Ask inductee Sammy Hagar who he thinks should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his answer comes quickly: “Journey; I want to stick up for Journey,” says Hagar, inducted as a member of Van Halen in 2007. You May Also Like: The conflicted history of SammyRead More

Big Star is a band that you know, at least by sound and structure, even if you never knew them, you know? Roundly ignored across two early-1970s releases, their’s was the sound of the college-rock scene of a decade later. You May Also Like: Big Star – Live In MemphisRead More

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees Hall and Oates are known for 34 charting hits, making them the most successful duo ever. John Oates says they may have made another kind of history, too. You May Also Like: John Oates on the thing he hates most about Hall andRead More

Coming from a very prominent jazz and classical pianist who famously disparaged modern, plugged-in instruments at the height of the fusion era, this is quite a revelation. You May Also Like: Keith Jarrett + Charlie Haden and Paul Motian – ‘Hamburg ’72’ (2014) Keith Jarrett Returned to His Strengths onRead More

A New Jersey band, Laughing Soup Dish came together in 1981 and participated in the small but fiercely fanatic psychedelic garage rock movement of the decade. You May Also Like: Deerhoof, feat. Wadada Leo Smith – ‘To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough’ (2020) Damfino –Read More

When Tom “T-Bone” Wolk died in 2010, Hall and Oates lost more than just their long-time bassist. Over a collaboration that went back to 1981’s Private Eyes, he’d become so much more. You May Also Like: For John Oates, picking a favorite Hall and Oates song isn’t easy: ‘There’s soRead More