Category Archives: Music

Five 1970′s Rock Songs About Losing Your Virginity

Posted on May 1, 2013 by B.P.

Those Naughty 70′s Songs Rock lyrics tell stories. Many times those stories are about love. Often they are about sex. Rarely are they about virginity. If they are, the lyrics are cloaked in the language of teenage angst. In the … Continue reading →

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Rock n’ Roll Deaths In April 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by B.P.

Andy Johns, Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones Right Hand Man; Storm Thorgerson, Album Cover Creator Extraordinaire; Christina Amphlett, Lead Singer Divinyls; All Die in April April has been a bad month for the world of rock ‘n roll, as death … Continue reading →

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Clive Burr, Iron Maiden Drummer Dies At 56

Posted on March 14, 2013 by B.P.

Clive Burr – Iron Maiden’s Masterful And Highly Underrated Drummer Passes Away Clive Burr, who was Iron Maiden’s drummer from 1979-1982, died in his sleep at his home in London, England on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. He had been in … Continue reading →

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I Hear You Knockin’ But You Can’t Come In

Posted on October 9, 2012 by B.P.

Smiley Lewis And Early Rock n’ Roll There are controversies over what song marks the birth of rock’ roll. Rather than engage in a protracted debate or discussion, I thought it would be good to just take a look at … Continue reading →

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Classic Hollywood #15

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Max

Mad Men, Murder And The Duke – 1967 Before Robert Morse became known to a generation of television viewers as Mad Men agency head Bertram Cooper, he had a distinguished stage and movie career. The Loved One (1965) a disturbing … Continue reading →

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12 Great Heavy Metal Albums From The 80′s That Are Under The Radar (Part 2)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by B.P.

Great Metal Albums from the 1980′s That Have Been Forgotten Continuing our article from Part 1 of twelve metal albums from the 1980′s you should check out: 1986 – Metal Church – The Dark (Elektra) Metal Church put out great … Continue reading →

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12 Great Heavy Metal Albums From The 80′s That Are Under The Radar (Part 1)

Posted on August 23, 2012 by B.P.

Great Metal Albums from the 1980′s That Have Been Forgotten Still one of the most exciting things for me is to be introduced to great music that I have never heard before. It doesn’t matter if it was made this … Continue reading →

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Great Band Publicity Photo And Video

Posted on July 29, 2012 by B.P.

Ensoku – Deserving Worldwide Attention Rarely will my mouth hang open in disbelief. I’m too jaded. This photograph of the visual kei band Ensoku with the nightmare Disneyesque theme did not make my jaw drop. But their music video did. … Continue reading →

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Deep Purple Founder And Keyboardist Jon Lord Dies At 71

Posted on July 18, 2012 by B.P.

Jon Lord: God Of The Hammond Organ, June 9, 1941 – July 16, 2012 More and more of the people I grew up admiring are leaving us. In the last couple of weeks actor Ernest Borgnine, Encyclopedia Brown author Donald … Continue reading →

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Spotlight On “America”

Posted on July 10, 2012 by B.P.

America – Performing Live Unfairly labeled second rate Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young imitators by many music critics, America was able to crack the music charts in the early to mid 1970′s with a string of pop rock hits. Their … Continue reading →

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