‘I wanted to vandalize everything’: Ian Gillan on the moment he decided to become a rock singer
A single song “changed my life,” Gillan says. “It was really quite incredible.”
Other News
Odd Couples: Elvis Presley’s Having Fun Onstage vs. Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music
When mashed, these two albums can cause hearing loss, insanity and/or death.
Micky Dolenz on his long musical journey to the Monkees: ‘I opened for the elephant’
Think the Monkees were just actors playing musicians? Think again.
Johnny Winter – Step Back (2014)
A stirring comeback just before fate closed its hand around a legend’s heart.
Kit O’Toole discusses ‘Ten Beatles Sounds That Shook Rock and Roll’ tonight on the John Lennon Hour
This is a preview of a talk O’Toole will give at this month’s Beatles at the Ridge Fest.
One Track Mind: The Initiative’s Fortunato Isgro, “Every Little Thing” (2014)
A people-pleasing pop nugget all the way.
Queen – Live at the Rainbow ’74 (2014)
Edgy and raw, as bracing as any live Queen performance ever released.
One Track Mind: Gary Clark Jr., “If Trouble Was Money” from Live (2014)
Albert Collins’ words, so filled with regret and devastated acceptance, still ring true.
Eliana Cuevas – Espejo (2014)
Her range is inspiring, her tone is deep, her fire is irrefutable.
One Track Mind: Jesse Winchester, “All That We Have Is Now” (2014)
A ringing reminder of his ability to inspire, in good times and those decidedly worse.
