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Let’s talk about the Imagine Dragons for a second, specifically their name. Where did that come from? This is tricky. The name is allegedly an anagram, a couple of words scrambled...
It must be quite something being in a band that could justifiably be described as seminal, genre-defying, or even genre-creating.
The stories behind 23 big rock and metal bands who were either named after books or characters from their pages. Continue reading…
The Grammy-winning group teamed up with a college geology department.
Amid contract changes and line-up switches, the American group delivered a complex and adventurous work that’s outsold everything else they’ve done
“At the end I’m yelling, ‘I’m Kilroy!’ Where the hell does that come from?”
Dave Grohl: "Nothing was being accomplished. The songs lacked any sort of life"
The prequel. The suits at major label ABC/Dunhill Records, who signed Steely Dan in 1972 to a contract allowing the group near-complete artistic control, should have known better....
All of these bands share their name with the song of another band. Some of them, though, are merely a coincidence. Continue reading…
Behind the scenes of their time on Swervedriver’s Raise anniversary tour, presented by BrooklynVegan.
Can a band truly still use their original name after a significant lineup change? Though Bloc Party retain their leading lights, Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack, the departure of...
(L-R) Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson of The Band pose for a group portrait in London in 1971. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) Robb...
How a cowboy concept album, a gang of gunfighters and a house full of aspiring songwriters helped define the Eagles' future
Featuring members of Touch, Tyketto, Saraya and Asia, Flesh & Blood only released one album and never played live
Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images For as larger-than-life as rockstars can seem, they’re only human. Consequently, some bands and their members will crumble under the wei...
From auditioning for Metallica to writing one of TV's most iconic theme tunes and irritating a Hollywood star, Primus are the world's weirdest band - and proud
What do you do when your punk band of several decades pulls down the metaphorical shutters on making music? The options for unemployed frontmen boil down to starting a label or bec...
Cheekface has always felt like a singles band pretending to be an album band.
Electric Callboy might've earned online hype for their fun videos, but their passion is no joke
— In 1946, Republic Pictures put out a twelve-chapter serial called The Crimson Ghost. It played Saturday matinees, made nobody famous, and vanished. Its villain wore a skull mask....
Queen Although it's easy for fans to see how Queen makes for an iconic band name, it wasn't actually the original name, or the group's only choice. The post Queen Was Almost Calle...
The band detail the making of Cannonball, from crying onstage to a set built from childhood keepsakes.
Their monikers are forever etched in our collective musical memory. Or are they? Continue reading…
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