Artist spotlight: The Night Flight Orchestra
Ah, the 1980s. The decade that some of us love to hate, or hate to love. Or maybe even love to love – and why […]
Month: August 2018
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «It Don’t Come Easy» by Ringo Starr
After the recording of the Abbey Road album, John Lennon announced his departure from The Beatles to the rest of the group on 20 September […]
CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «London Calling» by The Clash
This classic album’s front cover features a photograph of bassist Paul Simonon smashing his Fender Precision Bass against the stage at The Palladium in New […]
CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: David Bowie and Iggy Pop vs. Erich Heckel
David Bowie and Iggy Pop spent a lot of time together in 1976 and 77. They were both in Berlin working on albums, with Bowie […]
CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «Sonic Highways» by Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters got obsessed with the number eight when they recorded Sonic Highways, released on 10 November 2014. It was after all their eight album. […]
When John Hammel drove Gun around Paris in 1969
On 3 August 1969, the British band Gun had an encounter with French law enforcement that they would never forget. Gun were a late 1960s […]