For a generation of rock fans, they were one of music’s biggest “what if” stories. They had the sound, the hit single and the momentum to become household names before vanishing overnight at the ...
The 1950s saw rock enter the mainstream. Though many, predominantly black, artists had been laying the groundwork for years prior, many people mark Elvis Presley’s debut as the birth of the genre as ...
Take a nostalgic ride through the 1960s as we spotlight legendary rock bands that shaped music history but rarely get credit.
Before Woodstock and FM radio shaped the sound of the 1970s, the 1960s were already roaring with American bands pushing rock in bold new directions. This was the decade that cracked the genre wide ...
In the '60s, rock was starting to experiment. These three guitar-heavy songs helped turn the tide of rock in 1967.
Legendary '60s Rock Band Shelved a Wild Experimental Album You've Never Heard originally appeared on Parade. Rock fans all know Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here — but what ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
Mick Abrahams, the original guitarist for Jethro Tull and a key force behind their debut album This Was, has died at 82. See details.
Since it's inception, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has been a lighting rod of debate. While some have argued against the institution's very existence, many more have debated the merits of those artist ...