In 1967, Ginger Baker records “Sunshine Of Your Love” with Cream—and creates one of the most influential drum parts in rock history. *The strange thing is, it sounds backwards.* Instead of leaning into the traditional rock backbeat on 2 and 4, Ginger emphasizes beats 1 and 3, builds the groove […]
While the world debated the Britpop rivalry between Oasis and Blur, a new and quite different band took the stage. Placebo seemed to come out of nowhere and appeared to be the antithesis of Britpop. Their song “Nancy Boy” in 1997 announced them as “the Filthiest Band in Britain” full […]
What many fans consider The Smiths best song, “There is a Light That Never Goes Out,” was almost never a single at all. It sat as a deep cut on The Queen is Dead, the band’s 1986 masterpiece, for more than half a decade until 1992, five years after the […]
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35 years after Pearl Jam released ‘Ten’, we’re celebrating one of the most important rock albums of all time with the drummer who played on it: Dave Krusen. As Pearl Jam’s original drummer, Dave Krusen helped define the sound of ‘Ten’ with his powerful, musical, and nuanced drumming. In this […]
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What are my favorite, top music documentaries of all time? A few on this list might surprise you. Today we’re doing a countdown inspired by a recent comment on my YouTube post covering Brian Jonestown Massacre. It’s no surprise I love digging into the history of bands, albums, and songs […]
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Ray Davies of The Kinks held onto a melody for years before waking up one morning with the completed song at his fingertips. This is the basis for “Waterloo Sunset” from 1967, one of The Kinks’ most beloved songs. For this story we go back to the beginning, because “Waterloo […]
