Initially,…
Grateful Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland was born in Germany in 1952. He spent the overwhelming majority of his time in America, being born to an American Service member and moving to the country at the tender age of 1. Anyone that is even a casual fan of the Grateful Dead will understand that his ability…
Andrew Dennis Biersack, who formerly went by the name Andy Six and is also known as Andy Black, is an American-based multi-talented musician. He is a songwriter, a singer, and a pianist. Biersack was born in 1990 and formed the band “Black Veil Brides in 2006. He has been in the music industry for more…
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975. The line-up consists of vocalist Bruce Dickinson, guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith, bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain. Since Iron Maiden’s inception they have released sixteen studio albums full of singles and hit songs like “The Number of…
In 1969, Warren Zevon released his debut album, “Wanted Dead or Alive.” To say it flopped would be an understatement. Wounded by its failure, Zevon stepped back from the limelight and spent the next few years working as a session musician. In 1976, he returned with a self-titled album of such scathing wit and dark…
Jane’s Addiction became one of the most sought after bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band was formed in 1985 and was part of the bands that shared the successful boom of rock music in the early 1990s. The band was formed by Perry Farrell, who was the band’s lead singer/frontman, bassist…
In the late 1970s The Beatles were breaking up, psychedelic drugs were taking their toll on the youth, and juke joints were booming. In Australia there was one group that would save rock ‘n roll: AC/DC. With Bon Scott at the helm of a band that took electric thunder to new levels of power and…
Kelly Holland was a member of a band named “Cry of Love,” that was based in America and had been working in North Carolina since 1989. The band was interested in hard rock and southern rock music. They released their debut album “Brother,” which was produced by the musician and record producer John Custer in…