Quadrophenia was more than the Who’s ‘other’ rock opera
Released on Oct. 26, 1973, ‘Quadrophenia’ has never quite escaped the shadow of ‘Tommy,’ despite the Who’s best efforts. Here’s why it should have.
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Steve Hackett selects his all-time favorite Genesis album: ‘I like the worlds of ideas on it’
“I kinda love all the albums,” Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett allows, before finally deciding on one released in October 1973.
Hall and Oates’ ‘Big Bam Boom’ was sparked by moment of experimentation: ‘I was just fooling around’
John Oates accidentally found a new sound that helped shape the lead single from Hall and Oates’ ‘Big Bam Boom,’ released on October 12, 1984.
Greg Lake compares this era to the one that sparked King Crimson: ‘You needed to be original’
Released on Oct. 10, 1969, King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ was like nothing that had come before – and little since.
Carl Palmer puts Emerson Lake and Palmer split in perspective: ‘Couldn’t have lasted any longer’
‘In the Hot Seat,’ released on Sept. 27, 1994, is apparently the final LP by Emerson Lake and Palmer. Carl Palmer explains why he’s OK with that.
Boston’s Tom Scholz got it right the first time on ‘Amanda’: ‘Exactly the way I wanted it’
Tom Scholz had been mulling over the smash hit “Amanda,” which arrived this month in 1986 as part of Boston’s ‘Third Stage,’ for some six years.
Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood had a rough solo start: ‘Is this how it’s going to be?’
Ronnie Wood remembers a hilarious mishap from his pre-Rolling Stones solo project ‘I’ve Got My Own Album To Do, released on Sept. 13, 1974.
Nick Mason goes inside Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here: ‘We were a bit burnt out’
Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ arrived on Sept. 12, 1975 after a lengthy, very difficult period of creative inertia, Nick Mason says.
Producer Don Was on Bob Dylan’s ‘Under the Red Sky’: ‘I was maybe a little out of my league’
Don Was talks about the mistakes he made while producing Bob Dylan’s ‘Under the Red Sky,’ released on September 10, 1990.
A glimpse into Warren Zevon’s difficult last days: ‘It was very sad for all of us’
Warren Zevon collected himself for ‘The Wind,’ a devastating farewell released before his death on Sept. 7, 2003. But it was a struggle.
